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NEWSLETTER - JULY 2010

 

ALUMNI THEATER AND FILM

 

 
 
DOLLHOUSE
 
Alumni and Artistic Director Ellen Fenster is the assistant director for Dollhouse at the Guthrie Theater. Using Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece as a springboard, award-winning playwright Rebecca Gilman has crafted a bold and insightful adaptation that transports the classic play into 21st century suburbia.
 
Guthrie Theater
May 22nd - July 11th, 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
 
 

 
 
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP
 
Alumni Eli Schlatter and Peter Rusk are working as scenery and stagecrew interns on The Mystery of Irma Vep at the Jungle Theater. A sympathetic werewolf, a vampire and an Egyptian princess brought to life when her tomb is opened make this a comedy that has everything!  Don’t miss an outrageous evening of murder and mayhem with this loving tribute to Victorian melodrama.
 
 
Jungle Theater
June 8th - August 1st, 2010
 
 

 
 
FANCINESS vs. THE VOID
 
Directed by Samantha Johns with scenic design from South High Technical Director Lois Rhomberg, in Fanciness vs. the Void we find our heroes floating aimlessly through the ocean in a small shanty boat after a mysterious apocalyptic event. A story of humanity lost and found, improbable romance, and fish singing country music.
 
CatFish
Open Eye Figure Theater
June 10th - June 13th, 2010

East Coast Tour
June 18th - July 4th, 2010
 
 

 
 
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
 
Alumni Emily Gunyou Halaas is understudying the role of Stella in the Guthrie Theater's production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
 
Guthrie Theater
July 3rd - August 29th, 2010
 
 

 
 
SWEENEY TODD
 
Former South High student Ben Swenson-Klatt appears in Young Artists Initiative's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The intimacy of the Gremlin Theater space will make this an even more chilling theater experience.
 
Young Artists Initiative
Gremlin Theater
July 8th - July 18th, 2010
 
 

 
 
WIZARD OF OZ
 
Directed by alumni Hannah Steblay, the Masquers' production of Wizard of Oz also stars alumni Jordon Johnson and Kelsey McMahon.
 
Masquers Community Theatre Company
Forest Lake High School Auditorium
July 9th - August 1st, 2010
 
 

 
FOR SPORT'S SAKE
 
Alumni Karis Sloss choreographs For Sport's Sake, an epic new dance set to the "hoariest chestnuts of sporting song".
 
Eclectic Edge Ensemble
Ritz Theater
July 16th - July 18th, 2010
 
 
 
 
 
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY
 
He thinks he's an enlightened guy, but she's a radical in the making. He's in way over his head, yet there's something about her... In a romance destined to fail spectacularly, language can be a bitch. Alumni Brian Balcom directs Walking Shadow's production of See You Next Tuesday, an original comedy by Steven Moulds, for the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Alumni Sarah Holmberg stage manages.
 
Minnesota Fringe Festival 2010
Mixed Blood Theater
August 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 14th
 
 

 
 
A STANDING LONG JUMP
 
Alumni Brian Balcom will also be directing the New Theatre Group's production of A Standing Long Jump by Mat Smart at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, with alumni Sarah Holmberg designing props. Some people fall in love at first sight. Others fall in love like a slow, bloody surrender. This is a play abotu when to leap, when not to, and how a stranger at a coffee shop could be the person who knows you best.
 
Minnesota Fringe Festival 2010
Theatre in the Round
August 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, and 14th
 
 

 
 
COMMUNOPOLY
 
Alumni Emma Schlatter and Eli Schlatter are Camp Schlatter, producing a satirical take on the time-honored classic game of Monopoly for the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Communopoly includes twelve(!) South High alumni, including: Emma Capman, Jamie Countryman, Claire Eisenberg, Mia Garcia, Ruth Gerber, Ryan Harper, Brenna Kruse, Abbie Modaff, Reed Polakowski, Meta Swanson, Caroline Vaughn, Laura Vaughn, and Erin Wintervold. Prepare to meet colorful characters who are larger than LIFE.
 
 
Minnesota Fringe Festival 2010
Intermedia Arts
August 5th, 9th, 10th, 13th, and 14th
 
 

 
 
YVETTE: A LOVE STORY
 
The estate is in foreclosure. Two ruthless antiques dealers are after Yvette. How far will Morton go to save the chair he loves? Alumni Gemma Irish writes, directs, and produces a love story involving furniture, long-lost siblings, and French history for the Minnesota Fringe Festival.
 
Minnesota Fringe Festival 2010
Theatre in the Round
August 5th, 8th, 9th, 13th, and 14th
 
 

 
 
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
 
Alumni Sarah Holmberg will be designing props for the return of Torch Theater's critically acclaimed production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof -- an explosive portrait of a Southern family, charged with verbal fireworks, savage humor, and sexual friction.
 
Minneapolis Theater Garage
September 7th - October 9th, 1010
 
 

 
 
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
 
Alumni Hannah Steblay is the assistant director for Theatre in the Round's production of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, in which she will also appear as Ophelia. Deconstructed narratives are only fun when their farces: Take a look at Hamlet from the viewpoint of its minor characters, the college chums of the Prince of Denmark.
 
Theatre in the Round
September 10th - October 3rd, 2010
 

 
 
MASTER BUTCHERS SINGING CLUB
 
The Guthrie Theater will launch their 2010-2011 season with Master Butchers Singing Club, adapted from Louise Erdich's book by Marsha Norman. And alumni Emily Gunyou Halaas will be playing Delphine!
 
Guthrie Theater
September 11th - November 7th, 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
 

 
 
OPUS
 
A celebrated string quartet has their backs against a wall on the eve of their White House debut. They’ve had to replace their violist with gifted, inexperienced Grace, who’s never played Beethoven's difficult Opus 131. Opus explores the power and pettiness of collaboration... and what a girl's gotta do to play with the big boys. Alumni Emily Gunyou Halaas stars as Grace in Park Square Theater's area premiere.
 
Park Square Theater
May 6th - May 29th, 2011
 
 

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.

 

 

 2010-2011 SOUTH HIGH THEATER

Zombie Hamlet, directed by Eric Holm

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, directed by Ali Harris

Guys and Dolls, directed by Ellen Fenster

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, directed by Frieda Bormann

Senior One-Acts, directed by Emma McIntosh and Briana Libby

Student Written and Directed One Acts

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