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A3 TheaTreFesT: DaDDy’s Dyin’, Who’s GoT The Will? A4 TheaTreFesT: murDer aT The hoWarD johnson’s A5 TheaTreFesT: black coFFee A8 cenTer sTaGe 2013-2014 sneak peek A10 Donor spoTliGhT: caroline hickman VauGhan

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A12 uniVersiTy TheaTre 2013-2014 season preVieW A14 summer aT The craFTs cenTer

ARTS NC STATE Spring 2013 | Issue 5 | May 30-June 30, 2013

uNIveRSIty theatRe PReSeNtS

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daddy’s dyin’, who’s got the will?by Del ShoreS May 30-June 1, 5, 8-9, 12, 14, 2013 at 7:30pM | June 2, 2013 at 2pM TiTmus TheaTre, Thompson hall

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

SETTING: Summer, 1986, Lowake Texas. The Turnover family living room.

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission

CAST (in order of appearance)SARA LEE TURNOVER .....................................................................................Sharon PearceLURLENE TURNOVER ROGERS .........................................................Amy Bossi-NasiatkaMAMA WHEELIS .......................................................................................JoAnne DickinsonEVALITA TURNOVER ................................................................................. Susannah HoughHARMONY RHODES ........................................................................................... Mark FiliaciORVILLE TURNOVER ................................................................................... T. Philip CaudleBUFORD “DADDY” TURNOVER ................................................................... Danny NorrisMARLENE TURNOVER ................................................................................... Sandi Sullivan

*Indicates member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Fraternity

This project is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendation of the Raleigh Arts Commission

Director Allison Bergman

Scenic DeSign Aaron Bridgman

coStume, Hair & makeup DeSign Em Rossi

LigHting & SounD DeSign Joshua Reaves

tecHnicaL Direction David Jensen

aSSt. tecHnicaL Director Aaron Bridgman

Stage manager Caroline Domack

aSSiStant Stage managerS Nico Peaks*, Paige Broadaway

FigHt cHoreograpHer Joshua Reaves

proFeSSionaL StaFFEm Rossi, Costume Shop Manager

David Jones, Master ElectricianNancy Breeding, Marketing

Ronald A. Foreman, Marketing Graphics & Photography

Special thanks to Aidan and Miranda Alguire for lending their voices, and to Terry Reaves for props donation.during the perFormance:

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murder at the howard johnson’sby ron Clark & Sam bobriCkJune 6-7, 13, 15-16, 19, 22-23, 2013 at 7:30pM | June 9, 16, 2013 at 2pM Kennedy-mcilwee sTudio TheaTre, Thompson hall


SETTING: A Howard Johnson’s hotel room

Act IScene 1: A week before Christmas, 1975Scene 2: The 4th of July, 1976

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission

Act II: New Year’s Eve, 1976

CAST (in order of appearance)ARLENE MILLER ..................................................................................................Flynt BurtonMITCHELL LOVELL ........................................................................................... Chris BurnerPAUL MILLER ....................................................................................................Michael BrockiMALCOLM DEWEY ................................................................................ Nathaniel D. Conti*



Director Rachel Klem

Scenic DeSign Jayme Mellema

coStume, Hair & makeup DeSign Laura J. Parker

LigHting DeSign Andrew Korhonen*

SounD DeSign Kevin Wright

tecHnicaL Director David Jensen


Stage manager Randall Rehfuss*

aSSiStant Stage managerS Clare Vestal*, Brittney Dockery*

FigHt cHoreograpHer Joshua Reaves

proFeSSionaL StaFFEm Rossi, Costume Shop Manager




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black coffeeby agatha ChriStieJune 20-21, 26-29, 2013 at 7:30pM | June 23, 29, 30, 2013 at 2pM TiTmus TheaTre, Thompson hall


SETTING: The library of Sir Claud Amory’s house at Abbot’s Cleve, about twenty-fifve miles from London during the 1950’s.

There will be ten-minute intermissions ater Act I and Act II

Act I: 8:30pmAct II: The following morningAct III: Fifteen minutes later

CAST (in order of appearance)MRS. TREDWELL (the Housekeeper) .......................................................Suzanne KennedyLUCIA AMORY (Richard’s wife) ....................................................................Leanna T. Hall*MISS CAROLINE AMORY (Sir Claud Amory’s sister) ..........................JoAnne DickinsonRICHARD AMORY (his Grandson) .....................................................................Jon SkinnerBARBARA AMORY (his Niece)............................................................................Lynda ClarkEDWARD RAYNOR (his Secretary) ..........................................................................Eric CarlDR. CARELLI .................................................................................................... David KlionskySIR CLAUD AMORY ..................................................................................John T. “Jack” HallHERCULE POIROT ................................................................................................ David RingCAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS, O.B.E. ........................................................ Danny NorrisDR. GRAHAM....................................................................................................Michael ParkerINSPECTOR JAPP .................................................................................................Brook NorthJOHNSON (a Constable) ............................................................................... Kenny Hertling*



Director John C. McIlwee*

aSSiStant Director Tony Lea

Scenic DeSign David Jensen

coStume, Hair & makeup DeSign John C. McIlwee*

LigHting & SounD DeSign Joshua Reaves

tecHnicaL Direction David Jensen


Stage manager Mette CJ Schladweiler*

reHearSaL Stage manager/aSSiStant Stage manager

Anna K. Rains*

aSSiStant Stage managerS Kenny Hertling*, Rhonda Lemon*

proFeSSionaL StaFF Em Rossi, Costume Shop Manager




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Sound Engineer ......................................................................... Chris BradsherMaster Carpenters ...............................Andrew Korhonen*, Chris Bradsher*Scenic Carpenters ................................................................. Autumn StephensProps Artisan .....................................................................Elizabeth LemmonsLight Board Operators ............................ Caroline Domack, Randy Rehfuss, ........................................................................................ Rhonda Lemon*Wardrobe Supervisors ..................................Kimberlin Torain, Lauren DavisHouse Manager .............................................University Theatre House CrewUshers ..............................................................University Theatre House Crew


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Amy Bossi-Nasiatka, Lurlene Turnover Rogers, is thrilled to be back with NCSU TheatreFest, having played Evalita Turnover the last time this show was produced here. She played the role of Virginia Noyes in NC State’s TheatreFest production of It’s Only A Play. More recent credits include The Other Woman in Actors Comedy Lab’s production of Dead Man’s Cell Phone. She played Elaine in a Ghost and Spice production of The Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Amy was named one of the best supporting performances by the Independent Weekly for her roles in Wonder of the World.

Flynt Burton, Arlene Miller, is loving TheatreFest. Flynt has a MFA in acting and has worked many Triangle projects including Richie with Little Green Pig and directed Liza and the Riddling Cave with the Cary Arts Center. She has a passion for comedy and is an easy laugh. Kisses to her newborn, JR.X

Michael Brocki, Paul Miller, was most recently featured in Theatre in the Park’s critically acclaimed The Pillowman (Ariel). NC State credits include The Boys in the Band (Michael), It’s Only A Play (Peter), and The Unexpected Guest (Michael). Regionally: The Odd Couple (Oscar/Felix alternating), South Pacififc (Billis), Dial M for Murder (Max) for Temple Theatre, A Doll House (Torvald) for Peace College, Dinner With Friends (Tom) for Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy, and Plays Well With Others (Hartley) for Manbites Dog Theater.

Chris Burner, Mitchell Lovell. New York credits include A Lie of the Mind, Ring Round the Moon, and Three Sisters. Chris has also performed in productions of Romeo and Juliet with both the West Virginia and New York Shakespeare Festivals. 4:48 Psychosis at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2010. NC State Tour of The Parchman Hour. Film & TV: The Sopranos (Season Six); Across the Universe, Chasing the Unicorn, The Taco Hut, various cyber series. European credits: Macbeth (Bamburg, Germany). NC acting credits include The Overwhelming, God’s Ear, Oh The Humanity, Now You See Me, Middletown, The Homosexuals (Manbites Dog), and Trailer Park Christmas (Common Ground). For Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern: (Actor) A Dog From Hell, Virginia Woolf ’s The Waves, The Italian Actress, 4:48 Psychosis, Jade City Chronicles Vol. 1, Banned Books. Representation by Talent One.

Eric Carl, Edward Raynor, is back in the area after several years in Los Angeles and is happy to be back with TheatreFest. Eric’s favorite roles include Mozart in Amadeus, Norman in The Dresser, Prior Walter in Angels in America, Malvolio in Twelth Night, and Brutus in Julius Caesar. In addition to acting, Eric is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director.

T. Philip Caudle, Orville Turnover, returns for his third production with NCSU’s TheatreFest having appeared as Ben Silverman in last summer’s The Sunshine Boys, and as Doc in 2011’s WMKS: Where Music Kills Sorrow. He is well known to area theatregoers having performed in almost fifty productions throughout the Triangle. Tim has also appeared in a number of television and feature films. He and his wife, Peggy Lynn, live in Fuquay Varina, along with their fabulous old fur-ball, Leko.

Lynda Clark, Barbara Amory, is a professional actor/director/coach, with television and film credits including Crazy people, Matlock, The Perfect Crime, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. She appeared in a recurring role in the CBS series American Gothic, and the Showtime series, Linc’s. Lynda has guest starred in TheatreFest in multiple roles for more than twenty years. Other highlights include Burning Coal’s productions of All The King’s Men and MacBeth; Theatre in the Park’s Dangerous Liaisons and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; East Carolina Summer Rep’s Always, Patsy Cline and A Streetcar Named Desire. For Manbites Dog Theatre, Fit To Be Tied. For Peace College, Suddenly Last Summer and In My Sister’s House. For North Carolina Theatre, The Wizard of Oz and Grease! For Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy, Blithe Spirit and Rumors. She starred as Queen Gertrude in Temple Theatre’s Hamlet; and co-starred with Ira David Wood III in Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet featuring Evan Rachel Wood. She portrayed Maria Callas in the Tony-award winning Master Class and Sister Aloysius in Doubt. Lynda spent the summer of 2011 at The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama on The Outer Banks where she appeared as Queen Elizabeth I. Lynda was last seen here at University Theatre as Mrs. Sybil Birling in An Inspector Calls. Previous stints at NC State include Mrs. Venable in Suddenly Last Summer and TheatreFest 2012 in both Fallen Angels and Lettice and Lovage.

Nathaniel D. Conti, Malcom Dewey, has been in eight shows so far at NCSU and looks forward to working on this show. “This will be my first appearance in a TheatreFest production and I am ecstatic that I get to do what I love during the summer as well. Since I aim to entertain whether I am on or off the stage, I ride around campus on my trusty unicycle. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I will enjoy being a part of it!”

JoAnne Dickinson, (Mama Wheelis, Miss Caroline Amory), is excited to be back again performing in TheatreFest. She has enjoyed all of the roles she has played in Raleigh, at NC State and at Hot Summer Nights, but her favorites are Desiree in A Little Night Music, Madame Arcady in Blithe Spirit, and Lettice in Lettice and Lovage. She has just made her third appearance with American Classics in Boston, and appears regularly in cabaret acts in Massachusetts, Arizona and Provence, France. She remembers with fondness the cabaret evening performed in the Titmus Theatre in 2012. Recently JoAnne has been channeling Elizabeth Barrett Browning in solo performances. She also is a frequent presenter for the Boston Browning Society. Opera Boston’s Woman of the Year in 2007, she has recorded and been featured on film.

Mark Filiaci, Harmony Rhodes, most recently appeared as Walt Whitman in Walt at the ArtsCenter of Carrboro. Other regional credits include Uncle Vanya, Cat’s-Paw, Orson’s Shadow and Private Lives for Deep Dish; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rumors, and A Few Good Men for Cape Fear Regional Theatre; Proof, Camping With Henry and Tom for Temple Theatre; Hamlet, The Devil’s Dream for the Barter Theatre; Henry IV, Much Ado About Nothing and ENRON for Burning Coal. Has also worked with Manbites Dog, Louisville Rep and Fayetteville Stage Company.

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John T. “Jack” Hall, Sir Claud Amory, was seen in the TheatreFest 2010 productions of Murder on the Nile and Spider’s Web. He directed Raleigh Little Theatre’s recent production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Professionally, Jack has appeared on stage at Allenberry Playhouse, Fort Bragg Theatre and Baltimore’s Center Stage. Locally, you have seen him as Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at Theatre in the Park, the retired professor in Uncle Vanya at Peace, in Meredith College’s Sound of Music and Patience, and on the cover of Boom. From 2001-2009 Jack taught acting, directing, and communication law at NCSU. He sends love to Daniel and Kathleen, each a professor of linguistics in Canada!

Leanna T. Hall, Lucia Amory, is a senior in business administration with a concentration in marketing and a minor in theatre arts. Previous credits with University Theatre include Dunyazade in The Arabian Nights, Meg March in Little Women, Christina Mundy in Dancing at Lughnasa, and a member of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, RENT and Urinetown ensembles. Leanna has also performed in NCSU Libraries’ Red, White, and Banned in celebration of Banned Books Week. This past winter, Leanna performed in the ensemble for Cinderella at Raleigh Little Theatre and starred as Katherina in Taming of the Shrew at Acting Manitou. She would like to thank her mother and father for all of their love, care and persistent support.

Kenny Hertling, Johnson (a constable), is a junior in political science and Middle Eastern studies with a minor in theatre. “I have been involved in theatre for going on eight years and this is my third TheatreFest. The theatre has had a big influence on my life and experiences, especially here with University Theatre. I am happy to be returning for the third summer and look forward to more involvement with University Theatre.”

Susannah Hough, Evalita Turnover, is happy to make her TheatreFest debut! Local credits include work with Theatre in the Park, Raleigh Little Theatre, Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern, Justice Theater Project, Deep Dish Theater, The ArtsCenter, and others. Some of her favorite roles are Always...Patsy Cline (Louise), Body Awareness (Phyllis), Lost in Yonkers (Bella), The Grapes of Wrath (Ma Joad), Our Town (Mrs. Gibbs). Susannah holds a BFA in drama from the University of California, American Conservatory Theater.

Suzanne Kennedy, Mrs. Tredwell, is delighted to return to TheatreFest and experience the camaraderie of all the people who help to make it so successful each year. Suzanne was last seen in 2011 as Sheree in The Dixie Swim Club. A special thank you to John McIlwee for changing Tredwell from butler to housekeeper, and a very special thank you to my husband, Michael, who agreed to let me “play” while he rebuilds the barn.

David Klionsky, Dr. Carelli, is delighted to return to TheatreFest again this year. Black Coffee will mark his fifth Agatha Christie production at NCSU! David recently appeared in Bus Stop (Raleigh Little Theatre), Man of La Mancha (Burning Coal Theatre), and WALT (ArtsCenter Stage).

Danny Norris, Buford “Daddy” Turnover, Captain Arthur Hastings, O.B.E., is extremely happy to be back at TheatreFest. A veteran of several seasons, his last visit was as the sleuthing vicar in Death on the Nile and the inspector in Spider’s Web. He recently appeared as Sheriff Tate in Theatre in the Park’s production of To Kill A Mockingbird and as Mr. Brownlow in North Carolina Theatre’s Oliver! Love to Kathy – my wife and wisest critic.

Brook North, Inspector Japp, is an international playboy, raconteur and retired grand master of tiddlywinks. He has eaten spam, crackers, cheese doodles, bread, and a raw egg on stage, and drank a lot of iced tea that he only wishes had been whisky. Thanks to his incredible family and the strange man in Calcutta that sold him the monkey’s paw.

Michael Parker, Mr. Graham, is a man of diverse interests including history, business, European and Asian martial arts, cooking, the historic and theatrical use of the sword, languages, bladesmithing, and of course, acting. He has performed in community theatre, Renaissance faires and repertory theatre in California. Black Coffee marks his second performance following a nine year hiatus from the stage and he is very excited to be participating in NCSU’s TheatreFest!

Sharon Pearce, Sara Lee Turnover, has performed with improvisational and community theatres in the area for the last 20+ years and is delighted to make her NCSU TheatreFest debut in Daddy’s Dyin’. “Thank you to my wonderfully supportive friends and co-workers who encourage and amuse me daily. Couldn’t do it without you!”

David Ring, Hercule Poirot, has been working in Triangle area theatres for thirty years. David returns to TheatreFest after having portrayed Willie Clark in last summer’s The Sunshine Boys. His favorite roles include Phillipe in Heroes, Jacob in Awake and Sing, Ned in The Normal Heart, Emil in Duck Variations, and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.

Jon Skinner, Richard Amory, is excited to be joining NCSU’s TheatreFest this year in Black Coffee! He has recently performed with Meredith College in A Little Night Music (Fredrick) and with Raleigh Little Theatre in Cinderella (Prince Charming). Jon attends the NC Theatre Conservatory and performs in amateur and professional theatre in the Triangle area. Jon thanks the director, cast, and crew for a wonderful opportunity.

Sandi Sullivan, Marlene Turnover, is overjoyed to be a part of TheatreFest once again. Last year she played Jane Banbury in Fallen Angels and Ms. Framer in Lettice and Lovage. She also “rocked the Time Warp” as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show (Raleigh Little Theatre). She has twice appeared on the Independent Weekly’s top ten individual performances list for Beatrice in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds (Raleigh Ensemble Players) and Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Raleigh Little Theatre). Many thanks to Amy and Phil for watching the “funchkin”!

theatreFest production BiosAllison Bergman, Director, is the assistant director of University Theatre and a veteran stage director of more than thirty theatre productions in Los Angeles, Boston, Pittsburgh, and New York City. She holds a BFA in theatre studies from Boston University and an MFA in directing from Carnegie Mellon University where she was a Steven Bochco Scholar. She studied acting, dance and voice at L.A. City College Theatre Academy, American National Academy of Performing Arts, and Southern California Conservatory of Music, and has won a Drama-Logue Award for directing. In tandem with her directing career, Allison is a dramaturgical consultant with several projects in development in New York and Los Angeles. She is the former artistic director of Broadway On Sunset and co-founder of The West Coast Musical Theatre Conference. She has also co-authored ACTING THE SONG - Performance Skills for the Musical Theatre, and penned the libretto for a new musical, Ancient City. Before moving to the East coast, she had been named Outstanding Woman in Theatre in Los Angeles. Other University Theatre productions Allison has directed include The Heidi Chronicles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Women, Dancing at Lughnasa, Urinetown, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, and The Arabian Nights. For TheatreFest, Spider’s Web, WMKS: Where Music Kills Sorrow, and The Sunshine Boys.

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Rachel Klem, Director, has been directing theatre in the Triangle since 2001. She moved here after receiving her MFA in Acting from DePaul University’s The Theatre School. While in Chicago, she acted and taught theatre for Navy Pier, Chicago TheatreSports, University of Illinois-Chicago, and the City of Chicago. She has directed over thirty productions in North Carolina including Six Degrees of Separation (Ghost & Spice Productions), Macbeth (NCSU’s University Theatre), and City of Medicine, the Series (Common Ground Theatre). She has acted in numerous shows all over the area and received an award for Best Lead Performance in 2011 by The Independent Weekly for her portrayal of a cancer survivor in Now You See Me by Neal Bell (Manbites Dog Theater). Ms. Klem writes and adapts plays, and has received national attention for her work on The Bowling Show, set in a Chicago bowling alley. She has published over ten plays for children and is the co-writer of the local smash A Trailer Park Christmas. Ms. Klem currently teaches theatre at NC State, and is the owner and manager of Common Ground Theatre in Durham.

John C. McIlwee, Director, has been with NCSU’s University Theatre for more than 27 years. He has worked extensively throughout the United States as an actor, director, costume designer, scenic designer, makeup artist, and playwright. He holds a master’s degree in theatre and a master of fine arts degree in theatre design. A recipient of the Raleigh Medal of Arts, John is also a national award-winning fashion designer and a two-time winner of the Raleigh Medal of Arts and Letters Council Award for children’s playwriting. Last season, John directed Lettice and Lovage, The Philadelphia Story, Garden District, and Rent. Recent directing credits include Twelth Night and Inspecting Carol. His combined directing and costume credits include Amadeus, Into the Woods, and Murder on the Nile; set design for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, and acted in Re:Design; directed and designed the sets for TheatreFest and the costumes for The Dixie Swim Club and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He also appeared in and costumed Evan Rachel Woods’ production for Theatre in the Park’s Romeo and Juliet. He continues to lecture extensively on the history of couture and costume and enjoys working with THIS amazing University Theatre staff to create a varied and exciting theatrical experience that is available to ALL university students. “Much love to Nancy for letting me out to play all these years!”

Tony Lea, Assistant Director, is a graduate of NCSU. His favorite acting roles include John/James in Raleigh Ensemble Player’s Love, Valour, Compassion, Dr. Chapman in Burning Coal’s A Question of Mercy, and the one man show Sex, Drugs, Rock-n-Roll for PonyLake Productions. A resident director at Deep Dish Theater in Chapel Hill, he has directed eleven shows in twelve seasons, most recently Superior Donuts, Nathan the Wise, and She Stoops to Conquer. Tony will direct Good People at Deep Dish later this summer.

Caroline Domack, Stage Manager, is very excited to be back at NCSU for TheatreFest. Caroline first began stage managing at Peace College, where she graduated in 2001. From there, she moved to New York City where she was an intern in stage management at The Juilliard School. She worked as a stage manager in and around NYC in places such as NYU, Juilliard, Princeton Opera, and Portland Opera. From 2004-2007 she was the house manager for The Juilliard School. She has worked as talent flow assistant coordinator for The Drama Desk Awards and The Tony Awards. One of the most exciting shows she was able to work on was the Country Music Awards as the assistant coordinator for seat fillers. Caroline would like to thank her family, Tim, J.J., Phillip, and Margaret for letting her out of the house at night and escape into the world of theatre!

Randall Rehfuss, Stage Manager, has participated in a number of shows at University Theatre, on and off stage, during his time as a student here from 2006-2011. This is his fourth year stage managing a TheatreFest production. Randy currently works as concert coordinator for the NCSU Music Department.

Mette CJ Schladweiler, Stage Manager, has been stage-managing in the Triangle area for over twenty-five years. Last summer she managed TheatreFest’s Lettice and Lovage and this past November, she was assistant director for 125 Years of Holidays at NC State. Most recently, Mette stage-managed University Theatre’s An Inspector Calls, the Raleigh Arts Commission Medal of Arts Ceremony at the Fletcher, and I DO! I DO! for Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy/Theatre Raleigh. Previous University Theatre/TheatreFest credits include Garden District (Tennessee Williams), The Dixie Swim Club, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile, and too many more to mention. She is excited to be back working with all the creative and talented individuals at University Theatre again. Mette would like to thank her husband Linh, and sons Jackson and Maxx, her Mom, John and Nancy for all their love and support while she does what she loves to do!

Anna K. Rains, Rehearsal Stage Manager/Assistant Stage Manager, is a recent graduate in human resources. Anna is happy to be returning to TheatreFest where she has previously worked on Lettice and Lovage and WMKS: Where Music Kills Sorrow. Other credits include The Drowsy Chaperone, Nerds, Legally Blond (North Carolina Theatre) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Rent (University Theatre, NC State University).

Kenny Hertling, Assistant Stage Manager. (See cast bios)

Rhonda Lemon, Assistant Stage Manager, is a senior in mechanical engineering. Rhonda has been involved with ten University Theatre productions, both on stage and off, and was most recently portraying Sheila Birling in An Inspector Calls and working on the wardrobe crew for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. “I am so excited to be involved with TheatreFest for a second year. Here’s to three more great productions!”

Nico Peaks, Assistant Stage Manager, is a sophomore in secondary science education-biology. Nico’s past credits include roles in The Arabian Nights and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; stage manager for Little Women and Alice in Wonderland; stage hand and production assistant.

Clare Vestal, Assistant Stage Manager, is a junior in history with a teacher education concentration. Clare is extremely excited to be a part of TheatreFest 2013! Her previous roles at NCSU include member of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ensemble, and assistant stage manager for Urinetown and Inspecting Carol, among others. Clare has also been a member of the NCSU Music Department’s Vox Accalia and the NC State Chorale. “Thank you all for coming and enjoy the show!”

Paige Broadaway, Assistant Stage Manager, is a junior in criminology. This is Paige’s fifth production with University Theatre. Her previous credits include assistant stage manager for The Heidi Chronicles, An Inspector Calls, and Alice in Wonderland, as well as crew for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Paige would like to thank her family and friends for their continual support and love.

Brittney Dockery, Assistant Stage Manager, is a recent NCSU grad. Brittney has been involved in Into the Woods, Twelth Night, The Philadelphia Story, Fallen Angels, and Lettice and Lovage backstage with University Theatre. She was a puppeteer in Alice in Wonderland this past year and is a properties artisan. “I am extremely grateful for all the opportunities University Theatre has given me and I am excited to be a part of TheatreFest this year.”

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the seasonThe AdvenTures of Alvin spuTnik: deep seA explorer thuR | oct 24-27, 2013 Titmus Theatre

turtle island Quartet with nellie mckaY A flower is A lovesome Thing tue | oct 29, 2013 Fletcher Opera Theatre

martha redBone roots project Sat | Nov 2, 2013 (two ShowS) Titmus Theatre

cameron carpenter FRI & Sat | Nov 22 & 23, 2013 Titmus Theatre

luckY plush productions Cinderbox 2.0 FRI & Sat | JaN 24 & 25, 2014 Jones Auditorium (Meredith College)

leo (The AnTi-grAviTy show) tue-SuN | MaR 18-23, 2014 Titmus Theatre

catherine russell Sat | MaR 29, 2014 (two ShowS) Titmus Theatre

the pedrito martinez group Sat |aPR 12, 2014 NEW Talley Ballroom

a peek at the new ncSu center Stage seasonSome wondered how we would book a full Center Stage season with Stewart Theatre closed (oh, heck… we wondered ourselves).

But here it is, folks! And we think it’s one of our best ever, if we do say so.

And so fresh! Except for one, every artist and group performing in 2013-14 is new to our series. Sure… we doubt that you’ve heard of most of them, but we take great pride in finding exceptional performers that you wouldn’t see or hear just any place else.

We’re bringing not one, but two offbeat theatrical shows (Alvin and Leo) that have been darlings of fringe festivals the world over. Despite what the title might suggest, The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer is not a show for the younger set: Alvin is a multi-award-winning one-man micro-epic puppet show that melds technology and multimedia into a touching story of enduring love and the end of the world. Leo (The Anti-Gravity Show) is an eye-teasing, grin-inducing, deeply impressive work of sustained absurdist magic and acrobatics.

Since our season is a bit more modest than usual, we’re presenting only one dance company – but a fun one! Lucky Plush Productions is a Chicago-based dance theatre company that devises work with a focus on strong ensembles, evocative choreography, integrated technology and bold content. Led by choreographer Julia Rhoads – one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2010 – the company is known for its witty commentary on contemporary culture. Taking a cue from media’s voyeuristic approach to “reality,” Cinderbox 2.0 explores the comedy and anxiety in our hyper-networked culture.

And such amazing music.

Our only returning company – the two-time Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet – joins forces with singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, comedienne and ukulele player Nellie McKay to present A Flower is a Lovesome Thing – a delightfully kaleidoscopic view of the music of Billie Holiday, Billy Strayhorn, and the Weimar cabaret of the 1920s.

Martha Redbone is a leading contemporary Native American voice, and a fast-rising star. Her music flows from her father’s North Carolina gospel blend of Native American elements with soul and funk, and her deep roots in Appalachian folk and Piedmont blues. Her most recent album takes the immortal words of poet William Blake, the great Romantic visionary from 18th century England, and sets them in the Appalachian Mountains, bringing her uniquely soulful voice to hollered melodies, lullabies, ancient chants and inspired hymns.

Cameron Carpenter will be performing an organ concert. Yes, you read that correctly. In Titmus Theatre. A virtuoso composer-performer unique among keyboardists, Cameron’s approach to the organ is smashing the stereotypes of organists and organ music while generating a level of acclaim, exposure, and controversy unprecedented for an organist. Google time. He is astounding.

We send huge thanks to Terry Gross (Fresh Air) for selecting Catherine Russell for her best of 2012 program. We hadn’t heard of Cat Russell – and we were definitely missing out. She was born to musical royalty: her father, the late Luis Russell, was Louis Armstrong’s long-time musical director, and her mother, Carline Ray, is a bassist, guitarist and vocalist, who has performed with Mary Lou Williams and the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Cat Russell has had a rich musical journey backing artists like Steely Dan, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Michael Feinstein, Levon Helm and Rosanne Cash, but it wasn’t until 2006 that she recorded her first solo album as a jazz and blues singer. She is delightful: gorgeous voice, dazzling stage presence.

Our final performance of the season will also be a first: Pedrito Martinez in the new Talley Ballroom. The first phase of Talley construction will open in the spring, and we’ll take it out for a spin with the tightest Afro-Cuban band in New York. The Pedrito Martinez Group has its roots planted firmly in the rumba tradition, and in the bata rhythms and vocal chants of the music of Yoruba and Santeria. Ben Ratliff summed it up aptly for the New York Times calling it, “complex, blenderized Africa-to-the-New-World funk.” Joyful and addictive.

Season packages (3+ shows) will go on sale Thursday, August 1. Single tickets go on sale Monday, September 9.

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More than a decade ago, photographer Caroline Hickman Vaughan, the Durham and North Carolina native, committed her life’s work to the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. In 2012, she made the gift of a lifetime by naming the Photographic Archives in the future permanent home of the Gregg Museum at the site of the historic chancellor’s residence on Hillsborough Street.

Caroline has devoted her whole self to her photography and is equally dedicated to seeing it preserved alongside the rest of the photographic treasures in the Gregg’s increasingly important collection. Along with her fellow photographer, mentor, and friend, the late John Menapace, Caroline was one of the first significant artists to pledge her photography collection and ephemera to the Gregg. The Gregg is immensely grateful to Caroline for choosing to support the Gregg with her art and with a major contribution to the Gregg Museum Campaign.

Caroline graduated from Duke University in 1971, after founding the university’s first fine art photography publication, Latent Image. She, John Menapace, and Robert Roscow created the publication to entice renowned photographer, Minor White, to Durham, because Caroline was seeking admission into the elite, highly intensive graduate course in photography that he taught at MIT. Caroline and her friends succeeded

in coaxing Minor White to Duke, and he accepted Caroline into his graduate seminar (the only one he taught, housed in MIT’s School of Architecture). Later, Caroline studied twice at the Penland School of Crafts, first with Murray Riss, and later with John Menapace. Ansel Adams admired Caroline’s photography and chose one of her images to serve as an advertisement for Polaroid in Aperture, the eminent photography publication.

whY nc state?After completing her studies at MIT, Caroline returned to North Carolina, where she worked for Dr. Stephen Wainwright (later to become Caroline’s “patron” and also a major contributor to the Gregg Campaign). She then worked for 25 years in Duke’s development office, while still pursuing her photography. Although Caroline is rooted in Durham and is a graduate and retired employee of Duke, she has had a long relationship with NC State as well. On December 20, 1973, Caroline received a letter from a professor of religion at NC State, who was a member of the Art Acquisitions Committee. (This committee was the predecessor of today’s Gregg Museum of Art & Design. At the time, NC State had a burgeoning, informal art collection scattered about campus, but did not yet have an art museum

Caroline Hickman Vaughan’s An LaBarre, Bonnie and Jody. Harrelson Fund Purchase. 1973.001.001

why the gregg? photographer caroline Hickman Vaughan explains why she chose to give her life’s work and the gift of a lifetime to the gregg museum of art & Design

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“Theatre, when mixed with science, creates leaders.”

Alumnus and successful entrepreneur kristopher Tyra ’86 explains why every student at NC State should participate in ARTS NC STATE’s University Theatre.

Kristopher Tyra ’86 is a person of seemingly boundless energy, who at once embodies the competitive spirit of an entrepreneur and the bravado and personal connection of an actor. And with good reason. Kristopher began developing software at 17 and acting in second grade. He was a computer science major at NC State with, what his wife Nicole affectionately dubs, “a minor in McIlwee.” (She refers to John McIlwee, who has served as University Theatre’s director for nearly three decades. John has inspired countless students, and one of his very first was Kristopher.)

Kristopher’s two passions are: 1) acting and 2) designing and developing software. He’s had an impressive career doing the latter, building and selling three software companies, working as a manager at Microsoft, and now serving as the Head of UX Development at Deutsche Bank Global Technologies, Inc. As he leads his team creating User Interfaces for DB’s many applications, Kristopher draws daily from the lessons he learned in theatre, most especially communication, awareness, creativity, empathy, and an ability to work with diverse groups of people. “The theatre, when mixed with science, creates leaders,” Kristopher asserts. He meets with lots of young, smart, ambitious computer scientists all the time, but too often they are missing the essential leadership qualities that theatre can teach. “Theatre,” Kristopher explains, “will get you a job.”

With the exception of living in Seattle during his three years at Microsoft and traveling worldwide, Kristopher has lived his adult life in Raleigh and started and sold all of his companies in North Carolina. Despite many admonitions to relocate to Silicon Valley, Kristopher remained in Raleigh, because “North Carolina is where my heart lies.” Kristopher moved to the state as a teenager, when his father accepted the position of Director of Music at Western Carolina University in Jackson County. Much of his devotion to North Carolina stems from his commitment to NC State and to the education he received. Just as he has endless ideas for advancements in software development, Kristopher has limitless ideas for NC State’s future. He is eager to see the university become more interdisciplinary, with colleges collaborating more and, of course, with more students from across NC State’s colleges participating in University Theatre.

Kristopher and his wife, Nicole, who serves on the FRIENDS of ARTS NC STATE Board of Advisors, look to NC State to create their legacy for their five-year-old daughter, Kamren. Kristopher and Nicole share a vision for the future of NC State and its performing arts programs, and they plan to support projects that further those aims. One project that they are always willing to invest in is whatever John McIlwee is doing at University Theatre. Earlier this year, they committed funds, with a matching gift from DB Global, toward hiring professional actors to perform alongside NC State students in University Theatre’s 2012/13 productions and in this summer’s TheatreFest. They will continue to support John and University Theatre, even if, as Kristopher jokes, “John paints Thompson Hall pink and puts a sash around it!”

ARTS NC STATE is grateful to Kristopher and Nicole Tyra for their support of University Theatre. If you would like to learn more about giving to University Theatre, please contact Ashley McKinstry, Assistant Director of Development for ARTS NC STATE, at 919-513-3802 or [email protected].

or gallery. The effort to catalog and preserve the university’s holdings in a more professional way eventually led to forming what is now the Gregg Museum.) The professor asked to buy a print of a photograph that he had seen at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Titled An LaBarre, Bonnie and Jody, the photograph depicted a hauntingly quiet scene of a barebacked white horse, a woman, and a dog distantly reflected in the still waters of a misty pond surrounded by dense woods. Caroline was thrilled that he wanted the photograph and sold him the print for $100.

The NC State professor had seen the photograph at the North Carolina Museum of Art because Caroline had entered it into a biennial contest at the museum that she described as “very high cotton.” There was no category for photography then, and when Caroline’s mother drove her to drop off her submission, the guard who accepted it told her, “I hope your paintings win!” Caroline left without correcting him, jumped back in the car and said to her mother, “Gun it! They think they’re paintings!” Nevertheless, the three judges unanimously deemed Caroline’s An LaBarre, Bonnie and Jody the best in the “works on paper” category, and from then on the biennial contest had a category specifically designated for photography. Following the contest, Caroline took some evening courses in photography at NC State. In 1990, a female instructor in NC State’s College of Design asked Caroline to teach her introductory course in photography while she went on maternity leave. Caroline agreed and loved it.

whY give to nc state? When Caroline recalls approaching the Gregg’s retired director, Charlotte Wainwright, about donating all of her work to the museum, she remembers running the idea by her longtime friend and current Gregg Museum director, Roger Manley. She recollects that Roger was, “at the Gregg curating an exhibition for Charlotte on Annie Hooper. I called Roger and was very shy. I asked, ‘What would happen if I called Charlotte up and offered her my prints?’ Roger said she’d ‘jump up and down and do a jig!’ I talked to Charlotte and asked, ‘Would the Gregg be a repository for my photographs after I die?’ ‘Yes, we would be thrilled!’ Charlotte Wainwright replied.”

Working at Duke in development, Caroline learned the importance of philanthropy and made small gifts as she could to support Duke, the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, and art museums. The Caroline Hickman Vaughan Photographic Archives represents the largest financial gift of Caroline’s life. Caroline had never intentionally planned to make such a major gift in her lifetime, but decided that she wanted to give something of real significance to students while she was alive. She chose to give to NC State because she is a North Carolina native and because NC State is affordable, meaning that students without a lot of means can receive an excellent education. Caroline sees herself as pursuing equality with her gift, by enabling bright and deserving students to learn from firsthand encounters with original art.

The Gregg Museum of Art & Design is exceedingly fortunate that Caroline Hickman Vaughan has chosen to gift her life’s work and the gift of a lifetime to the Gregg and the campaign for its future. Her major gift will make possible a space where students and members of the greater community can gather and experience the photographs, negatives, writings, and other ephemera from Caroline’s collection and others’. The Photographic Archives will bear Caroline’s name in perpetuity, which is an apt tribute to an artist who helped establish the Gregg’s photography collection and then helped build its permanent home.

To learn more about the Campaign for the Gregg, visit newgregg.ncsu.edu or contact Nicole Peterson, Director of Development, at 919-513-1337 or [email protected].


arcaDia by Tom Stoppard

SepteMber 25-OctOber 6, 2013 | TiTmus TheaTre

Arcadia takes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nature of truth and time, the difference between the Classical and the Romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life. It focuses on the mysteries – romantic, scientific, literary – that engage the minds and hearts of characters whose passions and lives intersect across scientific planes and centuries.

“there’s no doubt about it. Arcadia is tom Stoppard’s richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and, new for him, emotion. It’s like a dream of levitation: you’re instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop-the-loops and then, when you think you’re about to plummet to earth, swooping to a gentle touchdown of not easily described sweetness and sorrow.” – vincent canby, The New York Times

tHe game’S aFoot by Ken Ludwig

nOveMber 8-24, 2013 | Kennedy-mcilwee sTudio TheaTre

It is December 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. The festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous, and it’s up to Gillette himself – assuming the persona of his beloved Holmes – to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are nonstop in this glittering holiday whodunit. Winner of the 2012 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Play by the Mystery Writers of America.

“The Game’s Afoot is murderously funny!” – Broadway World Cleveland

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2013-2014 seasonearly bird SubScriptiOn diScOunt available May 30-June 30

cHicago Book by Fred Ebb and Bob FosseMusic by John KanderLyrics by Fred Ebb Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins

February 13- 23, 2014 | TiTmus TheaTre

In roaring twenties Chicago, chorus girl Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap...until he finds out he’s been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another “Merry Murderess” Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of their American Dream: fame, fortune and acquittal. Winner of six Tony Awards and an Academy Award. Adult language and themes.

“as dazzling a demonstration of the craft of musical theatre as you’re ever going to see.” – New York Post

Seminar by Theresa Rebeck

March 28-april 13, 2014 | Kennedy-mcilwee sTudio TheaTre

Four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard, an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, sex is used as a weapon and hearts are unmoored. Innocence collides with experience in this biting Broadway comedy. Adult language and themes.

“FIve StaRS! Sexy, savvy and uproarious!” – David cote, Time Out New York

This year, with the closing of Talley Student Center for renovations, you can SEE IT ON STAGE in Thompson Hall, with two shows in the Titmus Theatre, and two in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre. And we are offering an extraordinary season for this unique year! Take advantage of the Early Bird subscription discount by calling Ticket Central at 919-515-1100, mailing the form on the next page or purchasing when you come to the TheatreFest shows. All seats are reserved so get your tickets early for best seats. Single tickets available online at ncsu.edu/arts, or by calling Ticket Central. And remember, Ticket Central is now located in Thompson Hall.


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The Crafts Center will be open for the summer through August 1, with the following hours:

monday & wednesday: 2-10pm tuesday & thursday: 10am-10pm saturday: 12:30-5pm Friday & sunday: closed

Crafts Center information: 919-515-2457 or ncsu.edu/crafts

classesCheck the website (ncsu.edu/crafts) for updates on space availability in classes.

there may be space available for a special three-hour class for Nc State students only on wednesday, July 10, 4-7pm. Join us for the Beat the heat jewelry class: cool down with a Howling Cow root beer float while making a wire and bead bracelet. class fee is $5, which includes refreshments and supplies. the two Beat the heat classes in June sold out early, so don’t delay.

Registration for Fall 2013 classes begins July 15 for Nc State students, and august 5 for everyone else. the fall class schedule will be posted on the crafts center website in early July. the crafts center will open for fall semester on august 19.

eXhiBitions (though June 16, 2013)

ellen ko: chinese Brush paintingsR. a. Bryan Foundation Gallery

jenniFer siegel: turned onJensen Street Gallery windowsan exhibition of pottery and ceramic art

FaceBookthe crafts center now has a Facebook page! Find (and like) us at nc state university crafts center.

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Ellen Ko

Jennifer Siegel


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