Dance Nation Program

DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

PRESENTS

BY Clare Barron

DIRECTED BY Katherine McGerr

SCENIC DESIGNER

Angel Lam

FIGHT

CHOREOGRAPHY

Alec Barbour

Panamá

CHOREOGRAPHED BY Felipe

COSTUME DESIGNER

Sofia Pizer

INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHY

Yvonne Perry

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Mairead Cummins

VOICE/VERSE COACH

Holly Thuma

DRAMATURG

Wesley Tipton

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Ralph Zito

SOUND DESIGNER

Kevin O’Connor

STAGE MANAGER

Jess DeLucia

Dance Nation is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com. Dance Nation received its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, September 2018. Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the World Premiere of Dance Nation in 2018 with support from an award by the National Endowment of the Arts, and a generous gift from Scott M. Delman. Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Trust for supporting new plays at Playwrights Horizons, and special thanks to the Time Warner Foundation for its leadership support of New Works Lab at Playwrights Horizons Dance Nation was developed at the Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, June 2015, with the Atlantic Theatre Company, and presented as part of the Contemporary American Voices Festival at Long Wharf Theatre, September 2016. Dance Nation was written, in part, in residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and received extensive workshop time and space as part of New Dramatists’ Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund.

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CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Amina..............................................................................Kailee Brandt

Zuzu................................................................................Olivia Busche

Vanessa/Moms............................................Emily Castillo-Langley

Connie.........................................................................Avaana Harvey

Ashlee.................................................................................Sofia Leche

Sofia.....................................................................Adelaide Lobenthal

Minda..................................................................Rachel Mondschein

God Mic..............................................................................Kobi Oliver

Luke........................................................................................Alex Russ

Dance Teacher Pat.........................................................Isaiah Tucker

Maeve...................................................................Emma Waterhouse

UNDERSTUDIES

For Ashlee – Gwendalyn Rose Díaz

For Maeve – Paige Kenneally

For Connie – Lizzie Khan

For Vanessa/Moms – Julia Kolinski

For Sofia – Malvi Lucchini

For Zuzu – Gillian Stoltz

For Dance Teacher Pat – Truman Tinius

For Luke – Axel Vera

For Amina – Bella Zonderman

SPECIAL THANKS

Special Thanks to Kelsey Dornfeld, Kaitlin Leigh Marsh, Annabelle Lamb, Eli Golding, Blake Segal, Henry and June McSegal, Macaroni Panamá, Clementina Martinez, Martha Sutter, and Janet Brown.

Dance Nation will be performed without an intermission.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

Dance/Fight/Intimacy Captain: Truman Tinius

Assistant Directors: Stella Bunch, Anthony Islam

Assistant Scenic Designer: Evan Hoover

Assistant Costume Designer: Adeline Livingston

Assistant Lighting Designer: Maddy Clark

Assistant Sound Designer: Jay Korter

Assistant Stage Managers: Rachel Mondschein, Kobi Oliver

Casting Associate: Carrie DeGraw

Intimacy Shadow: Willow Funkhouser

Consultants: Kadesha Adelakun, L.C.S.W.; Adriana Galván, Ph.D.; Emily K. Harrison, Ph.D.

PRODUCTION STAFF & RUN CREW

Faculty Advisors to Student Designers: Carmen Martínez, Daisy Long

Faculty Advisor to Stage Managers: Dianna Angell

Light Board Operator: Ethan Shavelson

Sound Board Operator: Bailey Levering

Spotlight Operators: Hope Allen, Gray Westbrook

Deck (Run Crew): James Ragen, Nadia Stiell

Dressers (Run Crew): Amelie Elizabeth Faucon, Jaelynn Pearl Evelyn Ricks, Delaney Teague

Hang and Focus Crew: Henry Killbourn, James Klemmer, Dylan Lee, Gray Westbrook

Costume Maintenance: Nathan Ayotte

Production Assistants: Lindsay Carroll, Samantha Croco, Tavien Goodson, Skye Landess, Jamie Mack, Madison Manning, Emily Pellecchia, Sassy Stevenson, Delaney Thompson

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DANCE NATION

CONTENT NOTE

Dance Nation celebrates the adolescent magic of dance, teamwork, and the mental and physical transition from childhood to adulthood. At the same time, it addresses serious challenge of adolescence including: depression, self-harm and suicide; body image and injury; marginalization due to race and gender; and sexual harassment and assault. If you or someone you know is struggling, please consider reaching out to the Barnes Center at the Arch (315.443.8000), the Syracuse University Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution (315.443.4018), The National Suicide Prevention Hotline (1.800. 273.8255), The National Sexual Assault Hotline (1.800.656.4673), The National Eating Disorders Association Helpline (1.800.931. 2237), or The Trevor Project counseling line (1.866.488.7386).

Kailee Brandt (she/ her) (Amina) is a sophomore musical theater major from Honolulu, HI. She was recently in the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and will be in the upcoming productions of Candide and La Bohème this summer at the Glimmerglass Festival. She is so grateful to be part of this production and would like to thank her friends, family, and Department of Drama professors for their for their love, support, and guidance. @kaileerbrandt

Olivia Busche (Zuzu) is a sophomore actorsinger from Cincinnati, Ohio. She is thrilled to be in her first mainstage production with the Syracuse University Department of Drama. Past Department of Drama credits include Eurydice (Black Box Players studio project) and A Stroll in the Air (Department of Drama studio project). Olivia is also the special events director for Black Box Players. She would like to thank her family, friends, and the company of Dance Nation for their love and support.

Emily Castillo-Langley (she/hers) (Vanessa/ Moms) is a sophomore musical theater major from Denton, TX. She is so excited to be making

her Department of Drama mainstage debut! Her additional credits at Syracuse University include being a script evaluator for the New Works New Voices initiative and swinging the 2022 studio production of Eurydice. She wants to thank her family for their support and hopes you enjoy the show! Instagram: @emilyclangley

Gwendalyn Rose Díaz (she/her/hers) (u/s Ashlee) is extremely honored to make her Department of Drama mainstage debut in Dance Nation! Originally from Houston, TX, she is now a sophomore B.F.A. musical theater major. Some of her recent credits include: u/s Ariel, u/s Flounder, and Swing in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production) and Pipe in Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Department of Drama studio project). Gwendalyn would like to thank everyone at the Department of Drama for believing in her to uphold this opportunity and sends lots of love to her friends and family for their endless support. Enjoy the show! Keep up with her on Instagram: @gwendalynrosediaz

Avaana Harvey (she/ her) (Connie) is a sophomore acting major from Singapore. This is her second production at the Department of Drama, her first being Failure: A Love Story

(mainstage). She is thrilled to act in this wild and beautiful play alongside such a brilliant cast and crew. She thanks her family for their continuous support!

Paige Kenneally (she/ her) (u/s Maeve) is a junior acting major from Saratoga, NY. This is her first mainstage production with the Department of Drama and she is extremely grateful for this opportunity. Last year, she was in the Department of Drama’s studio production of Movie Night (Young Entrepreneur, Jesse, Dr. Danford, Red Specter). She sends her love to her friends and family who shower her with endless support.

Julia Kolinski (she/ her) (u/s Vanessa/Moms) is a junior acting major. She would like to express her endless love and gratitude to her Mom, Ben, and Lev!

Sofia Leche (she/her)

(Ashlee) is a junior acting major from Tampa, FL. She is excited to perform in her first mainstage production. She has also been seen in Movie Night (studio project) A Stroll in the Air (studio project) and assistant directed Our Dear Dead Druglord (student produced show). She has had so much joy working with this cast and crew.

She is also very grateful to her friends and family for all their love and support. Instagram @sofialorena.leche

Adelaide Lobenthal (Sofia) is a junior acting major from New York City. Although this is her first mainstage production at the Syracuse University Department of Drama, Adelaide frequently performs on campus with her improv group, Galactic Chug. She also recently performed in Movie Night directed by Nick Kowerko as well as the Method Acting Project. Adelaide is so excited to share this story with the audience and she is very grateful to her friends and family for all of their support.

Malvi Lucchini (she/ her/hers) (u/s Sofia) is a sophomore musical theater major from Milan, Italy. This is her first Department of Drama mainstage production and she is thrilled and honored! She is grateful for everyone who was part of this process. She is thankful for her family, supporting her from overseas!

Alex Russ (he/him)

(Luke) is so excited to be a part of his first Department of Drama mainstage production! Alex is a junior acting major from Roslyn, NY. He is so honored to have

worked with such an amazing company. He would like to thank the creative team, his professors, and all of his family and friends for the unconditional love and support.

Gillian Stoltz (she/her) (u/s Zuzu) is a sophomore m usical theater major from Marietta, GA. She is thrilled Dance Nation is her Department of Drama debut, surrounded by an incredible company and creative team. Many, many thanks to her teachers, coaches, and friends, and so much love and hugs to Mom, Dad, Mikayla, Charlie, and Ben! @gillian.elisabeth and gillianstoltz.com

Truman Tinius (Dance Captain, Fight Captain, Intimacy Captain, u/s Dance Teacher Pat) is a Sophomore B.F.A. musical theater major and is thrilled to be a part of this production of Dance Nation with the Syracuse University Department of Drama. He was most recently seen in the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production of The Little Mermaid (Ensemble, Circus Feature). Other credits include the Department of Drama’s Sweet Charity (Ensemble), The 2022 Glimmerglass Festival’s productions of The Sound of Music (Baron Elberfeld, Ensemble) and Carmen (Featured Dancer, Fight Captain), and Syracuse City

Ballet’s The Nutcracker. Catch him back at The Glimmerglass Festival this summer in the 2023 Season’s productions of Candide (Featured Dancer) and La Boheme (Dance Captain, Dancer). Truman would like to thank his family, friends, and professors for their unwavering support and guidance. @TrumanTinius

Isaiah Tucker (they/ he) (Dance Teacher Pat) is a sophomore musical theater major from Philadelphia, PA. They are excited and privileged to be making their play debut with the Syracuse University Department of Drama and amongst this phenomenal and impactful company. Previous performance credits include the Department of Drama’s productions of Sweet Charity and the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama coproduction of The Little Mermaid. They would like to thank the family, friends, and teachers who’ve helped them up to this point.

Axel Vera (u/s Luke) is a first-generation Colombian Venezuelan American actor from Miami, FL. He is a junior musical theater major who is extremely excited to be working again on another Syracuse University Department of Drama production. His recent credits include the Syracuse Stage Bank of America Children’s

Tour: The Girl Who Swallowed A Cactus and Movie Night. He was most recently seen as an ensemble member of the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and as an on-stage swing in the Department of Drama production of Sweet Charity. He would like to thank his family for always supporting him in his journey, Katie McGerr for being an incredible director, and the amazing talent in this cast. Ig: @axel_vera__

Emma Waterhouse (she/they) (Maeve) is a sophomore acting major from Leominster, MA. Last semester, she played Little Boy in A Stroll in the Air in the Loft Theater, directed

by Nick Kowerko. For Abby, who she discovered their love of this art with, wearing a pink leotard in a studio not too dissimilar to this one.

Bella Zonderman (Amina) is a sophomore m usical theater major from Schenectady, NY. Some favorite credits include the Syracuse Stage/ Department of Drama co-production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and West Side Story at Glimmerglass Opera Festival. Bella ’s first love is classical ballet, and she has spent summers training pre-professionally at Philadelphia Ballet and The Rock School for Dance Education. Huge thanks to her family, the cast, and the crew of Dance Nation!

ARTISTIC TEAM

Angel Lam (she/her) (Scenic Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major from Hong Kong. Other Syracuse scenic design credits include Dealing Dreams (Black Box Players), assistant scenic designer in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production), and As You Like It (Department of Drama mainstage).

Sofia Pizer (she/her) (Costume Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major with a concentration in costume design from Los

Angeles, CA. Other assistant costume credits with the Department of Drama include Working, In Love and Warcraft, and Cymbeline. She is very grateful for the support from her peers, instructors, friends, and family.

Mairead Cummins (they/them) (Lighting Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major from Annapolis, MD. This is their first design for the Department of Drama, and they are incredibly grateful for the support from their peers, family, and friends throughout the process.

ARTISTIC STAFF

Kevin O’Connor (Sound Designer) is currently in his 14th season working for Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama. He graduated from St. Lawrence University with a B.A. in music in 2008. Most of Kevin’s sound design credits have been with the Department of Drama over the past decade and some of his favorites are Bright Half Life (2021), Romeo & Juliet (2020), Good Kids (2019), We Are Proud to Present... (2019), The Baltimore Waltz (2018), Laura and the Sea (2016), A Flea in Her Ear (2016), The Spitfire Grill (2016), Measure for Measure (2015), and Stepping Out (2014) . Kevin also designed Danny, King of the Basement, Miss Electricity, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane for the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama Bank of America Children’s Tour. Besides sound design, Kevin has also worked as the A1 position, controlling the audio console/live mixing most of the musicals over the past 13 years for Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama including Disney’ s The Little Mermaid, Matilda the Musical, Disney’ s Beauty and The Beast, The Last Five Years, Elf the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Next to Normal, The Wizard of Oz, Ring of Fire, Berlin to Broadway, Mary Poppins, Nine, The Spitfire Grill, Peter Pan, Kiss Me, Kate, Avenue Q, Hairspray, Parade, Spring Awakening, Seussical, Violet, Irving Ber-

lin’ s White Christmas, Merrily We Roll Along, Quilters, The Cradle Will Rock, and Cabaret. He was also able to work as the A1 for Thoughts of a Colored Man during its Syracuse Stage run before it moved to Broadway.

Holly Thuma (she/her) (Voice/Verse Coach) teaches Voice/Verse in the Department of Drama and is a certified associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework. She has served as vocal and dialect coach for many Department of Drama productions including Top Girls, Violet, To Chekhov with Love for the Edinburgh Festival, Major Barbara, Romeo and Juliet, among others. For Syracuse Stage she was vocal coach for Mickey Rowe in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and is currently vocal coach for their commissioned work, Our Words are Seeds. Holly’s acting and directing credits include productions with Quantum Theatre, the Dallas Theatre Center, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, City Theatre Company where she was a founding member, Perry Mansfield New Play Festival, as well as independent films. A passionate believer in arts education, Holly’s career has included development and direction of performance programs for underserved children through the Pittsburgh Public Theater and for the Hope Academy of Music and the Arts. She is a proud union member of Actors Equity and SAG/AFTRA.

ARTISTIC STAFF

Alec Barbour (Fight Choreography) is a Rochester, NY based actor, intimacy director, fight choreographer, and playwright. He relishes the opportunity to create visceral, authentic moments of violence and intimacy that are thrilling for audiences while being safe and fun for actors. He is a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. He received his MFA in Acting at the Hilberry Repertory Theatre at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA, and he teaches acting at Syracuse University. Intimacy Direction: (For Syracuse Stage) Amadeus. (For the Syracuse University Department of Drama) As You Like It, Movie Night, Romeo and Juliet, Everybody, Wild Party. (For Wallbyrd Theatre Co.) Bard Bending: Fight Club, Two Gentlemen of Verona. (For Utica College) Dracula. Fight Direction: (For Syracuse Stage) Amadeus, Suzette who Set to Sea, Deathtrap, Disgraced. (Department of Drama) As You Like It, Movie Night, Cymbeline, Sender, In Love and Warcraft, Wild Party, Kiss Me Kate. (U. of Rochester) Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (with J. David Brimmer). (Nazareth College) Spring Awakening, Hayfever, Vinegar Tom. (Le Moyne College) Squirrels, The Play That Goes Wrong, She Kills Monsters, Macbeth in Concert, Romeo and Juliet in Concert, The Liar. (Hilberry Repertory Theatre) The Cripple of Inishmaan, Macbeth, The Mousetrap, Moon Over Buffalo. (Wayne State U.) Arabian Nights,

Dead Man’s Cell Phone, SubUrbia (Wallbyrd Theatre Co) Bard Bending: Fight Club!, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Dracula

Yvonne Perry (Intimacy Choreography) is an actor, director, and educator who is also a Consent Forward Artist certified by IDC. She has been on the forefront of intimacy direction, choreography and coordination since the movement’s onset, and trained at the University of Illinois with some of the leaders of this new field. She has led consent workshops and choreographed intimacy both here at Syracuse University as well as many colleges and universities in the Capital District. Yvonne also performs and directs intimacy at Capital Repertory Theatre, where she is an Associate Artist. AEA, SAG-AFTRA.

Wesley Tipton (she/her) (Dramaturg) is a sophomore theater management major from Silver Spring, MD. Other Syracuse credits include Next to Normal (Black Box Players).

Stella Bunch (she/her) (Assistant Director ) is a junior acting major from Springfield, VA. She would like to thank Katie McGerr for this truly rewarding experience.

Anthony Islam (he/him) (Assistant Director) is a junior theater man-

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agement major from Georgetown, Guyana. Other Syracuse credits include assistant director on Dealing Dreams (Black Box Players) and dramaturg on Gruesome Playground Injuries (studio project).

Carrie DeGraw (Casting Associate) is a senior theater management major from Union Springs, NY. During her time at Syracuse, she has been the Department of Drama’s casting associate, as well as a production assistant for the Department and Syracuse Stage. Previously, Carrie was a management intern at Jermyn Street Theatre in London, England and the development apprentice at Theatre Aspen in Aspen, CO, where she currently is working as the management and board coordinator and apprentice program coordinator.

Jess DeLucia (she/her) (Stage Manager) is a junior stage management major from Matawan, NJ. Other credits include Syracuse Stage’s The Play That Goes Wrong (stage management intern), Syracuse University Department of Drama’s ID: A Devised Film Piece (rehearsal manager/script supervisor), Miss Havisham’s Wedding (script evaluator/co-dramaturg/ videographer), Mansfield Park (assistant stage manager), and Salt Land Theatre Festival (script evalulator/research assistant). She has also worked as a stage manager at the Count Basie Center for the Arts for four years, and was a co-founder and associate production manager for the nationwide online concert series Theatre @ Home. All the love to her team, famiy, friends, professors, and everyone in between who helped her get here today!

ASSISTANTS & ASSOCIATES

Maddy Clark ( Assistant Lighting Designer ) is a sophomore theater design and technology major with a concentration in lighting design from Austin, TX.

Evan Hoover (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major from Potsdam, NY.

Jay Korter (Assistant Sound Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major from Syracuse, NY.

Adeline Livingston (she/they) (Assistant Costume Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major with a focus on costumes from Syracuse, NY.

Rachel Mondschein (she/her) (Assistant Stage Manager, Minda) is a freshman stage management major from Glastonbury, CT.

Kobi Oliver (he/him) ( Assistant Stage Manager, God Mic) is a freshman theater management major from Melissa, TX and Maumelle, AR.

DIRECTOR

Katherine McGerr (she/her) is a director, dramaturg, and teaching artist who joined the Syracuse University Department of Drama faculty in 2015. Recent directing credits include The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Syracuse Stage Bank of America Children’s Tour); the Broadway premiere of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles (Associate Director, Roundabout); The Wild Party (Syracuse University Department of Drama), The Second Shepherds’ Play (Colgate University, Indiana University); Measure for Measure (UNC/Playmakers Repertory Theatre); A Dream Play (Allegheny College); Hedda Gabler (Yale School of Drama); Dutchman (Yale Cabaret); Build -

ing the Wall (Chautauqua Theater Company New Play Workshop). Dramaturgy credits include the East Coast premiere of Donald Margulies’ Shipwrecked!… (production dramaturg, Long Wharf) and the world premiere of Anna Deavere Smith’s Let Me Down Easy (script assistant, Long Wharf). Katherine worked with Chautauqua Institution from 2007 to 2022, most recently as the lead teaching artist for the Young Playwrights Project, which annually serves over 500 elementary students in Western NY. She has also held artistic staff positions at Yale Repertory Theatre and Playwrights Realm and served as a teaching artist for Yale’s Dwight Edgewood Project and Syracuse Stage’s Summer Youth Theatre Experience. www.katherinemcgerr.com.

CHOREOGRAPHER

Felipe Panamá (he/ him) is a teacher, choreographer, dancer, and visual artist. He teaches Ballet, Jazz, and Contemporary dance techniques in the Department of Drama of Syra-

cuse University, as a member of the m usical theater faculty. Previously, he choreographed Shaina Taub’s musical adaptation of As You Like It, directed by Rodney Hudson for the Department of Drama (mainstage). IG@_felipepanama

PLAYWRIGHT

Clare Barron is a playwright and performer from Wenatchee, Washington. Her play Dance Nation recently received its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in May 2018

and subsequently its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London. It was a 2019 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and is the recipient of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and

PLAYWRIGHT

The Relentless Award established in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Other plays include: You Got Older (Page 73; Steppenwolf) which received two Obie Awards for Playwriting and Performance, a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Play, and was a Susan Smith Blackburn finalist and the #1 most-recommended

play on the Kilroys’ List; I’ll Never Love Again (The Bushwick Starr); and Baby Screams Miracle (Clubbed Thumb; Woolly Mammoth). She is the recipient of a Whiting Award for Drama, the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award at The Vineyard, and the Page 73 Fellowship; and is a member of New Dramatists.

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Ralph Zito (he, him) is in his thirteenth year as chair of the Department of Drama. He came to Syracuse University from the Juilliard School Drama Division, where he had been a teacher and director from 1992 to 2010 and chair of the Voice and Speech Department since 1999. He was a director and adjunct lecturer in the Barnard College Theater Department from 2006 until 2010 and has been a guest artist at training programs across the country, including the Old Globe in San Diego, The University of Texas at Austin, and the Academy for Classical Acting in Washington, DC. Directing credits for the Department of Drama include: The Spitfire Grill, As You Like It, Gruesome Playground Injuries, and The Aliens. He has served as a voice, text or dialect consultant for numerous professional productions both on and off-Broadway, including: The Light in the Piazza; Awake and Sing!; The Herbal

Bed; Mrs. Klein; The Fiery Furnace; The Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center Theatre); Tongue of a Bird; The Merchant of Venice (New York Shakespeare Festival); The Pitchfork Disney (Blue Light Theatre Company); Birdy (The Women’s Project); The Model Apartment (Primary Stages); the New York premiere of Tony Kushner’s SLAVS! (New York Theatre Workshop); and The African Company Presents Richard III (The Acting Company). His regional theater credits include numerous productions at The Shakespeare Theatre and Arena Stage in Washington, DC; Syracuse Stage; Baltimore CENTERSTAGE; Hartford Stage; and the McCarter Theatre, among others. A former touring member of The Acting Company, he served as artistic associate of The Chautauqua Theatre Company for seven years and was a member of the Board of Directors of The American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) for six years. He is a graduate

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

of Harvard University, The Juilliard School, and the American Center for the Alexander Technique. He was recently awarded the prestigious Juil-

liard President’s Medal in recognition of his contributions to both Juilliard and to the broader performing arts community.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Syracuse University Department of Drama offers degree programs in acting, musical theater, theater design and technology, stage management, and theater management

utilizing conservatory-style training in a university setting and in collaboration with Syracuse Stage. With much appreciation, the Department of Drama wishes to acknowledge the valuable contribution of the Syracuse Stage staff.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Chair.......................................................................................................................................Ralph Zito

Business Manager.................................................................................................................Lisa Tucci

Administrative

Director, Tepper Semester in NYC...............................................................................Erica Jensen

Academic Operations Manager, Tepper Semester

Associate Music Director.................................................................................................Jacob Carll

Dean, VPA...................................................................................................................Michael S. Tick

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Christine Albright-Tufts

Robert Andrusko

Rufus Bonds, Jr.

Jacob Carll

Kiira Schmidt Carper

Brian Cimmet

James A. Clark

Stephen Cross

Danyon Davis

Izmir Ickbal

Rebecca Karpoff

Andrea Leigh-Smith

Daisy Long

David Lowenstein

Celia Madeoy

Carmen Martínez

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Jill Anderson

Dianna Angell

Alec Barbour

Kathleen Baum

Bradley Beckman

Kerry Bereza

Dave Bowman

Don Buschmann

Diane Coloton

Gretchen Darrow-Crotty

Marina de Ratmiroff

Danita Emma

Kathryn Fathers

Marcus Herndon

Jacqueline R. Herter

Emily Holm

Robert Hupp

Sandra Knapp

Richard Koons

Nicholas Kowerko

Zizi Majid

Michael McCurdy

Aldo Katton Santiago

Mendez

Kathryn Miranda

Amanda Moore

ACCOMPANISTS

Kerry Bereza, Abel Searor

Katherine McGerr

Thom Miller

Ricky Pak

Felipe Panamá

Holly Thuma

Kathleen Wrinn

Ralph Zito

Leslie Noble

Whitney Pak

Stuart Plymesser

Rebecca Schuetz

Hanni Schwarzlander

Abel Searor

Blake Segal

SEVAN

Randy Steffen

Bradley Stone

Joseph Whelan

Matthew Winning

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SEASON

SWEET CHARITY

BOOK BY NEIL SIMON | MUSIC BY CY COLEMAN | LYRICS BY DOROTHY FIELDS | BASED ON AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BY FEDERICO FELLINI, TULLIO PINELLI, AND ENNIO FLAIANO | PRODUCED FOR THE BROADWAY STAGE BY FRYER, CARR, AND HARRIS

CONCEIVED, STAGED, AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY BOB FOSSE

DIRECTED BY DAVID LOWENSTEIN | CHOREOGRAPHED BY KIIRA SCHMIDT-CARPER | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET

OCTOBER 14 - 23 | OPENING NIGHT: OCTOBER 15

FAILURE: A LOVE STORY

BY PHILIP DAWKINS | DIRECTED BY THOM MILLER

NOVEMBER 11 - 19 | OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 12

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID *

MUSIC BY ALAN MENKEN | LYRICS BY HOWARD ASHMAN AND GLENN SLATER | BOOK BY DOUG WRIGHT | BASED ON THE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN STORY AND THE DISNEY FILM THAT WAS PRODUCED BY HOWARD ASHMAN AND JOHN MUSKER AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOHN MUSKER AND RON CLEMENTS

ORIGINALLY PRODUCED BY DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

DIRECTED BY MELISSA RAIN ANDERSON | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET | CHOREOGRAPHY BY ADAM CATES

CO-PRODUCED WITH SYRACUSE STAGE

NOVEMBER 25 – JANUARY 8 | OPENING NIGHT: DECEMBER 2

*DRAMA SUBSCRIBERS WILL RECEIVE VOUCHERS REDEEMABLE FOR TICKETS TO DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID

BARBECUE

BY ROBERT O’HARA | DIRECTED BY GILBERT M c CAULEY

FEBRUARY 17 - 26 | OPENING NIGHT: FEBRUARY 18

BOX OFFICE

315.443.3275

DANCE NATION

BY CLARE BARRON | DIRECTED BY KATHERINE McGERR

MARCH 24 – APRIL 2 | OPENING NIGHT: MARCH 25

TICKETS

Monday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm

Syracuse Stage 820 E. Genesee Street

Syracuse, NY 13210

MELANCHOLY PLAY: A CHAMBER MUSICAL

BOOK AND LYRICS BY SARAH RUHL | MUSIC BY TODD ALMOND DIRECTED BY DANIELLA CAGGIANO | MUSIC DIRECTED BY JACOB CARLL

APRIL 28 – MAY 7 | OPENING NIGHT: APRIL 29