CAST
IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Zayed Braikat Nate Jenkins Radio Station Manager Foley Artist
Percionna Hale Trevor Maxey Organist Freddie Filmore
CAST UNDERSTUDY CAST
IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Noah Stiles Grace Koltz Jake Laurents Sally Applewhite Noah Harrison
Samantha Stevens Easton Crisp Blair McKown Lana Sherwood Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood
DIRECTORS AND DESIGNERS DIRECTORS AND DESIGNERS (CTD.)
Elliot Wasserman Charles Schefer Joshua Stallings Hadin Hart Director Cinematic Consultant & Sound and Lighting Production Stage Manager Director of Photography Designer
Shan Jensen Paul Weimer Kyle Burgess Amelia Schmitz Costume Designer Scenic Designer Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF PRODUCTION TEAM (CTD.)
Dean, College of Liberal Arts ...... Dr. James Beeby Lighting and Sound Chair of Performing Arts ...... Elliot Wasserman Sound Designer/Composer/Arranger……………...Joshua Stallings Managing/Marketing Director ...... Rebecca Lutton Set Recording Assistant……………………………...Daniel Moser Acting Faculty ...... Eric Altheide Music Recording Assistant………………………….Austin Ferrari Costume Faculty ...... Shan Jensen Foley Assistant………………………….Nate Jenkins, Eve Pigman Lighting Faculty Advisor ...... Joshua Stallings Post Production Organists…………..Patrick Ritsch and Tom Drury Scenic Faculty Advisor ...... Paul Weimer Master Electricians/Assistant Designers…………….Austin Ferrari, Costume Shop Manager ...... Kimberly A. Coleman Blake Whitehouse Facilities Coordinator ...... Joshua Stallings Technical Director and Production Manager ...... Andy Hammond Lighting/Sound Paid Workers…………..Dillon Betz, Easton Crisp, Theatre Adjunct Faculty ...... Rustin Howard Noah Harrison, Trevor Maxey, Blake Whitehouse, Eli Young Lighting/Sound Lab… Cole Brinker, Kyle Burgess, Zayed Braikat, Gavin Carter, Austin Ferrari, Aidan Lucas
PRODUCTION TEAM Properties/Paint Props/Paint Shop Crew ...... Adrian Ettensohn, Haley Flamion, Artistic Staff Nate Jenkins, Riley McCormick, Miriam McDonald, Graphic Designer ...... Kristina Arwood ...... Blair McKown, Kyle Meunier, Jovanni Olavarria, Kierstin Prewitt, Kirsten Rude, Amelia Schmitz, Samantha Stevens
Stage Management Scenery Production Stage Manager ...... Hadin Hart Master Carpenters ...... N. Conrad, Grace Koltz, Shayna Survil Assistant Stage Managers ...... Kyle Burgess and Amelia Schmitz Scenic Lab...... Ryan Butler, Heather Christie, Victor Jewell,
...... Daniel Moser, Noah Stiles, Avery Yates
Costumes Recording Wardrobe and Hair………………………………….Blair McKown Costume Assistants…………….…Alisha Glover, Clare McGregor, Camera Assistant…………………………………Andy Hammond Evelyn Pigman Camera Operators……………………...Zoie Hunter, Gavin Carter, Costume Lab……………………..Jalyn Bird, Jesse Crull, Annabelle Riley McCormick, Cole Henrich, Cole Brinker, Gladding, Alisha Glover, Percionna Hale, Blake Whitehouse, Kyle Burgess
Sophie Rosenbaum, Ashlyn Thornburgh, Jaylen Track Camera Operator…………………………...Amelia Schmitz Williams, Whitney Wood Post Production……………………………………Charles Schefer
DIRECTORS AND DESIGNER BIOS
ELLIOT WASSERMAN (director) Elliot Wasserman has directed SHAN JENSEN (costume designer) has designed costumes for every major musicals at professional venues around the country, including production at New Harmony Theatre for the past 25 years. New York such favorites as Guys and Dolls, The Sound of Music, Cabaret, Gigi, and regional credits include productions for Maltz Jupiter Theatre, New Man of La Mancha and I Do! I Do! During his career he has directed Jersey Shakespeare, Lincoln Center, The Whole Theatre, Samuel such Broadway stars as Kay McClelland, Tony-Award nominee Mark Beckett Theatre, Home for Contemporary Art and Theatre, American Baker and Tony-Award winner for best actress in a musical, Donna Jewish Theatre, Village Gate, and Theatre in the Park. Credits for film Mckechnie. In June 2007, he directed a production of A Few Good Men and television include Billy Bathgate, A League of Their Own, Rude starring film actor Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba, Young Guns) and Awakening, Five Corners, Brenda Starr, Goodfellas, McBain, Legal television star Jensen Ackles (Supernatural, Dark Angel, Smallville); Eagles, The Accident, Incident in Baltimore, A Specific Friendship, and and in 2008, he directed a production of Damn Yankees starring Richard many commercials and industrials. Shan holds a MFA in costume Kind (Mad About You, Spin City, A Serious Man, Toy Story 3). Most design from the University of Virginia. She teaches costume design at recently, he directed a production of Anything Goes at Kansas City University of Southern Indiana. Starlight Theatre starring Rachel York (Disaster!, Victor/Victoria, Kiss Me Kate, Lucy). From 1992-2005 he served as artistic director of the PAUL WEIMER (scenic designer) is an assistant professor of Lincoln Amphitheatre. An educator and chair of the University of theatrical design at the University of Southern Indiana and the resident Southern Indiana’s Department of Performing Arts, Wasserman's scenic designer for USI Theatre. He spent many years in New York City University directing credits are diverse, ranging from Shakespeare and working as an associate set designer on numerous Broadway shows and Chekhov to such contemporary playwrights as Samuel Beckett and national tours, including The Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, Chitty Christopher Durang. He is an occasional actor, having performed such Chitty Bang Bang, Shrek, Ghost, Matilda & The Curious Incident of the roles as Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun! and Joe Keller in All My Dog in the Night-Time, working with directors such as Harold Prince & Sons. In 2007, he appeared on the New Harmony Theatre stage in The Mike Nichols. Paul earned a BA from Ohio Northern University and a Importance of Being Earnest. A writer, Wasserman has created a MFA from the University of Wisconsin/Madison. He is a member of translation/adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, and his short play United Scenic Artists Local 829 and served on the negotiating Outlaws received a New York premiere in 2003, after earlier committee for the union’s Broadway contract and on the Scenic Design productions in Los Angeles and at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. In entrance exam committee. April of 2005, he was selected as one of eight theatre educators nationally as a directing fellow of the Kennedy Center American CHARLES SCHEFER (cinematic consultant) is a 1996 graduate of College Theatre Festival in Washington, and in January of 2006 he was the USI Theatre Program and has been working in the film industry awarded the KCACTF Gold Medallion Award for Excellence in Theatre on both sides of the camera for almost 25 years. He is also active in Education. the USI Community as he currently serves on both the College of Liberal Arts Advisory Board and The USI Society for Arts and Humanities. JOSHUA STALLINGS (lighting and sound designer) is excited to be returning to USI Theatre for his first full season as the sound designer and facilities coordinator. A composer, designer, and technician, Joshua spent the last seven years in the Twin Cities area where his work included shows with History Theatre, CLIMB Theatre, SteppingStone Theatre, Yellow Tree Theatre, Twin Cities PBS, and countless music and corporate events across the Midwest.
Music in Order of Use:
12 Days of Christmas: Traditional. Arranged by J Stallings.
Buffalo Gals: John Hodges. Public Domain. Upcoming Productions Bridal Chorus: Richard Wagner. Public Domain.
I'll Be With You (In Apple Blossom Time): Albert Von Tilzer, Lyrics Neville Fleeson. Public Domain.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Johnny Marks. Used as per agreement with the show. The Laramie Project by Moisé s Kaufman Silent Night: Franz Xaver Gruber. Public Domain. and thé Mémbérs of Téctonic Théatér Projéct Diréctéd by Eric Althéidé Santa Claus is Comin' To Town: J. Fred Coots and Haven Vidéo prémiéré: March 2020
Gillespie. Used as per agreement with the show. Tickéts will bé availablé for purchasé soon!
Muscle Shoals Blues: George W. Thomas. Public Domain. Arr. Paul Marcorelles. Sheet music purchased. Keep up with us on USI.edu/theatre and on Facebook at USITheatre Joy To the World: Traditional. Lyrics Isaac Watts. Public Domain.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. Music: Felix Mendellssohn. Lyrics: Charles Wesley and George Whitefield.
Auld Lang Syne- Traditional. Lyrics Robert Burns. Public Do- main. Arr. Paul Barton. Sheet music free.