The Secret Garden

Taylor University Pillars at Taylor University Taylor Theatre Playbills Campus Events 11-1-2009 The ecrS et Garden Follow this and additional works at: https://pillars.taylor.edu/playbills Part of the Acting Commons, Dance Commons, Higher Education Commons, Playwriting Commons, and the Theatre History Commons Recommended Citation "The eS cret Garden" (2009). Taylor Theatre Playbills. 127. https://pillars.taylor.edu/playbills/127 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Campus Events at Pillars at Taylor University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Taylor Theatre Playbills by an authorized administrator of Pillars at Taylor University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The concession stand is open before the TAYLOR UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS THE show and SECRET GARDEN during intermission. We are serving an assortment of cookies, candy and muffins. Pepsi products and coffee are also available. Taylor Theatre t-shirts and mugs are available to purchase. BOOK AND LYRICS BY MARSHA NORMAN MUSIC BY LUCY SIMON BASED ON THE NOVEL BY FRANCIS HODGSON BURNETT NOVEMBER 13-22, 2009 Fridays & Saturdays 8:00 PM (765) 998-5289 for tickets Sundays 3:00 PM $8.00 adults, $6.00 students & seniors Haze and fog are used in Directed by this production. Tracy Manning Stage Manager Tim McDermott Assistant to the Director Sara Phillips The Designers CORY RODEHEAVER - SCENIC AND PROJECTION DESIGNER Welcome to Taylor University Theatre. If you are a Cory has been working as a freelance scenic designer for regular supporter of our program we thank you for your the past 9 years and is no stranger to Taylor Theatre. He has encouraging participation over the years. If this is your first been involved with Taylor theatre for the past 14 years. Last visit, we trust that you will enjoy our work enough to return season Cory designed Taylor’s production of The Taming - again and again and again. We have a distinct calling as a of the Shrew. Outside of Taylor, Cory has designed for the Christian liberal arts theatre program, reflected in our philo- Summer Studio Theatre Company at the University of Illinois, the Feltre Library Theatre in Chicago, Parkland College and sophical statement. We welcome your participation, your the University of Illinois Theatre department to name a few. comments on our work, and any suggestions you might have Some other productions to his credit are: The Hobbit, La Traviata, Aloha Say the to help us accomplish our mission. Pretty Girls, Tennessee Williams’ Spring Storm, Peter Pan, The Importance of Being Earnest, Tally’s Folley, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Urine Town the Musical, Into the Woods and staged readings of Ghosts and Desire Under the Elms. Currently Cory is designing exhibits and themed environ- ments across the country employed as the senior exhibit designer for Taylor Studios Come Play with us. Inc. based in Rantoul, Illinois. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, two children, Ethan and Emmy, in Champaign, IL. Cory holds a MFA in Scenic Design from the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign. KEVIN GAWLEY - LIGHTING DESIGNER Taylor University Theatre is a co-curricular educational Kevin is returning to design his ninth production at program supporting the liberal arts mission of the University Taylor after designing lights for Smoke on the Mountain by providing a broad range of theatre experiences that span last year. As a freelance lighting/scenic designer, Kevin’s most theatrical periods, genres, and styles. work has appeared on many Chicago stages, includ- ing Lifeline Theatre where he won the Jeff Citation Plays that probe the human condition and reveal human for his design of Jane Eyre, the After Dark Award for his design of Strong Poison, and has been an ensemble action with integrity, authenticity, and a sense of “grace,” member and resident designer since 2001. His work provide us the opportunity to understand better what is true also appeared in numerous productions at the Bailiwick, about ourselves and others. Organic, Porchlight, OperaModa, Blindfaith, Theatre on the Lake, Metropolis, StoreFront, Loyola University Chicago, Revels Chicago, Midwest Jewish and at the While individual plays may not necessarily reflect the ethos North Carolina Shakespeare Festival theatres. Kevin is currently the Lighting and of the Taylor community, we believe that this theatrical pur- Scenic Design professor at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and has previ- suit of truth resides at the heart of a Christian Liberal Arts ously taught courses at Loyola University Chicago and the University of Illinois education. at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a resident designer at St. Scholastica Academy. Kevin holds an MFA and BFA in Lighting Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA in Finance from DePaul University. Kevin’s lighting/projection designs were featured last summer at Lifeline Theatre’s productions of Crossing California and Gaudy Night. The Production Staff SCENIC DESIGNER........................................................................*CORY RODEHEAVER The Stage Managers LIGHT DESIGNER...................................................................................KEVIN GAWLEY TECHNICAL DIRECTOR..........................................................................*DAVID PHILLIPS Tim McDermott - Stage Manager Tim McDermott is a sophomore political science major from STAGE MANAGER..............................................................................TIM MCDERMOTT Aurora, Ohio. In high school he had roles in The Odd Couple, ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS ........................................................REBECCA DUROVEY Anything Goes and The Man Who Came to Dinner. He *JASON GRIFFIN appeared in The Crucible last year and was an assistant stage DECK CREW..................................................................................................................... TIM DAVIS RACHEL BIRD manager for Smoke on the Mountain. Tim enjoys Ping-Pong, DAN LUY KAREN WYDRA politics and theater. He says thank you! SHOGO MATSUKI KAY CAMPBELL ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR................................................................*SARA PHILLIPS ASSISTANT TO THE VOCAL DIRECTOR..............................................REBECCA DUROVEY Rebecca Durovey - Assistant Stage Manager CHOREOGRAPHER............................................................................JENNIFER WOLCOTT Rebecca is a junior music education major who plans to be a choral/band director. She appeared in The Pirates of Penzance, The Wizard of Oz, and Rogers and Hammerstein's MASTER CARPENTER.............................................................................JESSE HAWKINS Cinderella. Rebecca is a member of the Taylor Chorale, opera and jazz ensemble. She SHOGO MATSUKI *MATT JOHNSON TIM MCDERMOTT JOSH OLSEN *RYAN MALONEY *SARA PHILLIPS enjoys reading, watching movies based on comic books, and going for Bosco sticks JONATHAN WORMGOOR with her husband, Lance. CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST......................................................................*RYAN MALONEY RACHEL KIZER ERICA HENRY KARYN ROE JESSE HAWKINS Jason Griffin -Assistant Stage Manager ESTHER NEEL ARMILLA FRANCIS Jason is a senior theatre arts major. He lives in Willowbrook, Illinois. Jason sings POSTER DESIGN................................................................................*JONATHAN FRIDAY in the Taylor Chorale, enjoys watching movies, reading, singing, acting and "plain MASTER ELECTRICIAN..........................................................................*MATT JOHNSON goofing off." While at Taylor, he has had roles in A Man for All Seasons, Thoroughly JONATHAN WORMGOOR STEPHEN SHERRILL KEVIN GEHRETT MIKE HENRY Modern Millie, Art and The Taming of the Shrew. CHELSEA MECASKEY KARYN ROE SOUND TECHNICIAN...................................................................................RYAN GATES PROPERTIES MASTER....................................................................CHARLYNN KNIGHTON AUDREY HENDERSON CANDY DAVIS MAKEUP/HAIR...................................................................................LINDSAY REUSSER SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ALOPE VILLARREAL CAITLIN BRAGG FOLLOWING FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS HEIDI MCAULEY KAILEY TRAYLOR *DAVID PHILLIPS KAYLA WALSH PRODUCTION POSSIBLE: COSTUME SHOP SUPERVISOR..............................................................*JANELLE JENKINS CHRISSA GEARHART *SARA PHILLIPS JULIE HUTSON & RITA PUCKETT STEPHEN KUHN SHOGO MATSUKI SUNG AH KIM MEDIA SERVICES HOUSE MANAGER..................................................................................ANNA LAMBERT MR. MAURICE AND JANET KIRKWOOD VANESSA JOHNS JAMIE PRIOR ARMILA FRANCIS CANDY DAVIS RUTH KELLER AMY GREEN LUKE DORNON CRYSTAL MOYER ANNESSA MOSIER CHELSEA MECASKEY DR. STEVE AND ARTIS HOFFMAN ALLYSON MAHAN SARAH SAWICKI STEPHANIE WARNER JENISSA VAN ANTWERP DREW CRANE CHRISTI KROLL MONICA SWAIN AMANDA PUSH SAMMI DEEM TAYLOR UNIVERSITY HOUSEKEEPING AND MAINTENANCE JONATHAN LINGENHOEL AUDREY NICE MATT MAINE THAD HOLMES LINDSEY KALK MEGHAN BRYANT KATIE BECHTEL STEPHANIE BINION AMBER HOLDERBAUM EMILY HANSEN CORRIE WAltERS *DENOTES ALPHA PSI OMEGA MEMBERSHIP NATIONAL DRAMATIC HONOR SOCIETY Lizzy Rohland - Ayah Lizzy is a junior Music Marketing major with a minor in theatre Act II and lives in Alexandria, Egypt. She was last seen in The Taming of the Shrew and the student directed show The Boys Next Door. In highschool Lizzy directed Grease and Foibles

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