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[ ITHACA COLLEGE THEATRE ] 2013-2014

LITTLE WOMENComposed by Mark AdomoBased on the Book by Louisa May Alcott

DANCE CONCERT

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOUBy George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

[ 2014-2015 THEATRE SEASON ]Ithaca College Theatre

Announces the

THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWANBy Bertolt Brecht

ANNA IN THE TROPICSBy Nilo Cruz

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYINGBy Frank LoesserBook by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert

C h a i r ’ s N o t e s

Attending an Ithaca College Theatre production is like getting in on the

ground floor of a great investment. You’re seeing shows of professional

quality that are designed, built, and performed by students at the very

beginning of their journey as theatre artists. The 2013–14 season is

another kind of journey for the audience—one of discovery, truth-telling,

fervent beliefs, and the captive imagination. The shows we’ve chosen this

year are intended to challenge all of us to think about what we say, how

we conduct ourselves, and what to do when we lose our way. These are

powerful stories based on incidents of fact and fiction, and the blurred

line between the two. We’ve book-ended the season with plays by writers

who were inspired (or horrified, rather) by the behavior of our fellow

human beings, and we've peppered the months in between with

compelling stories and glorious music, full of wit and passion.

As teachers, we are constantly managing the push-and-pull between

process and product. Our students are learning right in front of your eyes,

as these productions provide the laboratory for practicing their craft—

whether it’s as managers producing the shows, designers and technicians

telling the visual and physical story through sets, costumes, lights, and

sound, or actors seeking truth in performance. Our faculty and staff

lead the journey for a little while in classes, rehearsals, and production

meetings, but now you witness the product; a new part of the process

begins: how do you maintain its integrity and adapt to audience response

in the moment? All of those lessons are being taught during the week

of the performance, and they require your involvement.

Ithaca College has a century-old legacy of fostering talented young

people—our alums grace the stages and shops of Broadway, regional

theatres, film, and television. But it begins here when you, the audience,

settle in, turn off your smart phones (please!), and let the words of Anna

Deavere Smith, the magic of Stephen Sondheim, the wit of David Ives,

the charm of Chabrier, the collaborative spirit of the Civilians, and the

power of Arthur Miller affect you. The audience gives the theatre a

present and our students a purpose, and Ithaca College ensures that

theatre has a future.

Thank you for being a part of it. We couldn’t do this without you.

Catherine WeidnerChair

i t h a C a C o L L e G e

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCESLeslie W. Lewis, Dean

and the

Department of Theatre Arts

present

Director

Norm Johnson Jr.

costume Designer

Maxine L. Etchison

sounD Designer

Kevin Aloi

stAge mAnAger

Marisa Andrews

scenic Designer

Andrew M. Hostler

Lighting Designer

Paul M. Radassao

technicAL Director

Alexander Pitt

DrAmAturg

Katy Newton

April 22, 24–27

TheCrucible

By Arthur Miller

The Crucible is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York.

N o t e s F r o M t h e a s s i s t a N t D i r e C t o r

The Salem witch trials of the 17th century cost many people their lives

when girls in the town accused others of witchcraft. It is our belief that

the girls were pretending. They manipulated every and any spectator

they could get on their side. The girls contrived the events to get what

they wanted. Witchcraft is an “ipso facto crime” whereby people of the

court only trusted the word of the “victim.” The girls gained their power

from this and abused it. They were able to point a finger and end a

person’s life just for the thrill of it. Hangings were a form of entertainment

and, for these girls whom before this were stuck at home cleaning, it was

very exhilarating.

The life of a Puritan was based on a love of God and a fear of Satan.

Each person’s motivation was defined by this fact and it is my belief

that each action was rooted in fear. Fear of authority caused finger

pointing and name-calling. Fear of giving in caused more hangings.

Fear of losing a sense of self or even one’s life caused a stalwart of

confessions. Many people questioned their faith, and it is invigorating

to see those shifts in the characters. It takes longer for some than others.

It is our hope that audience members will be engaged by the lives of

these Puritans who actually existed in history and went through these

events whereby innocent people were hung just because they had an

enemy in the town for any given reason. In a way, it was a discrimination

that went too far.

Emily Naylor

Assistant Director

N o t e s F r o M t h e D r a M a t u r G

“Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and

cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic

there was in them! Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?”

The title character of Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian

Gray captures a universal sentiment on the impact of words. Some 62

years later, Arthur Miller would publish a play based on true accounts

of the hysteria that spun out of one word used by a group of catty

preteen girls. The word was “witch.” The play was The Crucible.

The accusers were bored young women struggling to find purpose

in the oppressive Puritan society they lived in. The accused were the

scapegoats of that society. Outcasts included anyone in the lower

socioeconomic classes, those who did not own land, or those who

exhibited “strange” behavior. The “afflicted” girls attempted to destroy

the lives of anyone they disliked by capitalizing on the town’s political

and religious tension.

“Witchcraft” was a notion that was believed by the majority to be a

severe threat to the community. Innocent townspeople lost their lives

because the local government, like that of other surrounding colonies,

believed in “spectral evidence.”

Allegations of spectral evidence, in that a person who made covenant

with the devil could take on the form of another in order to recruit others,

turned neighbors against each other. In contrast, some were accused of

engaging in “nonspectral acts of malefic witchcraft” and were able to

obtain power through general acts associated with witchcraft (spells,

curses, potions, puppets, etc.). The only way to avoid hanging was to

confess to practicing witchcraft. In essence, it was not solid, visual

evidence, but the believed intent and thoughts of the accused that was

the ground on which lawmakers based their decisions.

In researching this moment in our history, it has become overwhelmingly

clear that “witchcraft” was an incredibly complex issue that created an

excuse for many to craft a perfect storm on the town of Salem in 1692.

There is no one clear definition nor one absolute cause that can be

attributed to the anarchy that ensued in this community. The factors are

universal: class struggles, gender inequality, power quests, religious

redemption, revenge cravings, and oppression.

Since then, the notion of “witchcraft” has truly grown to be a symbol

for any issue, any word, that evokes panic and sets neighbors against

neighbors. The absurdity and length to which a single word—witch,

communist, AIDS, queer, terrorist—can bring about such destructive

connotations and powerful shifts in society is astonishing. A simple

accusation made by someone in authority (gender, class, race, etc.)

can have magical influence in creating a new reality for the accused.

There will always be an “other” that will be ostracized by society because

it is widely accepted that said “other” is disruptive to the balance of the

community. Society’s interpretation and comprehension of a specific

word associated with the “other” can be shaped through various

mediums. The medium chosen here, which you are about to witness,

is theatre. This is The Crucible, and this is what you make of it.

Katy Newton

Dramaturg

(Musical Director) Conductor/Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Gelpe

Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessie Linden

Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Covney

Bass Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Orcutt

C a s t

John Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Tortora

Abigail Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Misiak

Elizabeth Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Rosen

Reverend Samuel Parris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Pietropaolo

Mary Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Ort

Reverend John Hale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T.J. Wagner

Tituba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donovan Lockett

Giles Corey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Kasian

Betty Parris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Brady

Governor Danforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Dryce Schultz

Thomas Putnam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Arbour

Ann Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Thompson

Rebecca Nurse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Loewus

Francis Nurse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Friend

Ezekiel Cheever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connor Briggs

John Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Marchitto

Judge Hathorne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikolas Kaim

Mercy Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cora Joe Anderson

Susanna Wallcott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarise Fearn

Sarah Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Richter

Voice of Martha Corey, Chorus Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianne Wylie

Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael St. Germain

C a s t

s e t t i N G a N D t i M e

The Crucible is set in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.

There will be a 15-minute intermission.

Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kalyn Altmeyer, Grant Beals, Luke Davidson,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Doliner, Aidan Elsesser, Iris Garrison-Driscoll,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiara Hollender, Andrew Korzenik,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandra Nicopoulos, Noah Ruff, Daniel Wisniewski

covers

John Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Arbour

Abigail Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarise Fearn

Elizabeth Proctor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kalyn Altmeyer

Reverend Samuel Parris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Beals

Mary Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianne Wylie

Tituba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Brady

Giles Corey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Davidson

Thomas Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aidan Elsesser

Ezekiel Cheever/John Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael St. Germain

Mercy Lewis/Susanna Wallcott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iris Garrison-Driscoll

Covers never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement

for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

Season sponsored by

P r o D u C t i o N s t a F F

Assistant to the Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Naylor

Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Young

Assistant Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Aschliman,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Gerrity

Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Schweizer

Voice and Speech Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Mulligan

Educational Outreach Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katlyn Rapini

Properties Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Hampton

Assistant Properties Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Dwight

Master Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Kirkwood

Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sami Adamson

Assistant Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Duncan

Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Herman-Chin

Production Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Maynard

Deck Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Peck

Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Samuels

Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Blazer

a b o u t t h e D e P a r t M e N t o F t h e a t r e a r t s

The Department of Theatre Arts at Ithaca College offers a powerful

combination of intensive classroom and performance experience that

has made it one of the most effective and highly respected training

programs in the nation. The department’s stated mission is to prepare

its students for careers in the theatre and entertainment industry. This is

a highly selective program, staffed by faculty members whose academic

training and professional theatre experience have prepared them for

the focused, personalized instruction that is the key to successful

theatrical training.

Five degree programs are available to our undergraduate students:

Bachelor of Arts in theatre studies

This degree provides a liberal arts approach to theatre and offers

the student maximum flexibility in exploring a wide range of career

opportunities. Students are eligible to audition for productions and are

encouraged to become involved in productions as stage managers,

assistant directors, dramaturgs, and technical assistants.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting

This degree program is performance-oriented and provides training

and experience designed to prepare students for a professional acting

career. Instruction is highly individualized and concentrated, but there

are also opportunities within the liberal arts curriculum for a broader

general education.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre

This is an intensive, performance-oriented major designed to offer the

student professional training in singing, acting, and dance.

Bachelor of science in theatre Arts management

This degree program combines intensive and practical training in

virtually all aspects of theatre and management with a well-rounded

education in the liberal arts.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatrical Production Arts

This is an intensive, undergraduate, preprofessional degree that

emphasizes practical theatre training and its place in the liberal arts.

Theatrical production arts has two degree concentrations: theatre

technology and theatrical design.

C r e W s

eLectrics

scenic Art

ProPerties

Marcus Barainyak Emily Behrmann-Fowler Elizabeth Demmon

Jordan Dunn-Pilz Andres Garcia Oghenero Gbaje

Katrina Grein Samantha Guter Liza Miller

Jihan Moumou Kathryn Schaeffer Ashley Serianni

Jordan Shoemaker

Marissa Achee Patricia Edwards Evan Hawkins

Mary Herbert James Kerr Lia Maynard

Victoria Pizappi Karina Sanchez Carolyn Trahan

Lily Waldron

sounD

Katherine Hass Zach Hindall Paul Hogan

Asa Slayton Liam Snead Nathanial Tejada

Aaron Thorton Rachel Wong

Sarah Chaneles Jennifer Hiyama Cody Hoyt

Eric Mitchell Austin Rosenkrans

Olivia Barrett Ria Hall Kathryn McGeorge

Olivia Ohlsten Meredith Ryer Brooke Shilling

Rebecca Simpson Wallack

costumes

Charles Crawford Fiona Dolan Sydney Greenfield

Lisa Peck John Posca Aaron Roberts

Rachel Schardt Taylor Talhame Emily Weisbeck

Cameron Wenrich Andrew Wyman

cArPentry

G e N e r a L i N F o r M a t i o N

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(F lot), the visitor parking area (V lot), or the area across Route 96B

(Y lot). Drop-off for the theatre and access to the Dillingham Center

elevator are available from the Peggy Ryan Williams Center parking lot.

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call the ticket office at 607-274-3224.

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calling the group sales director at 607-274-3796.

restrooms are located down the stairs directly across from the

ticket office.

A coAtroom is available for your convenience in the upper lobby.

Ithaca College assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen articles.

Lost ArticLes may be reported or claimed at the ticket office.

inFAnts are not permitted in the theatre.

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M a N a G e M e N t s t a F F

Production Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Carter

Marketing Associate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominic Barbaro

Publicity Associate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Schintzius

Publicity Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Grein

Displays Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katlyn Rapini

Group Sales Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alyssa Napier

Promotions Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Sparks

Reception Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Brown

Assistant Reception Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katlyn Rapini

House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Geary

Assistant House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kylie Adams

Concessions Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Ball,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jess Braham

Ticket Office Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tricia Edwards,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Rothstein

Operations Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Piskin

Program Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Tetro

Assistant Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Warren

Earl McCarroll Studio 2 Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Bacorn

Electronic Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Behrmann-Fowler

Through the generosity of alumni and friends, several scholarships have

been established to benefit theatre students. This assistance has made it

possible for many of our students to complete their education at Ithaca

College and to enter the theatre professions. We are grateful to those

who have contributed to the following theatre scholarships:

Peter Bergstrom Scholarship

Cissy Cheskis Scholarship

Toby Clarey Scholarship

Richard M. Clark Scholarship

Common Ground Scholarship

Friars Foundation Scholarship

Laura Hinckley Hauer Scholarship

George Hoerner Scholarship

Earl McCarroll Program

Development Fund

We invite you to contribute to any of these funds. Please contact

the Department of Theatre Arts, Ithaca College, Dillingham Center,

Room 226, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850; 607-274-3920;

[email protected].

s C h o L a r s h i P s

Arno Selco Guest Artist Fund

Patricia Stevens Musical Theatre

Scholarship

Clarence Straight Award

Theatre Arts Alumni

Memorial Scholarship

Jane Woods Werly Scholarship

Lillian Speakman Vail


a C k N o W L e D G M e N t s

Hangar Theatre

Cornell University, Department of Performing and Media Arts

b i o G r a P h i C a L N o t e s

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Kalyn Altmeyer (Chorus/Elizabeth Proctor Cover) is a freshman B.F.A.

musical theatre major from Princeton, New Jersey. This is her first Ithaca

College main-stage production. Other credits include Molly Pope in Wild

Nights! and Martha Cratchit in A Christmas Carol with McCarter Theatre

Center in Princeton.

cora Joe Anderson (Mercy Lewis) is a junior B.F.A. acting major from

Fargo, North Dakota. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include

Cammie in Man from Nebraska, Isabel understudy in My Children! My

Africa!, and directing ensemble for Three Days of Rain and Proof. Other

credits include Martha in Spring Awakening with Edinburgh Fringe

Festival and Rizzo in Grease with Domres Theatricals.

evan Arbour (Thomas Putnam/John Proctor Cover) is a junior B.F.A.

acting major form Winthrop, Maine. Previous Ithaca College credits

include Whitney in The Stone Water Rapture and male cover in Fool

for Love. Other credits include Claudio in Much Ado about Nothing

with Ithaca Shakespeare Company and Prince John in Henry IV Part 1

with the Theatre at Monmouth.

grant Beals (Chorus/Reverend Samuel Parris Cover) is a sophomore

B.F.A. musical theatre major from East Greenbush, New York. Previous

Ithaca College main-stage credits include Cinderella's Father in Into the

Woods. Other credits include Chip Tolentino in The 25th Annual Putnam

County Spelling Bee with Melodramatics.

Jordan Brady (Betty Parris/Tituba Cover) is a sophomore B.F.A. acting

major from Marietta, Georgia. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include Anonymous Girl and Anonymous Young Man #1 in

Fires in the Mirror.

connor Briggs (Ezekiel Cheever) is a sophomore B.F.A. musical theatre

major from Tuxedo, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include male cover in Into the Woods and Walker/Ned in Three

Days of Rain. Other credits include Tommy Pickles in Rugrats: A Live

Adventure! and Steve in Blues Clues Live! with Nickelodeon.


Kerri Lynch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Stage Management]

Kathleen Mulligan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Voice and Speech]

Amy Walker O'Brien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Ballet]

Greg Robbins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Costume Design]

Arno Selco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor Emeritus [Acting, Directing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Musical Theatre Performance]

Colin Stewart** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Technical Direction]

Steve TenEyck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Chair, Associate Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Lighting Design]

Don Tindall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Production, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Sound Design]

Eugenia Wacker-Hoeflin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lecturer, [Alexander Technique]

Catherine Weidner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair [Acting]

** on sabbatical, spring 2014

stAFF

Joey Bromfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scene Shop Supervisor

Sherri Dunham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant

Linda Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant

Joel Gelpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accompanist/Music Director

Trevor Maynard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting and Sound Supervisor

Susan Monagan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of Audience Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Special Projects

Mary Scheidegger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coordinator of Theatre Operations

Susan Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dance Accompanist

Cynthia Stewart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant

Lilly Westbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Shop Manager

schooL oF humAnities AnD sciences

Leslie W. Lewis, Dean

Kathy Lucas, Assistant Dean for Student Services

Michael Richardson, Associate Dean for Faculty and Special Initiatives

Stacia Zabusky, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Undergraduate Programs

Luke Davidson (Chorus/Giles Corey Cover) is a freshman B.F.A. musical

theatre major from Wanamingo, Minnesota. This is his first Ithaca College

main-stage production.

michael Doliner (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. musical theatre major from

Boulder, Colorado. This is his first Ithaca College main-stage production.

Aidan elsesser (Chorus/Thomas Putnam Cover) is a freshman B.F.A.

musical theatre major from San Francisco, California. Previous Ithaca

College credits include Servant/Attendant in Macbeth. Other credits

include Peter/Jameson in Darling: A New Musical with American

Conservatory Theater, Top Gun in Reality Project with A.C.T. and His

Majesty's Theater in Scotland, and Sketch in Hairspray at Broadway by

the Bay in San Francisco.

clarise Fearn (Susanna Wallcott/Abigail Williams Cover) is a sophomore

B.F.A. musical theatre major from South Hero, Vermont. Previous Ithaca

College main-stage credits include female cover for Into the Woods.

Other credits include Rona in The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling

Bee and Cinderella in Into the Woods.

Jordan Friend (Francis Nurse) is a sophomore B.F.A. acting major

from Chevy Chase, Maryland. Previous Ithaca College credits include

Gorph/Joe in Mere Mortals, Hans in Enemy of the People, and Hugh/

Owen cover in Translations. Other credits include Duke Ferdinand in

The Duchess of Malfi with 4615 Theater Company and Patrick Simmons

in A Murder Is Announced with Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre.

iris garrison-Driscoll (Chorus/Cover for Mercy Lewis and Susanna

Wallcott) is a freshman B.F.A. musical theatre major from South Orange,

New Jersey. This is her first Ithaca College main-stage production.

chiara hollender (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. acting major from

Charlotte, Vermont. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include

female cover in Fires in the Mirror.

nikolas Kaim (Judge Hathorne) is a sophomore B.F.A. musical theatre

major from Colchester, Vermont. Previous Ithaca College credits include

DePartMeNt oF theatre arts FaCuLtY aND staFF

FAcuLty

Barbara Anger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Acting]

Ruth Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Scenic Art and Design]

Susannah Berryman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Acting, Voice, and Movement]

Drew Bodd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acting Technical Director

Greg Bostwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor [Acting]

Angela Branneman . . . . . Associate Professor [Theatre Arts Management]

Tom Burch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Scenic Design]

Lee Byron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor [Management, Directing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Theatre Studies]

Paula Murray Cole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Acting, Voice, and Movement]

Saviana Condeescu Stanescu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Playwriting and Theatre Studies]

Mary Corsaro** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Musical Theatre, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jazz, and Tap]

Chrystyna Dail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Theatre History]

Wendy Dann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Directing]

Brian DeMaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Opera and Musical Theatre

Garrett Eisler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Theatre History, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theatre Studies, Directing]

Lindsay Gilmour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Modern Dance]

Cynthia Henderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Acting]

Jennifer Herzog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Acting]

Norman W. Johnson Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Artistic Programming, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Acting and Movement]

Michael S. Kaplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Acting]

Timothy Kidd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . London Drama Program Director

Judy Levitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjunct Instructor [Acting]

Roy Lightner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Musical Theatre, Jazz]

Elizabeth Livesay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lecturer [Tap Dance]

Rosse and Macbeth cover in Macbeth, Whitney cover in The Stonewater

Rapture, and Son in Six Characters in Search of an Author. Other credits

include Link in Hairspray with Lyric Theatre Company in Burlington,

Vermont, and Jesus in Godspell with Colchester Theatre Company in

Colchester, Vermont.

Justin Kasian (Giles Corey) is a sophomore B.F.A. acting major from

Marietta, Georgia. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include

Edward in An Enemy of the People and the male understudy for Dream

of the Burning Boy senior directing project.

Andrew Korzenik (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. acting major from

Chicago, Illinois. This is his first main-stage production with Ithaca

College. Previous credits include Tim Carter in People's Temple and

various roles in The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later.

Donovan Lockett (Tituba) is a junior B.F.A. acting major with a writing

minor from New Orleans, Louisiana. Previous Ithaca College credits

include Ejlif in An Enemy of the People, Clara Mendoza in The Dirty

War Project, and ensemble in 44 Plays for 44 Presidents. Other credits

include Lane in The Importance of Being Earnest, Announcer in The Skin

of Our Teeth, and Rebecca Hilliker in The Laramie Project.

emily Loewus (Rebecca Nurse) is a sophomore B.F.A. acting major

from New York, New York. Previous Ithaca College credits include

Molly/V7 in Back to Ithaca, Carlyle understudy in The Stonewater

Rapture and Sue in Bash: A Gaggle of Saints. Other credits include

Lena in The Family Fiorelli at the York Theater and Hannah in Hate

Street with the Manhattan Repertory Theater.

Anthony marchitto (John Willard) is a junior B.F.A. acting major from

East Hanover, New Jersey. This is his first Ithaca College main-stage

production. Other credits include William Barfée in The 25th Annual

Putnam County Spelling Bee with Melodramatics Theatre Company,

Herr Schultz in Cabaret, and Richard in A New Brain with Rider

University.


taylor misiak (Abigail Williams) is a senior B.F.A. acting major from Saint

Paul, Minnesota. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include Letty

Pogrebin/Roslyn Malamud in Fires in the Mirror, ensemble and Isabella

understudy in Measure for Measure, Andrea in The Dream of the Burning

Boy, Nina in Women and Wallace, and Mother in The Yellow Boat.

Alexandra nicopoulos (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. musical theatre

major from Fairfax, Virginia. This is her first Ithaca College main-stage

production.

caitlin ort (Mary Warren) is a sophomore B.F.A. musical theatre major

from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and Female Ensemble cover

for Legally Blonde.

Joe Pietropaolo (Reverend Samuel Parris) is a senior B.F.A. acting major

from Goshen, Indiana. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include

Chuck III/Tom in Mere Mortals, Dennis in This Is Our Youth, Pip/Theo

in Three Days of Rain, Ensemble in Dirty War Project, and Dudard in

Rhinoceros, and he also was ensemble in The Yellow Boat with No Bucks.

Other credits include Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew with Ithaca

Shakespeare Company.

hannah richter (Sarah Good) is a senior B.F.A. musical theatre major

from Denver, Colorado. Previous Ithaca College credits include Rapunzel

in Into the Woods, Elle's Mom/Greek Chorus in Legally Blonde, Barbara

in boom and Maggie in Shadow Box with No Bucks. Other credits include

Agatha in Guys and Dolls with Barrington Stage Company, Lydia in Pride

and Prejudice with Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Toad in A Year with

Frog and Toad at the Hangar Theatre, and Amy in Company with Flexible

Theatre Company.

rachel rosen (Elizabeth Proctor) is a senior B.F.A. acting major from

Ridgewood, New Jersey. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits

include Rivkah Siegal and Reuven Ostrov in Fires in the Mirror, Randine

in An Enemy of the People, and Grocer's Wife in Rhinoceros. Other

credits include Baptista in Taming of the Shrew, Mariah in Twelfth Night,

s t u D e N t a s s i s t a N t s , s P r i N G 2 0 1 4

Assistant to the Coordinator of Theatre Operations . . . . . . Marisa Andrews

Assistant to the Designers . . . . . Alexander Dietz-Kest, Andrew M. Hostler, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul M. Radassao, Maxwell T. Robin

Costume Shop Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashlynne Abraham, Anna Blazer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Duncan, Rebecca Dwight, Anna Eden, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxine Etchison, Emmanuel Garcia, Tyler Hampton

Front of House Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Anderson

Library Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Aschliman, Dennis Chambers, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha Cotton, Danica Kelley, Laine Levitt, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Pietropaolo, Katlyn Rapini, T.J. Wagner

Light Shop Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Halstead, Evan Herman-Chin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Herskowitz, Ryan McSherry

Office Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eunice Akinola, Haley Brannelly, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelsey Dunne, Emily Gregonis, Robert Praderio, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Secor, Margaret Snyder

Paint Shop Assistants. . . . Sami Adamson, Elysse Helms, R. W. Westbrooke

Properties Shop Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sami Adamson, Lena Forman, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Hampton, Chloe Kirkwood, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine LemMon

Scene Shop Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Fitzgerald, Chloe Kirkwood, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine LemMon, Max Noonan-Pomada, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guthrie Park, Alexander Pitt, Max Weinstein

Sound Shop Assistants. . . . . . . Ryan Mutton, Josh Samuels, Sam Schloegel

Studio 2 Technical Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Aloi

Ticket Office Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Anderson, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominic Barbaro, Taylor Brown

Web Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-hui Woo

teaching AssistantsDialects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas Carroll

Jazz Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avery Sobczak

Sophomore Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elise Myette

Theatre History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marisa Andrews

Theatrical Design Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Duncan

TV Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Czajkowski

Voice and Movement . . . . . . . Taylor Misiak, Rachel Rosen, Emily Viancourt

and Fairy in Midsummer Night's Dream, all with New Players Company

Ridgewood, New Jersey.

noah ruff (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. acting major. This is his first

main-stage production with Ithaca College.

Jordan Dryce schultz (Governor Danforth) is a senior B.F.A. acting

major from Merrick, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include Shea Hecht and Michael Miller in Fires in the Mirror and

Martin in Fool for Love. Other credits include singer/dancer with RWS

and Associates Entertainment Inc.

michael st. germain (Hopkins/Willard and Ezekiel Cheever Cover)

is a junior B.F.A. acting major from Southborough, Massachusetts.

His previous Ithaca College credits include ensemble in 44 Plays for

44 Presidents, Policeman in Professor Taranne, Ian in Flush, and Brad

Carrigan in Brad Carrigan: American, all with No Bucks. Other credits

include ensemble in Two Gentlemen of Verona with Commonwealth

Shakespeare Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

maggie thompson (Ann Putnam) is a junior B.F.A. acting major from

Brooklyn, New York. Previous Ithaca College credits include Tamyra

cover in Man from Nebraska, Aviator in The Little Prince, and Catherine

in Proof.

Alex tortora (John Proctor) is a senior B.F.A. acting major from Fairfield,

Connecticut. Previous Ithaca College credits include Macbeth in Macbeth

and ensemble in The Dirty War Project. Other credits include Pedant in

Taming of the Shrew, Iago in Othello with Ithaca Shakespeare Company,

and Man 2 in A Bench at the Edge with No Bucks.

t.J. Wagner (Reverend John Hale) is a senior B.F.A. acting major

from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previous Ithaca College credits

include Steward in Into the Woods, Engtrand in Enemy of the People,

Gentleman, Lucio understudy, and Pompey understudy in Measure for

Measure, Ensemble and Roy understudy in The Light in the Piazza,

and Pylades and Orestes understudy in Electra. Other credits include


The Real Thing with On the Verge staged readings, Professor Nancy

Gordon in Third with IC Players, and Elaine Harper in Arsenic and Old

Lace with Standing Room Only.

Alexander Pitt (Technical Director) is a senior B.F.A. theatrical

production arts major from New Canaan, Connecticut. He is currently

working on a capstone project. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include technical director for Mere Mortals and Spring

Awakening, and master carpenter for the Magic Flute.

Paul m. radassao (Lighting Designer) is a junior B.F.A. theatrical

production arts major concentrating in lighting and scenic design from

Washingtonville, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits

include lighting designer for Gruesome Playground Injuries, assistant

lighting designer for Translations, and assistant master carpenter for

Spring Awakening. Also at IC, he was the lighting designer for Professor

Taranne and 44 Plays for 44 Presidents with No Bucks. Other credits

include lighting designer for Cyrano de Bergerac at Risley Theatre.

Younger Brother in Ragtime with Hangar Theatre, Berger in Hair with

Bricksplayers, and Miles in Chaps with Hope Summer Repertory Theatre.

Daniel Wisniewski (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. musical theatre major

from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previous Ithaca College credits include

Duncan in Macbeth and Malcolm in a staged reading of Macbeth.

He also played Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors with Macabre Theatre

Ensemble.

Brianne Wylie (Martha Corey Voice/Chorus Master/Mary Warren Cover)

is a sophomore B.F.A. musical theatre major from Auburn, Washington.

Previous Ithaca College credits include adult female cover in Spring

Awakening. Other credits include Martha in Spring Awakening with

Balagan Theatre.

Artistic stAFF

Kevin Aloi (Sound Designer) is a junior B.F.A. theatrical production arts

major from Syracuse, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include sound designer for SDP The Dream of the Burning

Boy, assistant sound designer for Man from Nebraska, sound engineer

for Into the Woods, An Enemy of the People, Man from Nebraska, and

sound technician for Light in the Piazza. Other credits include sound

designer for The Tempest with Ithaca Shakespeare Company and sound

intern with Glimmerglass Festival and Bay Street Theatre.

marisa Andrews (Stage Manager) is a senior B.A. drama major from

East Northport, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits

include stage manager for Macbeth and assistant stage manager for

Legally Blonde, Illuminated Bodies, and Working. Other credits include

production stage manager for Interlakes Theatre in Meredith, New

Hampshire.

maxine L. etchison (Costume Designer) is a junior B.F.A. theatrical

production arts major with a design concentration from Ithaca, New

York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include assistant

costume designer and wardrobe supervisor for Legally Blonde and

wardrobe crew for The Magic Flute. Other credits include costume

design for Venus in Fur at the Kitchen Theatre, Little Shop of Horrors

for Running to Places, and Babes in Toyland for Bethel Woods Center

for the Arts.

Andrew m. hostler (Scenic Designer) is a senior B.F.A. theatrical

production arts major with a design concentration from Goleta,

California. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include scenic

designer for Translations and lighting designer for Fires in the Mirror.

Other credits include scenic designer for Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson

with Color and Light Theatre Ensemble, The Little Mermaid and

Footloose with Stage Left Productions, and lighting designer for You're

a Good Man, Charlie Brown with the Santa Barbara Children's Theatre.

norm Johnson Jr. (Director) is in his 24th year teaching movement and

scene study at Ithaca College. Originally from Rhode Island, he taught

in Oregon at Portland State University and worked with Imago, the

Theatre Mask Ensemble. He has an eclectic theater background. He has

performed medieval mummers plays on a fold-out stage pulled by a team

of oxen, served as both puppeteer and puppet-maker, mask-maker and

performer, was an animal wrangler for the PBS production of The Scarlet

Letter, danced contact improv, directed full-length dramas with the entire

population of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, founded both the

Great Interplanetary Soapbox Revival and the Pan-Twilight Circus, and

served as the second artistic director of Ithaca’s own Kitchen Theatre

Company. When not thinking about theatre, he dotes on his five

grandchildren, Haley, Garrett, Zachary, Lilli, and Sylvia.

Katy newton (Dramaturg) is a senior B.A. drama and B.A. English double

major from York, Pennsylvania. This is her first Ithaca College main-stage

production. Other credits include Journalist/Manageress in Professor

Taranne with No Bucks, Charlotta in The Cherry Orchard and Debbie in


Younger Brother in Ragtime with Hangar Theatre, Berger in Hair with

Bricksplayers, and Miles in Chaps with Hope Summer Repertory Theatre.

Daniel Wisniewski (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. musical theatre major

from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previous Ithaca College credits include

Duncan in Macbeth and Malcolm in a staged reading of Macbeth.

He also played Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors with Macabre Theatre

Ensemble.

Brianne Wylie (Martha Corey Voice/Chorus Master/Mary Warren Cover)

is a sophomore B.F.A. musical theatre major from Auburn, Washington.

Previous Ithaca College credits include adult female cover in Spring

Awakening. Other credits include Martha in Spring Awakening with

Balagan Theatre.

Artistic stAFF

Kevin Aloi (Sound Designer) is a junior B.F.A. theatrical production arts

major from Syracuse, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include sound designer for SDP The Dream of the Burning

Boy, assistant sound designer for Man from Nebraska, sound engineer

for Into the Woods, An Enemy of the People, Man from Nebraska, and

sound technician for Light in the Piazza. Other credits include sound

designer for The Tempest with Ithaca Shakespeare Company and sound

intern with Glimmerglass Festival and Bay Street Theatre.

marisa Andrews (Stage Manager) is a senior B.A. drama major from

East Northport, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits

include stage manager for Macbeth and assistant stage manager for

Legally Blonde, Illuminated Bodies, and Working. Other credits include

production stage manager for Interlakes Theatre in Meredith, New

Hampshire.

maxine L. etchison (Costume Designer) is a junior B.F.A. theatrical

production arts major with a design concentration from Ithaca, New

York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include assistant

costume designer and wardrobe supervisor for Legally Blonde and

wardrobe crew for The Magic Flute. Other credits include costume

design for Venus in Fur at the Kitchen Theatre, Little Shop of Horrors

for Running to Places, and Babes in Toyland for Bethel Woods Center

for the Arts.

Andrew m. hostler (Scenic Designer) is a senior B.F.A. theatrical

production arts major with a design concentration from Goleta,

California. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include scenic

designer for Translations and lighting designer for Fires in the Mirror.

Other credits include scenic designer for Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson

with Color and Light Theatre Ensemble, The Little Mermaid and

Footloose with Stage Left Productions, and lighting designer for You're

a Good Man, Charlie Brown with the Santa Barbara Children's Theatre.

norm Johnson Jr. (Director) is in his 24th year teaching movement and

scene study at Ithaca College. Originally from Rhode Island, he taught

in Oregon at Portland State University and worked with Imago, the

Theatre Mask Ensemble. He has an eclectic theater background. He has

performed medieval mummers plays on a fold-out stage pulled by a team

of oxen, served as both puppeteer and puppet-maker, mask-maker and

performer, was an animal wrangler for the PBS production of The Scarlet

Letter, danced contact improv, directed full-length dramas with the entire

population of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, founded both the

Great Interplanetary Soapbox Revival and the Pan-Twilight Circus, and

served as the second artistic director of Ithaca’s own Kitchen Theatre

Company. When not thinking about theatre, he dotes on his five

grandchildren, Haley, Garrett, Zachary, Lilli, and Sylvia.

Katy newton (Dramaturg) is a senior B.A. drama and B.A. English double

major from York, Pennsylvania. This is her first Ithaca College main-stage

production. Other credits include Journalist/Manageress in Professor

Taranne with No Bucks, Charlotta in The Cherry Orchard and Debbie in


and Fairy in Midsummer Night's Dream, all with New Players Company

Ridgewood, New Jersey.

noah ruff (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. acting major. This is his first

main-stage production with Ithaca College.

Jordan Dryce schultz (Governor Danforth) is a senior B.F.A. acting

major from Merrick, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include Shea Hecht and Michael Miller in Fires in the Mirror and

Martin in Fool for Love. Other credits include singer/dancer with RWS

and Associates Entertainment Inc.

michael st. germain (Hopkins/Willard and Ezekiel Cheever Cover)

is a junior B.F.A. acting major from Southborough, Massachusetts.

His previous Ithaca College credits include ensemble in 44 Plays for

44 Presidents, Policeman in Professor Taranne, Ian in Flush, and Brad

Carrigan in Brad Carrigan: American, all with No Bucks. Other credits

include ensemble in Two Gentlemen of Verona with Commonwealth

Shakespeare Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

maggie thompson (Ann Putnam) is a junior B.F.A. acting major from

Brooklyn, New York. Previous Ithaca College credits include Tamyra

cover in Man from Nebraska, Aviator in The Little Prince, and Catherine

in Proof.

Alex tortora (John Proctor) is a senior B.F.A. acting major from Fairfield,

Connecticut. Previous Ithaca College credits include Macbeth in Macbeth

and ensemble in The Dirty War Project. Other credits include Pedant in

Taming of the Shrew, Iago in Othello with Ithaca Shakespeare Company,

and Man 2 in A Bench at the Edge with No Bucks.

t.J. Wagner (Reverend John Hale) is a senior B.F.A. acting major

from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previous Ithaca College credits

include Steward in Into the Woods, Engtrand in Enemy of the People,

Gentleman, Lucio understudy, and Pompey understudy in Measure for

Measure, Ensemble and Roy understudy in The Light in the Piazza,

and Pylades and Orestes understudy in Electra. Other credits include


The Real Thing with On the Verge staged readings, Professor Nancy

Gordon in Third with IC Players, and Elaine Harper in Arsenic and Old

Lace with Standing Room Only.

Alexander Pitt (Technical Director) is a senior B.F.A. theatrical

production arts major from New Canaan, Connecticut. He is currently

working on a capstone project. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include technical director for Mere Mortals and Spring

Awakening, and master carpenter for the Magic Flute.

Paul m. radassao (Lighting Designer) is a junior B.F.A. theatrical

production arts major concentrating in lighting and scenic design from

Washingtonville, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits

include lighting designer for Gruesome Playground Injuries, assistant

lighting designer for Translations, and assistant master carpenter for

Spring Awakening. Also at IC, he was the lighting designer for Professor

Taranne and 44 Plays for 44 Presidents with No Bucks. Other credits

include lighting designer for Cyrano de Bergerac at Risley Theatre.


taylor misiak (Abigail Williams) is a senior B.F.A. acting major from Saint

Paul, Minnesota. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include Letty

Pogrebin/Roslyn Malamud in Fires in the Mirror, ensemble and Isabella

understudy in Measure for Measure, Andrea in The Dream of the Burning

Boy, Nina in Women and Wallace, and Mother in The Yellow Boat.

Alexandra nicopoulos (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. musical theatre

major from Fairfax, Virginia. This is her first Ithaca College main-stage

production.

caitlin ort (Mary Warren) is a sophomore B.F.A. musical theatre major

from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and Female Ensemble cover

for Legally Blonde.

Joe Pietropaolo (Reverend Samuel Parris) is a senior B.F.A. acting major

from Goshen, Indiana. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include

Chuck III/Tom in Mere Mortals, Dennis in This Is Our Youth, Pip/Theo

in Three Days of Rain, Ensemble in Dirty War Project, and Dudard in

Rhinoceros, and he also was ensemble in The Yellow Boat with No Bucks.

Other credits include Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew with Ithaca

Shakespeare Company.

hannah richter (Sarah Good) is a senior B.F.A. musical theatre major

from Denver, Colorado. Previous Ithaca College credits include Rapunzel

in Into the Woods, Elle's Mom/Greek Chorus in Legally Blonde, Barbara

in boom and Maggie in Shadow Box with No Bucks. Other credits include

Agatha in Guys and Dolls with Barrington Stage Company, Lydia in Pride

and Prejudice with Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Toad in A Year with

Frog and Toad at the Hangar Theatre, and Amy in Company with Flexible

Theatre Company.

rachel rosen (Elizabeth Proctor) is a senior B.F.A. acting major from

Ridgewood, New Jersey. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits

include Rivkah Siegal and Reuven Ostrov in Fires in the Mirror, Randine

in An Enemy of the People, and Grocer's Wife in Rhinoceros. Other

credits include Baptista in Taming of the Shrew, Mariah in Twelfth Night,

s t u D e N t a s s i s t a N t s , s P r i N G 2 0 1 4

Assistant to the Coordinator of Theatre Operations . . . . . . Marisa Andrews

Assistant to the Designers . . . . . Alexander Dietz-Kest, Andrew M. Hostler, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul M. Radassao, Maxwell T. Robin

Costume Shop Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashlynne Abraham, Anna Blazer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Duncan, Rebecca Dwight, Anna Eden, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxine Etchison, Emmanuel Garcia, Tyler Hampton

Front of House Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Anderson

Library Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Aschliman, Dennis Chambers, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha Cotton, Danica Kelley, Laine Levitt, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Pietropaolo, Katlyn Rapini, T.J. Wagner

Light Shop Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Halstead, Evan Herman-Chin, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Herskowitz, Ryan McSherry

Office Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eunice Akinola, Haley Brannelly, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelsey Dunne, Emily Gregonis, Robert Praderio, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Secor, Margaret Snyder

Paint Shop Assistants. . . . Sami Adamson, Elysse Helms, R. W. Westbrooke

Properties Shop Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sami Adamson, Lena Forman, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Hampton, Chloe Kirkwood, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine LemMon

Scene Shop Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Fitzgerald, Chloe Kirkwood, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine LemMon, Max Noonan-Pomada, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guthrie Park, Alexander Pitt, Max Weinstein

Sound Shop Assistants. . . . . . . Ryan Mutton, Josh Samuels, Sam Schloegel

Studio 2 Technical Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Aloi

Ticket Office Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian Anderson, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominic Barbaro, Taylor Brown

Web Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-hui Woo

teaching AssistantsDialects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas Carroll

Jazz Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avery Sobczak

Sophomore Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elise Myette

Theatre History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marisa Andrews

Theatrical Design Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Duncan

TV Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Czajkowski

Voice and Movement . . . . . . . Taylor Misiak, Rachel Rosen, Emily Viancourt

DePartMeNt oF theatre arts FaCuLtY aND staFF

FAcuLty

Barbara Anger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Acting]

Ruth Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Scenic Art and Design]

Susannah Berryman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Acting, Voice, and Movement]

Drew Bodd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acting Technical Director

Greg Bostwick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor [Acting]

Angela Branneman . . . . . Associate Professor [Theatre Arts Management]

Tom Burch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Scenic Design]

Lee Byron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor [Management, Directing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Theatre Studies]

Paula Murray Cole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Acting, Voice, and Movement]

Saviana Condeescu Stanescu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Playwriting and Theatre Studies]

Mary Corsaro** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Musical Theatre, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jazz, and Tap]

Chrystyna Dail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Theatre History]

Wendy Dann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Directing]

Brian DeMaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Opera and Musical Theatre

Garrett Eisler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Theatre History, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theatre Studies, Directing]

Lindsay Gilmour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Modern Dance]

Cynthia Henderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Acting]

Jennifer Herzog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Acting]

Norman W. Johnson Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Artistic Programming, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Acting and Movement]

Michael S. Kaplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Professor [Acting]

Timothy Kidd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . London Drama Program Director

Judy Levitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjunct Instructor [Acting]

Roy Lightner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Musical Theatre, Jazz]

Elizabeth Livesay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lecturer [Tap Dance]

Rosse and Macbeth cover in Macbeth, Whitney cover in The Stonewater

Rapture, and Son in Six Characters in Search of an Author. Other credits

include Link in Hairspray with Lyric Theatre Company in Burlington,

Vermont, and Jesus in Godspell with Colchester Theatre Company in

Colchester, Vermont.

Justin Kasian (Giles Corey) is a sophomore B.F.A. acting major from

Marietta, Georgia. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include

Edward in An Enemy of the People and the male understudy for Dream

of the Burning Boy senior directing project.

Andrew Korzenik (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. acting major from

Chicago, Illinois. This is his first main-stage production with Ithaca

College. Previous credits include Tim Carter in People's Temple and

various roles in The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later.

Donovan Lockett (Tituba) is a junior B.F.A. acting major with a writing

minor from New Orleans, Louisiana. Previous Ithaca College credits

include Ejlif in An Enemy of the People, Clara Mendoza in The Dirty

War Project, and ensemble in 44 Plays for 44 Presidents. Other credits

include Lane in The Importance of Being Earnest, Announcer in The Skin

of Our Teeth, and Rebecca Hilliker in The Laramie Project.

emily Loewus (Rebecca Nurse) is a sophomore B.F.A. acting major

from New York, New York. Previous Ithaca College credits include

Molly/V7 in Back to Ithaca, Carlyle understudy in The Stonewater

Rapture and Sue in Bash: A Gaggle of Saints. Other credits include

Lena in The Family Fiorelli at the York Theater and Hannah in Hate

Street with the Manhattan Repertory Theater.

Anthony marchitto (John Willard) is a junior B.F.A. acting major from

East Hanover, New Jersey. This is his first Ithaca College main-stage

production. Other credits include William Barfée in The 25th Annual

Putnam County Spelling Bee with Melodramatics Theatre Company,

Herr Schultz in Cabaret, and Richard in A New Brain with Rider

University.


Kerri Lynch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Stage Management]

Kathleen Mulligan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Voice and Speech]

Amy Walker O'Brien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instructor [Ballet]

Greg Robbins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Costume Design]

Arno Selco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor Emeritus [Acting, Directing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Musical Theatre Performance]

Colin Stewart** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Technical Direction]

Steve TenEyck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Chair, Associate Professor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Lighting Design]

Don Tindall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Production, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Professor [Sound Design]

Eugenia Wacker-Hoeflin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lecturer, [Alexander Technique]

Catherine Weidner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chair [Acting]

** on sabbatical, spring 2014

stAFF

Joey Bromfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scene Shop Supervisor

Sherri Dunham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant

Linda Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant

Joel Gelpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accompanist/Music Director

Trevor Maynard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting and Sound Supervisor

Susan Monagan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of Audience Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Special Projects

Mary Scheidegger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coordinator of Theatre Operations

Susan Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dance Accompanist

Cynthia Stewart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant

Lilly Westbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Shop Manager

schooL oF humAnities AnD sciences

Leslie W. Lewis, Dean

Kathy Lucas, Assistant Dean for Student Services

Michael Richardson, Associate Dean for Faculty and Special Initiatives

Stacia Zabusky, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Undergraduate Programs

Luke Davidson (Chorus/Giles Corey Cover) is a freshman B.F.A. musical

theatre major from Wanamingo, Minnesota. This is his first Ithaca College

main-stage production.

michael Doliner (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. musical theatre major from

Boulder, Colorado. This is his first Ithaca College main-stage production.

Aidan elsesser (Chorus/Thomas Putnam Cover) is a freshman B.F.A.

musical theatre major from San Francisco, California. Previous Ithaca

College credits include Servant/Attendant in Macbeth. Other credits

include Peter/Jameson in Darling: A New Musical with American

Conservatory Theater, Top Gun in Reality Project with A.C.T. and His

Majesty's Theater in Scotland, and Sketch in Hairspray at Broadway by

the Bay in San Francisco.

clarise Fearn (Susanna Wallcott/Abigail Williams Cover) is a sophomore

B.F.A. musical theatre major from South Hero, Vermont. Previous Ithaca

College main-stage credits include female cover for Into the Woods.

Other credits include Rona in The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling

Bee and Cinderella in Into the Woods.

Jordan Friend (Francis Nurse) is a sophomore B.F.A. acting major

from Chevy Chase, Maryland. Previous Ithaca College credits include

Gorph/Joe in Mere Mortals, Hans in Enemy of the People, and Hugh/

Owen cover in Translations. Other credits include Duke Ferdinand in

The Duchess of Malfi with 4615 Theater Company and Patrick Simmons

in A Murder Is Announced with Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre.

iris garrison-Driscoll (Chorus/Cover for Mercy Lewis and Susanna

Wallcott) is a freshman B.F.A. musical theatre major from South Orange,

New Jersey. This is her first Ithaca College main-stage production.

chiara hollender (Chorus) is a freshman B.F.A. acting major from

Charlotte, Vermont. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include

female cover in Fires in the Mirror.

nikolas Kaim (Judge Hathorne) is a sophomore B.F.A. musical theatre

major from Colchester, Vermont. Previous Ithaca College credits include

Through the generosity of alumni and friends, several scholarships have

been established to benefit theatre students. This assistance has made it

possible for many of our students to complete their education at Ithaca

College and to enter the theatre professions. We are grateful to those

who have contributed to the following theatre scholarships:

Peter Bergstrom Scholarship

Cissy Cheskis Scholarship

Toby Clarey Scholarship

Richard M. Clark Scholarship

Common Ground Scholarship

Friars Foundation Scholarship

Laura Hinckley Hauer Scholarship

George Hoerner Scholarship

Earl McCarroll Program

Development Fund

We invite you to contribute to any of these funds. Please contact

the Department of Theatre Arts, Ithaca College, Dillingham Center,

Room 226, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850; 607-274-3920;

[email protected].

s C h o L a r s h i P s

Arno Selco Guest Artist Fund

Patricia Stevens Musical Theatre

Scholarship

Clarence Straight Award

Theatre Arts Alumni


Jane Woods Werly Scholarship

Lillian Speakman Vail


a C k N o W L e D G M e N t s

Hangar Theatre

Cornell University, Department of Performing and Media Arts


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Kalyn Altmeyer (Chorus/Elizabeth Proctor Cover) is a freshman B.F.A.

musical theatre major from Princeton, New Jersey. This is her first Ithaca

College main-stage production. Other credits include Molly Pope in Wild

Nights! and Martha Cratchit in A Christmas Carol with McCarter Theatre

Center in Princeton.

cora Joe Anderson (Mercy Lewis) is a junior B.F.A. acting major from

Fargo, North Dakota. Previous Ithaca College main-stage credits include

Cammie in Man from Nebraska, Isabel understudy in My Children! My

Africa!, and directing ensemble for Three Days of Rain and Proof. Other

credits include Martha in Spring Awakening with Edinburgh Fringe

Festival and Rizzo in Grease with Domres Theatricals.

evan Arbour (Thomas Putnam/John Proctor Cover) is a junior B.F.A.

acting major form Winthrop, Maine. Previous Ithaca College credits

include Whitney in The Stone Water Rapture and male cover in Fool

for Love. Other credits include Claudio in Much Ado about Nothing

with Ithaca Shakespeare Company and Prince John in Henry IV Part 1

with the Theatre at Monmouth.

grant Beals (Chorus/Reverend Samuel Parris Cover) is a sophomore

B.F.A. musical theatre major from East Greenbush, New York. Previous

Ithaca College main-stage credits include Cinderella's Father in Into the

Woods. Other credits include Chip Tolentino in The 25th Annual Putnam

County Spelling Bee with Melodramatics.

Jordan Brady (Betty Parris/Tituba Cover) is a sophomore B.F.A. acting

major from Marietta, Georgia. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include Anonymous Girl and Anonymous Young Man #1 in

Fires in the Mirror.

connor Briggs (Ezekiel Cheever) is a sophomore B.F.A. musical theatre

major from Tuxedo, New York. Previous Ithaca College main-stage

credits include male cover in Into the Woods and Walker/Ned in Three

Days of Rain. Other credits include Tommy Pickles in Rugrats: A Live

Adventure! and Steve in Blues Clues Live! with Nickelodeon.

G e N e r a L i N F o r M a t i o N

For more detail, please visit ithaca.edu/mainstage.

LAtecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management.

eXits are clearly marked by red signs. Please check for the nearest exit

when seated. In case of fire, please walk—do not run—to the nearest exit

and follow the directions of the house staff.

smoKing is prohibited in Dillingham Center for the Performing Arts.

Free, well-lit PArKing is available in the lot next to Dillingham Center

(F lot), the visitor parking area (V lot), or the area across Route 96B

(Y lot). Drop-off for the theatre and access to the Dillingham Center

elevator are available from the Peggy Ryan Williams Center parking lot.

For more information about sPeciAL seAting (wheelchair or other),

call the ticket office at 607-274-3224.

cAmerAs and recorDing eQuiPment are forbidden in the theatre

by section 31:01 of the New York State Arts and Cultural Affairs Laws.

grouP Discounts for groups of 10 or more can be arranged by

calling the group sales director at 607-274-3796.

restrooms are located down the stairs directly across from the

ticket office.

A coAtroom is available for your convenience in the upper lobby.

Ithaca College assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen articles.

Lost ArticLes may be reported or claimed at the ticket office.

inFAnts are not permitted in the theatre.

AssistiVe heAring DeVices are available at the ticket office.

ticKets are available for purchase at the ticket office at Dillingham

Center or call 607-274-3224.

M a N a G e M e N t s t a F F

Production Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Carter

Marketing Associate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dominic Barbaro

Publicity Associate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Schintzius

Publicity Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Grein

Displays Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katlyn Rapini

Group Sales Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alyssa Napier

Promotions Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Sparks

Reception Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Brown

Assistant Reception Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katlyn Rapini

House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Geary

Assistant House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kylie Adams

Concessions Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Ball,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jess Braham

Ticket Office Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tricia Edwards,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Rothstein

Operations Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd Piskin

Program Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Tetro

Assistant Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liz Warren

Earl McCarroll Studio 2 Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Bacorn

Electronic Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Behrmann-Fowler

a b o u t t h e D e P a r t M e N t o F t h e a t r e a r t s

The Department of Theatre Arts at Ithaca College offers a powerful

combination of intensive classroom and performance experience that

has made it one of the most effective and highly respected training

programs in the nation. The department’s stated mission is to prepare

its students for careers in the theatre and entertainment industry. This is

a highly selective program, staffed by faculty members whose academic

training and professional theatre experience have prepared them for

the focused, personalized instruction that is the key to successful

theatrical training.

Five degree programs are available to our undergraduate students:

Bachelor of Arts in theatre studies

This degree provides a liberal arts approach to theatre and offers

the student maximum flexibility in exploring a wide range of career

opportunities. Students are eligible to audition for productions and are

encouraged to become involved in productions as stage managers,

assistant directors, dramaturgs, and technical assistants.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting

This degree program is performance-oriented and provides training

and experience designed to prepare students for a professional acting

career. Instruction is highly individualized and concentrated, but there

are also opportunities within the liberal arts curriculum for a broader

general education.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre

This is an intensive, performance-oriented major designed to offer the

student professional training in singing, acting, and dance.

Bachelor of science in theatre Arts management

This degree program combines intensive and practical training in

virtually all aspects of theatre and management with a well-rounded

education in the liberal arts.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatrical Production Arts

This is an intensive, undergraduate, preprofessional degree that

emphasizes practical theatre training and its place in the liberal arts.

Theatrical production arts has two degree concentrations: theatre

technology and theatrical design.

C r e W s

eLectrics

scenic Art

ProPerties

Marcus Barainyak Emily Behrmann-Fowler Elizabeth Demmon

Jordan Dunn-Pilz Andres Garcia Oghenero Gbaje

Katrina Grein Samantha Guter Liza Miller

Jihan Moumou Kathryn Schaeffer Ashley Serianni

Jordan Shoemaker

Marissa Achee Patricia Edwards Evan Hawkins

Mary Herbert James Kerr Lia Maynard

Victoria Pizappi Karina Sanchez Carolyn Trahan

Lily Waldron

sounD

Katherine Hass Zach Hindall Paul Hogan

Asa Slayton Liam Snead Nathanial Tejada

Aaron Thorton Rachel Wong

Sarah Chaneles Jennifer Hiyama Cody Hoyt

Eric Mitchell Austin Rosenkrans

Olivia Barrett Ria Hall Kathryn McGeorge

Olivia Ohlsten Meredith Ryer Brooke Shilling

Rebecca Simpson Wallack

costumes

Charles Crawford Fiona Dolan Sydney Greenfield

Lisa Peck John Posca Aaron Roberts

Rachel Schardt Taylor Talhame Emily Weisbeck

Cameron Wenrich Andrew Wyman

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Assistant to the Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Naylor

Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Young

Assistant Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Aschliman,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Gerrity

Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Schweizer

Voice and Speech Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathleen Mulligan

Educational Outreach Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katlyn Rapini

Properties Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Hampton

Assistant Properties Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Dwight

Master Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Kirkwood

Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sami Adamson

Assistant Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Duncan

Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Herman-Chin

Production Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Maynard

Deck Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Peck

Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Samuels

Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Blazer

C a s t

s e t t i N G a N D t i M e

The Crucible is set in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.

There will be a 15-minute intermission.

Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kalyn Altmeyer, Grant Beals, Luke Davidson,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Doliner, Aidan Elsesser, Iris Garrison-Driscoll,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiara Hollender, Andrew Korzenik,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandra Nicopoulos, Noah Ruff, Daniel Wisniewski

covers

John Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Arbour

Abigail Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarise Fearn

Elizabeth Proctor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kalyn Altmeyer

Reverend Samuel Parris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Beals

Mary Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianne Wylie

Tituba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Brady

Giles Corey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luke Davidson

Thomas Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aidan Elsesser

Ezekiel Cheever/John Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael St. Germain

Mercy Lewis/Susanna Wallcott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iris Garrison-Driscoll

Covers never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement

for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

(Musical Director) Conductor/Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Gelpe

Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessie Linden

Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Covney

Bass Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey Orcutt

C a s t

John Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex Tortora

Abigail Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Misiak

Elizabeth Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Rosen

Reverend Samuel Parris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Pietropaolo

Mary Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlin Ort

Reverend John Hale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T.J. Wagner

Tituba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donovan Lockett

Giles Corey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Kasian

Betty Parris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Brady

Governor Danforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Dryce Schultz

Thomas Putnam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Arbour

Ann Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maggie Thompson

Rebecca Nurse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Loewus

Francis Nurse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Friend

Ezekiel Cheever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connor Briggs

John Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Marchitto

Judge Hathorne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikolas Kaim

Mercy Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cora Joe Anderson

Susanna Wallcott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarise Fearn

Sarah Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Richter

Voice of Martha Corey, Chorus Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianne Wylie

Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael St. Germain

attributed to the anarchy that ensued in this community. The factors are

universal: class struggles, gender inequality, power quests, religious

redemption, revenge cravings, and oppression.

Since then, the notion of “witchcraft” has truly grown to be a symbol

for any issue, any word, that evokes panic and sets neighbors against

neighbors. The absurdity and length to which a single word—witch,

communist, AIDS, queer, terrorist—can bring about such destructive

connotations and powerful shifts in society is astonishing. A simple

accusation made by someone in authority (gender, class, race, etc.)

can have magical influence in creating a new reality for the accused.

There will always be an “other” that will be ostracized by society because

it is widely accepted that said “other” is disruptive to the balance of the

community. Society’s interpretation and comprehension of a specific

word associated with the “other” can be shaped through various

mediums. The medium chosen here, which you are about to witness,

is theatre. This is The Crucible, and this is what you make of it.

Katy Newton

Dramaturg

N o t e s F r o M t h e D r a M a t u r G

“Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and

cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic

there was in them! Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?”

The title character of Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian

Gray captures a universal sentiment on the impact of words. Some 62

years later, Arthur Miller would publish a play based on true accounts

of the hysteria that spun out of one word used by a group of catty

preteen girls. The word was “witch.” The play was The Crucible.

The accusers were bored young women struggling to find purpose

in the oppressive Puritan society they lived in. The accused were the

scapegoats of that society. Outcasts included anyone in the lower

socioeconomic classes, those who did not own land, or those who

exhibited “strange” behavior. The “afflicted” girls attempted to destroy

the lives of anyone they disliked by capitalizing on the town’s political

and religious tension.

“Witchcraft” was a notion that was believed by the majority to be a

severe threat to the community. Innocent townspeople lost their lives

because the local government, like that of other surrounding colonies,

believed in “spectral evidence.”

Allegations of spectral evidence, in that a person who made covenant

with the devil could take on the form of another in order to recruit others,

turned neighbors against each other. In contrast, some were accused of

engaging in “nonspectral acts of malefic witchcraft” and were able to

obtain power through general acts associated with witchcraft (spells,

curses, potions, puppets, etc.). The only way to avoid hanging was to

confess to practicing witchcraft. In essence, it was not solid, visual

evidence, but the believed intent and thoughts of the accused that was

the ground on which lawmakers based their decisions.

In researching this moment in our history, it has become overwhelmingly

clear that “witchcraft” was an incredibly complex issue that created an

excuse for many to craft a perfect storm on the town of Salem in 1692.

There is no one clear definition nor one absolute cause that can be

N o t e s F r o M t h e a s s i s t a N t D i r e C t o r

The Salem witch trials of the 17th century cost many people their lives

when girls in the town accused others of witchcraft. It is our belief that

the girls were pretending. They manipulated every and any spectator

they could get on their side. The girls contrived the events to get what

they wanted. Witchcraft is an “ipso facto crime” whereby people of the

court only trusted the word of the “victim.” The girls gained their power

from this and abused it. They were able to point a finger and end a

person’s life just for the thrill of it. Hangings were a form of entertainment

and, for these girls whom before this were stuck at home cleaning, it was

very exhilarating.

The life of a Puritan was based on a love of God and a fear of Satan.

Each person’s motivation was defined by this fact and it is my belief

that each action was rooted in fear. Fear of authority caused finger

pointing and name-calling. Fear of giving in caused more hangings.

Fear of losing a sense of self or even one’s life caused a stalwart of

confessions. Many people questioned their faith, and it is invigorating

to see those shifts in the characters. It takes longer for some than others.

It is our hope that audience members will be engaged by the lives of

these Puritans who actually existed in history and went through these

events whereby innocent people were hung just because they had an

enemy in the town for any given reason. In a way, it was a discrimination

that went too far.

Emily Naylor

Assistant Director

i t h a C a C o L L e G e

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCESLeslie W. Lewis, Dean

and the

Department of Theatre Arts

present

Director

Norm Johnson Jr.

costume Designer

Maxine L. Etchison

sounD Designer

Kevin Aloi

stAge mAnAger

Marisa Andrews

scenic Designer

Andrew M. Hostler

Lighting Designer

Paul M. Radassao

technicAL Director

Alexander Pitt

DrAmAturg

Katy Newton

April 22, 24–27

TheCrucible

By Arthur Miller

The Crucible is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York.

C h a i r ’ s N o t e s

Attending an Ithaca College Theatre production is like getting in on the

ground floor of a great investment. You’re seeing shows of professional

quality that are designed, built, and performed by students at the very

beginning of their journey as theatre artists. The 2013–14 season is

another kind of journey for the audience—one of discovery, truth-telling,

fervent beliefs, and the captive imagination. The shows we’ve chosen this

year are intended to challenge all of us to think about what we say, how

we conduct ourselves, and what to do when we lose our way. These are

powerful stories based on incidents of fact and fiction, and the blurred

line between the two. We’ve book-ended the season with plays by writers

who were inspired (or horrified, rather) by the behavior of our fellow

human beings, and we've peppered the months in between with

compelling stories and glorious music, full of wit and passion.

As teachers, we are constantly managing the push-and-pull between

process and product. Our students are learning right in front of your eyes,

as these productions provide the laboratory for practicing their craft—

whether it’s as managers producing the shows, designers and technicians

telling the visual and physical story through sets, costumes, lights, and

sound, or actors seeking truth in performance. Our faculty and staff

lead the journey for a little while in classes, rehearsals, and production

meetings, but now you witness the product; a new part of the process

begins: how do you maintain its integrity and adapt to audience response

in the moment? All of those lessons are being taught during the week

of the performance, and they require your involvement.

Ithaca College has a century-old legacy of fostering talented young

people—our alums grace the stages and shops of Broadway, regional

theatres, film, and television. But it begins here when you, the audience,

settle in, turn off your smart phones (please!), and let the words of Anna

Deavere Smith, the magic of Stephen Sondheim, the wit of David Ives,

the charm of Chabrier, the collaborative spirit of the Civilians, and the

power of Arthur Miller affect you. The audience gives the theatre a

present and our students a purpose, and Ithaca College ensures that

theatre has a future.

Thank you for being a part of it. We couldn’t do this without you.

Catherine WeidnerChair

By Arthur Miller

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