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NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 2010

 

ALUMNI THEATER AND FILM

 

 
 
 LIGHT UP THE SKY

 
Alumni Ben Tallen and Justin Alexander appear in Starting Gate Production's Light Up the Sky!, a classic Moss Hart comedy unveiling the crazy realities backstage of 1940's Broadway.
 
Mounds Theater
January 8th - February 7th, 2010
 
 

 
 
 CLICK, CLACK, MOO
 
It's udderly fabulous! Alumni Ethan Angelica is appearing in TheatreWork's touring production of Click, Clack, Moo, based on the Caldecott Award-winning book by Doreen Cronin with illustrations by Betsy Lewin.
 
 
January 18th - June 23rd, 2010
 
 

 
A CANDID WORLD
 
Alumni Ellen Fenster directs a new play by Dawn Brodey as part of the Lights Up series at the Illusion Theater. John Adams said, "Let me search for the clue which led great Shakespeare into the labyrinth of human nature.  Let me examine how men think."  Set in a restricted theater in New York, 1776, A Candid World tells the story of a family, a slave, and a country who are all trying to navigate the struggles which accompany independence.
 
Illusion Theater
January 19th - January 24th, 2010
 
 

 
TEN REASONS WHY I'D BE A BAD PORN STAR
 
Alumni Molly Avery directs a new one-woman show by May Lee-Yang as part of the Lights Up series at the Illusion Theater. May Lee-Yang employs comedic storytelling, on-site sex toy demonstrations, and some cultural competency training as she explores marriage, porn, romance novel fantasies, and how to talk about sex in the Hmong culture (a definite no-no).  All performances will include giveaways and prizes.
 
 Illusion Theater
January 20th - January 23rd, 2010
 
 

 
 
COMPLETE READINGS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
 
The American Shakespeare Repertory, founded by South High alumni Justin Alexander and Sarah Holmberg, is proud to present the Complete Readings of William Shakespeare - every play, poem, and sonnet (including a selection of the apocrypha!) in a series of staged readings spread over the next 18-24 months. Alumni Martha Heyl, Jordon Johnson, and Hannah Steblay also star, along with current South High students Emma Mayer, Kelsey McMahon, Helena Mestenhauser, and Lucy Pipkin.
 
Richard III - Theatre in the Round
January 20th, 2010

Edward III - Theatre in the Round
January 27th, 2010

Rape of Lucrece - Lowry Lab Theater
February 17th, 2010

Romeo & Juliet
February 24th, 2010
 
 

 
MOJO
 
Alumna Sarah Holmberg serves as the stage manager for Walking Shadow Theater's regional premiere of Mojo: Rock 'n roll meets the Reservoir Dogs in Soho 1958.
 
Red Eye Theater
February 12th - February 27th, 2010
 
 

 
 
MINNEAPOLIS NEW BREED
  
SuperGroup -- a local theater group made up for alumni Sam Johnson, Erin Search-Wells, Byrd Shuler, and Jeff Wells -- is performing as part of Jon Ferguson's Minneapolis New Breed at the Southern Theater. Three new works, presented by three innovative local performance groups that blur the lines between dance, performance art and theater. Not easily defined, Lamb Lays with Lion, Mad King Thomas and SuperGroup challenge the norm and stand testament to the vibrancy of Minneapolis’ next wave of experimental performance, revealing a new breed on the local and national stage.
 
Southern Theater
February 25th - February 27th, 2010
Supergroup Process Blog
 
 

 
 
FISSURES
 
Why is it that each time you remember the past, you forget and invent a little more of it? Alumna Emily Gunyou Halaas stars in Fissures, an original play written by Dominic Orlando and directed by Dominique Serrand premiering at the 34th Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theater of Louisville.
 
Bingham Theater - Louisville, KY
February 26th - March 28th, 2010
 
 

 
 
HAMLET
 
Alumnus Justin Alexander appears as Horatio in Cromulent Shakespeare's production of Hamlet.
 
Cedar Riverside People's Center Theater
March 12th - March 28th, 2010
 
 

 
 
THE SPANISH TRAGEDY
 
Alumni Sarah Holmberg is designing props for Theatre Pro Rata's production of Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy. Penned a decade before Hamlet, Kyd's sensational story is said to be its greatest influence. Noted as the first true revenge tragedy, this gripping cat-and-mouse game is a wronged father's quest for justice for his murdered son complete with ghosts, vengeance, violence, an innocent woman driven to madness, and a play-within-a-play used to trap a murderer.
 
Gremlin Theater
March 13th - March 28th, 2010
 
 

 
 
DEAD MAN'S CELLPHONE
 
Alumna Sarah Holmberg designs props and alumna Montana Johnson designs the sound for Park Square's Dead Man's Cellphone. All Jean wants to do is stop the ringing cell phone of the man sitting (quietly) next to her. Boldly choosing to answer it may end up being the best thing that happens to her. In this quirky modern adventure, Jean re-connects to her own spirit and learns - from a dead man - that life is for the living.
 
Park Square Theatre
April 9th - May 2nd, 2010
 
 

 
 
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD
 
Alumni Ben Tallen appears in the last production from Starting Gate Productions. In June 1789 in the penal colony that was later to become the city of Sydney, a marine lieutenant decides to put on a play to celebrate the king's birthday. He casts the play with the English convicts who populate this distant Australian prison camp. A touching story about justice and the redeeming power of theater.
 
Park Square Theatre
April 9th - May 2nd, 2010
 
 

 
 
TRANSDIMENSIONAL COURIERS UNION
 
Alumnus Justin Alexander serves as the assistant director and alumna Sarah Holmberg as stage manager for Walking Shadow Theatre's Transdimensional Couriers Union: The Impulse Device is a miracle of technology; a touch can bring you anywhere or anywhen. But in a world where reality can be made or unmade in an instant, how do you create a cohesive life?
 
People's Center Theatre
May 7th - May 22nd, 2010
 
 

 
 
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE JERSEY LILY
 
Alumna Sarah Holmberg will be designing the props for Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily at Park Square Theatre. During a small matter of blackmail and missing jewels, Watson pines for Lily Langtry, Holmes chases the infernal Moriarty, and Oscar Wilde gets some of his best lines. The wit and wisdom of Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle and even William Shakespeare combine to offer up a delightful escapade that includes seduction and secrets, lies and lilies, mistresses and mayhem.
 
Park Square Theatre
June 4th - July 3rd, 2010
 
 

 
 
FULLY COMMITTED
 
Starring alumni Nathan Keepers. Fully Committed is a devastatingly funny play about a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s number-one restaurant.  While juggling scheming socialites, name-dropping wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal bosses, can Sam manage to make it home for the holidays?
 
Jungle Theater
November 5th - December 19th, 2010
 

INSTITUTIONS

This section is dedicated to the South High Theater alumni who have become part of institutions for theater, film, or the arts. As we all know, there's more to theater than just the performers up on stage. This is our way of acknowledging more than just the tip of the iceberg and recognizing the many accomplishments and achievements of our South High Theater alumni. (In general, the idea is that if you're contributing creatively to a specific show -- acting, directing, editing, designing, stage managing, writing, or the like -- the show will be spotlighted up above. But if you're on the board or own the company or running the theater's box office, this is the place for it.)

 

 

 
 
DAVENPORT THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES

Alumna Jane Caplow is a Creative Development Associate at Davenport Theatrical Enterprises, currently producing multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway productions in New York.
 

 

 

 

TEATRO DEL PUEBLO

Alumna Sheila Regan is the Educational Coordinator for Teatro del Pueblo. Based out of the West Side's Latino community, Teatro del Pueblo has a mission to promote cultural pride in the Latino community, to develop and support Latino talent, to educate the community at large about Latino culture and to promote cultural diversity in the arts. Teatro del Pueblo maintains several educational tours, including Echoes from the New World, Manzi: The Adventures of Young Cesar Chavez, Help Wanted, The Great Cheese Adventures in Mexico, and Political Theater Matinees.

 

 

 

2009-2010 SOUTH HIGH THEATER

Rabbit Hole, directed by Justin Alexander (November 2009)
Urinetown, directed by Ellen Fenster (December 2009)
Our Town, directed by Ellen Fenster (Spring 2010)
Private Lives, directed by senior Nick Day (Spring 2010)
Of Mice and Men, directed by senior Sam Humeleker (Spring 2010)
Student Written and Directed One Acts (Spring 2010) 

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