the strangers
By christopher oscar peña
Muñoz
SCENIC DESIGNER Danyelle Coskrey+ COSTUME DESIGNER Myron Elliott* LIGHTING DESIGNER Gabrielle Strong ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER Daphne Agosin SOUND DESIGNER Anna Marek+ PROPERTIES MANAGER Jamie Auer VOCAL COACH Jason Mar tin STAGE MANAGER Isa Pardilla MOVEMENT AND INTIMACY Rachelle Tsachor Run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes including a 15 minute intermission *Denotes U.S.A Member +Denotes UIC BA DPT Student Designer
Directed by Marcela
CAST
Dave Ethan Check
Diego
Octavio Montes De Oca
Niegel Jazz Jabulani
Emily Arya Halbleib
Pearl Tyara Whitted
Sarah Mila Sweeny
Eleanor Allison Carmody
Cris Jon Fonseca
Gatz Colin Callahan
Red Nazaret Castillo
Wedding Guests
Dan McLawhorn, Isaac Alvarado, Delaney Disario, Paris Nickerson, Lucia Loffredo, Audrey Bixby, Natalia Rivera, Franny Rodriguez
UNDERSTUDIES
Dave Dan McLawhorn
Diego Isaac Alvarado
Cris Isaac Alvarado
Emily Delaney Disario
Pearl Paris Nickerson
Sarah Lucia Loffredo
Eleanor Audrey Bixby
Gatz Franny Rodriguez
Red Natalia Rivera
PRODUCTION STAFF
PRODUCTION MANAGER
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
COSTUME SHOP MANAGER
LIGHTING SUPERVISOR
AUDIO SUPERVISOR
SCENIC CHARGE ARTIST
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER
Erin Freeman
Hannah Holmes-Robbins
Stephanie Cluggish*
Michael Trudeau
Ryan Ingebritsen
Alyssa Mohn
Tseela Sokolin-Maimon, Alyssa Morales
Britany Pearson
AUDIO ENGINEER & BOARD OPERATOR
Noella Bonsol
Froy Adan, Ally Uyao, Rishika Agarwal WARDROBE CREW
DECK & PROPERTIES CREW
Jill Dunlap, Myishia Stephenson, Natalie Fitz
*Denotes U.S.A. Member
PRODUCTION STAFF (Cont.)
CARPENTER
STUDENT CARPENTERS & PAINTERS
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
STUDENT ELECTRICIANS
STUDENT STITCHERS
AUDIO TECHNICIANS
Danny Carraher
Tully Dobrowski, Jessica Espinoza, Natalie Fitz, Marshall Harck, Olivia Izagguire, Jimena Ramirez, Sophia Rangel, Myishia Stephenson
Duncan Hon, Jenny Bauer
Chritina Ahlman, Adriana Andreolas, Liza Kolesnik, Jiacheng Sun
Natalia Rivera, Lavonte Morrow, Nicholas Slana, Xela Rosas, Rattryna Yim
Maddie Abelson, Jin Bai, Tully Dobrowski, Alyssa Morales, Fernando Rosales, Nicholas Slana, Tseela Sokolin-Maimon, Reagan Stevenson, Oriol Velez Marimon
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
COORDINATOR OF THEATRE OPERATIONS
BOX OFFICE ASSISTANT MANAGER
HOUSE MANAGER
BOX OFFICE AND FOH STAFF
Neal J. McCollam
Tyara Whitted
Olivia MacGowan
Allison Maysonet, Ian Guthrie, Paloma Lozano, Angelina Davila, Andrea Perez, Bryan Martinez, Darrow Richmond, Ahaaz Hassan
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A POST-SHOW TALK
Sunday, October 2nd, 2pm
Join us for free post-show panel discussions with the artists and special guests curated by UIC faculty member Richard Corley. the strangers: by christopher oscar pena
Discussion Facilitator: Richard Corley, Ajunct Faculty, School of Theatre and Music
THE STRANGERS is presented by special arrangement with CAA, CreativeArtsAgency, Inc., New York.
The Strangers was commissioned by The Clarence Brown Theatre in residence University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Cal MacLean, Artistic Director). The play was developed with generous support from the Lark Play Development Center (John Clinton Eisner, Artistic Director) at their annual residency with New York Stage and Film.
About the Play
Playwright christopher pena reimagined Thorton Wilder’s Our Town with characters who represent our America today- people with a mixed racial, cultural and religious backgrounds, rath er than the original all-white inhabitants of a New Hampshire hamlet. the strangers begins with a homecoming, or more accurately, “cris returns to a place he used to know,” to a town called “everytown”- a place that stands in for any hometown in America. cris has been away for a long time, and his return instigates a love story. In the strangers, folks rise and fall like fireworks on the 4th of july, some big, some small: failures of empathy and failures of action that can change a life in an instant.
About the Director
Marcela Muñoz is a director, actor, teaching artist and translator. She is the Managing and Co-Artistic Director of Aguijón Theater, Chicago’s longest-running Latino theater company. Besides her long history with Aguijón Theater, her Chicago stage acting and directing credits include Teatro Luna, Teatro Vista, Victory Gardens Theatre and Goodman Theatre. Other directing credits include Urban Theater Company, Chicago Dramatists and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has also been Assistant Director at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Writers Theatre. As actor/director she has participated in international theater festivals in Peru, Argentina and Colombia. Deeply committed to mentoring and creating opportunities for young artists, she developed and leads the Nuestra Cul tura Theater Program at Aguijón Theater for After School Matters. She studied Communications at DePaul Univer sity, is a graduate of The School at Steppenwolf, a 3Arts Award recipient and currently serves on the Board of the League of Chicago Theatres.
Land Acknowledgment
The UIC School of Theatre and Music sits on the traditional homeland of the original peoples of the area: the Three Fires Confederacy - the Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe Nationsas well as the Menominee and Ho-Chunk who—along with many Indigenous people—were among its first inhabitants. With respect and gratitude, The School of Theatre and Music honors the many Native Americans who have, do, and will call this land their home.
STM acknowledges that we have benefited from the repeated attacks on Native Americans that forced tribal representatives to sign the 1816 Treaty of St Louis, relinquishing to the U.S. all claims of the land from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River. This land seizure led to the era of economic development and rapid growth that made Chicago the metropolis that it is today. We have an obligation to our students and the nearly 65,000 Native Americans now living in Chicago to do no further harm, to amplify Native voices, and to fight for equity and inclusion by engaging in anti-racism policies and practices. For us, this work begins with this statement, and must be followed by actions that immediately affect our work and life on campus.
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