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
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 Jordon
Johnson, Kelsey McMahon, and Hannah
Steblay also star, along with current South High students Kate Bussert and Emma J. Mayer.
Comedy of Errors - Lowry Lab April 14th, 2010
Hamlet - People's Center Theater May 12th, 2010
Second Maiden's Tragedy - People's Center Theater May 19th, 2010
As You Like It - People's Center Theater May 26th, 2010
TWENTY TEN FEST
Bedlam Theater's 9th Annual Twenty Ten Fest, a community ten minute play festival, includes Today is the Last Beautiful Day Until Tomorrow (written and directed by alumni Molly Van Avery) and 4 Short Plays About Torture (directed by Brian Balcom).
Bedlam Theater April 16th - April 25th, 2010
INTO THE WOODS
Alumnus Arthur Noble will be appearing in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's production of Into the Woods. Join a journey to the dark side of Happily Ever After.
University of Wisconsin-Madison April 16th - May 1st, 2010
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
University of Wisconsin-River Falls' production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof stars alumni Patrick Grafing as Gooper.
University of Wisconsin-River Falls April 22nd - May 1st, 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.
Mounds Theater April 23rd - May 16th, 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
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
Our Town, directed by Ellen Fenster (March 10th - March 13th, 2010) Private Lives, directed by senior Nick Day (May 3rd - May 7th, 2010) Of Mice and Men, directed by senior Sam Humeleker (May 14th - May 21st, 2010) Student Written and Directed One Acts (May 25th & 26th, 2010)
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