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2020-2021 MAINSTAGE SEASON

2020-2021 STUDIO SEASON

2020-2021 DANCE SEASON

HairMusic by Galt MacDermot

Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado

October 14-18 & 21-25, 2020

The TempestBy William Shakespeare

November 4-8 & 11-15, 2020

Angel StreetBy Patrick Hamilton

November 18-22, 2020

Sense and SensibilityBy Kate Hammit

Based on the novel by Jane Austen

Feb. 17-21 & Feb. 24-28, 2021

Mamma Mia!Music and Lyrics by Benn Andersson and Björn

Ulvaeus and some songs with Stig Anderson Book by Catherine Johnson

April 7-11 & 14-18, 2021

Silent SkyBy Lauren Gunderson

Sept. 16-20, 2020

Atreus By Yaureybo Jordán

January 20-24, 2021

Desdemona:A Play About A Handkerchief

By Paula Vogel

March 24-28, 2021

Next FallBy Geoffrey Nauffts

April 21-25, 2021

Fall ConcertWill be streamed,

stay tuned for details!

Spring ConcertApril 30 & May 1, 2021

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To all of the patrons:

Thank you so much for being here and sticking with us through this difficult and uncertain time. We know that in planning live, in-person events, there is no “best” answer, but we feel it’s important to provide and support live production opportunities for the students as long as

we can do so safely.

Your continued support of the students and the Department of Theatre and Dance during this time means so much, and we’re so happy to

continue to bring you live theatre and dance events.Thank you for being here.

SPECIAL THANKS

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SPECIAL NEWS

FACULTY AND STAFF

Children’s TheatreOur annual traveling children’s theatre, Planet Protectors performs in elementary schools January-March, likely with a virtual option as well!. Give us a call to get your school on the schedule!!

Stay informedFor more information about what’s coming up, visit MSUTheatre.com or MSUDance.com or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram. Box Office: 507-389-6661

Scott Anderson CostumerMatthew Caron Managing DirectorCorrie Eggimann, Public Relations DirectorBeverly Gruenzner-Kragh Office/Business ManagerGeorge E. Grubb, Sound Design, Technical DirectorHeather E. Hamilton, Acting & DirectingJulie Kerr-Berry ChairDavid McCarl Costume DesignJohn David Paul Scene DesignVladimir Rovinsky Acting & MovementSteven Smith, Lighting DesignDaniel Stark Director of DanceNick Wayne Music Director

Joe Crook Adjunct Faculty, Dance Allison Doughty Adjunct Faculty, DanceChristina Dyrland Smith, Adjunct Faculty, VoiceBruce Jones, Adjunct Faculty, Playwriting

Ted Paul (deceased)Tom BlieseFred C. Bock IIPaul J. HustolesC. Ronald Olauson Faculty Emeriti

Graduate AssistantsMorgan Benson, Ruby Carlson, John Greer, Sarah Honerman, Ty Hudson, Kyle Jensen,Yaureybo Jordán, David Loudermilk*, RJ Magee, Yu Miao, Lindsey Oetken, Eric Parrish, Grey Robertson, Jack Truman, James Van Oort, Joshua Zietse*Nadine B. Andreas Teaching Assistant

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MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATODEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE

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The

TempestBy William Shakespeare

DirectorMatthew Caron

Scene Design John David Paul

Lighting Design Steven Smith

Costume Design David McCarl

Sound DesignGeorge Grubb

Production Stage ManagerSarah Belfrage Honerman

November 4-8 & 11-15, 2020

An affirmative action/equal opportunity educator and employer. This document is available in alternative format to individuals with disabilities by calling the Department of Theatre & Dance at 507-389-6661 (V), 800-627-3529 or 711 (MRS/TTY.)THEA22BK_10-20

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Prospero ........................................ Michael Poleleyev

Miranda .............................................. Malea Hanson

Ariel ............................................................. Lydia Prior

Caliban ...............................................Grey Robertson

Ferdinand .................................................Sam Verdick

Alonso ...................................................Alexander Ess

Antonio ..................................................... Jack Adams

Sebastian ........................................Vanessa Vuckovic

Gonzolo ...................................................... RJ Magee

Trinculo ...................................................Miles Cowan

Stefano .......................................................Colin Nord

Master of the Ship (voice) .................... Lydia Bodnar

Boatswain (voice) .........................James C. Van Oort

CAST OF CHARACTERS

UNDERSTUDIES

Prospero ................................................Alexander Ess

Miranda, Antonio ............................ Bridget McKeon

Ariel, Sebastian, Stefano ..................... McKenna Prill

Caliban, Ferdinand, Trinculo............ Felipe Escudero

Alonso, Gonzolo .................Philomena Schnoebelen

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The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by DDaavviidd MM.. RRuubbeennsstteeiinn. Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; and the Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation. Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts. This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for invitation to the KCACTF regional festival and may also be considered for national awards recognizing outstanding achievement in production, design, direction and performance. Last year more than 1,500 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.

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Written in 1610-1611, The Tempest is one of William Shakespeare’s last undisputed plays and demonstrates his skill as a mature playwright. The play begins with a shipwreck—not an unusual idea for Shakespeare as he used the same dramatic device in both The Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night, yet its dramatic use in this play suggests a refinement and an improvement upon his earlier works. Of course, Shakespeare is well known for his lack of originality in that he pulls inspiration from many sources—his genius comes from how he skillfully weaves and adapts these sources in his own way, masterfully improving on them. Drawing from contemporary sources, such as an account of the sinking of the ship Sea-Adventure off the coast of Bermuda in 1609, and the writings of antiquity, like Ovid’s Metamorphosis and Virgil’s Aeneid, the Bard designs a tale of magic and fantasy that has captured the imagination for over 400 years.

Unlike most of Shakespeare’s plays, The Tempest was not first produced at his famous outdoor theatre, The Globe. Instead, the first recorded performance was in 1611 at Whitehall—an indoor space. By all accounts the play was highly regarded in its day, seeing many adaptations and revivals after Shakespeare’s death. It has certainly retained its fame into our own contemporary times, as exemplified in a recent visually stunning film by director Julie Taymor, starring Helen Mirren as a female Prospero. It should be mentioned that this is the third time MSU has presented The Tempest, having previously staged it in 1971 and 1990. We hope this 2020 production stirs your imagination as much as it has the countless audience members over the past 410 years.

Enjoy the show!

-Matthew Caron

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

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Technical DirectorGeorge E. Grubb

Assistant Stage Manager

Bridget McKeon

Properties MasterRebecca Sackett

Original MusicLydia Prior

Movement CoachDaniel Stark

Lightboard OperatorJacob Haen

Soundboard OperatorGrace Ewals

Costume CrewParker AdamsChristian Tesch

Poster DesignSam Verdick

House ManagerJulia Olsem

UshersActing for Everyone Students and

Box Office Staff

PRODUCTION STAFF

THEATRE STAFF

SETTING

a ship at seaafterwards, an island

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Jack Adams (Antonio) is a junior BFA Acting candidate from Madison, WI, who made his Minnesota State Mankato debut in the ensemble of The Music Man. He most recently appeared as “Wabash” in Shakespeare in Love. He was “Oscar Delancey” in Newsies and in the Liturgical Choir in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Jack appeared in the 2019 children’s touring theatre production, Visitors from the Planet Bop. He was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Black Comedy in the Spring of 2020. Jack is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Charles M. Cantale Theatre Scholarship. Miles Cowan (Trinculo) is a junior BFA Acting candidate from Sioux Falls, SD, who was most recently seen as “Policeman/Voice Three” in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He was “Morris Delancey” in Newsies, in the Liturgical Choir in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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THE CASTand in the ensemble of The Music Man. He was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Black Comedy in the Spring of 2020.Felipe Escudero (Understudy) is a senior Theatre Arts Generalist from Apple Valley who most recently appeared as “Dr. Rank” in A Doll House, “Jonathan Brewster” in Arsenic and Old Lace, for which he received an Irene Ryan Acting nomination and as “Pablo” in Sister Act during Highland Summer Theatre 2019. He appeared as “Macduff” in Macbeth and as “Torturer/ Waiter” in 1984. He made his Minnesota State Mankato debut as “Sheriff” and “Gloucester” in The Two Henrys. He was “Zamir” in Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them and “Peter” in And Baby Makes Seven, both in the Studio. Felipe was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Mamma Mia! in the Spring of 2020.Alexander Ess (Alonso) is a senior BFA Acting candidate from St. Louis Park who made his Minnesota State Mankato debut as “Mortimer,” “Lord Bardolph” and “Exeter” in The Two Henrys. Most recently he was “Krogstad” in A Doll House. He was “Lieutenant Rooney” in Arsenic and Old Lace and in Highland Summer Theatre 2019 in the ensembles of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Shadowlands and as “Joey” in Sister Act. He was in the ensembles of Macbeth and The Music Man, “Lee” in Bye Bye Birdie, “Judge” in Ragtime and “Mr. Kraler” in The Diary of Anne Frank. Alex was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of A Doll’s House, Part 2 in the Spring of 2020. He is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Richard and Mary Davenport Theatre Scholarship.Malea Hanson (Miranda) is a junior BFA Acting candidate from Sioux City, IA, who most recently was seen as “Anne-Marie” in A Doll House. She was “Specs” in Newsies, “Little

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THE CASTNorbert” in The Happy Elf and in the ensemble of The Music Man. She appeared in the 2019 children’s theatre touring production, Visitors from the Planet Bop. She was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Mamma Mia! in the Spring of 2020. Malea is the recipient of the 2020-21 Jane L. Rush Theatre Scholarship.RJ Magee (Gonzolo) is a first year MFA Musical Theatre candidate making his Minnesota State Mankato debut. He has appeared in professional productions across the country at regional theaters including Arizona Broadway Theatre, Roxy Regional Theatre, Top Hat Productions, Pines Dinner Theatre, Broadway Palm Theatre, Dollywood Entertainment, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and more. In addition to his career as a performer, he is both the owner/founder of RJ Magee Casting and a Theatre Associate for Baker Entertainment in New York City. He

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has served as an entertainment industry adviser to market research and management consulting firms EY-Parthenon and Third Bridge and he worked as a teacher and director at the Wyoming Seminary Performing Arts Institute, Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp, Actors Launchpad, Actors Connection, Weber State University, and more. RJ is a graduate of Temple University and Interlochen Arts Academy. Bridget McKeon (Understudy) is a senior Theatre Arts Generalist from Nebraska. Previous roles include “Huldey” from The Moors, “Alva” in This Changes Everything and “Adam” in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri.Colin Nord (Stefano) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre candidate from Sartell who appeared most recently as “Richard Burbage” in Shakespeare in Love and as “Gov. Teddy Roosevelt” in Newsies. He was in the ensemble of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, “Santa” in The Happy Elf and “Constable Lock” in The Music Man. Michael Poleleyev (Prospero) is a senior BFA Acting candidate from Kansas City, KS, who made his Minnesota State Mankato debut as “Officer Brophy” in Arsenic and Old Lace. He was previously seen as “Ed Boone” in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and as “The Son” in Nocturne. Michael was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Mamma Mia! in the Spring of 2020. Michael is a recipient of the 2020-2021 Lee and Loretta Snilsberg Scholarship.McKenna Prill (Understudy) is a junior BFA Acting candidate from Richmond who made her Minnesota State Mankato debut in the ensemble of The Music Man. Most recently, she was the Assistant Choreographer and Dance Captain for Hair. She was the Dance Captain for The

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Hunchback of Notre Dame and Newsies. She was in the 2019 Spring Dance Concert and appeared as Michelle/Nun in Sister Act during HST 2019. She was the choreographer for the 2019 children’s theatre tour A Knight’s Tail. She was selected to perform as the featured dancer in the Musical Theatre Intensive at the 2020 Kennedy Center American College Theatre region V Festival. McKenna was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Mamma Mia! She is a recipient of the 2020-2021 Julio and Doris Gasteiro Theatre Scholarship.Lydia Prior (Ariel) is a senior BFA Musical Theatre candidate from Sioux City, IA, who most recently appeared as “Nora” in A Doll House, for which she received an Irene Ryan Acting nomination. She was in Cloud 9 in the Studio and she appeared as “Sibella Hallward” in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and in the ensemble of Sister Act

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for Highland Summer Theatre 2019. She was “Florikah” in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, for which she received an Irene Ryan Acting nomination, “Gilda” in The Happy Elf and in the chorus of The Music Man. Lydia made her Minnesota State Mankato debut in the ensemble of Little Women. She was “Frances” in Melancholy Play in the Studio and appeared in the 2018 traveling children’s theatre tour of The Bluebird’s Secret. For HST 2018, she was in the ensembles of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Shrek. She was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Mamma Mia! in the Spring of 2020. Lydia is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Emily Walter Musical Theatre Scholarship.Grey Robertson (Caliban) is a first year MFA Acting candidate originally from Richmond, VA. He is so excited to be making his Minnesota State Mankato debut. Some of his favorite roles include “Einstein” in Picasso at the Latin Agile, “Vertumnus” in Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, and “Lloyd” in Reckless.Philomena Schnoebelen (Understudy Alonso/Gonzalo) is a junior theatre generalist and psychology major from Clear Lake, IA. She was the assistant stage manager for Mothers and Sons , Newsies , and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, for which she was also the understudy for “No.40/Voice Five”. She was the technical director for Silent Sky and Nocturne, for which she won the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Award at the 2020 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Region V Festival. She is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Brianna Richmond Cowles Theatre and Dance Scholarship.Sam Verdick (Ferdinand) is a senior BFA Acting candidate from Cottage Grove who most recently appeared in the ensemble of Shakespeare in Love and as “Elmer” in Newsies. He appeared in Highland Summer Theatre 2019 as “TJ” in

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Sister Act, “Eubie” in The Happy Elf, and in the ensembles of The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie and Little Women. He wrote original music for Cloud 9 in the Studio and the 2020 children’s theatre production A Knight’s Tail and he was the co-composer and co-music director for the 2019 children’s touring theatre production, Visitors from the Planet Bop He was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Mamma Mia! in the Spring of 2020. Sam is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Kirk Ristau Memorial Theatre Scholarship.Vanessa Vuckovic (Sabastian) a senior BFA Musical Theatre candidate from Phoenix, AZ, who most recently appeared as “Molly” in Shakespeare in Love and in the ensemble of Newsies. She was “Hecate” in Macbeth, “Mrs. Claus” in The Happy Elf and “Mrs. Squires” in The Music Man. At Graceland she was “Veronica” in Heathers the Musical, “Diana” in Lend Me a Tenor, “Jessica” in This is Our Youth and “Lucy” in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Vanessa was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of Mamma Mia! in the Spring of 2020. She is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Shirley Grundmeier Musical Theatre Scholarship.

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Sarah Belfrage Honerman (Production Stage Manager) is a fi rst year MFA Directing candidate originally from Sioux Falls, SD. She previously appeared in the ensemble of Sister Act during Highland Summer Theatre 2019, as “Scottish Doctor” in Macbeth and as “Jillian” in the Studio production of Melancholy Play. Before moving to Mankato, Sarah spent seven years teaching high school English and Theater in both South Dakota and Minnesota. Some of her favorite previous roles include “Gingy” in Shrek the Musical, “Meg” in Leading Ladies and “Penny” in Hairspray. Sarah was scheduled to perform in the COVID-cancelled production of A Doll’s House, Part 2 in the Spring of 2020.

STUDENT SENIOR STAFF

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FRIENDS OF THE THEATRE

Benefactors ($1,000.00 + )Eilert and

Deborah BeekThomas and

Harriet BlieseFred and Karin BockRobert and

Susan BrownLinda CobbRichard and

Mary DavenportMark and Joan DavyDelta Air

Lines FoundationJane F. EarleyThe late Shirley

L. HigginbothamGregory HoehnBarbara JackmanLyle and Kay JacobsonBruce Jones and

Joann NordinJohn and Karen KnoxRebekah LockwoodThe late

Leonhard MickelsenPhillip and

Dolores Nordquist

Olseth Family Foundation

Janet ReynoldsRichard RushMary Jo SurprenantLarry and Thalia TaylorValley News CompanyEmily Walter

Angels - ($750.00 + )Michael and

Amy DaufenbachDoug and Lori FaustDwain and

Carole Petersen

Directors - ($500.00 + )James and

Kristine ConnorsDavid CowanFidelity Charitable

Gift FundDennis and

Joyce FindleyBruce and

Susanne GrayDennis and

Carolyn Hitchcock

Paul and Mary Jo Hustoles

Julie Kerr-Berry and Timothy Berry

Michael and Margaret Lawrence

Jane and David Schostag

Clayton TiedeWalt and Sherryl Wolff

Sponsors - ($250.00 + )Carolyn AyersTimothy and

Bonnie BergSally and the late Roger

K. CoomesAnn and Randy CowanDavid and

Mary FrazierDoris HertsgaardSandra Hyde and

Creighton WersalBarbara Keating and

Theodore DowneyMichael and

Judith KennedyRonald Larson

The Minnesota State Mankato Department of Theatre & Dance gratefully acknowledges these individuals and businesses for their generous contributions to the 2020-2021 season

over the last year, as of October 15, 2020.

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Susan MeurerMark Meyer and Judy

Romine MeyerLois MussettDonald and

Barbara OverlieDianne and

John RothforkPatricia RubyRichard and

Stacey StrakaErin StuartGwen Westerman and

Glenn WasicunaDonnette and

Gregory Wheelock

Patrons - ($100.00 + )Jeffrey and

Paulette AdamsJean and

William AndersonMargery AndersonGalen and

Darlene ArcherdDaryl and Judy ArzdorfThe late Janet M. BarryWendy BeckVirginia and

Charles BergKatherina Bernhagen

Steve and Diane Biedscheid

Kevin and Joan BlankMary BliesmerRobert BlissJoseph and Joann BluthBridget and

David BrandtSally BurdickJohn and Vicki CarverAngela DalyStephen and

Margo DruschelDave and

Melissa DunnKent and

Marilyn DurenbergerCharles and

Carol EggertBarbara ErieTony Filipovitch and

Kathleen BrynaertMichael and

Linda FinleyArdell and

Glen FrandleSandra and

James GibbsMary and Don GieseNicole and

James Goebel

Renita and Bruce Goodrich

Donald and Kathryn Gordon

Ruth HarveyCynthia and

Robert HobbsKathleen HoffmanPeggy and

Kenneth HonkenJohn IschRodney and

Linda IsebrandJohn and

Sonja JacobsenAndrew Johnson and

Nancy FitzsimonsDon and

Elizabeth KeepersGerald and

Mary KillionArn and Margaret KindAmy and Douglas KlothRichard and Sally KlothLisa Kopischke Dawn and

Scott KruegerJames and

Nancy KrugerGloriann KueterValerie Kvale

FRIENDS OF THE THEATRE

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Hannelore LeipoldBarbara LindenbergCurtis LokenJudith MaharryElizabeth ManderfeldJudith MarbenRenee MathiasonByron and

Karen McGregorTheresa and

Thomas McLaughlinElaine and Philip MeyerDiane MorkenPeter and

Linda NeigebauerJohn NorrisRichard and

Dianne OsborneRaymond and

Jackie OverlandElizabeth PetersLaura PetersonDelores PfauRon and Etta PooleDavid and Vanette

Pope David and

Sharon PopowskiMarcia RichardsCharlene and

Thomas Roberts

David RoderCharles and

Genevieve RoesslerApril and

Carl RosendalePatrick and

Jennifer RowanJohn and

Shirley ScheidelPhyllis SenskaKathryn and

Michael SmithJohn and Sybil SoltingPhyllis and Robert

Stade Oliver and Judy StowCheryl Temple and

Todd PetersonErin and Bruce ToninatoAnn TraxlerPeter and

Colleen VachuskaBill and Polly WebsterWallace and

Beverly WellmannHerbert and

Linda WenkelJoan and

Donald WeselyDavid and Linda Witte

Dean and Bambi Wuebker

David and Judy YkemaVal YoungblomArvid and Jane ZenkJacob and Cynthia ZinsArthur Zuhlsdorf

Donations are listed through Oct. 15,

2020, and include donations from the last calendar year.

For more information on how to become a Friend of the Theatre,

or with questions about your listing, contact the main

Theatre & Dance office at 507-389-2118.

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