Taming of the Shrew (The), (2008-2009)

              IPFW Department of Theatre presents The Taming of the Shrew by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Set Design MARK DeLANCEY Costume Designer CRAIG A. HUMPHREY Lighting Designer MARK RIDGEWAY Musical Director EDWARD RENZ Technical Direction MARK DeLANCEY Costume Supervision JEANNE PENDLETON Dramaturgy SHARI TROY Stage manager JANET BONTRAGER Directed by JOHN O’CONNELL
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CAST
Petruchio … AARON MANN
Kate … JESSICA BUTLER
Bianca … TABETHA BRAKE
Baptista … JIM CLAUSER
Lucentio … ETHAN BAIR
Tranio … BLANE PRESSLER
Gremio … JACOB SLONE
Hortensio … CHAD KENNERK
Biondella … CATHERINE DEVENTER
Grumio … DAVID KAEHR
Vincentio … JIM WILLIAMS
Widow … AMANDA PRATER
Curtis … BRETT TUBBS
Pedant … ADAM HAMILTON
Tailor … JIM SCHNEIDER
Haberdasher … AMBER KLINKER
Servant to Bianca … BREE BARTMAN
Officer … JOSH CERRI
Nathaniel … MARK MILLER
Philip … JIM SCHNEIDER
Josephine … JESSICA SISSON
Nicholas … JOSH CERRI
Musicians … KAY BROWN and EDWARD RENZ
Place: Padua, Italy Time: Early 1800s Act I: 70 minutes There will be one 15-minute intermission. Act II: 50 minutes
WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
ETHAN BAIR (Lucentio) is making his Williams Theatre debut in The Taming of the Shrew. Bair’s credits include Miss Saigon, Thunder on Sycamore Street, The Little Foxes, Take Five, and Aida. During his time at IPFW, he has crewed How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Two Rooms.
BREE BARTMAN (Servant to Bianca) is a transfer student from Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio. At Hocking, she worked on shows such as One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest as the assistant stage manager, Happy Mug as Anna, Dearly Departed as Suzanne, and In The Shadow of the Melrose as Francis. In 2008, she also worked with the Crossover Project’s production of HAIR, which was performed at the London Palladium Theatre in London’s West End Theatre District and at the Stuart’s Opera house in Cincinnati. Bartman plans to return to London to pursue a career in all aspects of theatre.
TABETHA BRAKE (Bianca) is a junior theatre major at IPFW, where she has crewed shows such as Merrily We Roll Along, The Comedy of Errors, and On the 20th Century. Brake took first prize in the American College Theatre Festivals regional Design Completion for her make-up design of M. Butterfly in 2007. She has appeared in Wonderful Town and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at IPFW, and in her favorite role as Linda Lou in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at Arena Dinner Theatre.
KAY BROWN (Musician) is a new arrival to Fort Wayne from Bay City, Mich. Brown has a bachelor’s of music from Central Michigan University, having majored in theory and composition. She currently teaches private violin and viola lessons.
JESSICA BUTLER (Kate) is a senior theatre major and dance minor at IPFW. She was last seen as Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. Her other stage credits include Wonderful Town, A Doll’s House, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s Holiday Pops Concert, Little Shop of Horrors, The Crucible, On the 20th Century, Merrily We Roll Along, Oklahoma!, Fool For Love, Talking With..., and Babes in Arms. Butler has earned Irene Ryan Nominations for her roles in A Dolls House, The Comedy of Errors, and Hay Fever. In her spare time, Butler is a choreographer at DeKalb High School, runs the C.A.A. Show Choir Summer Camp, is involved in scholarship pageants, and placed in the top 10 at the Miss America: Miss Indiana Pageant in June 2008.
JOSH CERRI (Officer/Nicholas) is originally from Erie, Pa. Cerri is a senior theatre major at IPFW. During his time at IPFW, Cerri has been an employee in the scene shop and has appeared in Wonderful Town, The Crucible, and a staged reading of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot as well as Ensign Pulver in First Presbyterian’s Mr. Roberts. Cerri also designed sound for last semester’s production of Two Rooms and competed with his design at the KC/ACTF region III convention in Saginaw, Mich., and was a finalist.
JIM CLAUSER (Baptista) retired after 38 years of service with Fort Wayne Community Schools. Clauser has had much experience in the musical and theatrical scene in Fort Wayne. A nine-time Anthony Award winner at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, he recently appeared in The Crucible and The Comedy of Errors at IPFW. His other IPFW credits include A Moon For the Misbegotten, The Heiress, and The Tempest. He also serves as president on the Youtheatre’s board of directors. When not busy onstage, he spends his spare time with his wife, Carol, and their family.
CATHERINE DEVENTER (Biondella) is a sophomore theatre major and dance minor at IPFW and a graduate of Northrop High School. Some of her credits include The Effects of Gamma Rays..., How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Purely Dance 2008, and The Lark. Deventer also won the 2007 Sterling Sentinel Award for Drama.
ADAM HAMILTON (Pedant) is a graduate of Northrop High School and is currently a junior theatre major at IPFW. He has served as deck/assistant stage manager for Tape; stage manager for The Effects of Gamma Rays...; and appeared in Wonderful Town, A Doll’s House, The Lark, and The Crucible at IPFW, as well as in Mr. Roberts at FPT and Three Days of Rain at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. He also performed in Man to Man at the 2008 KC/ACTF in Milwaukee.
DAVID KAEHR (Grumio) has appeared in A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Captain Fantastic, and The Crucible at Delta High School in his hometown of Muncie, Ind. During his time at IPFW, Kaehr has performed in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Waiting for Godot.
CHAD KENNERK (hortensio) is a senior theatre major at IPFW. His acting credits include the role of Frank in Wonderful Town, for which he earned an Irene Ryan Nomination, Two Rooms, In Bed With..., The Lark, and On the 20th Century at IPFW and Grease and The King and I at Woodlan Junior/Senior High School in Woodburn, Ind. Kennerk has also worked as the assistant stage manager for Story Theatre and as the assistant director for Tape at IPFW. You can see Kennerk in his Senior Performance Project in The Diviners in April in the Williams Theatre.
AMBER KLINKER (Haberdasher) is a second-year theatre major, where she appeared as part of the V-Day 2008 production of The Vagina Monologues at IPFW. Her other credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, MASH, Aida, Jekyll and Hyde, and Rehearsal for Murder. She has served as the assistant stage manager for Wonderful Town and on the wardrobe crew for Two Rooms and The Lark. Klinker is also a stitcher for the IPFW Costume Shop.
AARON MANN (Petruchio) is a junior theatre major at IPFW. Mann transferred from Wabash College, where he received the Fine Arts Fellowship for entering freshmen. Mann was last seen in IPFW’s How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Mann also appeared in A Doll’s House, Waiting for Godot, The Lark, Tape, and On the 20th Century. Mann appeared in I Remember Mama, Annie, and Kiss Me, Kate at the Huron Playhouse in Ohio. Mann is a member of the touring production Brush Up Your Shakespeare, which is traveling to local high schools during the course of the spring semester.
MARK MILLER (Nathaniel) is a freshman at IPFW majoring in theater. His credits include Purely Dance 2008, Sweet Charity, Ragtime, Once Upon a Mattress, and Zombie Prom. He also starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and played Bernardo in West Side Story. Also, Miller has been a competitive dancer for nine years.
AMANDA PRATER (Widow) is a sophomore theatre major at IPFW. Prater has been busy at IPFW, appearing in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Wonderful Town, serving on the backstage crews for In Bed With…, Waiting for Godot, A Doll’s House, Effects of Gamma Rays…, and serving as a member of the box office staff. A graduate of Lakeland High School in LaGrange, Ind., she was very involved in theater, appearing in Once Upon a Mattress, James and the Giant Peach, Godspell, and Big.
BLANE PRESSLER (Tranio) is a senior theatre major. Regionally, Pressler appeared at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Mich., in Oklahoma! and 1776, at the Huron Playhouse in Annie and Kiss Me Kate, and at Festival 56 in Hamlet, City of Angels, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Odd Couple. His IPFW credits include Wonderful Town, The Comedy of Errors, and his favorite role Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Pressler has earned Irene Ryan Nominations for Wonderful Town, Hay Fever, and The Crucible. You can see Pressler in his Senior Project Performance in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker in April in the Studio Theatre.
EDWARD RENZ (Musical Director/Musician) is a local musician, teacher, and handy man. Renz has bachelor’s degrees in math and music from Indiana University Bloomington. He has toured with such shows as Crazy For You, Miss Saigon, and Wonderful Town, as well as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Glenn Miller Orchestra, and on Carnival Cruise Lines. Renz also did a lot of freelance work in New York from 2000-08.
JIM SCHNEIDER (Tailor) has appeared in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Wonderful Town, The Crucible, Story Theatre, The Comedy of Errors, and Bus Stop. Schneider has also served on the crews for More Fun Than Bowling, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lark, and Medea.
JESSICA SISSON (Josephine) is originally from Jacksonville, N.C. by way of Wawaka, Ind., and is currently a junior theatre major. Sisson received an Irene Ryan Nomination for her performance in More Fun Than Bowling. Her other credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Wonderful Town, A Doll’s House, The Crucible, and her favorite role as Janice Vickery in The Effects of Gamma Rays... all at IPFW. When she’s not in class or at rehearsal, Sisson works as a member of the box office staff.
JACOB SLONE (Gremio) is currently working as a library assistant for the Garrett Public Library. Slone’s credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at IPFW, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at Arena Dinner Theatre, and Mr. Roberts at First Presbyterian Theatre, and his favorite role as the Cat in Honk!. He has also served on several deck crews including On the 20th Century, A Doll’s House, The Crucible, and In bed with….
BRETT TUBBS (Curtis) is a senior theatre major at IPFW. Tubbs credits include The Lark, More Fun Than Bowling, On the 20th Century, Babes in Arms, and most recently How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at IPFW. Locally, he has appeared in Amahl and the Night Visitors at First Presbyterian Theatre. Regionally, Tubbs made his debut at Festival 56 in Princeton, Ill., this past summer appearing in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Jesus Christ Superstar; and City of Angels.
JIM WILLIAMS (Vincentio) is making his Fort Wayne debut in this production. However, Williams is no stranger to the stage having appeared as Aegean in Boys from Syracuse and Anything Goes at Arkansas State. He has performed in various roles in Massachusetts, New York, and Alabama including Funny Girl, The Apple Tree, The Fantasticks, Sincerity Forever, and You Can’t Take it With You. William’s favorite role was Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls at the University of Alabama, and he was awarded the best actor award for his performance of Horst in Bent by the New England Theatre Conference. Williams is an associate faculty member at IPFW in the Department of Visual Communication and Design.
WHO’S WHO IN THE PRODUCTION STAFF
JANET BONTRAGER (Stage Manager) is a returning student to IPFW, majoring in theatre and focusing on directing. During her time at IPFW, she has served as the assistant stage manger for The Lark and has stage managed Two Rooms and A Doll’s House. She is also the stage manager and tour coordinator of the high school touring production of Brush Up Your Shakespeare. Bontrager works as the drama director for Michiana Christian Home Educators in LaGrange County and has directed several productions for them including Little Women, The Three Musketeers, Mystery of Montley’s Manor, and Our Town. She is also very active working in Drama Ministry at Prescott Christian Church, Eden Worship Center, and New Hope Christian Center.
BRENT BRUIN (Associate Costume Shop Supervisor/Cutter/Draper) is a senior theatre major at IPFW, focusing on costume design and technology. Bruin’s acting credits include The Lark, On the 20th Century, Babes in Arms, and Merrily We Roll Along at IPFW. He has also appeared in Meet Me in St. Louis, Beauty and the Beast, and the Cole Porter Concert at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. Bruin is the representative for the College of Visual and Performing Arts to the student senate at IPFW. This past summer, Bruin worked at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. This production marks the culmination of his education at IPFW and serves as his Senior Performance Project.
MARK DELANCEY (Set Designer/Technical Director) recently arrived in Fort Wayne from New York City where he has, for the last nine years, been the technical director and resident designer for the Stella Adler Studio of acting. While in New York, DeLancey also worked as a scenic artist for the New York Shakespeare Festival, most recently on Hamlet and Hair and also designed scenery and lighting for several companies in Manhattan and Brooklyn. He received an M.F.A. from the University of Alabama in scenic and lighting design and a B.S. from Texas Woman’s University and Texas. Memorable past shows include The Seagull at the Delacourte Theatre in Central Park; Jesus Hopped the A Train with Philip Seymour Hoffman directing; the world premier of Top Dog, Underdog; Two Strange Ladies for Columbia University’s graduate program; and Been So Long at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. DeLancey is originally from Virginia and is the son of a career Navy man. He has moved about all his life spending time in New York, Florida, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
JESS HARTMAN (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore theatre major at IPFW. She has worked on How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at IPFW and is serving as the department of theatre librarian and office assistant, as well as working in the scene shop. Before coming to IPFW, she worked on Northrop High School’s production of MASH.
CRAIG A. HUMPHREY (Costume Designer) is associate professor of costume design and director of design/technology for the IPFW Department of Theatre. He has an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts and a B.F.A. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He directed the IPFW productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Lark, The Crucible, On the 20th Century, Merrily We Roll Along, Hay Fever, Flora, The Red Menace, She Loves Me, The Rivals, Ah, Wilderness!, Company, Arcadia, The Hot L Baltimore, Into The Woods, and The Fantasticks. Other directorial efforts include the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s production of The Sound of Music and Arena Dinner Theatre’s productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Once upon a Mattress. His national design credits include productions in Chicago, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Mississippi. He studied with internationally renowned costume designer Laura Crow and assisted her on several productions, including the original off-Broadway production of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This. Locally, his designs have been seen in numerous shows, most recently including Two Rooms, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Wonderful Town, A Doll’s House, The Lark, The Crucible, Merrily We Roll Along, The Comedy of Errors, Once Upon a Mattress, Oklahoma!, Arms and the Man, The Heiress, Macbeth, Bye Bye Birdie, The Tempest, Arcadia, You Can’t Take It With You, Dames at Sea, and Auntie Mame. As an actor, Humphrey has appeared in The American Summer Classics Revue, Bye Bye Birdie, You Can’t Take It with You, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The World Goes Round, and Uncle Vanya.
JOHN O’CONNELL (Director) is chair and professor of theatre. His most recent directing work for IPFW included last year’s productions of Waiting for Godot and Wonderful Town. He has an M.F.A. in directing from the University of Alabama, which he received in 1998 after spending 12 years directing, producing, and production stage managing in New York City. Most recently, O’Connell served as associate professor of theatre at Arkansas State University, where he supervised the B.F.A. emphasis in directing. O’Connell maintains an active professional directing career, freelancing at professional theatres around the country: Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, Tenn., American Stage in Florida, and the Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival, to name a few. Some of his favorite recent productions include Twelfth Night, The Elephant Man, Sweeney Todd, King Lear, and The Boys from Syracuse.
JEANNE PENDLETON (Costume Supervision) is the costume shop supervisor for the IPFW Department of the Theatre. Pendleton is originally from California and attended an undergraduate theatre exchange program for a semester in London, England. She graduated with distinction from the Humboldt State University’s Theatre arts M.F.A. Costume Design program in Arcata, Calif., in 2002. While at Humboldt, Pendleton received two nominations for the KC/ACTF for costume design of a student original production and a dance and physical theatre concert. Some of her costume designs at Humboldt State included No Exit, The Secret Garden, and Fences. As Entertainment Costume’s team lead at Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., Pendleton costumed shows for the amusement park ranging from Broadway-style “Golden Oldies” and Country Western shows to concert-style Country and Bluegrass productions, as well as children’s storybook theatre and character costumes. She also created more than 30 garments for the namesake of the park, Dolly Parton. She then left the glitter and rhinestones of Dollywood to pursue a career in educational theatre at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. While at The University of Tennessee, she supervised the build of costumes for many professional and regionally known designers and served as the head of the Theatre Safety Committee. Some of her specialties are dyeing, corsetry, and puppet construction.
MARK RIDGEWAY (Lighting Designer) is the assistant professor of scenic and lighting design for the IPFW Department of Theatre. He has an M.F.A. in Theatrical Design from The University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in Theatre History/Design Theory from Northwestern University, and a B.S. in Dramatic Television and Film Performance from Oral Roberts University. Before coming to IPFW, Ridgeway served as an assistant professor of theatre at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Ridgeway has designed scenery and lighting for numerous productions including Waiting for Godot, The Crucible, The Exonerated, Story Theatre, Comedy of Errors, Purely Dance, Merrily We Roll Along, Music Man, Medea, Hay Fever, Oklahoma!, Arms and the Man, and All in the Timing. He has also designed scenery and lighting in Texas, Tennessee, and Illinois including productions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Illusion, Gint, Vinegar Tom, Baby with the Bathwater, Caucasian Chalk Circle, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, This Property is Condemned, Talk to the Rain…, Let Me Listen, Chalky White Substance, The Coronation of Poppea, Holiday, Wonderland!, and Never in My Lifetime. This past spring, Ridgeway directed the Studio Theatre’s production of Tape by Stephen Belber and a staged reading of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Most recently, he designed Can-Can, Picnic, Sweet Charity, and Little Shop of Horrors for Tibbits Opera House in Michigan. Ridgeway has worked with The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Sharir Dance Company, The University of Texas Opera Theatre, and The University of Tennessee Theatre Company as a designer or scenic artist.
BROGAN STILLMAN (Properties Designer) is a junior at IPFW majoring in theatre, with an emphasis in theatrical design. Stillman has been working backstage in Fort Wayne community theatre for the past four years at IPFW, the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, First Presbyterian Theatre, and the Arena Dinner Theatre working as a carpenter, painter, sound and light board operator, stage manager, assistant stage manager, props master, and costume designer. She was nominated for an Arena Dinner Theatre award for her costume designs in A Tuna Christmas.
SHARI TROY (Dramaturg) is assistant professor of theatre history and criticism in the Department of Theatre at IPFW. She is resident dramaturg of the theatre department and has served as dramaturg for productions of Arms and the Man, Once Upon A Mattress, Medea, Story Theatre, and Bus Stop. Troy holds a Ph.D. in theatre history, which she completed at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in the Department of Theatre. She completed an M.A. in Educational Theatre at New York University and a B.A. in Sociology at Boston University. Though most recently from New York, Troy lived in Jerusalem for five years during the early 1980s.
STAFF FOR THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Stage manager … JANET BONTRAGER
Assistant Stage Manager … JESS HARTMAN
Properties Designer … BROGAN STILLMAN
Associate Costume Shop Supervisor … BRENT BRUIN
Assistant Set Designer … TOM BECKNER
Master Carpenter … TOM McINTIRE
Carpenters … TOM BECKNER, JOSH CERRI, CHRIS NELSON, and GRIFFIN WARFIELD
Scenic Artists … TOM BECKNER, TABETHA BRAKE, CATE DEVENTER, JESS HARTMAN, and JESSICA SISSON
Flymen … DEREK BEVER
Properties Supervisor … BROGAN STILLMAN
Properties … HEATHER FRANKS
Deckmen … TOM BECKNER
Master Electrician … DEREK BEVER
Electricians … TOM BECKER and PARKER MUMAW
Light Board Operators … GRIFFIN WARFIELD
Cutter/Draper … BRENT BRUIN and JEANNE PENDLETON
First Hand … AMBER KLINKER
Stitchers … LIZ ALBERDING, BEN BERCOT, HEIDI CHRISTENSEN, DEREK CONRAD, TAMARA CUMMINS, CATE DEVENTER, GEOFF GOELZ, CHAD KENNERK, AMBER KLINKER, AMANDA PRATER, ANGELA PINKERTON, AARON MANN, JUNE RAMBO, BRITTANIE STABLER, JUNEÉ TURNER, and KAT WIMER
Wardrobe … BEN BERCOT, CHRISTINA LOPEZ, and JUNE RAMBO
Sound Technician … BROGAN STILLMAN
House Manager … ANDY MAGNER
Box Office Manager … REUBEN J. ALBAUGH
Box Office Personnel … BRENT BRUIN, TAMARA CUMMINS, GEOFF GOELZ, DAVID KAEHR, AMANDA PRATER, and JESSICA SISSON
Special Thanks to the Stagecraft Class and the THTR 168 Students for their work.
CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IPSGA The IPFW Learning Resource Center Michael Stapleton
PRODUCTION NOTES In keeping with the academic mission of the IPFW Department of Theatre, we are pleased to feature in our production program, the “Production Notes.” These notes are academic in nature and speak to you from the point of view of one or two of the many collaborators it takes to create our productions. For this production you will be hearing from senior Brent Bruin, who is completing his Senior Performance Project during this production, and Shari Troy, Ph.D., assistant professor of theatre history at IPFW and the dramaturg for this production.
As my Senior Performance Project, I have been assigned the duties of cutter/draper and associate costume shop manager for this production of The Taming of the Shrew. In theatrical costuming, the cutter/draper is the person who makes the patterns from the costume designer’s drawings. As the associate shop manager, I work with the shop manager to coordinate the construction and alterations for garments for the production. My job as the cutter/draper is to interpret the drawings of the designer and create a pattern from those costume drawings that will be built specifically for the actor playing the role in our production. I do research on historic garment construction and make decisions on how to build the garment that will be best suited for the actor. There are instances when a garment built historically will not be appropriate for the actor because of the actor’s body type or because of the physical requirements of the show. In these situations, I decide how to alter the historic construction to best suit the needs of the production. After the garment has been patterned from the costume designer’s drawing, the garment is then “mocked-up.” This is where the shop builds the garment from very cheap fabric, so the designer can see the garment on the body of the actor. At this point the cutter/draper can also make adjustments to the fit of the garment so that the costume will look like the drawing. In this step, I look to see if the actor can move appropriately in the garment and that the costume will fit correctly and comfortably. Once the alterations are complete on the actor, I correct the paper pattern and build the real costume. The actor returns for another fitting in the real garment to make minor alterations and to mark hems and closures on the garment. Once the production goes into the technical rehearsal process, then the designer and the cutter/draper look at the costume worn by the actor on stage to make sure that the garment works correctly. I look at details like hems to make sure actresses do not trip on skirts and at suit coats for actors to make sure that jacket sleeves are the correct length. My ultimate concern is that the garment move and work correctly for the actor and the designer. This process then allows you, the audience member, to see the best costumes possible. I was excited to learn that the director and the costume designer had chosen to set The Taming of the Shrew in the regency era. It is a brief period after the French revolution (1800-20), where women did not wear corsets and wore very simple high wasted gowns that where a re-interpretation of the Greeks. The men’s clothes where becoming much more tailored because of the advances in clothing construction. I enjoy this period because of the tailored look for men and the freeness of the women’s clothes. Brent Bruin, senior Cutter/ Draper and Associate Costume Shop Manager
Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, The Taming of the Shrew was written in 1590 and first performed between 1590 and 1594, and contains within it traces of earlier works. Historians agree that Shakespeare was aware of a work that was performed in 16th century England titled A Pleasant Conceited History Called The Taming of A Shrew. That play’s plot involved a husband named Fernando, who tames his headstrong wife, Kate. Also in the mix was George Gascione’s 1566 play Supposes, with a story line that strongly resembles Shakespeare’s subplot involving Bianca and her suitors in The Taming of the Shrew. The playwright was also cognizant of the many ballads, sermons, pamphlets, folktales, and jokes circulating in Elizabethan England about unruly wives and the husbands who strove for unwavering obedience to written and unwritten household laws. In our own time, many find Petruchio’s conduct toward Kate abusive and unpalatable. Others see in Kate’s behavior toward Petruchio a manipulation-a strategy she uses to get what she wants in the treacherous game of love. This interpretative conflict has resulted in scholars labeling this work by the Bard as a problem play. Certainly, this play is sufficiently complex to deny simplistic interpretation. Perhaps Shrew’s complexity is key to the play’s having garnered a 400-year performance history. We can only suppose what the play might have meant to audiences of its time. As Shakespeare’s world unfolds on our stage tonight, how do his character’s actions and reactions, their shady plots and sarcastic prose, strike you? I view The Taming of the Shrew as a palimpsest. That is, writing material (such as parchment) used over and over after earlier writing has been erased. In the case of theatre, the parchment is a stage and the writing is a performance text that has been rewritten, reworked, reinterpreted, and revived through countless performances since the original. Every subsequent performance has erased parts of what came before. Yet traces of those earlier presentations remain. We know, for example, that when the play was first acted, women were prohibited from performing on stage in public theatres in England. The actors were male-the women’s parts were played by boys. This fact certainly affected the meaning of the play for its audiences. To quote the scholar Frances Dolan, “Katherine’s obedience speech in Act 5 is a speech written by a man, delivered by a boy, and addressed largely to men.” Today, when women act on the public stage and when the cultural conditions of our society create vastly altered assumptions about gender and power relations in society, this play must “mean differently” than it did in Shakespeare’s 1590s. Thus, seeing a play such as this gives us a glimpse into what the world may have been like in Shakespeare’s day. At the same time, we see it tonight from the vantage point of the cultural assumptions that frame our world. We can imagine that in 400 years, audiences will view this play, with its Katherine and her Petruchio, its Bianca and her suitors, its Baptista and all their world-as well as us-differently from the way in which we perceive this play, ourselves, and our world today. Shari Troy, Ph.D., Dramaturg
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF
Dean-College of Visual and Performing Arts … CHARLES O’CONNOR
Professor and Chair … JOHN O’CONNELL
Professor of Playwriting … STEVEN T. SARRATORE
Associate Professor of Costume Design/Director of Design Technology … CRAIG A. HUMPHREY
Assistant Professor of Scenic/Lighting Design .. MARK RIDGEWAY
Assistant Professor of Theatre History … SHARI TROY
Assistant Professor of Acting, Movement, and Voice … JEFF CASAZZA
Assistant Professor of Technical Theatre … MARK DELANCEY
Continuing Lecturer of Dance … BRITTNEY COUGHLIN
Associate Faculty-Performance … MAGGIE KOLE-HUNTER
Associate Faculty-Performance … JEFF MOORE
Associate Faculty-Dance … LISA BUSFIELD
Costume Shop Supervisor … JEANNE PENDLETON
Box Office Supervisor … REUBEN J. ALBAUGH
Secretary … JOANNE SCHULTZ-ITHIER
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE Mission Statement The mission of the Department of Theatre is to: • Educate its students within a broad liberal arts framework in the art, craft, and discipline of theatre, through programs offering both classroom study and experiential production activities. • Serve the university community through its productions and general education offerings. • Provide culturally enriching activities to the northeast Indiana region. The program in theatre is specifically designed to combine classroom instruction with practical production experience, as both are integral to the student’s development during the university educational process. Classroom experiences provide theoretical, historical, and critical examinations of the theatre as art, craft, and discipline. Production experiences provide practical opportunities for exploring and applying the theories, concepts, and standards investigated in the classroom. There are three aspects of the degree for a theatre major: the classes directly related to the area of emphasis within the program such as acting, directing, design, etc.; general theatre classes such as theatre history and dramatic literature; and general education classes such as English, psychology, and philosophy. all three aspects of the curriculum are important for a fully realized degree in theatre. The faculty of the theatre program at IPFW believes that the study of theatre is a superb foundation for a liberal arts education. By studying the many facets of this art form, the student learns to apply history, art, psychology, sociology, philosophy, political/economic systems, and many other disciplines toward the creation of a shared theatrical event.
for the ARTS The Department of Theatre seeks your assistance in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Campaign for the Arts. Our mission is four-fold: to offer the academic degree programs most in demand by area citizens; to provide the northeast Indiana region with exceptionally high-quality theatrical performances by students, faculty, and community members; to offer to the community various theatrical services, such as student matinees and theatre training through the IPFW Community Arts Academy; and to provide a continuum of outreach activities to the greater northeast Indiana community. Our vision is to be widely recognized as the major theatre resource center for the Greater Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana communities. To meet this challenge, we need your help! IPFW is a state-assisted-not state-supported-university. Furthermore, we are allocated only about one-half of the state dollars that the main campuses receive per student. This, in turn, directly impacts the theatre department with severe budgetary constraints. Your dollars are essential to help us move forward with our commitments to northeast Indiana. Scholarships for our talented students are a very high priority. Please consider joining the VPA Sterling Scholarship Society through a three-year commitment of $300 or more per year. Details are available on the VPA Web site at www. ipfw.edu/vpa. Should you be interested in helping to financially support us in our mission, please contact Charles O’Connor, dean of the College of Visual and Performing arts, at 260-481-6977. Your contribution will enable us in our mission to keep our academic programs current, continue diversity in theatre programming, and maintain our commitment to northeast Indiana through our service and outreach activities. Please become a member of our Campaign for the arts by choosing one of the giving categories described on the next page. and remember, your gift is tax deductible.
Please join our CAMPAIGN FOR THE ARTS by selecting the giving level of your choice. Society of Champions of the Arts Membership Levels Platinum $25,000 and up Gold $15,000 to $24,999 Silver $10,000 to $14,999 Bronze $5,000 to $9,999 Dean’s Club $2,000 to $4,999 Director’s Circle $500 to $1,999 VPa Sterling Scholarship Society Patron $250 to $499 Century Club $100 to $249 Friend $50 to $99 Contributor $25 to $49 Name Address City, State, Zip Code Telephone Amount of Gift $ Please indicate where you would like your contribution to go: Theatre Gift Theatre Scholarship Please mark the project you choose to support, and make your check payable to the Indiana-Purdue Foundation: Campaign for the Arts IPFW College of Visual and Performing Arts 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 260-481-6977
IPFW DEPT of THEATRE presents … 2008-09 SEASON INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE October 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 at 8 p.m. October 12 at 2 p.m. Williams Theatre Directed by Craig A. Humphrey With the help of the instructional guide How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, eager and ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch is determined to do just that. On his climb up the corporate ladder, Finch encounters J. B. Biggley, the company president; Rosemary Pilkington, a romantically inclined secretary; Bud Frump, a wily competitor and the boss’s nephew; and Hedy La Rue, a sexy ex-cigarette girl with ambitions of her own. The intrepid Finch dodges, parries, and plans until victory is his. How To Succeed…, which received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1961, is a comic musical masterpiece of satire and song. December 5, 6, 12, and 13 at 8 p.m. December 7 and 14 at 2 p.m. Williams Theatre Artistic direction by Brittney Tyler Coughlin Produced by Mark Ridgeway Purely Dance 2008, choreographed by the dance minor program faculty and alumni, will feature dance and nothing but dance. An audience favorite, Purely Dance 2008 will be presented in Williams Theatre, just in time for the holidays and a great evening out.
November 14, 15, 20, 21, and 22 at 8 p.m.
November 16 and 23 at 2 p.m.
Studio Theatre in Kettler Hall
Directed by Jeffrey Casazza
Two Rooms, an intense, intellectual experience focuses on Michael, an American professor, who has been taken hostage in Beirut; and his wife, Lainie, back in the States, who awaits word of his fate. Michael is in one small room being held and tortured by Shi’ite Muslims and Lainie, 10,000 miles away, is in a second room, stripped of furnishings, that was once Michael’s den. Isolated from each other for years, Lainie allows a select few into her inner sanctum-including a newspaper reporter who believes that by speaking out publicly, Lainie can save her husband. It is within these confines that Two Rooms unfolds. Box Office: 260-481-6555 We welcome patrons with disabilities. TTD 260-481-4105
February 20, 21, 26, 27, and 28 at 8 p.m.
February 22 and March 1 at 2 p.m.
High School Matinee: Wednesday, February 25 at 10 a.m.
Williams Theatre
Directed by John O’Connell
Kate and Petruchio embody the classic battle of the sexes. He would love to marry her for a variety of financial and strategic reasons and she hates everything about him. Kate’s lovely and unquenchable younger sister Bianca cannot marry until she does, but Kate will have none of it. Especially in the marriage her father has arranged for her with the arrogant, self-serving, and boisterous Petruchio. Sparks fly as Petruchio tries The Taming of the Shrew, only to find that he has been her captive all along.
April 17, 18, 23, 24, and 25 at 8 p.m. April 26 at 2 p.m. Williams Theatre
Directed by Jeffrey Casazza
New Haven, Indiana, native Jim Leonard’s earthy, funny, poignant, and profoundly tragic play echoes some of our nation’s greatest Depression-era writings. In the mythic town of Zion, in southern Indiana, Buddy Layman has the incredible gift of divining for water. His talent for water witching comes from his terrible fear of water. A tragic accident left him brain damaged and motherless, as his mother drowned while trying to save him. A charismatic preacher, questioning his faith, “stumbles” into this town, befriending Buddy, helping him overcome this intense phobia, and propelling The Diviners to its tragic finale. Admission for IPFW students with ID is free to all Williams Theatre performances. To receive a 2008-09 subscription ticket brochure, call the Schatzlein Box Office at 260-481-6555.
CHAMPIONS of the ARTS 2008-09 Theatre Donors Your support helps us serve our students and the community with distinction Platinum ($25,000 and up) Ione Auer Dan Butler Howard & Betsy Chapman Philip R. Rhinehart Ruth Rhinehart Steven N. Rhinehart Julie R. Waterfield Susan L. Watkins Gold ($15,000-$24,999) Dr. Louis A. & Anne B. Schneider Foundation Bronze ($5,000-$9,999) June Enoch August Tomusk Foundation Dean’s Club ($2,000-$4,999) Lorraine Davis Director’s Circle ($500-$1,999) Fort Wayne Community Foundation Patricia Griest Richard and Barbara Hill Marcia Howard Patrice Hunsberger Chuck O’Connor John Shoaff & Julie Donnell Mary Margaret Stucky Foundation Robert & Irene Walters Herbert and Lorraine Weier Hildreth Williams Daniel & Beth Zweig Patrons ($250-$499) Daniel & Margaret Angel Arts Advocates of IPFW Chris & Chad Feay Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Glassley Lois Hess J. Randolph Kirby Michelle Kraus Barbara Lloyd & Carlos Pomalaza-Raez Mike & Mary Noonan Century Club ($100-$249) John & Dianna Auld Adie & Dick Baach James Barrett III H. Stephen Beyer Angela Boerger Rita Caldwell Vickie & John Dahl Jr. Gwen & Dick DeKay Suzanne Echtenkamp Kay & Ken Folks Fort Wayne Jewish Federation Reverend & Mrs. Richard Frazier Ronnie & Norm Greenberg Robin Grissom Philip & Nancy Grote Victor & Lois Guess Carol Isaacs George Johnson Emily & Ryan Keirns Elise Macomber Irwin Malin Alfred and Carol Moellering Suzon Motz Norfolk Southern Foundation Poultry Management Systems Marthe Rosenfeld Joseph & Linda Ruffolo Steve and Jan Sarratore P. Michael Schaub Sisters of St. Joseph James & Anne Skinner Robert Smith Jay & Bronwyn Thayer Shari Troy Marion McKay Walley Friends ($50-$99) Stephanie & Bruce Abbott Louise & Kevin Ambrose James Barrett III Janice Burgette William & Anita Cast Nancy & Richard Cook Avon Crismore Firehouse Theatre Jane Frazier GE Foundation Rikki & Leonard Goldstein Jerome Grant Alan Hofer Mary Lou & Edward Hutter Dale Kelly Rick & Dorian Maples William & Joan McNagny Janice McNellis June Moord Jo Ann Mullen John O’Connell Helen Pyles Leslie Raymer David & Margaret Ridderheim Marthe Rosenfeld Anne Rowland Lois & Richard Safran Michael Schaub Robert & Mary Short Kirk & Elizabeth Shuster Betty Sowers Howard & Marilyn Steele Betty Stein Richard & Deanna Stoner Diana Updike Nancy Vendrely Ann & Paul Weber Contributors ($25-$49) Joanne & Donald Adams Terri & Nelson Behar Norma & Louis Blankenship Ranae Butler & Austin Berger Joann Byers Jean Chase Richard & Nancy Cook Kelly & Thomas Dahm Patrick & Patricia Denihan Dr. Miles S. Edwards Susan Ferguson Ann & Francis Frellick Ron Gubitz Larry & Julia Hook Karen & John Hutmacher Ruth Langhinrichs Myra Mae McFarland Merle & Dick Miers Kenton Neuhouser & Jeffrey Markley Shirley & Bob Nicolai Alan McMahan Mary Okeson Jessica & Shawn Parr Susan & Michael Pries Champions of the Arts 2008-09 THEATRE DONORS continued « Stanley & Emma Reidenbach Robert D. Reynolds Stephen & Jill Sosenheimer Dolores Szymanski George Thomas Beth Troy Ann & Owen Wade VPA Sterling Scholarship Society Arts Advocates Mr. & Mrs. Adolph Brateman Dan Butler Howard & Betsy Chapman Richard & Barbara Hill Gay Lewis Herbert & Lorraine Weier Daniel & Beth Zweig Gifts-in-Kind Jack Baker Vicki Bandor Braun Lewis & Amanda Delagrange Theresa Ehrman-Yankowiak Jim Huhn Patrice Hunsberger Gloria Huxoll Jan Klee Elizabeth Merkler Beth Mix Necia Myers Virginia Needler Charles & Pat Nelson Dustin Reed Lori Roggero James & Barbara Romines Scott Romines Terry Romines Greg Savini Anson & Janet Shupe June Skekloff Carolyn Strachera Jeanne Winnick The Theatre Donor List is updated at the beginning of every semester.
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The Department of Theatre announces The Larry L. Life Memorial Scholarship Fund in recognition of his extraordinary career and contributions to IPFW. Friends and patrons of the Department of Theatre are encouraged to participate in this tribute through donations that will be used as academic scholarships in Larry’s name. Donation forms will be available in the lobby throughout the season. To make a contribution, make your check payable to: Indiana-Purdue Foundation, Development, Kettler 140, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 Memo line: Larry L. Life Memorial Scholarship Fund
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2008-2009 SEASON
THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
August 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 2008
JAMES DEAN: THE BOY FROM FAIRMOUNT
October 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 2008
WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS?
November 28, 29
December 5, 6, 12, 13, 14*, 19, 20 2008
THE BUTLER DID IT
January 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 2009
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
February 27, 28 March 6, 7, 13, 14 2009
NEVER TOO LATE
April 17, 18, 24, 25 May 1, 2 2009
THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND
THE SONGS OF KANDER AND EBB
June 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 2009
M-F & on Show Days 9 am until 1 pm Box Office opens two weeks prior to the show. Tickets $30 Includes show and meal. 424-5622
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Fort Wayne Theatre Happenings
Macbeth
First Presbyterian Theater
Feb. 20, 21, 27, 28 march 1, 6, 7
Twelve Angry Men
arena Dinner Theatre
Feb. 27, 28 march 6, 7, 13, 14
Frankenstein
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre
march 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22
Christopher Durang
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Off main
April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19
Never Too Late
arena Dinner Theatre
April 17, 18, 24, 25 may 1, 2
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival™
XXXV
Presented and Produced by
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Supported in Part by
The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund
The US Department of Education
Delta Airlines
The National Committee for the Performing Arts
Dr. and Mrs. Gerald McNichols
This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for inclusion at the KCACTF regional festival and can also be considered for invitation to the KCACTF national festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, DC in the spring of 2003. Last year more than 1,200 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across nation. Presented and Produced by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Supported in Part by The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund The Kennedy Center The U.S. Department of Education American College Delta Airlines The National Committee for the Theater Festival™ Performing Arts XLI Dr. and Mrs. Gerald McNichols The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each  production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants, and awards for actors, playwrights, designers, stage managers, and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the participating level are eligible for inclusion at the KCACTF regional festival and can also be considered for invitation to the KCACTF national festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 2008. Last year more than 1,300 productions were entered in the KCACTF, involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.
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With its fabulous new John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center, IPFW is positioned to provide top-quality music education for northern Indiana for the 21st century. Sweetwater is proud to have worked with the Music Department to install a state-of-the-art professional-quality recording system that will serve the performance, rehearsal, and teaching spaces throughout the building as a tool for hands-on learning.
High School Art Exhibition
High schools from 11 neighboring counties have been invited to participate in showing their students’ best works in fine art, graphic design, and photography. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three finalists, chosen by a juried panel comprised of faculty members from each department.
IPFW Visual Arts Gallery For more information, call the Department of Visual Communication and Design at 260-481-6705 or visit www.pfw.edu/vpa/vcd <http://www.pfw.edu/vpa/vcd>. Admission is free.
Feb. 9-20, 2009 Visual Arts Gallery Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Piano Studio Showcase Professors Hamilton Tescarollo, Joyanne Outland, and Carol Hahn present student performances from their piano studios. Saturday, Feb. 21 4 p.m. Hamilton Tescarollo, coordinator Rhinehart Recital Hall Music Therapy Student Recital IPFW music therapy majors will perform a varied repertoire including selections in their individual areas of music expertise and selections appropriate for the clinical music therapy setting. Thursday, Feb. 26 7:30 p.m. Rhinehart Recital Hall Admission is free. Trumpet Studio Showcase Philharmonic mentor and faculty member Alan Severs presents performances featuring students from his trumpet studio. Tuesday, March 3 7:30 p.m. Alan Severs, instructor Rhinehart Recital Hall Department of Music Upcoming 2009 Concerts All concerts are in The John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center unless otherwise noted. Admission for IPFW students with ID is free. $5 Adults, $4 Seniors, $3 All other students For more information, call the Department of Music at 260-481-6714 or visit our Web site at www.pfw.edu/vpa/music