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IU SOU UTHEA AST OR RCHEST TRA PR RESENT TS RAR RELY-P PERFO ORMED D WORK K BY GU USTAV V MAH HLER WIT TH MUS SICIAN NS FRO OM KEEP K LO OUISV VILLE S SYMPH HONIC Maarch 28 – Neew Albany – The Musicc Departmen nt at Indiana University S Southeast wiill present thhe IU Sooutheast Orch hestra on Su unday, April 17, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. inn the Richarrd K. Stem C Concert Hall of the Pauul W. Ogle Cultural C and d Community y Center on the t IU Southheast campuus, 4201 Grannt Line Roadd in New Albbany. Tickeets are $8 forr adults, $5 for f students, seniors, andd IU Southeaast faculty & staff, and aare avaailable at thee Ogle Centeer ticket office, at all Ticcketmaster loocations, by calling 1-8000-745-30000, or online at tticketmasterr.com. Thhe program will w consist of o Gustav Mahler’s M Syymphony No o. 1 (known as the “Titan n”), includin ng thee seldom-perrformed “Bllumine” mov vement. Thiis lyrrical section of the symp phony appearred in the earrliest perform mances of th he work, con nducted by Maahler himsellf, but was laater removed d. The moovement wass rediscovereed in 1966 at a Yale Unniversity, and d was subseq quently reco orded by the Neew Haven Sy ymphony as well as the Philadelphia P a Orrchestra undeer Eugene Ormandy, O butt has remained rarrely perform med since thatt time. he university y ensemble, which w typicaally Auugmenting th inccludes both university u an nd community musicianss, Gustav Mahhler will be 13 mem mbers of Keeep Louisvillle Syymphonic (fformerly kno own as the Louisville L Orrchestra Mussicians Assoociation). Allso appearing as guest conncertmaster will be Peteer McHugh,, a former co oncertmasterr of the Louiisville Orcheestra and lonng-time sym mphonic mu usician and a teacher in the t region.
Acccording to Dr. D Joanna Goldstein, G Prrofessor of Music M and dirrector of thee orchestra, tthe Mahler symphony hass been progrrammed both h for its mussical/educatio onal importaance as one oof the majorr works of thhe postRoomantic perio od and also to t underscorre the value of o a full-sizeed orchestra for our region. Much haas been notted recently with regard to the financial difficultties of the Loouisville Orcchestra and tthe desire off the adm ministration of that enseemble to cut the personneel to the sizee of an orcheestra such ass existed in thhe Claassical Perio od. Beyond Beethoven, B however, h mo ost music thaat audiences enjoy are eiither from thhe Roomantic Period, post-rom mantic style, early 20th century c or poopular musicc for the lighht classics annd pops serries. These works w requiree a full sized d ensemble by b contempoorary standarrds. Gooldstein notees that she moved m to Lou uisville not only o because of the reputtation of Inddiana University, but alsso specificallly due to thee internationaal reputation n of the Louiisville Orcheestra reflecting a city thaat valued thee performing g and fine artts. Many sm maller instrum mental groupps, specificaally the cham mber group sshe cofouunded, were possible beccause of the group of fin ne instrumenntalists who w worked for tthe orchestraa. “I have enjjoyed playin ng as a pianisst with so many musiciaans in the Louuisville areaa over the yeears,” said Goldstein, “inncluding Peter McHugh who is now a member of o Kentucky Center Cham mber Playerss. It saddenss me to see thee younger geeneration of musicians trrying so hard d to leave forr other jobs because of tthis crisis. Thhese muusicians also o teach in ourr community y and provid de so much oof the music for personall celebrationns. Our reggular concertt master, Heelen Bohanno on, remembeers Peter vis iting her schhool in Owennsboro, manny years agoo to give a master m class. This remain ns a vivid meemory for heer and similaar experiences likely exiist for maany members of our com mmunity with h musical ed ducation. Unnlike major m metropolises such as New w York or Chhicago, theree is not enoug gh work in the t area to keeep a signifiicant group oof free-lancee professionaal muusicians upon n whom a do own-sized orrchestra can n call when nneeded. For tthe most parrt the orchesttra will neeed to bring in students, which w does not n support the t professioonal level off the ensemblle. After all, would anyy of us go to o a hospital not n knowing whether wee’d have a dooctor or an inntern operatee? Would w we buy a car nott knowing iff it was madee by professional workerrs in the plannt or high scchool internss getting expperience in thee factory?” Soo, for the IU Southeast Orchestra, O thee appearancee of these addditional mussicians is esssential for thhe perrformance of post-Romaantic works that t require a large orcheestra, such aas the Mahler symphoniees. The intterest of thesse profession nal musicians in perform ming with thee IU Southeaast ensemblee is also a refflection of thee dedication of these pro ofessional mu usicians to th he arts in ouur communityy. Freee parking fo or the April 17 concert is available in n the Dogwoood lot direcctly in front of the Ogle Center. Foor more inforrmation on th his performaance, future performance p es, degree prrograms andd scholarshipps offered by the IU Souttheast Musicc Departmen nt, please visiit www.ius.eedu/music, oor phone 8122.941.2655. Ken Atkins e Departmen nts Musiic & Theatre India ana Univers sity Southea ast 4201 1 Grant Line e Road New w Albany, IN 47150 812..941.2655 www..ius.edu/music c
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IU SO OUTHEA AST TH HEATRE E DEPA ARTME ENT PRESEN P NTS EQ QUUS N New Albany,, IN – Febru uary 15 – Thee Theatre Deepartment att Indiana Unniversity Souutheast will ppresent P Peter Shafferr’s psycholog gical drama, EQUUS on n Friday and Saturday, F February 25 & 26 at 8:000 p.m., S Sunday, Febrruary 27 at 2:30 2 p.m., Frriday and Satturday, Marcch 4 and 5 aat 8:00 p.m., and Sundayy, March 6 at 2:30 p.m m. in the Robinson Theateer of the Pau ul W. Ogle C Cultural and Communityy Center on tthe IU S Southeast cam mpus, 4201 Grant Line Road R in New w Albany. T Tickets are $12 for adultss, $6 for studdents, seniors, and IU I Southeast faculty & staff, s and aree available aat the Ogle C Center ticket office, at alll T Ticketmasterr locations, by b calling Ticketmaster at a 1-800-7455-3000, or onnline at tickeetmaster.com m. W Written in 19 973, EQUUS S tells the sto ory of a psycchiatrist attem mpting to treeat a young man who haas a ppathological religious/sex xual fascinattion with horrses. Peter S Shaffer was iinspired to w write EQUUS US when hhe heard of a crime invollving a 17-yeear-old who blinded six horses in a ssmall town nnear Londonn, and set oout to constru uct a fictionaal account off what mightt have causeed the incident, without kknowing thee details oof the crime. The play's action a is som mething of a detective stoory, involvinng the attemppts of the chhild ppsychiatrist, Dr. D Martin Dysart, D to un nderstand thee cause of thhe boy's actioons while wrrestling withh his own sense of purp pose. ““There are allways certain n difficultiess when produ ucing a play containing a certain am mount of conttroversial suubject matteer, especially y one which people may have an opiinion of evenn if they’ve nnever seen itt” says Jim Hesselmaan, Assistan nt Professor of o Theatre att IU Southeaast and direcctor of the play. “This pllay is nnearly 40 yeaars old. It was w controverrsial when it premiered nnot only because of the nnudity involvved and thhe main charracter’s relattionship with h horses, butt because it qquestioned w what was happpening in cchild ppsychiatry at the time. In n the play, Dr. D Dysart’s own o lack of personal passsion leads hhim to questiion the ddefinition of ‘normal.’ He H also questtions what riight he has too take away something aat the core of another hhuman being which will surely dimin nish, if not en ntirely extinnguish, their capacity forr passion andd joy, and innjure some part p of what makes them m special all in i the name of ‘curing’ tthem.”
““Alan Strang g is a young boy who is cclearly troublled and in paain. As I reaad thhe play again n, I thought, ‘There is no o qquestion - of COURSE you y take awaay thhe pain and try t to correcct the misguided nnotions in thiis boy’s head d.’ And then nI thhought, ‘Weell, if there iss no question n as too the Doctorr’s choice, iss his own paiin vvalid? Is therre still a releevant play hhere?’ I begaan rehearsalss still not cconvinced, bu ut knowing that t this wass an isssue I had to o explore. I started s by fo focusing on the t disturbed d child becau use I WAS sure of o one thing;; the oopportunitiess children haave to receivee m mixed up info formation, language, and d im mages in 2011 make gro owing up in 1973 seem lik ke the Victo orian A Age. Guidin ng young peo ople to a hhealthy, safe,, and producctive life is cconstant work k and a mineefield for pparents and teeachers alikee. I have no o aanswers as to o how this sh hould be ddone. I only know this play points ou ut w what can hap ppen if we arre not carefu ul oobservers. Iff we unawaree of people aaround us wh ho may be co onfused or in n ppain. More and a more thee news seems to bbe full of exaamples of thee tragedies w which occur when we lett these childrren, thhese young adults, a and eventually e th hese aadults pass by y our radar. In turn it beecomes hard der and hardeer to empathhize with peoople being innterviewed at a the scene of o a shooting g or some otther tragedy when they ssay, ‘He wass just a norm mal kkid.’ ‘They were w the perfect family. As to the pssychiatrist quuestion, Dr. D Dysart is in as much paiin as A Alan. He hass simply learrned more so ocially accep ptable ways of dealing w with that painn. His charaacter is sm mart and succcessful, and d yet a simplle honest com mment from m a disturbedd boy can maake him quesstion eeverything ab bout his own n life. I havee cut no lang guage or imaages from thiis play. Cerrtain scenes m may sttrike you as cruel, ugly or o even (thou ugh I doubt it in this dayy and age), sshocking. Buut we cannot deal w with any of th he problemss of the humaan condition n if we cannoot first look aat them, justt as we cannoot protect cchildren by covering c theiir eyes and ears. e The question is, doo we have thee guts, and thhe wisdom, and the sttamina to gu uide our children through h the uglinesss and confuusion to a happpy and prodductive life iin a way thhat keeps theem safe and leaves their joy and theiir passion int ntact?” T The play wass originally staged s at the Royal Natio onal Theatree at the Old V Vic in Londoon in 1973. IIt was ddirected by Jo ohn Dexter and a starred Alec A McCow wen as psychhiatrist Martiin Dysart annd Peter Firthh as Alan S Strang, the yo oung patientt. In 1976 it transferred t to t the Alberyy Theatre wiith Colin Blaakely playingg Dysart. Itt was also prresented on Broadway B att the Plymou uth Theatre w with Anthonny Hopkins aand Peter Firrth. E EQUUS receeived a Tony y Award for Best B Play in 1975 and foor John Dextter's directioon. Later in tthe run, T Tom Hulce played p the ro ole of Alan Strang, S and Anthony A Perkkins replacedd Hopkins aas Martin Dyysart.
Perkins was briefly replaced by Richard Burton for the star's return to Broadway for a limited run. Perkins resumed the part when Burton's run ended. In 1977 Shaffer adapted the play for a film starring Burton, Peter Firth, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, and Jenny Agutter. It was directed by Sidney Lumet. EQUUS was recently revived in London and on Broadway with Daniel Radcliffe (“Harry Potter�) in the role of Alan.
This production is for mature audiences only as it contains adult language, sexual themes and brief nudity. No one under 18 will be admitted unless accompanied by an adult. Cast: Martin Dysart: J.R. Stuart Alan Strang: Drew Cash Hester Salomon: Vanessa Ferguson Frank Strang: Ben Gierhart Dora Strang: Beth Hammond Jill Mason: Jennifer Thompson Harry Dalton: Will Gantt Nurse: Alexandria Sweatt Horseman: Phillip Rivera Horses: Robert Hudgell, Phillip Rivera, Chris Snyder, Chris Young Production Staff: Director: Jim Hesselman Scene, Lighting and Costume Design: Rebekkah Meixner Original Music and Sound Design: Kenneth Atkins Technical Director: Herb Caldwell Stage Manager: Gabriel Vanover Assistant Stage Manager: Stefanie Bigelow Tickets: $12 Adults / $6 Students, Seniors, IU Southeast Faculty & Staff Tickets available at the Ogle Center ticket office, at all Ticketmaster locations, by calling 1-800-7453000, or online at ticketmaster.com For more information about this production, future productions, or IU Southeast Theatre Department degree programs and scholarship opportunities, please call (812) 941-2655 or visit www.ius.edu/theatre. ####
CALENDAR EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: Indiana University Southeast Theatre Department presents
EQUUS
By Peter Shaffer Directed by Jim Hesselman Scene, Lighting, and Costume Design by Rebekkah Meixner Original Music and Sound Design by Kenneth Atkins Friday, February 25, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 26, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, February 27, 2011, 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 2011, 2:30 p.m. Robinson Theater Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center Indiana University Southeast 4201 Grant Line Road New Albany, IN 47150 $12 Adults / $6 Students, Seniors, IU Southeast Faculty & Staff Tickets are available at the Ogle Center ticket office, at all Ticketmaster locations, by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, or online at ticketmaster.com
This production is for mature audiences only as it contains adult language, sexual themes and brief nudity. No one under 18 will be admitted unless accompanied by an adult. Parking: Free parking is available only in the Dogwood Lot directly in front of the Ogle Center from one hour before the performance until one hour after the conclusion of the performance. Vehicles parked in lots other than the Dogwood Lot without a permit will be ticketed.
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The e IU So outhea ast The eatre Departm D ment tac ckles cllassic of o the modern m n theattre, WA AITING G FOR GODO OT –
with h apolog gies to 'S Seinfeld d' – a sh how abo out noth hing. WHA AT: IU Souttheast Thea atre Departm ment presen nts WAITIN NG FOR GOD DOT WHE EN: Thursd day, April 12 2 at 8:00pm m Friday, April 13 at 2:30pm and d 8:00pm Saturda ay, April 14 at 2:30pm and a 8:00pm m Sunday, April 15 att 2:30 p.m. WHE ERE: Robin nson Theateer of the Pau ul W. Ogle Cultural C and d Communitty Center, 4201 Grant Line Road in Neew Albany TICK KETS: $12 Adults, A $6 Sttudents, Sen niors, IU Sou utheast Facu ulty & Staff. T Tickets are availaable at the Ogle O Center tiicket office, Tuesday thrrough Fridayy, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and d 1 p.m m. to 4 p.m., or o by calling g (812) 941.2 2525 FOR R IMMEDIA ATE RELE EASE Marc ch 22, 201 12 NEW W ALBANY, Ind. I — The Theatre Dep partment att Indiana Un niversity South heast will prresent one of o the most highly-accla h aimed playss of the Twen ntieth Centu ury, Samuel Beckett's, WAITING W FOR F GOD DOT in the Robin nson Theateer of the Pau ul W. Ogle Cultural C and d Communitty Center on th he IU Southeeast campuss, 4201 Gran nt Line Roa ad in New Allbany. Perfo ormance dattes and timees are Thurssday, April 12 at 8:00 0pm, Fridaay, April 13 3 at 2:30pm m and 8:0 00pm, Saturrday, Aprill 14 at 2:30 0pm and 8::00pm, and d Sunday, April A 15 at 2:30pm. Tickets are $12 for adultts, $6 for stu udents, seniiors, IU Sou utheast facu ulty & staff, and are ava ailable at the Ogle Centter ticket offfice or by caalling (812)) 941-2525. The p production is i directed by b Jim Hessselman, Asso ociate Profeessor of Theattre at IU So outheast, witth scene, costume, and lighting dessign by Rebekkah J. Meiixner-Hanks, Assistant Professor of o Theatre aand Theattre Departm ment Coordiinator at IU Southeast.
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Shariing the role of "Estragon" for altern nating perfo ormances arre David Beach and Jessse Brown. Mitch Donaahue plays "V Vladimir," Gabriel G Van nover plays "Pozzo," " and d Emmett K King plays "aa boy." The NY Y World-Tellegram desccribes: “GODO OT cannot b be compareed to any other ttheater work k, because itts purpose is so diffeerent. Two d dilapidated bums fill their days as painllessly as theey can. They y wait fo or Godot, a p personage w who will explain n their interrminable inssignificance, or put an end to itt. They are rresourceful, with qu uarrels and their depen ndence on each otther, as chilldren are. Th hey pass the e time 'w which would d have passeed anyway.' A brutal man of meaans comes b by, leading a weaklin ng slave wh ho does his b bidding like a mechan nical doll. L Later on he ccomes back, blind, aand his slavve is mute, b but the relation nship is uncchanged. Evvery day a child comes from m the unkno own Godot, and evasiveely puts the b big arrival o off until tom morrow…It iis a tragic view. Yet, in perfformance, most m of it is brilliant, b bittter comedyy…It is a porrtrait of the dogged resilience of a man'ss spirit in th he face of litttle hope.” Samu uel Beckett, an Irishman, originallyy wrote the work w in Freench, under the title En n attendan nt Godot, betweeen Octoberr 1948 and January J 194 49. The prem mière was o on 5 Januarry 1953 in th he Théâtre d de Babylone e, Paris. The produ uction was directed d by Roger R Blin, who w also plaayed the rolle of "Pozzo o." Beckett h himself transslated the pllay into Eng glish, his nattive languag ge, with the title Waitiing for God dot and sub btitled - in the E English versiion only - "a a tragicom medy in two o acts." WAIT TING FOR GODOT G is often o is often n considered by philoso ophical and d literary sch holars to be part of the moveement of thee Theatre off the Absurd d. Absurdistt fiction bein ng a genre o of literaturee that focusees on the experriences of ch haracters in n a situation where theyy cannot find d any inhereent purposee in life, mosst often repreesented by ultimately u meaningless m actions and d events. Co mmon elem ments in abssurdist fictio on include satiree, dark hum mor, incongru uity, the aba asement of reason, and d controverssy regarding g the philoso ophical condiition of bein ng "nothing." In preparation fo or a producttion in earlyy 2000, director Patrick k Torelle wro ote, "WAITIING FOR G GODOT remaains just as fascinating f to t me now as a it was thee first time I read it, som me thirty years ago. Its mysteries are ju ust as puzzliing and at tiimes I still laugh till thee tears flow.. It is the esssence of lifee stripped off the everyyday specificcs. These tw wo clowns arre ourselvess without thee house, carr and 2.5 ch hildren. A lott has been said aabout the prrofound phiilosophical and a psychollogical insigghts it contaains, but ourr approach tto the play is contaained in Becckett's symb bol of the bo owler hat. It''s the classicc clown hat of Chaplin, Keaton, Em mmett Kelly y or myy favorites, Laurel and Hardy. Ima ages of the circus, vaudeeville and th he theatre ru un througho out the play y. Its sim mplicity is part p of why it is so accessible to peo ople of all aages, all overr the world. This is the original scriptt about 'exp periencing nothing.' n Prissoners at Sa an Quentin h had no diffiiculty underrstanding th his play, butt of cou urse they kn new what it was like to have h life strripped to itss essence an nd what it feeels like to w wait. We all wait iin anticipatiion of futuree events, an nd whether it's i the milleennium or A Aunt Sadie'ss gallbladdeer removal,
life affter the even nt is much the t same as before. Tha at's often thee way with ccomedies, eending as theey begin. So o if I haad to make a single stattement abou ut this play it would be : 'Two clown ns make us laugh at thee fact that the m more things change, thee more they stay the sam me.'" And yyet, the play y is crafted in i a way - with w text tthat is more poetry than n it is tradittional dialog gue - that ea ach person in i the au udience can n find differeent mean nings. "Beca ause the pla ay is so strip pped down n, so elemen ntal, it invitees all kinds of o social and politiccal and relig gious interp pretation," wrote w Norm mand Berlin in a trib bute to the play p in Autumn 1999, "with h Beckett him mself placed d in differen nt schoo ols of though ht, differentt movementts and 'iism's. The attempts a to pin p him dow wn have not been su uccessful, bu ut the desiree to do so o is natural when w we encounter a writeer whose min nimalist artt reaches forr bedro ock reality. 'Less' ' forcess us to look for f 'moree,' and the need n to talk about Godo ot and aabout Beckeett has resultted in a stea ady outpourring of book ks and articlles." Some tthink of "Go odot" as God d particcularly sincee the correcct pronuncia ation of "Godot" is "GO OD-oh," unlik ke the Nortth American n pronu unciation ass "guh-DOH H" which Beckett procla aimed to be incorrect (T Though it sh hould be notted that Beckeett denied th hat "Godot"" is God, and d later camee to regret u using the name "Godot"" since so m many people did in nterpret "Go odot" to mea an "God"). Some see th he play as a political alllegory of thee Cold War,, or of Frenc ch resisttance to the Germans. Others see the t play as commentary c ry on Freudiian and/or J Jungian psyychological theorries, while others o procla aim it to be Existential,, Christian, o or even auto obiographicc commentaary. Beckettt, for hiis part, remained silentt on the mea aning of thee play, sayingg that everyything he kn nows about tthe play and d the ch haracters is in the scrip pt, and "Whyy people hav ve to compllicate a thing so simple I can't mak ke out." WAIT TING FOR GODOT G is the final pro oduction of the t IU South heast Theattre Departm ment's 2011--2012 seaso on. Park king: Free parking p is av vailable onlyy in the Dog gwood Lot d directly in frront of the O Ogle Center from one hour before the performanc p ce until one hour h after th he conclusio on of the peerformance.. Vehicles paarked in lotss otherr than the Dogwood D Lott without a permit p will be b ticketed.. For m more informa ation on thiss production n, future prod ductions, ac ademic proggrams and sccholarships offered by the IU U Southeast Theatre Dep partment, pllease call (81 12) 941-265 55 or visit ww ww.ius.edu/ttheatre.
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To o be, or o not to t be? IU U South heast Theatr T re takes s Shak kespear re's H HAMLE ET back k to the e futur re. WH HAT: IU So outheast Th heatre Deparrtment pressents HAM MLET by William Shakespeare Direccted by Daniiel R. Hill
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WH HEN: Thurrsday, Marcch 7 at 8:00p pm Frida ay, March 8 at 8:00pm Saturrday, March h 9 at 8:00pm m Sunday, March 10 1 at 2:30 p..m. Thurssday, March h 14 at 8:00pm Frida ay, March 15 5 at 8:00pm m Saturrday, March h 16 at 8:00p pm Sunday, March 17 1 at 2:30 p.m. WH HERE: Rob binson Thea ater of the Paul P W. Oglee Cultural aand Commu unity Cen nter, 4201 Grant G Line Road R in New w Albany TIC CKETS: $112 Adults, $6 Students, Seniors, IU U Southeast Faculty & S Staff. Ticckets are ava ailable at th he Ogle Centter ticket offfice, Tuesdaay through F Friday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. p and 1 p.m. p to 4 p.m m., or by callling (812) 9 41.2525 FO OR IMMED DIATE REL LEASE Fe ebruary 25 5, 2013 NE EW ALBANY Y, Ind. — Th he Theatre Department D t at Indiana University Southeast w will present HA AMLET by William Sh hakespeare in i the Robin nson Theateer of the Pau ul W. Ogle C Cultural and d Community Center on thee IU Southeeast campus, 4201 Gran nt Line Road d in New Alb bany. Performance dattes and timees are Thurssday, Marc ch 7 throug gh Saturdayy, March 9 at 8:00pm m, Sunday, March 10 at 2:30pm m, Thursday y, March 14 4 through Saturday, M March 16 a at 8:00pm m, and Sundaay, Ma arch 19 at 2:30pm. Tickets T are $12 $ for adullts, $6 for sttudents, sen niors, IU So outheast facu ulty & staaff, and are available a at the Ogle Ceenter ticket office o or by calling (812 2) 941-2525 5.
The productio on is directed d by Daniel R. Hill, Adjjunct Lecturrer in Theattre at IU Sou utheast, witth scene and d lighting design by Miichael F. Ho ottois. Costu ume design is by Nataliie Bowman.. Guest artisst, Gerry Ro ose of Savagee Rose Thea atre and thee Frazier Hisstory is the F Fight Choreeography an nd also playss the role of C Claudius. "I ffell in love with w this pla ay abo out 12 yearss ago. As a stu udent of thea atre, I had alw ways heard that t the greeatest actorss played thee titlle role of Ha amlet," said Daaniel R. Hill,, who is dirrecting the play. p "Initiallly, thaat is what sp parked my intterest. Howeever, what spaarked my love for the plaay, HAMLET T was the sto ory, the them mes, and AL LL of tthe characteers." Wh hen preparin ng to direct thiis production of HA AMLET, Hilll - himself no n strranger to thee works of Shakespeare as a both an IU Southeasst Junior, Mitch Donahue as Ham mlet acttor and director - posed d download hi-re s photo sevveral questio ons to him mself: "How w do you tak ke onee of the grea atest plays ever e written n, one of the most iconicc plays in th he history off theatre, on ne of the mo ost popular produced plays of all tiime, and giv ve it new lifee? What is itt about a plaay that is ovver 400 yeaars old that still resonattes with thee human spirit today? W Why HAMLE ET? Why No ow?" "Sh hakespeare wrote storiees that reson nated with everyone; e th hey are all-inclusive," H Hill concluded. "These plaays show hig gh class, low w class, good d, bad, love,, deception, and human n concerns. Themes of g greed, lusst, betrayal, and self-ind dulgence su urround us in n many form ms every daay in modern n day America." "In n knowing th hat plays lik ke HAMLET T still conneect on an inttellectual levvel, how do we visually and em motionally co onnect to am modern day audience in n a way that opens theirr minds to w what is happ pening in ou ur society in n 2013? This led me to o a notion: We W hear everry day in Am merica that our future iis Technolog gy. But, whaat if it waasn’t? What if our futuree wasn’t tecchnology?" This ultimately led Hill to o decide to set s Shakespeeare's classiic play in a p post-techno ological worlld — an eraa in our futu ure that coulld be a posssibility. Thiss world is on ne where alll possible waays of creatiing eleectricity hav ve been erad dicated and the t humanss of this worrld have devveloped a waay to live wiithout tecchnology, bu ut are alway ys mindful of o all that theey once had d. It is in this world thatt we will seee the story of H HAMLET unfold u – a sttory of a fam mily dealing with loss, ggreed, decep ption, indeciision, and m murder.
HA AMLET is th he final prod duction of th he IU South heast Theatrre Departmeent's 2012-2 2013 season n. CAST C HA AMLET, Prince of Denmarrk CL LAUDIUS, Kin ng of Denmarrk, brother off the late king g GE ERTRUDE, Queen Q of Denm mark, motherr of Hamlet PO OLONIUS, Kin ng Claudius' counselor LA AERTES, Son of Polonius
MITCH DON NAHUE GERRY RY ROSE ROSELLA A PEARL G GABRIEL VAN ANOVER DAVID BEACH
OP PHELIA, Dau ughter of Polo onius
ELIZA DON NAHUE
GH HOST OF HA AMLET'S FATHER
JESSE B BROWN
HO ORATIO, friend of Hamlett and fellow student RO OSENCRANT TZ, childhood friend f of Ham mlet GU UILDENSTER RN, childhood d friend of Ha amlet MA ARCELLUS, head h sentinell of Elsinor
JONATHAN N VOSS DeANNA CO OLLINS RYAN BAKER ERWIN N JACOB
BE ERNARDO/O OSRICK
SPENCER KORCZ
FR RANCISCO
SHELBY ORANGE
PL LAYER HAML LET (Lucianu us)
D DHANE HAR RRISON
GR RAVEDIGGER R1
TIMOTHY S STUCKY
GR RAVEDIGGER R2
BETH HAM MMOND
UN NDERSTUDY Y
COD DY KING
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IU U South heast T Theatre e steps up to o the pllate wiith DAMN D N YANK KEES Fa aust meets professiona p al baseball 4201 Grant Line Road R • New Alb any, IN 47150 Media Contact: Ken K Atkins atk kins@ius.edu (81 12) 941-2655
NEW AL LBANY, Oct. 25 2 — The Theeatre Departm ment at Indian na University Southeasst will presentt the classic Broadway B mussical, DAMN N YANKEES on Novemb ber 7, 8, & 9 at 8 p.m., November N 110 at 2:30 p p.m., Novem mber 14, 15, & 16 at 8 p.m m., and Nov vember 17 att 2:30 p.m. iin the Robin nson Theater r of the Paul W. Ogle Cu ultural and C Community y Center on tthe IU South heast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road in New Albany.. Tickets are $ $12 for adultts, $6 for stud dents, seniorss, and IU Souttheast facultyy and staff, an nd are available at the Og gle Center tick ket office, by calling (812) 941-2526, or online att ius.edu/ogleecenter.
Middle-a aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd tra ades his soul to the Devil, also a known as Mr. Applega ate, for a chan nce to lead his h favorite tea am to victory in the penn nant race against the New York Yan nkees. As young baseball sensation n Joe Hardy, he transform ms the hapleess Washingto on Senators into a wiinning team, only o to realizee the true worth w of the life l he's left behind. Joe J ultimatelyy outsmarts Applegatte, returns to his former seelf, and shep pherds the Sen nators to the World Seeries.
Cod dy King as Joe Ha ardy (Young Joe) in IU U Southeast Theatre's production o of DAMN YAN NKEES
Photo by Jim H Hesselman With a book by Georg ge Abbott and d D Download a hi-ressolution image Douglasss Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adleer and Jerry Ross, R DAMN Y YANKEES op pened on Broadwa ay in 1955 and d ran for 1,10119 performan nces, winning the 1956 Ton ny Award ® for Best Mu usical. The sto ory is a moderrn retelling off the Faust leg gend set durin ng the 1950s in Washington n, D.C., durin ng a time wheen the New Yo ork Yankees dominated Major M League Baseball. Thee musical is b ased on Wallo op's novel Th he Year the Ya ankees Lost th he Pennant.
The cast of IU Southeeast's productiion will featurre longtime D Derby Dinner Playhousse company member, m Caryy Wiger, in thee role of Joe B Boyd (Old Joee), Rosella Loeser L as Meg g Boyd, Shawnna Speth as Sister, DeAnna Collings ass Doris, Co ody King as Joe Hardy (Yo oung Joe), Zacch Hebert as A Applegate, Elliza Donahuee as Lola, Marrina Hart as Gloria G Thorpee, Jesse Brown n as Van Bureen, Sam Atk kins as Henry,, Sean Turley as Sohovik, M Mitch Donahu ue as Smokeyy, Alex Lyn nch as Linvillee, Will Jones as a Vernon, Cllayton Bliss ass Rocky, Gabrriel Bush as Mickey, M Joshu ua Atkins as Mark, M Spenceer Korcz as Deel, Jenna Ryaan as Miss Weeston, Bobby Lightfoot L as Lynch, L and Jeenna Underhilll, Beth Hammon nd, and Kayla a Thompson as a Housewivees. Jim Hessselman directts the producttion, with sceenic and lightiing design byy Rebekka ah J. Meixner--Hanks. Herb b Caldwell is T Technical Dirrector and Jayy Schwand dt is Musical Director. D Costtume designss are by Nataliie Bowman. “An all--hitter... a mirracle of humo orous inventio on.” —New w York Timess “A truly trem mendous mussical, a brillian nt song-and-d dancer.” —Journal America an
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IU U South heast T Theatre e pr resents s a com medy o of mann ners... wiithout the t ma annerss God of Ca arnage runs Februaary 20 - M March 2 4201 Grant Line Road R • New Alb any, IN 47150 Media Contact: Ken K Atkins atk kins@ius.edu (81 12) 941-2655
NEW AL LBANY, Feb. 7 — The Thea atre Departmeent at Indianaa University Southeasst will presentt the Tony Aw ward®-winnin ng play, GOD D OF CARNA AGE on Febru uary 20, 21,, & 22 at 8 p p.m., Februa ary 23 10 at 2:30 p.m m., Februar ry 27, 8, & March M 1 at 8 p.m., and M March 2 at 2 2:30 p.m. in the t Robinso on Theater of o the Paul W W. Ogle Cultu ural and Commu unity Center r on the IU So outheast camp pus, 4201 Graant Line Road d in New Albany. Tickets are a $12 for ad dults, $6 for sstudents, seniiors, and IU Southeasst faculty and d staff, and aree available at the Ogle Cen nter ticket office, by calling (812) 941-2 2526, or online at ius.edu/o oglecenter. The setu up is simple: Veronica V and Michael M havee asked Annettte and Alan to their hom me to discuss a playground d altercation b between theirr 11-year-old sons. At first a tense politen ness masks un nderlying tenssion between n the couples, but once the dam breaks in i this living room-turnedr -playground, every manneer of human frailty f is revea aled as each ch haracter com mes under presssure to perfo orm, conform or stand up. God of Carnage C (or Le L Dieu du carrnage in the o original Frencch) is written by Yasmina a Reza, an awa ard-winning playwright. p H Her other notaable plays incllude
Art and Life L X 3. Auth hor Christoph her Hampton translated th he play into English, and it was recently made into i a film, sim mply titled Ca arnage, direccted by Roma an Polanski. Christop pher Hampton n's translation n of the play premiered in the UK at thee Gielgud Theatre T in Lo ondon's West End in 2008 and starred Ralph R Fienness, Tamsin Greig, G Janet McTeer M and Ken K Stott. After som me minor cha anges to the English E script to accommodatte American audiencees, a Broadwa ay production opened in i February off 2009. Origin nally planned for a limited engagement to t close Jully 19, 2009, th he run was extended d through Feb bruary 28, 2010 before co onverting to an a open-ended run. From July 27, 2009 to o September 8, 8 2009, th he play was su uspended to alllow the princcipal cast to tiie up prior engagem ments before returning r to fu ulfill their con ntracts.
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The origiinal cast inclu uded Jeff Dan niels, Hope Daavis, James G Gandolfini and d Marcia Gay G Harden. The T play won the 2009 Ton ny Award® fo or Best Play, aand all four actors a were no ominated for their perform mances. Hardeen won the Tony® for f Best Leadiing Actress in n a Play. The cast of IU Southeeast Theatre's production w will include Jeenna Ryan as Veronica a, Sean Turleyy as Michael, DeAnna Colliins as Annettee, and Erwin Jacob as Alan. The prroduction is directed d by Jim m Hesselman n with producction design by y Rebekkah J. J Meixner-Ha anks and costtume design b by Natalie C. Bowman n. Herb Caldw well is technical director, Tiimothy J. Stu ucky is producction stage ma anager and Co ody King is asssistant stage manager. “[A] “ streamlin ned anatomy of the human n animal... deelivers the catthartic release of watching g other peoplee's marriages go boom. A stu udy in the ten nsion between n civilized surrface and savaage instinct, this play is i itself a satissfying primitivve entertainm ment.” —New w York Timess “Elegant, accerbic, and en ntertainingly ffueled on purre bile.” —Variety — “Brutally “ enteertaining... in n another of C Christopher H Hampton's exquisite trranslations, [Reza] cannilyy manipulatess social ob bservations th hat appeal to vast v audiencees and createss characters that bring ou ut the best in actors.” —N NY Newsday