The Gonzaga Fathers Club

Dc Classic Backetball Tournament

DECEMBER 10-12, 2021

“Great Basketball Supporting Good Works"

The DC Classic brings great high school basketball teams to Eye Street for a weekend in December. Tournament funds are used to support Gonzaga service projects in which Gonzaga students participate.

Please Visit

gonzaga.org/supportgonzaga/events/dc-classic

GFC volunteers support Gonzaga’s mission to form Men for Others by serving alongside our boys in our community and in school, sport and outreach events throughout the year.

Scenes

Act I

Prologue................................................................................Pete,

Scene 1: Her Heart..................................................................East, Glory

Scene 2: Sad and Glad..................................Jimmy, Sandrine, Waitress

Scene 3: This Hurts........................................................Marvalyn, Steve

Scene 4: Getting It Back...................................................Gayle, Lendall

FIFTEEN MINUTE INTERMISSION

Act II

Interlogue..............................................................................Pete,

Scene 5: They Fell................................................................Randy, Chad

Scene 6: Where It Went.........................................................Phil, Marci

Scene 7: Story of Hope...........................................................Hope, Man

Scene 8: Seeing the Thing.................................................Rhonda, Dave

Epilogue................................................................................Pete,

Concessions will be available for purchase during intermission and after the performance in the school’s Cafeteria.

AUDITIONS for the Gonzaga Dramatic Association’s spring production of will be held the week of January 10th, 2022 in the Sheehy Theater

Performance Dates: March 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 & 20, 2022

Email Mr. Paul Buckley at pbuckley@gonzaga.org for additional information.

Production Staff

Producers...............................................................Mr. Paul Buckley ‘86, Mrs. Meghan Goldsmith & Ms. Kate Griffith

Director............................................Ms. Sarah Frances Hope Williams

Technical Directors..............................................Mr. Jonathan Spencer & Ms. Sophia Menconi

Stage Crew Moderator.....................................Mr. Andrew Bevilacqua

Costumers............................................................Mrs. Denise Aitchison & Mrs. Kimberly Notarianni

Stage Crew

Stage Manager.......................................................................Alex Burton

Assistant Stage Managers................Elijah Maddox & William Malley

Assistant Director.............................................................Quinn Gibson

Light Manager.................................................................Matthew Dukes

Sound Manager.......................................................................Chris Groh

Assistant Sound Manager...........................................Anthony Buckley

Loft Manager......................................................................Patrick Jacobs

Props Master.......................................................................Henry Calpin

Set & Stage Crew...................................James Deerin, Sebastian Groh, Guyer Kopplin, Patrick Kopplin, Ted LeGloahec, Luke McDermott, Aiden McGee, Brendan Seay, Sam Stogoski

House Managers.........................................Danny Barron & Guy Shoji

Production Staff Bios

Mrs. Denise Aitchison (Costumer) is happy to be celebrating her sixth year as a Costume Co-Coordinator and Designer. She managed to fly under the radar of the GDA until her son, Quinn (‘17), decided to be in the musical Curtains his senior year. She is currently freelancing as a Costume Draper/Coordinator for companies including Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, The Washington Revels, Goodman Theatre, and the Guthrie Theater. Denise gives her special thanks to husband Jon, who cleans the house and cooks for three months. This enables her to work with teenagers and hopefully cultivate them into theater goers and professionals. She gives her thanks to Paul, Meghan, Sarah, Kate, Bev, Jonathan, and Kimberly, who likes to put too many rhinestones on the costumes. (Just kidding, there can never be too many rhinestones!)

Mr. Andrew Bevilacqua (Stage Crew Moderator) is happy to be involved in his second show at Gonzaga. A member of Gonzaga’s English Department, Mr. Bev’s showbiz claim to fame is that he was once an extra in an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, although unfortunately his scene was cut. While in high school at St. Joe’s Prep in Philadelphia, Mr. Bev was a member of the production staff of the Cape and Sword Drama Society. As a stage manager, he was involved in several shows, with some cameos on stage and small roles in alumni productions. He’s grateful to everyone involved in the GDA and Gonzaga for being so wonderful and welcoming!

Mr. Paul Buckley ‘86, HoF ‘16 (Producer) is in his 24th year of running the Gonzaga Dramatic Association, and he is so glad that we are back in the theater where we belong. He is graced by an amazing production team of Meghan, Kate, Sarah, Jonathan, Sophia, Bev, Kim and Denise. He thanks the kids for bringing the fun and laughter back into this 125 year-old building. Lastly, he thanks his wife Monica, and kids Anthony ‘23 (stage crew), Caroline and Gabe for letting him spend all of this time away from home, and for celebrating the work that we do here in the GDA.

Mrs. Meghan Goldsmith, HoF ‘18 (Producer) is in her 21st season as a member of the production staff and is SO HAPPY to be back doign live theater. Thank you to Paul, Sarah, Kate, Jonathan, Sophia, Bev, Kim & Denise for being wonderful colleagues, creators and friends. Congratulations to the cast and crews, especially the seniors, on a job very well done. Love and thanks to her amazing husband Dan, and to Matt, Katie and Emmy for sharing Mommy with the big kids.

Ms. Kate Griffith (n Producer) is honored to help live theatre return to the stage with the heart-warming show, Almost, Maine. She is so proud of this talented cast and crew! She has a Masters in Theatre Education and has been directing, producing, and teaching drama for the past decade. She is also a long-time comedic improvisor and a more recent tap dancer. Notable previous credits include: The Spongebob Musical, Matilda The Musical, Into the Woods, The Sound of Music, The 25th…Spelling Bee and Death.

Ms. Sophia Menconi (Technical Director) is thrilled to be taking part in her second show with the GDA! She was previously the Stage Manager for the Bicentennial Show. Outside of the GDA, she works with the College Counseling Department at Gonzaga and is the Education Coordinator at Spooky Action Theater.

Mrs. Kimberly Notarianni (Costumer) is in her 6th season as a costumer for the GDA and is thrilled to be part of the production staff since 2019. Mom of Spencer (’17) and Maddie Rose (SR ’19) she has been costuming the GDA since Mr. Buckley roped her in immediately after chairing Gonzaga’s 35th Anniversary Gala in December of 2016. “Mrs. Noti” has one cardinal rule: Thou shall NOT eat in costume and always has a secret candy stash in the “cage”. Special shout outs to: Dr. Noti for his patience with late theatre nights, hot glue guns, and musical theatre playlists, & to Mrs. A, my partner in crime, who happily indulges my sequin & rhinestone addiction.

Mr. Jonathan Spencer (Technical Director) is a native of Fairfax, VA and a graduate of the Art Institute of Washington. He is in his fifth year as the GDA Technical Theatre Director after having worked as the Technical Theatre Director for Summit School in Winston-Salem, NC and as the coowner/audio engineer of the live music venue Turntable in North Carolina. He’s glad to be back in person, and very proud of the effort put forth by all the students this fall.

Ms. Sarah Frances Hope Williams (Director) is thrilled to be directing back in person again. This is her 8th year with the GDA. Sarah Frances is an actor, choreographer and teacher artist in the DMV. She graduated from The Catholic University of America Department of Musical Theatre. Previous GDA shows are Beauty and the Beast, Grease, Footloose, Fiddler on the Roof, and Hairspray. Previous performing credits include Beauty and the Beast, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Saturday Night Fever, Urinetown, and more. Sarah Frances is the Education Program Manager for Levine Music Theatre at the Levine School of Music. For Mom and Dad always.

Congratulations to Christopher and the entire cast of Almost, Maine!

From the Cullen Family

Congratulations to Matthew Dukes ‘22 and the cast and crew of Almost Maine!

The Dukes Family

Congratulations, JP!

We are so excited to see another GDA production!

We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Halisey & Jillian

Congratulations Robert on your 4th show!

We are so proud of you....

Love, Mom & Dad

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BEST WISHES TO OUR SENIOR GATORS PERFORMING IN THE GONZAGA PRODUCTION OF “ALMOST, MAINE” –ADELE FELDBERG, GRAYSON BULLARD, AND EMMA DOWD!

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