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Director JANE PURSE-WIEDENHOEFT
Scenic Designer Sound Designer MARK RIDGEWAY ToMTEMPEL Costume Designer Dramarurg CRAIG A. HUMPHREY SHARI TROY Lighting Designer Stage Manager MARK RIDGEWAY MATT PEDERSEN Properties Designer MARTY KERCHEVAL
WILLIAMS THEATRE February 2004
WARNING The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection, and violations may render the offender liable formonetary damages.
This play was selected for its artistic and academic value. The selection and performance of the play do not constitute an endorsement by Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne or Purdue University of the viewpoints conveyed by the play.
Out of respect for the actors, we ask that you remain in your seat until the curtain call is finished. Please turn offall cell phones and pagers. DIRECTOR'S NOTES
In approaching our production of Arms and the Man, I was struck by the timeliness of its war setting forour contemporary audience members. The backdrop forthe story is the Serbo Bulgarian War of 1885. But the war itself isn't the main focus of the play. In the play, war serves as the backdrop for Shaw's attempt at pointing out what he perceives as "crimes of society."
The main focus of Arms and the Man is the exaggerated exploration of society's tendency to embrace blind idealism as can be associated with war and love. Shaw saw the idealistic or romantic imagination as an obstacle to society's ability to evolve. The romantic imagination, he said, "begins in silly and selfish expectations of the impossible, and ends in spiteful disappointment, sour grievance, cynicism, and misanthropic resistance to any attempt to better a hopeless world."
As a 19th-century drama critic, Shaw felt that theatre productions of that time were "a hell on earth" because they ignored a realistic way of viewing life and embraced the idealistic way of viewing life through the romantic imagination - what Shaw called "the higher love." Shaw's criticism was that drama and theatre should abandon their trivial pursuit of escapist pleasure and revisit the seriousness of purpose of the ancient Greek theatre. As a playwright, Shaw attempted to move his audiences to take notice of this problematic social structure. Shaw used comedy as a vehicle to translate his observations about societal problems into a format that audiences of his time were willing to accept. A common theme in Shaw's plays was that all persons should be treated with equal respect. This view included a person's ethnicity, social class, as well as religious preferences. He felt that everyone had a right to better himself or herself no matter what position he or she held in society.
In this timeless and classic comedy, Shaw successfully blends farce, drawing room comedy, and the contrast between the human elements of realism with the heroic elements of idealism. In Arms and the Man, each of Shaw's extravagant characters commence a journey of self-awareness and self-discovery. All in all, the play is an optimistic view of the haven of life and love in the face of war's desolation. The characters embrace life with confidence, and somehow their basic human values always find a way to prevail - in spite of themselves. rG<{L,-� Jane E. Purse-Wiedenhoeft ABOUT THE CAST
Greg Boyles (Major Petkoff) is a first-year theatre major. He recently appeared in Love, Passion, and Redemption. He has also appeared in The Oresteia, Visionsof the Messiah, and On the Town. Boyles lists his most recent and favoriterole as Lou in
Arena Dinner Theatre's production of BreakingL egs. Boyles has also worked backstage on such shows as Where's Charley? and She Loves Me. He is currently a sales associate forToys 'R Us. In Boyles' spare time he enjoys playing Hero Clicks.
John Crewdson (Nicola), community guest artist, is an IPFW Department of Theatre graduate. He is also an associate faculty member. He was last seen in Sex 7 and was a director of the 24-hour Playhouse in the Studio Theatre. He has also appeared as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, Matthew in Corpus Christi, in the Adult Chorus of Bye Bye Birdie, as Nat Miller in Ah, Wilderness', and Capt. Brackett in South Pacificat IPFW. He was also seen in Spike Heelsand Arcadia at IPFW, Babesin Arms at Arena Dinner Theatre, and The Good Doctorat First Presbyterian Theater. Crewdson is known as a "jack of all trades" as he is also employed by Club Soda and Canal Place Apartments.
Aaron Danusis (Officer) is making his debut performance on the IPFW stage as The Officer. Danusis is a first-year theatre major. He worked backstage for Suddenly Last Summer and is a sales representative at Bodine & A�sociates. Danusis was married last fall.
Eve Escandon (Louka) was last seen on the IPFW stage as Miss Foxhill in Suddenly Last Summer. She also portrayed Millie in The Mai. Escandon is a transfer student from Lorain County Community College where she was quite active. Her acting credits there include Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Wife in Roshomon, Estelle in No Exit, and her favorite role as of yet, Raja in I Never Saw Another Butterfly. She performed several roles backstage, such as stage manager, painter, sound and lightboard operator, and carpenter. She was the assistant director for Sueno and was awarded fortwo years of theatre service at Lorain. Other awards include an ACTF stage performance of Roshomon and the Chancellor's Merit Award from IPFW. Escandon is also an award-winning playwright for Standing Lost and hopes to further pursue playwrighting as well as acting, directing, and every other possible option at IPFW
Patrick Fruchey (Bluntschli) is a senior theatre major at IPFW. Fruchey was most recently seen in Suddenly Last Summer as Dr. Sugar. He has also appeared in All in the Timing; Flora the Red Menace; Love, Passion, and Redemption;Macbeth (a role for which he received an Irene Ryan Nomination); The Omteia; and She LovesMe, all at IPFW Fruchey has also performed in Little Shop of Horrorsand California Suite at the Arena Dinner Theatre. He lists his favorite role as Paul in Barefoot in the Park for the Gaslight Theatre in Kendallville. Fruchey is the godfather to Samson and Delilah, the latter of whom appeared in last season's production of The Heiress at IPFW.
Jenn Nickell (Catherine Petkoff) is an almost-senior theatre major at IPFW. She was most recently seen in Allin the Timing;Loue, Passion, and Redemption; Flom the Red Menace; The Heiress;She LouesMe; Macbeth;and On the Town, all at IPFW, and The VaginaMonologues for the Fort WayneWomen's Bureau. Nickell is a coffee connoisseur and surrounds herself with the irresistible aromas of a coffee house by working in one called the Firefly Coffeehouse.
Lori Leigh Platt (Raina) is originally from Decatur. She is a senior theatre major at IPFW She has recently returned from a year in Ireland doing missionary work, traveling, and performing dramas. Plan's most recent acting experience includes Sister
Felicity in SuddenlyLast Summe,; The Mai in TheMai, Fannie in On the Verge, Servant in Blood Wedding, Mildred in Ah, Wilderness!, and Ruth in Edith Stein at the Williams Theatre. Platt also worked backstage for IPFW's Macbeth and Visions of the Messiah.
Jacob Stackhouse (Sergius) is a senior theatre major and dance minor at IPFW. Stackhouse was most recently seen as George Holly in Suddenly, Last Summe,:
Stackhouse also appeared in Loue, Passion, and Redemption; Flora the Red Menace;
Where's Charley?; She Loues Me; the IPFW Dance Showcase; and Macbeth. He has also appeared in the Civic's productions of Sound ofMusic and SmokeyJoe's Cafe, a role for which he won an Anthony Award for Outstanding Male Dancer. Stackhouse has also choreographed several high school musicals and show choirs in the area ABOUT THE ARTISTIC STAFF
Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft (Director) is head of the acting and voice program for the IPFW Department of Theatre. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in acting from Purdue University, a B.A. in theatre performance from Gustavus Adolphus College, is an SAFD stage combatant, and a professional actress. While in Milwaukee, she acted with Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Broadway Baby Dinner Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Theatre X, Bialystock and Bloom, and Playwrights StudioTh eatre, to name a few. Purse-Wiedenhoeft served as coproducer, host, and moderator of Inside/Outside Milwaukee, a public affairs program on WVTV Channel 18. For three seasons, she was the artistic coordinator at Milwaukee Repertory Theater assisting the artistic director and working closely with the associate artistic director in overseeing the intern company of actors, directors, and dramaturgs as well as being a visiting artist with Milwaukee Rep's Community Education Department. Purse-Wiedenhoeft also served as the general manager and producer of Renaissance Theaterworks in Milwaukee for two years. Previously, she was a member of the Acting Company of the Minnesota Shakespeare Company in Minneapolis where she also performed with The Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall, Theatre in the Round, and Park Square Theatre. IPFW directing credits include Allin the Timing, The Mai, Macbeth, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Harvey, On the Verge, and Miss Julie. Purse-Wiedenhoeft has served as dialect coach for IPFW's productions of Suddenly Last Summer, The Mai, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and South Pacificand as text and language coach for Macbeth, Miss Julie, and The Tempest. This past summer she participated in a master class on Ibsen with Janet Allen, artistic director of Indiana Repertory Theatre, and performed in a collection of 10-minute plays sponsored by Indiana Theater Association-Algonquin Project. Last semester, Purse-Wiedenhoeft performed as Violet Venable in IPFW's production of Suddenly Last Summer.
Mark Ridgeway (Scenic/Lighting Designer) is a new full-time faculty member and is designing his second show at IPFW Ridgeway hails from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he was an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Speech. While there, he designed both set and lights for several productions including Caucasian Chalk Circle, Gint, and The Real Thing. He also designed the sets for The Skin of Our Teeth, Vinegar Tom, Uncle Vtmya, WakingAlice, The Importance ofBeing Earnest, The Illusion, A Slight Ache, and Baby with the Bathwater. Ridgeway has also worked with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the University ofTexas at Austin and Northwestern University. Ridgeway designed lights for Where's Charley?, set and lights for Allin the Timing, and lights for SuddenlyLast Summer at IPFW. Craig A. Humphrey (Costume Designer) is associate professor of costume design and director of design/technology forthe IPFW Department ofTheatre. He has an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts and a B.F.A. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He directed the IPFW productions of Flora, The Red Menace, She Loves Me, The Rivals, Ah, Wilderness!, Company, Arcadia, The Hot L Baltimore, Into the Woods, and The Fantasticks, and Arena DinnerTheatre's productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the Wty to the Forum and Once Upon a Mattress. His national design credits include productions in Chicago, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Mississippi. He studied with internationally renowned costume designer Laura Crow and assisted her on several productions, including the original off-Broadway production of LanfordWilson's Burn This. Locally his designs have been seen in numerous shows, recently including The Heiress, Macbeth, Where's Charley?, The Color ofAugust, Atlas's Cigar, Protest, Bye Bye, Birdie, The Tempest, Miss Julie, South Pacific, Arcadia, You Can't Take It With You, Dames at Sea, As You Like It, and Auntie Mame. As an actor, he was most recently seen as Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, DePinna in You Can't Take It With You, as Bud Frump in
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, in the ensemble of The World Goes Round, and as Serebryakov in Uncle Vtmya.
Shari Troy (Dramaturg) is assistant professor of theatre history and criticism in the Department ofTheatre at IPFW She completed a Ph.D. at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in the Department of Theatre in 2002. Her dissertation entitled "On the Play and the Playing: Theatricality as Leitmotif in the Purimspiel of the Bobover Hasidism" is an analysis of a contemporary play-cum ritual performedeach year formore than 1,000 members of the Brooklyn-based Bobover community of Hasidism. Troy completed an M.A. in education theatre at New York University and a B.A. in sociology at Boston University. Though most recently from New York City, Troy lived in Jerusalem for five years during the early 1980s.
Marty Kercheval (Properties Designer) is recently retired and now the properties designer for the IPFW Department ofTheatre. She graduated fromPurdue University in 1996 with a degree in organizational leadership and supervision. Most recently she worked as the stage manager for IPFW's Macbeth, Dreamgirls, On the Town, Bye Bye Birdie, The Tempest, Company, Edith Stein, Auntie Mame, Into the
Woods, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Tom Tempel (Sound Designer) is the owner ofTempel Recording Studio. He has been with Williams Theatre since its construction. He is also involved with other theatre groups in Fort Wayne along with numerous studio projects each year. Matt Pedersen (Stage Manager) is originally from Syracuse, Ind. He is a transfer theatre major at IPFW. He was an assistant stage manager for Suddenly Last Summer. Pedersen was most recently seen in Loue, Passion, and Redemption; Flora the Red Menace; Where's Charley?; The Heiress; and She Loues Me, all at IPFW. Other acting credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Brigadoon, The Mousetrap, and Once Upon a Mattress at Wawasee High School. Pedersen is a member of the International Thespian Society. He also performed as part of the PineSAP Art Fair at IPFW in two short Christopher Durang plays: Medea and For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls. Pedersen is employed by Express Men in Glenbrook Mall.
Kandi Magner (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore theatre major. She has been seen in Footlooseas Rusty, Brigadoon as Fiona, and Oklahomaas Laurie, all at Heritage High School. She was also seen in Meet Me in St. Louis at Harding and in Annie at the Civic Theater. Magner enjoys spending time with her husband and is a Mary Kay consultant.
Thomas John Bernard (Costume Shop Supervisor) is the new assistant professor of costume technology at IPFW. He comes to Fort Wayne fromFargo, N.D., and has a B.A. from the University of Minnesota - Minneapolis and an M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Before coming to IPFW, Bernard was the production coordinator and costume and set designer for the Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre. Before that he taught costume design and technology at North Dakota State University. He has worked professionally with the Guthrie Theatre, Little Theatre of the Rockies, Summer Nite in Chicago, Utah Shakespearian Festival, Trollwood PerformingArts, and Gooseberry Park Players.
Sean Stewart (Technical Director) recently received an M.F.A. fromTulane University in New Orleans and is now the technical director for the department. Stewart has also designed scenery, lights, and costumes for a number of productions both professional and academic. He has designed scenery for such productions as The Hostage, Pri1Jate Eyes, Rosencrantz and GuildensternAre Dead, and Pericles. His lighting credits include Into the \Voods, Not Wauing, and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Among his costume designs are the productions The Best Little Whorehouse in Texasand a dance performance entitled Fae. Stewart's diversified experience also includes a number of acting roles. He's performed in such plays as Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, The Crucible, and Our Country's Good. In 1991, Stewart won the Lee Hicks Awardfor Best Partner at the Region IV Irene RyanActing Competition and later went on to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to performat the national level. Since coming to Fort Wayne, Stewart has designed set and lights for Macbeth, She Lo1JesMe, Dreamgirls, Suddenly Last Summer, and The Color ofAugust. CAST
Raina ...... Lori Leigh Platt* Louka ...... Eve Escandon* Bluntschli ...... Patrick Fruchey* Sergius ...... Jake Stackhouse Petkoff...... Greg Boyles Catherine ...... Jenn Nickell Nicola ...... John Crewdson The Officer...... Aaron Danusis
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES Setting: A small town in Bulgaria near the Dragoman Pass.
Act I: The bedchamber of Raina Petkoff. A moonlit night in November 1885 during the Serbo-Bulgarian War.
10-minuteintermission
Act II: The backyard and patio of the Petkoffhousehold, March 1886 in the morning.
10-minute intermission
Act III: Later that same day in the library of the Petkoff's.
*This evening's performanceserves to fulfillthese students' senior performance projects. PRODUCTION CREDITS
ARTISTIC STAFF Director, Sound Coordinator, TextCoach ...... Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft Scenic and Lighting Designer ...... Mark Ridgeway Costume Designer ...... Craig A. Humphrey Properties Designer ...... Marty Kercheval Sound Designer ...... Tom Tempel Dramaturg ...... Shari Troy Stage Manager ...... Matt Pedersen Assistant Stage Manager/Deck Manager ...... Kandi Magner
PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Director ...... Sean Stewart Master Carpenter ...... Bill Kercheval Set Construction ...... Greg Boyles, Brenna Conrad, Alan Mettert, Megan McKean, Joel Curd, Cari Mayhill, Rob Gangwer, Al Mozena, Andrea Vega, Serdar Sileca, Jeremy Sawvel, Matt McClure, Chris Madden, John Little, Damian Heath, Aaron Ehinger, Justin Casiano Lighting Crew ...... Stefanie Ambrose, Pat Fruchey, Kacy Johnson Light Board Operator ...... Melissa Dowty Costume Shop Supervisor ...... Th omas John Bernard Wardrobe Supervisor ...... Jenn Nickell Costume Construction ...... Melissa Dowty, Kira Hartman-Judson, Jan McCauley, Kandi Magner, Stefanie Ambrose, Nicole Skelton, Sara Shepard, Liane Parsons, Eve Escandon, Mimi Cushman, Reuben Albaugh Wardrobe Crew ...... Reuben Albaugh Properties Master ...... Abby Fosnough Properties Crew ...... Kasey Foster, Adam Gobel, Aaron Danusis, Reuben Albaugh Sound Board Operator...... Tom Tempel House Manager ...... Chad Feay Box Office Manager ...... Reuben Albaugh Box Office Staff ...... Liane Parsons, Kasey Foster, Gloria Minnich, Matt Pedersen, Abby Fosnough Production Photos ...... Learning Resource Center DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF
Professor, Chair/Artistic Director ...... Larry L. Life Associate Professor - Costume Design, Director of Design Technology ...... Craig A. Humphrey Assistant Professor -Acting, Directing, and Voice ...... Jane Purse-Wiedenhoeft Assistant Professor -Scenic/Lighting Design ...... Mark Ridgeway Assistant Professor -Theatre History and Criticism, Studio Theatre Supervisor ...... Shari Troy Assistant Professor - Costume Technology Costume Shop Supervisor ...... T homas John Bernard Professor -Playwrighting ...... Steven T. Sarratore Continuing Lecturer - Dance ...... Brittney Coughlin
Associate Faculty - Dance ...... Theresa Hornbacher Associate Faculty -Performance ...... Jane Frazier, Bridget York Associate Faculty - History and Performance...... John Crewdson Technical Director ...... Sean M. Stewart Secretary ...... Joanne Schultz-Ithicr
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This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for inclusion at the KCACTF regional festival and can also be considered for invitation to the KCACTF national festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC in the spring of 2004. Last year more than 1,300 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation. •• Arts Advocates♦ IPFW -■ is a volunteer organization affiliated • ■ with the IPFW School ofVisual and ■ Performing Arts. •■ Your annual $ 15 dues support ■ programs and scholarships forthe ■ Departments of Fine Arts, Music, •• Theatre and Visual Communication -■ and Design. Call 481-6025 for an • ■ informative brochure . DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE p>rr:es:e:n:ts�------••••••--... - � Once Upon a Mattress
Music by Mary Rodgers Lyrics by Marshall Barer Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer • Directed by Larry L. Life
If you thought you knew the story of 'The Princess and the Pea," you may be in for a walloping surprise. Did you know, for instance, that Princess Winnifredthe Woebegone actually swam the moat to reach Prince Dauntless the Drab? Or that all the Ladies-in-Waiting of the court are in a "family way," but none of them can marry until Dauntless "shares his wedding bed"? Carried on a wave of wonderfulsongs, both raucous and romantic, Once Upon a Mattressprovides non-stop side splitting shenanigans.
April 23, 24, 29, 30 and May 1 at 8 p.m. April 25 and May 2 at 2 p.m. Williams Theatre Celebrating a FamilyTradition of Music and Time
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We are moving in the summer of 2004! Call 260-423-9571 fordetails! Moments· An Evening of Movement Kasey Foster and Alison Eby will direct an evening of movement that addresses life's cnc:llle11.e and dreams. Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27, at Studio Theatre in KettlerHall
Admission for IPFW students with ID is free. $3 Allother admission For information, callthe Theatre Box Office at 260-481-6555. Community Arts Academy ♦ Quality art instruction forstudents pre-K through grade 12 are offeredin art, music, theatre, and dance. Please call 260-481-6059 foradditional informationor check out our Web site at: � http://www.ipfw.edu/vpa/CAA/Homepage.html - FORT WAYNE'S NEWEST PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION
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UNITY PER!="ORMlNG ARTS FOUNDATION IS A COMPANY IN RESIDENCE AT IPFW 1N THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS Let your castaway iteQ1s qe a part of the cast. As you fleah your attics, ct9s�ts, and ij�ag�§: . . rei-p.embertha.t.. · . . . IP.FW Department o(Theatre is Buy I Sell I Trade .. always in n�ed. pf u�¢.µJurnitllfe, 1428 Wells Street q}othiri.g;arid ·houseW:a.res:AU Y Fort Wayne, IN 46808 such donations aie eagerly Mo11da1/ - Saturdm1 · • �ccepted aI1dtax cl�quctible:. > . 10:00 - 6:00 Su11day Call 260-481 1:00 - 5:00 E-Mail: i11fo IPFWDepartment of Theatre gratefully acknowledges the special contributions of the IPFWStudent Government Association, which ensures our ability to provide quality theatrical experiences. The association makes it possible for us to encourage the cultivation of awareness, imagination, wisdom, and delight. IPFWDepartment of Theatre acknowledges the continued generosity and support of this IPFWorganization. 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Wayne Street featuring: Thom Hofrichter as Tevye : Feb. 27 thru Bodkby Lyricsby JosephStein Sheldon March 14 Hamiek Music.by Jerry Bock. call 422-6329 DEPARTMENTQEMUSl� 2Q03-2004 C Abendmusik: the Music Student Recital Series ofBuxtehude Joseph Platt, pianist, Butler featuringAllen Saunders, Julie University Saturday� 4 .P·!11·.... Donnell and Ann Don"'�r M�f.h�?, . Melanie Bookout,directdt J;�:E;;e;ible . Tri�ity Episc�pal Ch�rch . featuring guest artist Jamey Sunday, March 7, 5 p.ni� Aebersold, saxophone Farrell Vernon, director Community Orchestra Sunday, March 28, 2:30 p.m. David B. Cooke, conductor Monday, March 22, 7:30 p.m. Afusic rher1;1,py <;li,r,i�. LecturelDemonstratiqn �r!d?-r, Apf ai, p.tii. All concerts· in NeffRecital Hall, Room 101, unless noted otherwise. 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