THEATRE Fine Arts Scholarships
theatre department chair Dear Prospective Theatre Student! Thank-you for meeting with the Carthage Theatre faculty today. We’re excited to have you here! We look forward to meeting with you and hearing more about you. And we hope you enjoy visiting our beautiful campus and learning more about our program, our students, and who we are. Once our auditions are concluded in early March, we will contact you to let you know about placement in the department, and whether you have been awarded an additional fine arts scholarship. If you are awarded a scholarship, we will then send you an official letter with the award amount and scholarship details. Please sign and return a copy of this letter by May 1 to signify your acceptance. We know that choosing a college is hard and we want to help you make an informed decision. Our faculty and students are glad to answer any questions about us or our programs. If you haven’t done so, I also recommend you schedule a campus visit this spring. Then you can sit in on classes, see a show, and even stay overnight in the dorms with a current theatre student. Sincerely, The Carthage College Theatre and Dance Faculty
Herschel Kruger Theatre Department Chair Professor of Theatre hkruger@carthage.edu | 262-551-6101 carthage.edu/theatre
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scholarships
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awards and honors The Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) The KCACTF is a national theatre program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide, which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theatre in the United States. The KCACTF has grown into a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country, where theatre departments and student artists showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents. carthage.edu/theatre/awards-honors
upcoming productions The Revolutionists Feb. 25-26 & March 3-5 | 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 | 3 p.m. Wartburg Theatre The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Nora Carroll, centralizes around four real women who lived during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror (1793-1794). These courageous and daring women, playwright Olympe De Gouge, assassin Charlotte Corday, iconic former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle are on a mission to change the world, starting with fighting for freedom and equality in Paris. Both darkly hilarious and rebellious, The Revolutionists is about legacy, terrorism, feminism, and friendship. In this play, laughs will be had just as much as heads are sure to roll. Armed with wit and bravery, these women will have you chanting “liberté, égalité, and sororité!” from your seat. Constellations March 24-26 | 7:30 p.m. Studio Theatre A chance encounter at a party brings together a beekeeper, Roland, and a theoretical physicist, Marianne. But in that single moment, the infinite possibilities of what the relationship can become unfold. Any one choice can lead to a new outcome: a deeply meaningful relationship, an affair, or strangers who meet only once. In this powerful and moving story, Marianne and Roland’s relationship explores all the possible paths a lifetime can have, and the power of decisions. Constellations by Nick Payne and directed by Joshua Bryan Maloney ‘22, is about exploring the lines between friendship and romance, it’s about free will, quantum multiverse theory, and even honey. Away from the Mirror April 1-2 | 7:30 p.m. Wartburg Theatre The Department of Theatre presents its annual student dance concert, Away From The Mirror, providing Carthage’s emerging artists opportunities to develop their inspirations through dance, to share in the development of their own production, and to engage in community discourse. The program will feature new dance works developed by dance minors in a less produced revelation of the dance making process. At the beginning of each new school year, dance minors are invited to share their ideas for new dance works, the most promising of which are selected for inclusion in the annual Away From the Mirror concert. Throughout the fall semester, students then work both individually and with faculty to develop and hone their choreographic processes, and in the spring semester, they audition a cast for their work. Throughout the spring semester, student choreographers then teach their dancers their new pieces, while undergoing a stringent review process by an advisory committee of faculty and students. Students are encouraged throughout the process to step “away from the mirror”, turning their focus away from the outward appearance of their work and the common ‘standards’ of dance, and instead onto the intrinsic values and resonances of their movement. The result is a beautiful exploration of what it
upcoming productions means to be a dancer today, what it takes to bring new dance work to life, and what drives us to dance in the first place. Big Guns April 7-8 | 7:30 p.m. April 9 | 3 p.m. Studio Theatre In Nina Segal’s riveting play, Big Guns, two characters, simply and anonymously named “One” and “Two”, live in a world in which fear is inescapable. Big Guns, directed by Natalie Lall ’22, is about the moment just before- the moment before violence, the moment before the very thing to be feared rears its ugly head. It’s the prickling at the back of your neck, the faint taste of blood in your mouth, the threat of uncertainty. Did you really hear that haunting sound? Is that suspicious shape in the darkness innocent, or something sinister? Part drama, part dark comedy, and another part an experimental political play, Big Guns ruthlessly and honestly looks humanity in the eyes and asks us to examine how and why we have become so desensitized to violence. How even as the endless catalogs of horrors and tragedies pile up in our world and on our screens, we have begun to barely feel them. Something Rotten! April 29-30 & May 5-7 | 7:30 p.m. May 1 | 3 p.m. Wartburg Theatre The Carthage Theatre Department presents Something Rotten, with music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick and book by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick. This outrageously hilarious and wildly entertaining musical is directed by Professor Martin McClendon with music direction by Matthew Hougland. William Shakespeare was the hottest writer during the Renaissance. Women and men alike wanted him, and wanted to be him. Everyone that is, except Nick Bottom. Nick and his brother Nigel run a theatre troupe too, but their efforts are always overshadowed by Shakespeare. Nick hits his last straw when Shakespeare steals their idea of performing “Richard II” before the troupe has a chance to perform it. In an attempt to overthrow Willy’s fame, Nick pays a soothsayer to predict what the next famous play will be, so he can produce it before the Bard does. The soothsayer reveals that the next big theatrical trend will be: a MUSICAL! Something Rotten’s wild hilarity and never-ending tunes allows for a theatrical experience filled to the brim with joy. Nick and Nigel navigate the writing of a musical, the meaning of love, and the feeling of inferiority, all with a sarcastic edge. Something Rotten! Originally premiered on Broadway in 2015 with an all star cast, including Brian D’Arcy James, Christian Borle, John Cariani, Heidi Blickenstaff and Kate Reinders. With a booming score, intricate characters, and dancing galore, this show will be sure to have you tapping your toes long after the performance is over. Audience members of all ages will enjoy the upbeat and wild energy of this award-winning musical!
2021-22 Carthage Theatre Department Presents
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Revolutionists Written by
Lauren Gunderson Directed by Nora Carroll
February 25-26 & March 3-5 | 7:30 p.m. February 27 | 3 p.m. Wartburg Theatre
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2021-22 Carthage Theatre Department Presents
March 24-26 | 7:30 p.m. | Studio Theatre Written by Nick Payne
Directed by Joshua Bryan Maloney ‘22
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2021–2022 Carthage Theatre Department Presents
April 1 & 2 | 7:30 p.m. Wartburg Theatre
David A. Straz, Jr. Center
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2021-22 Carthage Theatre Department Presents
BiG GUNS Written by Nina Segal / Directed by Natalie Lall ’22
April 7-8 | 7:30 p.m. April 9 | 3 p.m. Studio Theatre Get Tickets 24/7 carthage.edu/tickets Fine Arts Box Office | 262-551-6661 Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 5 p.m. facebook.com/carthagefinearts instagram.com/carthagefinearts
2021-2022 Carthage Theatre Department Presents
Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell Music & Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick & Karey Kirkpatrick Book by
Directed by
Martin McClendon
Music Direction by
Matthew Hougland
April 29-30 & May 5-7 * 7:30 p.m. May 1 * 3 p.m.
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past productions
*Student Directed Production
2020-2021 Puffs, Oct. 2020 *Smokefall, Oct. 2020 New Play Initiative: Romeo & Juliet Walk Into A Bar, Nov. 2020 Flying & Falling (dance), Dec. 2020 *Eurydice, Feb. 2021 Away from the Mirror (dance), March 2021 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, March 2021 2019-2020 A Doll’s House, Part 2, Oct. 2019 *Body Awareness, Oct. 2019 New Play Initiative: The Handbook, Nov. 2019 Shift (dance), Nov. 2019 Fighting for Home, Feb. 2020 *Baltimore Waltz, March 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic) Kiss Me, Kate, April/May 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic) Away from the Mirror (dance), May 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic) 2018-2019 AJAX, Oct. 2018 The Taming, Oct., 2018 New Play Initiative: Up and Away, Nov. 2018 Resonate (dance), Dec. 2018 Marie Antoinette, March 2019 *God of Carnage, April 2019 Flora the Red Menace, April/May 2019 Away from the Mirror (dance), May 2019 2017-2018 Twin Set, Sept./Oct. 2017 *Working Title, Oct. 2017 Mother Courage and Her Children, Nov. 2017 Nimble Attitudes (dance), Dec. 2017 Silent Sky, March 2018 Away from the Mirror (dance), April 2018 Into the Woods, April/May 2018 2016-2017 The Invisible Hand, Oct. 2016 Marriage à la Mode, Nov. 2016 Vanishing Point (dance), Dec. 2016 *History of Falling Things, Feb. 2017 New Play Initiative: A Seat at the Table: The Regina Taylor Project, March 2017 Away from the Mirror (dance), April 2017 The Mystery of Edwin Drood, April/May 2017
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