Break legs! Jaime and Patrina Hurtado, Owners...Program Design Erico Ortiz PRODUCER ’S NOTE Welcome to the Village Playhouse Young Person’s Playwriting Project, Second Edition

Break legs! Jaime and Patrina Hurtado, Owners

Nov 11-Dec 4 Watercolor Ease & Metal Mania

Rosalie Robison Art Exhibit

Dec 2 Village Playhouse Presents

Young People’s Playwriting Project—7:30pm

Dec 3 Open Gallery: Watercolor Ease & Metal Mania

Rosalie Robison Exhibit, 2-4pm

Village Playhouse Presents


Dec 4 GAMMA Holiday Event—2-6pm

Dec 7-Jan 3 Pushing Boundaries

Patty Aker & Kay Jelinek Art Exhibit (Sheboygan)





Dec 11 Opening Reception: Pushing Boundaries—2-5pm

Patty Aker & Kay Jelinek (Sheboygan)

Dec 12 Auditions: VPW’s She Kils Monsters—6-8pm

Dec 13 Auditions: VPW’s She Kills Monsters—6-8pm







Jan 2 Auditions: VPW’s Nightingale—7pm


Jan 7-22 Jacobo Dominguez Sculptures (Mexico)

Jan 13-14 VPW presents Lost & Found—7:30pm

Jan 20 VPW presents Lost & Fonnd —7:30pm

Jan 21 “The Actors Bag O’ Tricks” Workshop—10am-Noon

VPW preesnts Lost & Found—7:30pm

1500 S. 73rd Street

West Allis, WI 53204

4141 587-3474

www.inspirationstudiosgallery.com

INSPIRATION STUDIOS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

PRODUCTION TEAM

Producer Tom Zuehlke

Directors Rita Bates

Scott Sorensen

Scott Stenstrup

Paul Zaragoza

Set Designer Directors

Costumes Cast and Crew

Props Cast and Crew

Lighting Casey Paszkiewicz

Salvatore (Sam) Alioto

Sound Designer Tom Jackson

Building Manager Erico Ortiz

Box Office Mary Breitrick

Photographer Scott Engel

Publicity Erico Ortiz

Graphic Designs Derek Jacobs

Program Design Erico Ortiz

PRODUCER’S NOTE

Welcome to the Village Playhouse Young Person’s Playwriting

Project, Second Edition.

Our four budding high school and middle school authors spent

their Wednesdays this summer learning about the art and craft of

playwrighting and composing the plays you will see tonight.

The scripts represent a youthful looks at some very adult sub-

jects, giving an interesting perspective to both context and con-

tent.

It has been a pleasure to watch these talented teenagers grow and

nurture their work from the page to the stage.

Thanks to our crew and four talented casts and directors for giv-

ing of their time and energy. Thanks to Erico and Inspiration Stu-

dios for a home and endless support.

My special thanks to Max, Nicholas, Kate, and Kyra for the com-

mitment they brought to the project. Thanks to the parents who

supported their efforts with time, transportation, and love. And

thanks to you, our audience, for your support in this project.

Enjoy the shows!

Tom Zuehlke

THE DALLAS SHOOTING

by Kyra Price

Directed by Scott Stenstrup

Lily Sullivan Gretchen Rocha

James Sullivan Michael Krol

Paul Zaragoza Ivan Saldana

Moondancer Drake Bryan Shaw

Rita Bates Misty McBride

Will Drake Brent Thompson

Jackie Benka Nurse

Salvatore Alioto Mike Rawlings

SWITCH

by Kate Hightdudis

Directed by Rita Bates

Jackie Benka Miranda

Will Drake Caroline

Scott Stenstrup Doctor Charles

Moondancer Drake Michelle

Rita Bates (Switch) is honored to direct once again for the Vil-

lage Playhouse. She directed Miss Highdudis in the past, so

bringing this young playwright’s words to life is expecially excit-

ing, especially because it gave great room for the actors to play.

Rita would like to thank producer Tom Zuelke for once again

trusting her to direct and also a big thank you to the talented cast

who made her job easy.

Scott Sorensen (To Heal The Wounds) is thrilled to return to the

director’s chair for the YPPP. Thanks to the cast members and

production crew. Thanks to Tom Zuehlke for his trust. Thanks to

Erico for everything he does to help out. Thanks to you, the audi-

ence, for supporting the arts. As always, never-ending love to the

late Aric Fisher. Sit back and enjoy the shows!

Scott Stenstrup (The Dallas Shooting) is amazed at the quality

of writing by our young playwrights. He is pleased to help bring

Kyra Price’s timely and relevant topic to life. Scott likes to enter-

tain you. He loves theatre. Enjoy the show and thanks you for

being here.

Paul Zaragoza (Alex and Jamie) is simply thrilled that he is now

directing for the Village Playhouse after a two-year hiatus. Pre-

vious directing credits include The Underpants (Assistant Direc-

tor), and From Dusk till Dawn at Theatre Unchained, The Hys-

terical History of The Trojan War at Milwaukee Recreation and

a ten-minute scene from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Uni-

versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. You may have seen him on

stage most recently in Eurydice and Jake Revolver: Freelance

Secret Agent, both with the Village Playhouse. A special thanks

goes to his cast, the cast moms, Moondancer Drake and Lily Sul-

livan, for their huge support and, of course, family, friends and

audience members. Enjoy the show!

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHIES

Max Erickson (To Heal The Wounds) is a senior at Waukesha

West High School. He is devoted to his passion for theatre. He

hopes to continue his studies of theatre arts in college and hopes

to make a career out of it, on or off stage. He also has a dream of

becoming a published author and playwright, and eventually di-

recting his work. He thanks you for coming out tonight and hopes

you enjoy the show!

Kate Hightdudis (Switch) is very excited to have her first written

play brought to life. Kate is 12 years old and in 7th grade at

Longfellow Middle School in Wauwatosa. She has preformed in

a few productions of the Village Playhouse. She enjoys baking,

spending time with friends, and volunteering at the Wisconsin

Humane Society.

Nicholas Hightdudis (Alex & Jamie) is excited to see his play be

performed by the people at Village Playhouse. After performing

in many plays, including last year’s Young Persons Playwriting

Project, he wanted to try his hand at writing a play of his own

during this workshop. He is a freshman at Wauwatosa East where

he is taking an acting class. He was A Midsummer Nights Dream,

Skin Of Our Teeth, The Woods, with the Village Playhouse, and

group acting for forensics. He takes drum lessons and has sung

with Bel Canto Boys Choir. He likes to draw, play computer

games, and has an interest in science and biology.

Kyra Price (The Dallas Shooting) is an 8th grader at St. Frances

Cabrini, in West Bend. She loves theater, and has been in 15

shows (and counting.) Favorite roles include Jemima Potts in

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang last year and White Rabbit in Alice,

Kattrin in Secret of the Goat Children, and Ling in Mulan, Jr.

This is the first play she’s written that’s being produced in a real

theater, and she hopes you’re going to love it. She’s thankful to

Tom Zuehlke and the Village Playhouse for this opportunity.

She loved getting to know the other writers and seeing their

works in progress. To everyone involved in the produc-

tion,“Break a leg!”

PLAYWRIGHT BIOGRAPHIES Angels Program

Donations/Ang

ALEX & JAMIE

by Nicholas Hightdudis

Directed by Paul Zaragoza

Bria Sullivan Alex

Will Drake Jamie

Intermission

TO HEAL THE WOUNDS

by Max Erickson

Directed by Scott Sorensen

Noah Kennedy Rory

Donna McMaster Madame Trotlotsky

Lily Sullivan Theresa

Paul Pfannenstiel Uncle Aaron

Will Drake Gemma

www.villageplayhouse.org

Meet The Players

Salvatore (Sam) Alioto is a 16-year-old sophomore at Milwaukee

High School of the Arts. He is in the theater department aspiring to

go into theatrical production. He is currently in an apprenticeship to

become head of sound production at the school, which assists him

with his up and coming DJ business. This is his first time working on

a professional lighting crew. He has been in numerous children’s pro-

ductions and starred as the Lion in Hartford Avenue’s The Wiz.

Rita Bates is pleased to be on stage once again with the Village Play-

house. She thanks you, the audience, for your support.

Jackie Benka is thankful for the opportunity to work once again with

the Village Playhouse. Past favorite roles include Cookie from Neil

Simon's Rumors, Feste from Twelfth Night, and her ongoing role as

Brad Majors and Emcee of Sensual Daydreams Milwaukee's

shadow cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. When not appearing

onstage she works as lead writer for Cabaret MKE.

Moondancer Drake is a Cherokee performance artist and published

fiction novelist. This will be Moon's first time working with the Vil-

lage Playhouse. Moon holds a BFA in Technical Production in the

area of Theatre from UW-Milwaukee.

Will Drake is a Cherokee actor and singer. She has been in Shake-

speare’s Midsummer Night`s Dream and a play written by her teacher

John Price titled XII. Will filled in for the Young Person`s Playwrit-

ing Project in 2015 with Village Playhouse. She is very excited to

have a chance to return this year to work with the folks at Village

Playhouse.

This is Noah W. Kennedy‘s first performance with the Village Play-

house and he is looking forward to performing for you, in this show

and hopefully many more.

Donna McMaster is thrilled to be working once again with the Vil-

lage Playhouse and to be able to participate in giving young play-

wrights an opportunity to see their work come to life on stage. Donna

was last seen in The Whitefish Bay Players production of Play it

Again Sam and The Village Playhouse's One Act Festival.

CAST BIOGRAPHIES CAST BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED

Paul Pfannenstiel is appearing for the third time this year with Vil-

lage Playhouse, having recently been in the 31st Annual One Act

Festival and in The Skin Of Our Teeth. He also recently appeared at

the Milwaukee Fringe Festival in a staged reading of Two Rivers.

Paul appears regularly with a number of theater groups in the Milwau-

kee area.

Scott Stenstrup likes to make you laugh. Scott likes to make you cry.

Scott likes to entertain you. So Scott loves theatre. Enjoy the show

and thank you.

Bria Sullivan is happy to perform with Village Playhouse again. She

appeared as a Magic in the children’s show, The Sorcerer’s Appren-

tice, and was a stage elf in Rumpelstiltskin. She was in the 2015 young

Person’s Playwriting Project, playing Katherine in Five Golden Re-

hearsals.

James Sullivan worked with Village Playhouse in last year’s Young

Person’s Playwriting Project in all three of the one-act plays, playing

four different roles! Taking it easy this year, he has only one part in

one show. He performed a few years ago in Village Playhouse‘s One

Act Festival, playing a teenager in Maps.

Lily Sullivan has worked with Village Playhouse, onstage and off. In

The 39 Steps, she played Pamela Edwards. She was a Magic in the

Children’s show, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and worked the lights

for Rumpelstiltskin. She hopes you enjoy the shows!

Paul Zaragoza is enjoying his eighth production with Village Play-

house. He was last seen as Big Stone in Eurydice. Previous credits

with the Village Playhouse include Foley Artist in Jake Revolver:

Freelance Secret Agent, Miles Webster in What About the Baby?,

Agent Max Crusher in Willing and NSA-bled, Gus in The Runaway,

Eric in Group Therapy and multiple characters in A Christmas Carol.

Other acting credits include Blood Wedding, Psycho Beach

Party, and Mil-Wonky Style. Paul holds a BFA in Theatre-Acting

from UW-Milwaukee.

Meet The Players

Salvatore (Sam) Alioto is a 16-year-old sophomore at Milwaukee

High School of the Arts. He is in the theater department aspiring to

go into theatrical production. He is currently in an apprenticeship to

become head of sound production at the school, which assists him

with his up and coming DJ business. This is his first time working on

a professional lighting crew. He has been in numerous children’s pro-

ductions and starred as the Lion in Hartford Avenue’s The Wiz.

Rita Bates is pleased to be on stage once again with the Village Play-

house. She thanks you, the audience, for your support.

Jackie Benka is thankful for the opportunity to work once again with

the Village Playhouse. Past favorite roles include Cookie from Neil

Simon's Rumors, Feste from Twelfth Night, and her ongoing role as

Brad Majors and Emcee of Sensual Daydreams Milwaukee's

shadow cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. When not appearing

onstage she works as lead writer for Cabaret MKE.

Moondancer Drake is a Cherokee performance artist and published

fiction novelist. This will be Moon's first time working with the Vil-

lage Playhouse. Moon holds a BFA in Technical Production in the

area of Theatre from UW-Milwaukee.

Will Drake is a Cherokee actor and singer. She has been in Shake-

speare’s Midsummer Night`s Dream and a play written by her teacher

John Price titled XII. Will filled in for the Young Person`s Playwrit-

ing Project in 2015 with Village Playhouse. She is very excited to

have a chance to return this year to work with the folks at Village

Playhouse.

This is Noah W. Kennedy‘s first performance with the Village Play-

house and he is looking forward to performing for you, in this show

and hopefully many more.

Donna McMaster is thrilled to be working once again with the Vil-

lage Playhouse and to be able to participate in giving young play-

wrights an opportunity to see their work come to life on stage. Donna

was last seen in The Whitefish Bay Players production of Play it

Again Sam and The Village Playhouse's One Act Festival.

CAST BIOGRAPHIES CAST BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED

Paul Pfannenstiel is appearing for the third time this year with Vil-

lage Playhouse, having recently been in the 31st Annual One Act

Festival and in The Skin Of Our Teeth. He also recently appeared at

the Milwaukee Fringe Festival in a staged reading of Two Rivers.

Paul appears regularly with a number of theater groups in the Milwau-

kee area.

Scott Stenstrup likes to make you laugh. Scott likes to make you cry.

Scott likes to entertain you. So Scott loves theatre. Enjoy the show

and thank you.

Bria Sullivan is happy to perform with Village Playhouse again. She

appeared as a Magic in the children’s show, The Sorcerer’s Appren-

tice, and was a stage elf in Rumpelstiltskin. She was in the 2015 young

Person’s Playwriting Project, playing Katherine in Five Golden Re-

hearsals.

James Sullivan worked with Village Playhouse in last year’s Young

Person’s Playwriting Project in all three of the one-act plays, playing

four different roles! Taking it easy this year, he has only one part in

one show. He performed a few years ago in Village Playhouse‘s One

Act Festival, playing a teenager in Maps.

Lily Sullivan has worked with Village Playhouse, onstage and off. In

The 39 Steps, she played Pamela Edwards. She was a Magic in the

Children’s show, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and worked the lights

for Rumpelstiltskin. She hopes you enjoy the shows!

Paul Zaragoza is enjoying his eighth production with Village Play-

house. He was last seen as Big Stone in Eurydice. Previous credits

with the Village Playhouse include Foley Artist in Jake Revolver:

Freelance Secret Agent, Miles Webster in What About the Baby?,

Agent Max Crusher in Willing and NSA-bled, Gus in The Runaway,

Eric in Group Therapy and multiple characters in A Christmas Carol.

Other acting credits include Blood Wedding, Psycho Beach

Party, and Mil-Wonky Style. Paul holds a BFA in Theatre-Acting

from UW-Milwaukee.

Max Erickson (To Heal The Wounds) is a senior at Waukesha

West High School. He is devoted to his passion for theatre. He

hopes to continue his studies of theatre arts in college and hopes

to make a career out of it, on or off stage. He also has a dream of

becoming a published author and playwright, and eventually di-

recting his work. He thanks you for coming out tonight and hopes

you enjoy the show!

Kate Hightdudis (Switch) is very excited to have her first written

play brought to life. Kate is 12 years old and in 7th grade at

Longfellow Middle School in Wauwatosa. She has preformed in

a few productions of the Village Playhouse. She enjoys baking,

spending time with friends, and volunteering at the Wisconsin

Humane Society.

Nicholas Hightdudis (Alex & Jamie) is excited to see his play be

performed by the people at Village Playhouse. After performing

in many plays, including last year’s Young Persons Playwriting

Project, he wanted to try his hand at writing a play of his own

during this workshop. He is a freshman at Wauwatosa East where

he is taking an acting class. He was A Midsummer Nights Dream,

Skin Of Our Teeth, The Woods, with the Village Playhouse, and

group acting for forensics. He takes drum lessons and has sung

with Bel Canto Boys Choir. He likes to draw, play computer

games, and has an interest in science and biology.

Kyra Price (The Dallas Shooting) is an 8th grader at St. Frances

Cabrini, in West Bend. She loves theater, and has been in 15

shows (and counting.) Favorite roles include Jemima Potts in

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang last year and White Rabbit in Alice,

Kattrin in Secret of the Goat Children, and Ling in Mulan, Jr.

This is the first play she’s written that’s being produced in a real

theater, and she hopes you’re going to love it. She’s thankful to

Tom Zuehlke and the Village Playhouse for this opportunity.

She loved getting to know the other writers and seeing their

works in progress. To everyone involved in the produc-

tion,“Break a leg!”

PLAYWRIGHT BIOGRAPHIES Angels Program

Donations/Ang

ALEX & JAMIE

by Nicholas Hightdudis

Directed by Paul Zaragoza

Bria Sullivan Alex

Will Drake Jamie

Intermission

TO HEAL THE WOUNDS

by Max Erickson

Directed by Scott Sorensen

Noah Kennedy Rory

Donna McMaster Madame Trotlotsky

Lily Sullivan Theresa

Paul Pfannenstiel Uncle Aaron

Will Drake Gemma

www.villageplayhouse.org

THE DALLAS SHOOTING

by Kyra Price

Directed by Scott Stenstrup

Lily Sullivan Gretchen Rocha

James Sullivan Michael Krol

Paul Zaragoza Ivan Saldana

Moondancer Drake Bryan Shaw

Rita Bates Misty McBride

Will Drake Brent Thompson

Jackie Benka Nurse

Salvatore Alioto Mike Rawlings

SWITCH

by Kate Hightdudis

Directed by Rita Bates

Jackie Benka Miranda

Will Drake Caroline

Scott Stenstrup Doctor Charles

Moondancer Drake Michelle

Rita Bates (Switch) is honored to direct once again for the Vil-

lage Playhouse. She directed Miss Highdudis in the past, so

bringing this young playwright’s words to life is expecially excit-

ing, especially because it gave great room for the actors to play.

Rita would like to thank producer Tom Zuelke for once again

trusting her to direct and also a big thank you to the talented cast

who made her job easy.

Scott Sorensen (To Heal The Wounds) is thrilled to return to the

director’s chair for the YPPP. Thanks to the cast members and

production crew. Thanks to Tom Zuehlke for his trust. Thanks to

Erico for everything he does to help out. Thanks to you, the audi-

ence, for supporting the arts. As always, never-ending love to the

late Aric Fisher. Sit back and enjoy the shows!

Scott Stenstrup (The Dallas Shooting) is amazed at the quality

of writing by our young playwrights. He is pleased to help bring

Kyra Price’s timely and relevant topic to life. Scott likes to enter-

tain you. He loves theatre. Enjoy the show and thanks you for

being here.

Paul Zaragoza (Alex and Jamie) is simply thrilled that he is now

directing for the Village Playhouse after a two-year hiatus. Pre-

vious directing credits include The Underpants (Assistant Direc-

tor), and From Dusk till Dawn at Theatre Unchained, The Hys-

terical History of The Trojan War at Milwaukee Recreation and

a ten-minute scene from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Uni-

versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. You may have seen him on

stage most recently in Eurydice and Jake Revolver: Freelance

Secret Agent, both with the Village Playhouse. A special thanks

goes to his cast, the cast moms, Moondancer Drake and Lily Sul-

livan, for their huge support and, of course, family, friends and

audience members. Enjoy the show!

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHIES

PRODUCTION TEAM

Producer Tom Zuehlke

Directors Rita Bates

Scott Sorensen

Scott Stenstrup

Paul Zaragoza

Set Designer Directors

Costumes Cast and Crew

Props Cast and Crew

Lighting Casey Paszkiewicz

Salvatore (Sam) Alioto

Sound Designer Tom Jackson

Building Manager Erico Ortiz

Box Office Mary Breitrick

Photographer Scott Engel

Publicity Erico Ortiz

Graphic Designs Derek Jacobs

Program Design Erico Ortiz

PRODUCER’S NOTE

Welcome to the Village Playhouse Young Person’s Playwriting

Project, Second Edition.

Our four budding high school and middle school authors spent

their Wednesdays this summer learning about the art and craft of

playwrighting and composing the plays you will see tonight.

The scripts represent a youthful looks at some very adult sub-

jects, giving an interesting perspective to both context and con-

tent.

It has been a pleasure to watch these talented teenagers grow and

nurture their work from the page to the stage.

Thanks to our crew and four talented casts and directors for giv-

ing of their time and energy. Thanks to Erico and Inspiration Stu-

dios for a home and endless support.

My special thanks to Max, Nicholas, Kate, and Kyra for the com-

mitment they brought to the project. Thanks to the parents who

supported their efforts with time, transportation, and love. And

thanks to you, our audience, for your support in this project.

Enjoy the shows!

Tom Zuehlke

Nov 11-Dec 4 Watercolor Ease & Metal Mania

Rosalie Robison Art Exhibit



Dec 3 Open Gallery: Watercolor Ease & Metal Mania

Rosalie Robison Exhibit, 2-4pm

Village Playhouse Presents


Dec 4 GAMMA Holiday Event—2-6pm

Dec 7-Jan 3 Pushing Boundaries

Patty Aker & Kay Jelinek Art Exhibit (Sheboygan)





Dec 11 Opening Reception: Pushing Boundaries—2-5pm

Patty Aker & Kay Jelinek (Sheboygan)

Dec 12 Auditions: VPW’s She Kils Monsters—6-8pm

Dec 13 Auditions: VPW’s She Kills Monsters—6-8pm









Jan 7-22 Jacobo Dominguez Sculptures (Mexico)

Jan 13-14 VPW presents Lost & Found—7:30pm

Jan 20 VPW presents Lost & Fonnd —7:30pm

Jan 21 “The Actors Bag O’ Tricks” Workshop—10am-Noon

VPW preesnts Lost & Found—7:30pm

1500 S. 73rd Street

West Allis, WI 53204

4141 587-3474

www.inspirationstudiosgallery.com

INSPIRATION STUDIOS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Break legs! Jaime and Patrina Hurtado, Owners

Documents

Break legs! Jaime and Patrina Hurtado, Owners...Program Design Erico Ortiz PRODUCER ’S NOTE Welcome to the Village Playhouse Young Person’s Playwriting Project, Second Edition