Dexter Bullard, Artistic Director presents
by Sarah Gubbins Director – Geoff Button Choreographer- Emily Maltby Scenic Designer – Rachael Claxton Costume Designer – Lissa Lamona Lighting Designer – Joe Watrach Sound Designers – Kami Siu & Jack Hawkins Video Designer- John Boesche Stage Manager – Rebecca Rowlett
May 9 – 13, 2012
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DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre 60 E. Balbo Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 Email: theatreboxoffice@depaul.edu http://theatreschool.depaul.edu (312) 922-1999
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CAST
in order of appearance
Bradley Manning ............................................................................................Michael McKeogh Julian Assange/Charlie ..................................................................................................Joe Flynn Maid/Carly/Lt. Col. Hastings/Patron ..................................................... Emma Kate Starling Lois/Ellie/Sergeant/Patron...........................................................................Celeste M. Cooper Derek/Senator....................................................................................................Brian E. Crawford Rob/Daniel Schmitt/Guard/Justin Timberlake......................................John Crosthwaite Monica/Chris ................................................................................................... Pamela Mae Davis Terry/Adrian Lamo/Celine Dion...................................................................... Mark Lancaster Leslie/The Nanny/Tyler Watkins/Lady Gaga................................................ Annie Prichard Stacey/Producer/Alex/Warhol..................................................................... Caroline Kingsley Strobe lights will be used in this production. There will be one 10-minute intermission.
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P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Assistant Director .................................................................................................Philip W. Fusco Assistant to the Script....................................................................................................Gil Tanner Assistant Stage Managers.............................................................. Sarah Geis, Dana Stringer Assistant Scenic Designer .................................................................................... Tierra G. Novy Assistant Costume Designer...............................................................................Anne Stebbins Assistant Lighting Designer.................................................................................. Peyton Smith Director of Production ......................................................................................... Chris Hoffman Production Coordinator.............................................................................................Alexis Links Technical Director........................................................................................................Jon Woelfer Assistant Technical Director ............................................................................ Wil Deleguardia Reskin Technical Director ..............................................................................................Jen Leahy Technical Assistant............................................................................................ Aaron Pijanowski Scene Shop Foreman............................................................................................ Gerry Reynolds Master Carpenter........................................................................................ Seth Randall-Tapply Scenic Artist...............................................................................................................Joanna White Property Master...................................................................................................Wayne W. Smith Costume Shop Manager ..........................................................................................Myron Elliot Costumiere.......................................................................................................... Dawn G. McKesey Cutter/Draper ...............................................................................................Adrienne Littlefield Staff Stitcher.............................................................................................................So Hui Chong Make-up Supervisor................................................................................................Nan Zabriskie Master Electricians.................................................................. Claire Cleary, Daniel Friedman Scenery and Property Crew ...........Rachel Fenwick-Smith, Andrew Huber, Janie Killips Costume Crew ..........................................................................Lydia Brown, Aaryanna Gariss, Denzel Irby, Catharine Young Make-up Crew ........................................................................................................Jessica Vodnik Lighting Crew .............................................................. Leila Abdelrazaq, Dzemila Bilanovic, Shannon Daly, Samuel Haines Sound Crew ...............................................................................................................Morgan Lake Sign Language Interpreter Coordinator...............................................................David Jones Sign Language Interpreters..................................................................................................... TBA Director of Marketing and Public Relations............................................................Anna Ables Manager of PR and Special Events....................................................................... Andrea Tichy Publicity/Production Photos.......................................................................................Anna Ables Publicity and House Crew.................................................... Colleen Debelius, Lauren Fields, Kimberly Kidders, Maureen Kuhl Box Office Manager........................................................................................................ Julia Curns House Manager................................................................................................................ Alicia Graf Theatre Manager.........................................................................................................Leslie Shook
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D I R E C TO R ’ S N O T E So, Facebook is slowly transitioning all of its profiles over to something called Timeline. You may likely already be on it. Basically, it is a new way of organizing people’s data so that any one of your friends can, with a few mouse clicks, track what you were posting about on any given day since the moment you joined its social network. And while I am not eager for my girlfriend to be able to track the sappy messages I shared with my last girlfriend, there is a solace to be taken in the fact that at the same time all this information about me is dumped on the public at large, they will also be dumping all of hers, and all of yours, and that of everyone you know. We live in an age where it is exceptionally easy to find out almost anything. We can learn anything we care to with a simple Google search and a few clicks; whether we want to find a restaurant, make a bomb, or watch a video of a cat hugging her kitten because it’s having a nightmare. It was onto that internet that Wikileaks dumped the massive intelligence leak given to them by a very young, very confused, and very idealistic military analyst named Bradley Manning. Both Manning and Julian Assange, the primary mover behind Wikileaks, believe in a world of total transparency, where governments are held accountable by their well-informed citizens. I generally try to be a well-informed citizen myself, so I follow the news pretty closely. I remember when Manning’s information dump started being published by Wikileaks; the main take-away I got was that there would just be too much information included for me to absorb, so I should just let the media filter it and let me know what was relevant to my life. And this is where we live now. A computer analyst at a laptop in Iraq finds acts of inexcusable injustice ferreted away within our government’s servers, puts his life at risk to let the world know, and we decide there is too much information to really absorb. So when you go home, if you want to, you could go on Facebook and find out what bands I was listening to in 2007. Or you could look at pictures of Ryan Gosling being sensitive. Or you could go to YouTube and watch an 18-minute video entitled “Collateral Murder,” leaked by Manning and posted by Wikileaks, of US soldiers accidentally killing a couple of Reuters journalists as they mow down a crowd of Iraqi nationals from their helicopters. And then you could start asking questions of yourself and of your government. Or you could just watch the kitten video instead. In an age of unlimited information, it really is up to you. Thank you for coming to our play. We genuinely hope you have a great time. Thanks. ~Geoff Button, Director
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BIOGR APHIES Celeste M. Cooper, (Lois/Ellie/Sergeant/ Patron), 3rd year MFA/Acting. Celeste hails from Joliet, Illinois, and earned her BA in Theatre from Tennessee State University. Her Theatre School credits include The American in Me, Blood Pudding, Much Ado About Nothing, Medea, 4.48 Psychosis, and Intimate Apparel. With a resume that also includes film credits, she ambitiously explores different avenues of performance with focus, energy, and truth. Brian E. Crawford, (Derek/Senator), 3rd Year MFA/Acting. Brian received his BA in Theatre from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Past Theatre School credits include The Bacchae, Much Ado About Nothing and Pinkalicious. Brian is a Company Member of Out of Hand Theater, with whom he has co-created over a dozen original works. Other professional credits include work with 7 Stages, Actor’s Express, The Alliance, Theatre Emory, and GA Ensemble. Brian is the 2004 Recipient of the Louis B. Sadler Prize in the Arts. John Crosthwaite, (Rob/Daniel Schmitt/ Guard/Justin Timberlake/Waiter), 3rd Year MFA/Acting. John received his BA in Dramatic Art from UC Davis in Sacramento, California. John is a former company member of Comedy Sportz Sacramento and Artistic Director of The Rats in the Alley, an improv and sketch comedy troupe. Most recently John was seen on the Discovery Channel show I Almost Got Away With It and can be seen in the sci-fi thriller Citizen in the Temple this summer. He can also be seen currently performing around Chicago with the Cook County Regulars, a comedy troupe formed here at DePaul University. Pamela Mae Davis, (Monica/Chris), 3rd year MFA/Acting. Pamela has appeared in The Theatre School’s productions of The Skriker (Skriker), Blood Wedding (Mother), The Hothouse (Gibbs), and The Monster Under the Bed (Mum/Miss Rowlings, directed by David Catlin). Other Chicago credits include Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with The Arc Theatre, and Coffee, Olive, and Everything In Between as part of American Theatre Company’s 10x10 Festival. Joe Flynn, (Julian Assange/Charlie), 3rd year MFA/Acting. Joe is from California where he received his B.A. from UCLA’s School of Theater. As a Californian, some favorite
roles were Goring in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband and Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. As a Chicagoan, Theatre School credits include Løvborg in Hedda Gabler and Steve Martin’s The Underpants. For The Arc Theatre, he played Master Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Joe is a founding member of The Cook County Regulars. Mark Lancaster, (Terry/Adrian Lamo/Celine Dion), 3rd year MFA/Acting. Mark finished his undergraduate degree at the University of North Texas in 2001 and immediately began doing voiceover work for such FUNimation properties as Dragon Ball Z and Fullmetal Alchemist. Theatre School credits include The Monster Under the Bed and School for Scandal. He is a certified Actor Combatant with the SAFD, and he hosts shows and performs boylesque as a member of the Chicago based burlesque troupe Vaudezilla. Michael McKeogh, (Bradley Manning), 3rd year MFA/Acting. Theatre School credits include: Faustus (Faustus); Blood Wedding (Leonardo); Much Ado About Nothing (Don Pedro); Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw). Regional Work: The Importance of Being Ernest (Algernon), Phare Play Theatre, NYC; The Little Tragedies (Mozart) Stepps Theatre, NYC; Othello (Roderigo) Boston Theatre Works, Boston; Curse of the Starving Class, (Wesley), Apollinaire Theatre Company, Boston. Cooking with Elvis,(Stuart) Apollinaire Theatre Company, Boston; The Zoo Story,(Jerry) Apollinaire Theatre Company, Boston; Michael also participated in the 2005 Boston Theatre Marathon with Apollinaire’s production of Scrabble in Babel or Earlset. Other regional work includes The Lion in Winter (Philip) at TheatreWorks, FL and The Lysistrata Project (chorus) at the Asolo Theatre (FL). Michael is also a proud member of the Cook County Regulars improv troupe. Annie Prichard, (Leslie/The Nanny/ Tyler Watkins/Lady Gaga), 3rd year MFA/ Acting. Annie received her BA from San Diego State University. Previous Theatre School credits include The American In Me, The Painted Lady, Objects Lie On a Table, Shipwrecked!, and Intimate Apparel. Caroline Kingsley, (Stacey/Producer/ Journalist/Warhol/Patron), 3rd Year MFA/ Acting. Caroline has studied at NYU’s Tisch
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B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) Experimental Theatre Wing, Washington University in Saint Louis, RADA and Shakespeare’s Globe (London). Favorite credits include Al Sharpton in Fires in the Mirror, Beatrice in A View from the Bridge, and Texas in Cabaret. Emma Kate Starling, (Maid/Carly/Lt. Col. Hastings/Patron ), 3rd Year MFA/Acting, has been seen at The Theatre School as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Sister Aloysius in Doubt, and in The Lonely Soldier Monologues. Chicago credits include Collaboraction’s Sketchbook X. She holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Oklahoma. Sarah Gubbins (Playwright) is a Chicago playwright. Her plays include Fair Use, In Loco Parentis, The Water Play, The Kid Thing (Edgarton Foundation New American Play Award), fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life and I am Bradley Manning. Her plays have been produced at the Steppenwolf Theatre, Actor’s Express, Next Theatre, About Face Theater and Chicago Dramatists. Her plays have been developed at the Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Goodman Theatre, and The Playwrights’ Center of Minneapolis among others. Sarah is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, an Artistic Associate at About Face Theatre, the 2010-2011 Carl J. Djerassi Playwriting Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a 2011-2012 Jerome Fellow. She holds a MFA in Writing for the Screen + Stage from Northwestern University. Geoff Button (Director) is a longtime company member of the theatre company The Hypocrites and recently completed the MFA program at Northwestern University. He directed The Hypocrites’ productions of Desire Under the Elms and True West (NonEquity Jeff Nominations - Best Play, Best Director), Mary Arrchie Theatre’s production of Pinter’s The Homecoming and Strawdog Theatre’s State of the Union. He has also assistant directed for Chicago Shakespeare, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, The American Musical Theatre Project, Famous Door, The Hypocrites and Steppenwolf. Also an actor, he has performed at several theatres around Chicago, including Mary Arrchie, Apple Tree, Lifeline, The House Theatre of Chicago, Defiant and The Hypocrites, where he received a Non-Equity Jeff for his performance in Equus. Most recently he directed Northwestern’s production of
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the musical Spring Awakening, where he is currently teaching in the Music Theatre Certificate Program Philip W. Fusco (Assistant Director) 4th Year BFA/Theatre Arts (Directing Concentration). A native of Orlando, Florida, Philip has served as Assistant Director on Holy Days and Doubt. His directing credits include In the Belly of Polynices; or, Irving and Her Echoes as well as Apples to Apples as part of the 10-Minute Play Festival. Gil Tanner (Assistant to the Script) 3rd Year BFA/Playwriting. Gil served as the dramaturg for Will Act For Food’s production of Jack’s Precious Moment. His Theatre School credits include Assistant Director for Five Flights. His play A Tribute to Thick Leonard will be part of the 2012 Wrights of Spring Festival. Emily Maltby (Choreographer)is a graduating senior at Northwestern University studying Theatre. Past Northwestern directing and choreography credits include 42nd Street, Ragtime, Sunday in the Park with George, The Last Five Years, and the last three Waa-Mu Shows. Rachael Claxton (Scenic Designer), 4th Year BFA/Scene Design. Rachael’s Theatre School credits include scenic designer for Hedda Gabler and Waiting For Godot, charge artist for Mayday Mayday Tuesday, assistant scenic designer for The Pillowman, as well as assistant charge artist for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Rachael has trained in scenic art at Cobalt Studios. She has also worked as a scenic artist for TriArts Playhouse in Sharon, Connecticut and is currently the charge artist for The Contemporary American Theatre Festival outside of Washington, D.C. Tierra G. Novy (Assistant Scenic Designer) 3rd year BFA/Scenic Design. Tierra hails from Winfield, Illinois. Her Theatre School scenic design credits include The Witches directed by Ernie Nolan and Blood Pudding directed by Sharon Bridgeforth. Her scenic assisting credits include Pinkalicious and Cabaret. Tierra has also designed The Four Twins and Paradise Lost for the Agency Theatre Collective in Chicago. Currently she is the Production Designer for a DePaul College of Computing and Digital Media film, Me VS the Tooth Fairy.
B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) Jon Woelfer (Technical Director), 4th Year BFA/Theatre Technology. Jon returns for his one and only show at The Theatre School this season. He spent fall quarter studying at The Central School for Speech and Drama in London and spent this winter interning with Stage Technologies in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kami Siu (Sound Design), 2nd Year BFA/ Sound Design. Kami is a native of Las Vegas who came to Chicago to pursue her interest in sound. Her previous design credits include Pinter’s The Hothouse and Moliere’s The Misanthrope. Next season, she will be designing for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and The Coral King.
Seth Randall-Tapply (Master Carpenter), 3rd year BFA/Theatre Technology. Seth is from central New Hampshire. Past Theatre School credits include The Ernie Play, Hedda Gabler, The Secret Garden, Faustus and most recently Nancy Drew and the Sign of the Twisted Candles. As well as being a full time student, Seth works as a freelance technician in Chicago and has recently acquired an internship with the American Repertory Theatre in Boston this upcoming summer.
Jack Hawkins (Sound Design), 2nd year BFA/ Sound Design. Previous Theatre School design credits include Synergy and Woyzeck. Professional design credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Street Tempo Theatre) and Jack’s Precious Moments (Will Act for Food).
Lissa Lamona (Costume Designer) 3rd year BFA/Costume Design. Lissa hails from sunny southern California where she won several DTASC Design Awards for Romeo and Juliet, Urinetown, and Into The Woods before enrolling at The Theatre School. Theatre School credits include Assistant Costume Designer for The Skriker, Hedda Gabler, and Medea, and Costume Designer for Woyzeck and Faustus. Lissa is currently designing Spring Awakening, the opening show for The Theatre School’s 2012-2013 season. Adrienne J. Littlefield (Draper/Cutter), 3rd year BFA/Costume Technology. Adrienne has most recently worked on Nancy Drew and the Sign of the Twisted Candles as the assistant draper/cutter. Her previous Theatre School credits include Faustus, Medea, The Monster Under the Bed, and Cabaret. Adrienne is looking forward to interning in the craft shop at American Players Theatre this summer. Joe Watrach (Lighting Design), 4th year/ BFA Lighting Design. Past credits at The Theatre School include lighting design for Crave, Original Recipe, Twelfth Night, and Venus. Outside designs include El Stories for Waltzing Mechanics, and Stage Door and My Fair Lady for CAST. He designed and ran lights for numerous bands a Lollapalooza this year, including City and Colour and The Black Lips, and designed the lighting for Rusko’s New Year’s Eve show. Joe recently spent a term studying lighting in London at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
John Boesche (Video Design). John’s scenic and projection designs have been seen by Chicago audiences at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lookingglass Theatre, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, Royal George Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens and others. Broadway credits include The Glass Menagerie at Roundabout Theatre, directed by Frank Galati. Regionally his work has been seen at Arizona Theatre Company, Asolo Theatre (Sarasota), Denver Center Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse (Los Angeles), McCarter Theatre (Princeton), Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival (NYC), Seattle Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare at the Folger (Washington D.C.), South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa) and Theater On The Square (San Francisco) among others. John received a Joseph Jefferson Special Award for projection design in 2005 and 2011, and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award in 2012. In addition to his work in theater John designs media for his own gallery installations, history museums, and outdoor events. Rebecca Rowlett (Stage Manager), 4th year BFA/Stage Management. Rebecca originally is from the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Her recent credits include assistant stage manager for Cabaret (directed by Barry Brunetti) and stage manager Macbeth (directed by Stephen James Anderson), The Civic (directed by Sandy Shinner), Medea (directed by Damon Kiely), and The Witches (directed by Ernie Nolan). She is also a proud member of the Chicago based The Arc Theatre company.
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The Theatre School’s 2011-2012 Season THE THEATRE SCHOOL SHOWCASE I Am Bradley Manning by Sarah Gubbins directed by Geoff Button May 9 - 13, 2012
CHICAGO PLAYWORKS FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG AUDIENCES
NEW PLAYWRIGHTS SERIES
Barrio Grrrl! A Musical book and lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes music by Bill Sherman, directed by Lisa Portes musical direction by Mark Elliott March 27 – May 12, 2012
The Death of Gaia Divine by Jacob Schuler directed by John Jenkins May 4 – 13, 2012 (previews 5/2 & 5/3)
WRIGHTS OF SPRING 2012 at The Theatre School 2135 N. Kenmore May 14 – 26, 2012
Announcing Our 2012-2013 Season THE THEATRE SCHOOL SHOWCASE Spring Awakening book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik based on the play by Frank Wedekind directed by Damon Kiely, musical direction by Mark Elliott September 28 – October 7, 2012 (previews 9/26 & 9/27) Angels in America: Perestroika by Tony Kushner directed by Jane Drake Brody February 8 - 17, 2013 (previews 2/6 & 2/7) Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare directed by Catherine Weidner April 19 - 28, 2013 (previews 4/17 & 4/18)
CHICAGO PLAYWORKS FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG AUDIENCES A Wrinkle in Time book by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted by John Glore directed by Ernie Nolan October 23 – December 1, 2012 Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy book by Gary D. Schmidt, adapted by Cheryl L. West directed by John Jenkins January 19 – March 2, 2013 The Coral King by James Ambrose Brown directed by Ann Wakefield April 2 – May 25, 2013
MFA13, TBA An ensemble piece to be performed by MFA III actors directed by Dexter Bullard May 17 - 25, 2013 (previews 5/15 & 5/16)
Details as of date of publication; subject to change. Check theatreschool.depaul.edu for more information.
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T H E AT R E S C H O O L FAC U LT Y / S TA F F John Culbert – Dean Dean Corrin – Associate Dean Linda Buchanan – Associate Dean for Curriculum Christine Binder – Chair, Design and Technical Theatre Barry Brunetti – Chair of Theatre Studies Trudie Kessler – Chair, Performance Department ADMINISTRATION Anna Ables — Director of Marketing and Public Relations Jason Beck — Director of Admissions Mitsu Beck – Executive Assistant John Bridges — Assistant Dean, Director of Administration, Alumni Relations Tessa Craib-Cox – Director of Development Anastasia Gonzalez – Budget Manager Joshua Mangilia - Technical Operations Manager Andrea Tichy — Manager of PR and Special Events Melissa Tropp – Admissions Assistant Jeanne Williams – Coordinator of Academic Services AJ Links – Production Coordinator Dexter Zollicoffer – Diversity Advisor ACTING & DIRECTING Dexter Bullard – Head of Graduate Acting, Artistic Director/The Theatre School Showcase John Jenkins – Head of Undergraduate Acting Lisa Portes – Head of Directing, Artistic Director/ Chicago Playworks Greg Allen Jane Drake Brody Linda Gillum Noah Gregoropolous Nick Johne Damon Kiely
Susan Messing Matt Miller Joseph Slowik, emeritus Ann Wakefield Catherine Weidner
MOVEMENT Patrice Egleston – Head of Movement Laura Dixon Julia Neary Gabriel Halpern Nick Sandys Pullin Natasha Julius Clifton Robinson Alie McManus Mary Schmich Kimosha Murphy VOICE AND SPEECH Claudia Anderson – Head of Voice and Speech Eva Breneman Kathy Keyes Mark Elliott Jason Martin Phyllis E. Griffin Diane Robinson Trudie Kessler Phil Timberlake
DESIGN Christine Binder – Head of Lighting Design Linda Buchanan – Head of Scene Design Nan Cibula-Jenkins – Head of Costume Design Victoria DeIorio– Head of Sound Design Nan Zabriskie- Head of Make Up Jeff Bauer John Boesche Rachel Healy Jason Knox
Jack K. Magaw Birgit RattenborgWise Joanna White
TECHNICAL THEATRE Shane Kelly – Head of Theatre Technology Janet C. Messmer – Head of Costume Technology Narda E. Alcorn – Head of Stage Management Claude Binder Russell Poole Jason Brown Michael Rourke Richard Bynum Jim Savage David Castellanos Alden Vasquez Kevin Depinet Laura Whitlock David Naunton THEATRE STUDIES Barry Brunetti – Head of Theatre Arts Carlos Murillo – Head of Playwriting Alan Salzenstein – Head of Arts Leadership Marcie McVay – Interim Head of Theatre Management Rachel Shteir – Head of Dramaturgy Sharon Bridgeforth– Visiting Multicultural Faculty Member Suzanne Bizer Ernie Nolan Alan Donahue Bill O’Connor Criss Henderson Coya Paz-Brownrigg Jim Jensen Roche Schulfer Chris Jones Sandy Shinner Jan Kallish LIBERAL STUDIES Bea Bosco Lou Contey Shanesia Davis Jen Goode Carolyn Hoerdemann
Reggie Lawrence Dan Moser Chris Peak James Sherman Rachel Slavick
TECHNICAL STAFF So Hui Chong – Stitcher Tim Combs – Technical Director Myron Elliott – Costume Shop Manager Chris Hofmann – Director of Production Jen Leahy – Reskin Technical Director Dawn G. McKesey – Assistant Costume Shop Manager Max Raynolds– Reskin Assistant Technical Director Aaron Pijanowski – Technical Assistant Gerry Reynolds – Scene Shop Foreman Ron Seeley – Master Electrician Wayne W. Smith – Property Master, Safety Officer Joanna White – Scenic Artist
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M E R L E R E S K I N T H E AT R E S TA F F Dean ....................................................................................................................................... John Culbert Theatre Manager ................................................................................................................ Leslie Shook Director of Marketing and Public Relations .................................................................Anna Ables Manager of Public Relations and Special Events ................................................... Andrea Tichy Marketing Assistants ................................ Jean Compton, Meredith Matthews, Jenna Moran Webmaster .....................................................................................................................Joshua Maniglia Box Office Manager ...............................................................................................................Julia Curns Assistant Box Office Manager .................................................................................Stefanie Rahaim Ticket Agents .................................................... Brent Beavers, Michelle Burton, Brandon Mack, Cecilia Falter, Meghan Owen, Anastasia Schriber Group Sales Representative ..................................................................................... Linda RM Jones Group Sales Assistants .................................................................................... Christopher Knoerzer Administrative Assistant .......................................................................................................Liz Calvert Office Assistants ................................................................................................................. Jourdi Waller Chicago Playworks House Manager ..................................................................... LaKisha Jackson Theatre School Showcase House Manager .................................................................... Alicia Graf Reskin Technical Director ......................................................................................................Jen Leahy Reskin Assistant Technical Director ...........................................................................Max Raynolds Technical Assistant ....................................................................................................Aaron Pijanowski Master Electrician .................................................................................................................. Ron Seeley
T H E T H E AT R E S C H O O L S T U D E N T WO R K E R S Faculty Assistants .......................................................... Brent Beavers, Belinda Bing, Todd Boger, Celeste Cooper, John Crosthwaite, Devon Doherty, Liz Fiala, Joseph Flynn, Reshmi Hazra, Emily Hitmar, Garvin Jellison, Toni Kendrick, Constance Lee, Jillian Rothman, Brae Singleton, Kelly Sloan, Krenee Tolson, Krissy Vanderwarker, Olivia Wallace Admissions Assistants .................................................Nick Belley, Karly Bergmann, Taylor Blim,. Anna Bosy, Dan Johnson, and Morgan Madison Administration Assistants ....................................Jacob Abbas, Olga Aguilar, Cameron Benoit, Meredith Boe, Mark Bonham, Bella Coelho, Brian Crawford, Pamela Davis, Caroline Donnelly, Rhiannon Falzone, Holly Haupert, Jerry Kurian, Mark Lancaster, Ariel Rubin, Brittany Squier, Suneel Tripuraneni, Jess Troy, Sean Wiberg Costume Shop .................................................................. Olivia Ball, Jessica Burgwald, Kara Dent, Constance Lee, Adrienne Littlefield, Chloe Patten, Taylor Payne, Elise Petrucci, Megan Turner Door Monitors .............................................................. Lorena Gomez, Lauren Lundy, Jacob Lyle, Morgan Madison, Awate Serequeberhan, Ceci Settles Make Up Shop...................................................... Jessica Burgwald, Belinda Bing, Todd Boger,
Taylor Payne, Sarah Jo White, Sarah Price, Matt Sherrill, Molly Ryan, Megan Truscott Mat Cleaners .........................................Jared Green, Patricia Lavery, Manuel Ortiz, Sean Parris Prop Shop .......................................................................Michael David, Toni Kendrick, Tierra Novy, Jillian Rothman, Megan Truscott, Rachel Watson, Merle Reskin Theatre Crew ..........................................Chris Barker, Belinda Bing, Claire Cleary, Jean Compton, Sam Hillyer, Garvin Jellison, Brae Singleton, Elizabeth Smith, Aimee Sweet, Shawn Watson Scene Shop ............................................................. Ian Blinstrup, Quentin Brown, Kelly Claussen, William Deleguardia, Nicholas Fleming, Jared Gooding, Toni Kendrick, Alexander Long, Andrew McCarthy, Claudia Peterson, Seth Randall-Tapply, Kyle Vanover, Anders Wahl, Shawn Watson Studio Coordinators .......................................... Janie Killips, Jacob Stanton, Elizabeth Thomas 10 DePaul University
G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N BOX OFFICE TELEPHONE (312) 922-1999 REGULAR BOX OFFICE HOURS Tuesday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. PERFORMANCE BOX OFFICE HOURS Evening performance days: Open until 8 p.m. Saturday matinee days: 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee days: 12 - 2:30 p.m. NO SMOKING In compliance with the City of Chicago Clean Air Ordinance, smoking is prohibited in the Merle Reskin Theatre. We appreciate your cooperation. EMERGENCY EXITS Please note the location of emergency exits in the theatre. NO CELLULAR PHONES, TEXT MESSAGING, RECORDING DEVICES, PHOTOGRAPHY, PAGERS, FOOD AND BEVERAGES Please do not use the above listed items in the theatre. Patrons with electronic pagers or cellular telephones are asked to either turn off their equipment in the theatre or check them with the House Manager prior to curtain. We discourage text messaging during the performance. The light from the screen can bother other patrons. We allow photographs to be taken before and after but never during the performance. You may also check cameras and recording equipment with the House Manager who will secure them until final curtain. As a special favor, we ask that young people do not chew gum. Water fountains are located in the lower lobby and in the lobbies of the mezzanine and balcony. RESTROOMS Restrooms are located in the lower lobby, the mezzanine, and balcony. An accessible restroom is located on the main floor inside of the theatre. LOST AND FOUND If you find an item or have lost an item, please contact the House Manager. You may also call (773) 325-7968 the next day to determine if an item has been found. EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALLS Patrons with electronic pagers are requested to either turn off their pagers in the theatre or check them with the House Manager prior to showtime. Should you need to give an emergency telephone number where you can be reached during a performance, please alert the House Manager of your seat location and give the Box Office telephone number for emergencies, (312) 922-1999. After Box Office hours, use (773) 325-7968 as an emergency number. PARKING ARRANGEMENTS We have arrangements with two parking lots: Multi-Park, 635 S. Wabash at Balbo, and LAZ Parking, One East 8th Street at State. Please ask the Box Office for details about rates and payment. SENNHEISER INFRA-RED LISTENING SYSTEM FOR OUR HEARING-IMPAIRED PATRONS We require the security deposit of a driver’s license or other identification during the performance. The I.D. will be returned when you return the headset. LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS You may request a large print program from the ticket taker or the House Manager. SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING Selected performances at the Merle Reskin Theatre will be interpreted in American Sign Language. Call the Box Office or see the website for the schedule. OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS Please alert us to anything you may require when you attend performances. We will do our best to assist you. I Am Bradley Manning 11
T H E T H E AT R E S C H O O L AT D E PAU L U N I V E R S I T Y Mission Statement The Theatre School at DePaul University educates, trains, and inspires students of theatre in a conservatory setting that is rigorous, disciplined, culturally diverse and that strives for the highest level of professional skill and artistry. A commitment to diversity and equality in education is central to our mission. As an integral part of the training, The Theatre School produces public programs and performances from a wide repertoire of classic, contemporary and original plays that challenge, entertain, and stimulate the imagination. We seek to enhance the intellectual and cultural life of our university community, our city and the profession. For admissions information, telephone (773) 325-7999 or 1-800-4-DEPAUL. Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Chicago Playworks offers a live theatre experience to students, teachers and parents in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is our mission to provide theatre for children that reflects their experiences in a contemporary, multi-ethnic, urban environment. Founded as the Goodman Children’s Theatre in 1925, Chicago Playworks is the city’s oldest continuously operating children’s theatre. It has been the first theatre experience for audiences of Chicago’s young people for more than seven decades and was one of the first major theatres for children in the United States. In 1997 and again in 2003, Chicago Playworks was honored by the Illinois Theatre Association with the Children’s Theatre Division Award, for its outstanding long-term contribution to children’s theatre. In 1980, Chicago Playworks was awarded the prestigious Sara Spencer Award by the Children’s Theatre Association of America (now the American Alliance for Theatre and Education). Chicago Playworks is a vital aspect of the training at The Theatre School at DePaul University. Students gain pre-professional experience in an extended run before a most demanding and appreciative audience. Chicago Playworks presents three unique productions to more than 35,000 young people each season and has entertained more than 1 million schoolchildren and families since 1925. The Theatre School Showcase Contemporary Plays and Classics Presenting diverse and exciting productions, The Theatre School Showcase blends imagination and cultural impact with three plays, and rounds-out the season with a fourth production featuring the graduating MFA in Acting candidates. The Theatre School Showcase offers a unique opportunity to see tomorrow’s industry leaders today, by introducing the raw creativity and dedicated collaborations of artists at the beginning of their careers. Their work is powerful, imaginative, and new. Merle Reskin Theatre Celebrating a century of performances this season, the Merle Reskin Theatre, built as the Blackstone Theatre in 1910, was designed by Chicago architects Marshall & Fox. The stone façade and mansard roof of the Beaux-Arts style building have been modified only slightly over the years. The interior finish of French walnut and gold was designed by Plamondon & Tetze to give the appearance of a European opera house. Prior to DePaul’s purchase of the theatre in 1988, it had been home to vaudeville, the Federal Theatre Project and the touring productions of the Shubert Organization. The Theatre School brings an audience of more than 35,000 people to the theatre each season. 12 DePaul University
T H E T H E AT R E S C H O O L B OA R D Sustaining Members Patricia Costello Slovak, Chair Sondra Healy, Chair Emeritus Joseph Antunovich Kathleen M. Bette Mary Spalding Burns Kyle DeSantis David Dunning Don McLean Irene Michaels Carol Morse Penny Obenshain Vonita Reescer
Merle Reskin Hank Richter Trisha Rooney Alden John Samolis Joseph A. Santiago Msgr. Kenneth Velo
Paula Lisbe Amy K. Pietz John C. Reilly Bernard Sahlins Charlayne Woodard Dennis Zacek
Professional Associates Scott L. Ellis, Hon. Co-Chair Scott & Samantha Fable Zach Helm Criss Henderson Paul Konrad
Honorary Board Dr. John Ransford Watts, Dean Emeritus Joseph Slowik, Faculty Emeritus Lord Piers Wedgwood
D E PAU L U N I V E R S I T Y A L U M N I The Office of Alumni Relations provides many opportunities to help graduates maintain a lifelong connection to classmates and the university. Alumni can connect with current students, participate in volunteer opportunities and attend a variety of events and programs throughout the year and across the country. For more information about the alumni community, please visit alumni.depaul.edu or call (800) 437-1898.
DONORS Listings in the honor roll reflect contributions and pledge payments made to The Theatre School between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. President’s Club Gifts of $1,000 and above annually qualify for membership in the President’s Club, DePaul’s honor society of donors. The President’s Club comprises giving circles named for former university presidents. *$1,000,000 lifetime giving + Donor has made a special philanthropic pledge to DePaul University between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 ~ Denotes President’s Club membership, Fr. Richardson Circle, for recent graduates $50,000 + Fr. McCabe Circle *Dr. Dominic Parisi & Helen Parisi *+Merle Reskin $25,000-$49,999 Fr. Levan Circle +Gerhard Bette & Kathleen Bette +Lawrence Bundschu *Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Geico *+ Sondra Healy, GSD ‘64 (Life Trustee) & Denis Healy +William Obenshain & Penny Obenshain Turtle Wax, Inc. $10,000-$24,999 Fr. Corcoran Circle American Airlines Antunovich & Associates Joseph Antunovich & Leslie Antunovich ComEd
*Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust *Richard Driehaus, COM ‘65; MBA ‘70; DHL ‘02 (Life Trustee) & Inese Romanovska +Nik Edes Scott Ellis, GSD ‘78 Exelon Corporation Health Care Service Corporation Magellan Corporation +Power Construction Company, LLC +Claire Rosen & Samuel Edes Foundation John Samolis Gordon Segal & Carole Segal *+Father Charles Shelby, C.M., MS ‘72 $5,000-$9,999 Fr. O’Connell Circle Bank of America Barclays Bank PLC
Bulley & Andrews, LLC Joseph Burns & Mary Burns Chicago Drama League The Cleveland Foundation James & Catherine Denny Foundation *+James Denny Sr. (Life Trustee) & Catherine Denny +David Dunning & Toni Dunning Edgewater Management, Inc. Fifth Third Bank Illinois Tool Works, Inc. John Lenckos Paul Mc Breen, JD ‘86 & Catherine McBreen, JD ‘86 Carol Morse Mortenson Construction Northern Trust Corporation Kathy O’Donnell R4 Services Patrick G. & Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Andrea Saccone I Am Bradley Manning 13
DONORS Sarah Siddons Society, Inc. Patricia Slovak Staples, Inc. Steppenwolf Theatre Co. Walsh Construction Co. of Illinois W. E. O’Neil Construction Co. $2,500-$4,999 Fr. O’Malley Circle Rochelle Abramson, MED ‘89 & Elliott Abramson David Blowers Emma Byrne Katherine Frekko Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc. Daniel Lyons, MUS ‘83; MM ‘91 & Monica Abramson-Lyons, THE ‘87 National Restoration Systems, Inc. Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program Ann O’Brien Terry Perucca Schiff Hardin, LLP Robert Segal Maureen Huntley, GSD ‘82 & Paul Sheahen Robert Shook, GSD ‘72 & Leslie Shook Richard Sieracki & Linda Sieracki Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc. $1,000-$2,499 Fr. Richardson Circle Teresa Aguilera, THE ‘98 Alpine Pictures, Inc. Suzanne Bizer Lois Brennan Broadway in Chicago Paul J. Byrne, MFA ‘99 & Jaime Byrne Ryan Carroll, GSD ‘82 Chapman & Cutler, LLP *Philip H. Corboy Foundation Tessa Craib-Cox John Culbert & Kitty Culbert Dell USA, LLP *Mary Dempsey, JD ‘82 (Trustee) & Philip Corboy Sr. William Devers Ernst & Young Foundation William Ibe, LAS ‘80 J. C. Anderson, Inc. Anthony Johnson, THE ‘95 & Candace Johnson Jack Karp Bob & Linda Kozoman Larry Kugler James Luebchow Irene Michaels 14 DePaul University
Millard Group, Inc. Susan & Bob Morrison Mason Parson Family Foundation Patricia Parson, SNL ‘78 (Trustee) The Peoples Gas Light & Coke, Inc. Phil Varchetta & Associates Roger Plummer (Trustee) & Joanne Plummer PSEG Thomas Reedy Bernard Sahlins & Jane Sahlins Rosemary Schnell Segal Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. Michael Shehorn Charles Smith Phil Varchetta, COM ‘49 Susan Vargo, THE ‘98 Monsignor Kenneth Velo Wedgwood USA Bonnie Zimmer $500-$999 Katherine Abelson Rosemary S. & John F. Bannan John Bowab John Bridges Russell Bruzek, GSD Child’s Play Touring Theatre Patricia Cox Joseph Cushing James Fitzpatrick Arny Granat Mark L. Hawkins, COM ‘01; MBA ‘06 John & Kelly Hoogenakker KI Mark Kijek, MD & Barbara Kijek, MD Kirkegaard Associates Virginia Larson Gerald McLaughlin Dr. Richard Meister & Joan Meister Elizabeth Soete & Raymond Narducy Henry Nord, JD ‘49 (Life Trustee) Professional Decorating & Painting, Inc. Schuler & Shook, Inc. Beverly Shaw Weiss & Company, LLP $250-$499 Rebecca Borczon, GSD ‘78 Linda Buchanan Herbert Felsenfeld, GSD ‘63; GSD ‘65 Hobart Senior High School James Jensen BJ Jones Shane Kelly
Donald Livesay Janet Messmer David Mold, MFA ‘97 Gregory Reger, COM ‘73 David Saltiel ~Ronald Seeley Jr., THE ‘06 Showtime Network Norbert Sieracki, COM ‘49 Stearns Family Charitable Fund Neele & Bonnie Stearns Joanne Velasquez (Trustee) & Arthur R. Velasquez Catherine Weidner Dennis Zacek, LAS ‘63 $100-$249 Anonymous (1) Linda Boskelly Nicholas Bowling, MFA ‘96 Jane Brody Jeffrey Bruckerhoff, THE ‘94 Mark & Linda Burns Dean Corrin Carole Doris, JD ‘76 & Dr. Peter Doris Dr. William Dumbleton & Susanne Dumbleton, PhD Charles Gerace, GSD ‘66 & Brigid Duffy, GSD ‘65 Gilbert Gonzalez & Anastasia Gonzalez Dr. Donald Ilko John Jenkins & Nan CibulaJenkins Anida Johnson Cohen Damon Kiely Yasmine Kiss, THE ‘98 David Lively & Elizabeth Gillette Lively William McKenna & Marilyn McKenna Dawn G. McKesey Zorine Morton, GSD Janine Poronsky, JD ‘86 Lindy Russell-Heymann, THE ‘00 Alan Salzenstein James Sieracki & Linda Sieracki Steven Sieracki & Mary Sieracki Joseph Slowik, GSD ‘53 & Patricia Slowik Jennifer Smith, THE ‘91 Carri Speicher Dr. John Ransford Watts & Joyce Watts Matching Gifts The Peoples Gas Light & Coke, Inc. Ernst & Young Foundation PSEG
S C H O L A R S H I P I N F O R M AT I O N A priority at The Theatre School is to make sure any student who has the talent to be admitted to our conservatory training program, can attend regardless of their financial means. For the vast majority of our students, pursuing their passion for the theatre profession is a financial struggle. We work hard every year to make funding available to help our students reach their professional goals. NEW ENDOWED AND EXPENDABLE SCHOLASHIPS The total in endowed scholarship accounts is $1,997,080.81. EXPENDABLE SCHOLARSHIPS The Gala Live Auction at The Theatre School Gala added another 5 expendable $10K scholarships to be awarded in the 2010-11 academic year. Donors: Joseph and Leslie Antunovich Sondra and Denis Healy A scholarship in memory of Deborah Ann Goldwater John Simon and Millie Rosenbloom Richard Driehause The Evans, Kozoman and Obenshain Scholarship DONATIONS TO EXISTING SCHOLARSHIPS Merle Reskin made a $15,000 pledge payment to the Merle Reskin Endowed Scholarship. Alum Scott Ellis made a pledge payment of $10,000 to the Joseph Slowik Scholarship and to an expendable scholarship for 10-11. Alum Robert Shook and Leslie Shook made a pledge payment to the Lighting Design Scholarship. Andrea Ganzel Saccone made an additional gift to the Mark Ganzel Memorial Scholarship. Gerald McLaughlin made additional gifts to the Michael Maggio Endowed Scholarship. The following alums and friends made donations to the Itkin and Slowik Endowed scholarships: Becky Borczon, Richard and Barbara Bull, John Castaneda, Nancy Costikyan, Tessa Craib-Cox, Joan and Michael Dry, Herbert Felsenfeld, Al Fenske, Charles Gerace and Brigid Duffy Gerace, Michelle Gross and Betty Bayard, Patricia and Christopher Hoffman, William Hollis and Coleen Maloney-Hollis, Christina James, Sandi Juhlin, , Betty Martinez , Denise McCauley, William McDonnell, Dawn McKesey, Cynthia McWilliams, Janet Messmer, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Million, Jeffrey Neal, Rich Pierrelouis, James Rau, Kenneth Ruta , Maureen Huntley Sheahen and Paul Sheahen, Robert and Leslie Shook, Carlo da Silva, Kevin Slaughter, Ted Wass, Kevin White, Jann Wilson. If you are interested in making a gift to support student scholarships or a program at The Theatre School, please call Tessa Craib-Cox, Director of Development at 773-325-7929
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A L U M N I FAC T S Participation: Over 700 alumni were listed in Theatre School News during its fourteenth year of production. TSN is an electronic alumni activity newsletter published monthly (except July). Though originally created as a vehicle to communicate alumni activities among alumni, it is now also used for admissions, recruitment, fund raising, advertising and promotion. It is also responsible for gradually increasing the number of alumni within the school’s database with active electronic and snail-mail addresses and phone numbers. The statistics below are based on issues between August 2010 and June 2011. http://theatreschool.depaul.edu/tsn The listings included the following selected alumni activities: Alumni worked at 119 different Chicagoland area theatre companies including Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman, Victory Gardens, TimeLine, Next Theatre and The Second City. Alumni worked at 55 different theatre and film festivals internationally including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, West Hollywood International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, the 46th Annual Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival, Just For Laughs Festival, and the San Francisco Film Festival. Alumni have worked at 104 different schools including NYU, Yale, Notre Dame, University of Chicago, UC Irvine, University of Houston School of Theatre, USC School of Theatre, The Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University, Columbia College, Harvard, School at Steppenwolf , The American Film Institute, and Oakland University. Alumni worked on 63 Broadway/touring shows including Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Chinglish, That Face, 1001, Middletown, Twelfth Night, Peter Pan, Educating Rita, Puppet Up Uncensored, Logengrin, Hercules, The Front Page, The Seagull, Memory, Hot L Baltimore, Pinkalicious, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, House of Blue Leaves, The Tempest. Alumni worked at 88 other theatres on the East Coast. Alumni worked at 71 different theatres on the West Coast. Alumni worked in 40 different states. Alumni worked in 14 countries other than the United States including Sweden, Canada, Honduras, New Zealand, Portugal, Japan, Switzerland, England, Korea, Amsterdam, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Germany. Alumni worked on 104 films this year including Horrible Bosses, Unstoppable, The Other Guys, Cedar Rapids, Love and Other Drugs, Tron: Legacy, The Dilemma, Conviction, Hop, The Crazies, Dinner for Shmucks, Terri, Jack and Jill, and We Need to Talk About Kevin. Alumni worked on 415 theatre productions. Alumni worked on more than 28 different television channels ABC, FX, Disney, CBS, Nickelodeon, CW, Bravo, MTV, Showtime, SyFy, TBS, NBC, VH1, and HBO, on 50 different programs including Boardwalk Empire, Southland, Vampire Mob, Bones, Desperate Housewives, Castle, True Blood, HawthoRNe, Rookie Blue, The Glades, The Event. Alumni have multiple television shows in syndication or online including Weeds, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Sopranos, and The X-Files. Alumni worked on 62 commercials or voiceovers for products Butterfinger, Budweiser, Kraft, McDonald’s, Dannon, Cartoon Network, Crown Royal, Zest, Pillsbury, L’Oreal, Verizon, Staples, Illinois Lottery, Panasonic, Hall’s Fruit Breezers, and Pringles. Alumni worked at more than 25 production companies including Warner Brothers Pictures, Miramax, Tribeca Productions, Saturn Films, Spyglass Entertainment, MGM, 20th Century Fox Productions, Sony Pictures, Disney and New York Stage and Film. 45 alumni are Artistic or Co-Artistic Directors of theatres. Alumni were featured in numerous articles in publications including Time Out Chicago, The Advocate, Esquire, USA Today, gay.com, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times, American Theatre Magazine, and The New Yorker. Alumni were recognized with 28 awards or award nominations, including Tony Award, Fullbright Scholarship, Humanitas Prize Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize, After Dark Award, Lumen Award, Network One-Act Festival, the Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artist. Mini Versions of Theatre School News were created for each admissions‑related festival, conference and open house, and for the eight regional audition/interview locations. 16 DePaul University