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**************** Saluting the Millennium: **************** IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FORT WAYNE OB-GYN present By ARTHUR GIRON Directed by lARRY L. LIFE Scenic/Li~ting Design STEVEN ·1: SARRATORE Costume Design KENDRA CLAUSER Lighting Desjgner D. BRETT HARWOOD Properties Designer NANCY CHIAVETTA Williams THEATRE April2000 Edith Stein Sound Designer ToM TEMPEL Music Designer LARRY L. LIFE Music Advisor jOHN C. HERMES Dramaturg MATTHEW A. RECHT Edith Stein is produced through special arrangement with Samuel French Inc., 45 W 25th St., New York, NY 10010. WARNING The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection, and vio!ations may render the offender liable for money damages. Out of respect for the actors, we ask that you remain in your seat until the curtain call is finished. Please turn off all cell phones and pagers. DIRECTOR'S NoTES Only twice in my directing career have I had the good fortune to know a playwright at the same time I am directing his play. Interestingly enough, both plays were Holocaust dramas. The first was Bent in 1981, and the playwright, Martin Sherman was invaluable with his help in interpreting his script. The other is Edith Stein. Arthur Giron, one of the kindest and most patient of men has put himself completely at my disposal. He has tolerated phone calls at any and all times when I have been struggling with a scene or wasn't trusting my instincts, and he met with my actors and others when we visited New York this past March. Mr. Giron's passion for the theatre and his work in it is inspiring. I was made aware of this play when my colleague, Craig Humphrey, who had worked on the first production at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, brought it to my attention. He felt it was a play with which I would find a great connection. How right he was! Mr. Giron refers to his experience with Edith Stein as being "like a sweater." This, as I understand it, stems from a Guatemalan folk tale told to him by his mother. The tale goes that when Jesus was a baby his mother knitted him a sweater. As he grew up, the sweater miraculously grew with him. So my experience with Edith Stein, the woman, and Edith Stein, the play, has been for me. As I have grown from my research and work on the play, the play has grown with me. Edith Stein was, and continues to be, an enigma. I have found that there is no easy single answer to her ambiguity and this is one of the most challenging and absorbing issues of this play. Another challenge of this play and a great part of my ongoing study and research is the Holocaust. It is a very powerful topic. It demands that artists who create Holocaust drama must be faithful to history and to the millions that died. Its presence in memory has not only lasted, but has grown in force and authority and the artist must approach the subject with an inordinate amount of seriousness and care. As Lawrence Langer says in the first chapter of The Holocaust and the Literary Imagination, "The task of the artist is to find a style and a form to present the atmosphere or landscape of atrocity, to make it compelling, to coax the reader into credulity-and ultimately, complicity." Simply, it involves dealing with the greatest ethical questions we can ever face. The Holocaust experience challenges us to define in the most personal terms the nature of good and evil in the world and in ourselves. I believe that Arthur Giron has done that in his writing and I can only hope that I have risen to the occasion with my directing of his wonderful play. Larry L. Life .ABoUT THE PlAYWRIGHT Playwright and educator Arthur Giron was named "One of our best contemporary dramatists" by critic Rosette LaMont in the publication Stages. Giron's plays are performed continuously throughout the country. His play Becoming Memories won a Los Angeles Critics Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing and has been seen in more than 60 cities thus far. His play Edith Stein broke the box office record for a serious play at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre. When it premiered at The Jewish Repertory Theatre, The New York Times described it as being "filled with passionate ideas." Earlier this year, New York saw Giron's play Boy Dies Dancing Mambo at The HB Playwrights Foundation, and later this season there will be a New York production of A Dream ofWealth, his mythic play about the conquest of Guatemala by Banana Cowboys. The play was originally commissioned by The New York Shakespeare Festival and was further developed by E.S.T., which produced his plays Innocent Pleasure and Money. The Arte Publico Press of the University of Houston published Money in its anthology Necessary Theatre: Six Plays About the Chicano Experience. Giron's other plays include Charley Bacon and His Family (which starred Jonathan Hadary and Lea Thompson) and Dirty jokes (which starred Michael Moriarty and Matthew Cowles). He recently completed the libretto for a bilingual opera The Golden Guitar, which was commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera Guild. His new play, Morning Bodies, is about physicist Richard Fezonman. It opened in New York this spring. While he was the head of the Graduate Playwriting Program at Carnegie Mellon University, Giron received The Hornbostel Award for Teaching Excellence. Arthur Giron's visit is funded in part by the Indiana-Purdue Student Government Association. ABoUT THE CAsT Jane Rebekah Frazier (Edith Stein) is a senior theatre major at IPFW Edith Stein is her senior project. She has performed on the IPFW stage for more than five years. Some of her roles at IPFW include The Grand Duchess Olga Katrina in the holiday production You Can't Take It with You and Emma Goldman/Swing #3 in Assassins. For her role as Rosalind in As You Like It, she received an Irene Ryan Award nomination. She was also the assistant stage manager for Arcadia and the assistant costume designer for Spike Heels. In her spare time, she teaches beginning drama at the Fort Wayne Youtheatre. Susan Domer (Frau Stein) is the marketing director for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. Her previous roles at IPFW include Mrs. Kirby in the holiday production You Can't Take It with You and Mrs. Belotti in Hot L Baltimore. Other performances include Mama Wheelis in Daddy's Dyin: Who's Got the Will at IPFW and Mrs. Winthrop in Civic Theatre's Secret Garden. Julie Marie Dannenfelser (Clara) is a senior communications major and theatre minor at IPFW This is her first appearance on the Williams Theatre stage. Her last role with the IPFW Department ofTheatre was Blue in Beruit in Studio Theatre. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in music. Michele Dawn Andrews (Hannah Reinach) is sophomore theatre major at IPFW She was last seen on the IPFW stage as Denis/Page in As You Like It. Behind the scenes, she was the prop supervisor for Uncle Vtznya, Daddy's Dyin: Whos Got the Will and Marat Sade. She is also the drama director for the Spring Street Wesleyan Church. She would like to thank Larry Life for his guidance. Brian H. Wagner (Dr. Saul Weisman) is the manager ofThe Museum Shop at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Past experiences with the IPFW Department ofTheatre include Mr. Kirby in the holiday production You Can't Take It with You, Lindsey Woolsey in Auntie Mame, Harold in The Boys in the Band, and Felix in The Normal Heart. Natalie Y. Jones (Prioress) is a senior theatre major at IPFW She was last seen on the IPFW stage as Penny in the holiday production You Can't Take It with You. Other roles at IPFW include Norah in Auntie Mame and Jack's Mother in Into the Woodr. She has received awards from Arena Dinner Theatre for her roles as Mildred in Squabbles and Queen Aggravain in Once Upon a Mattress. Katherine Wdks Houston (Sister Prudence) is the marketing and public relations specialist for the IPFW School ofVisual and Performing Arts. This is her debut on the IPFW stage. Past roles include Belle in Ah Wilderness!, Mrs. Clackett in Noises Off, and Goody Proctor in The Crucible. Lori L Platt (Sister Ruth) is a sophomore theatre major at IPFW This is her first time on the IPFW stage. Past roles include Mickey in A Light Still Shines: Christmas Cantada at the Decatur Church of God. At IPFW, she was the props supervisor for Arcadia and worked wardrobe for You Can't Take It with You. Mark C. Dunn (Karl-Heinz) is a sophomore theatre major at IPFW Most recently for IPFW, he performed as Captain Brice, RN, in Arcadia. Other roles include Tony Kirby in You Can't Take It with You, Leon Czolgosz in the musical Assassins, and Hennesey/Captain in Dames at Sea. Jason Graf (Franzy) is a new theatre major at IPFW He was most recently seen as Ezra Chater in Arcadia. Other IPFW roles include a G-Man in You Can't Take It with You. He has also worked as sound board operator for Spike Heels and on the set crew for Assassins. Daniel P. Ambrose (Nazi Soldier) is a junior theatre major at IPFW Most recently he performed as Andrew in Spike Heels. Other roles at IPFW include John Hinkley in Assassins, Lucky in Dames at Sea, Touchstone in As You Like It, Cousin Jeff in Auntie Mame, and a singer in Marat!Sade. ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM Larry L. Life (director and music designer) is professor and chair of the Department ofTheatre, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1971. In 1992, he was given the Indiana Theatre Association's Outstanding Artist-Educator Award for 23 years of service as a director/choreographer, actor, and theatre educator in Indiana. Life worked professionally in New York in the 1960s, appearing in the revival of Harold Rome's Pins and Needles at the Round-a-Bout Theatre and off-Broadway with Fran and Barry Weissler's National Theatre company. He has appeared in the films The Detective with Frank Sinatra and Me Natalie with Patty Duke, and has worked with Madeline Kahn and Roberta Flack. He has been director-choreographer for music theatre productions at Black Hills Playhouse, Louisiana State University, Wabash College, University ofNevada at Las Vegas, Tulane University, and Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, and has studied musical theatre with Lehman Engel at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. He has studied acting with Utah Hagen and Charles Nelson Riley, and dance with Matt Mattox, Jaimie Rogers, Charles Weidman, and Robert Lunnon. He is listed in Whos Who in Entertainment. His productions Dames at Sea and Hair were granted the Amoco Award of Excellence and selected for presentation at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for the American College Theatre Festival. Life has acted, directed, and choreographed for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Arena Dinner Theatre, and First Presbyterian Theatre. He has conceived, directed, and choreographed nine original musical reviews for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Guild, and one in 1994 for the Fort Wayne Bicentennial Commission. Marty Kercheval (stage manager) is a billing coordinator for GTE. She graduated from Purdue University in 1996 with a degree in organizational leadership and supervision. Past production experiences with IPFW include stage managing Auntie Marne, Into the WJodr, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Timothy A Byers {technical director) has served as the technical director for the Department ofTheatre since August 1993. He received a B.S. in theatre from Ball State University in 1989, where he was the technical director of the EdwardS. Strother Studio Theatre and assistant technical director and touring manager ofThe Ball State University Professional Theatre Company. In 1987 Byers represented Region III in the American College Theatre Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., competing in scene design. He has designed for The Beef n' Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis as well as several other venues in Indiana. Prior to coming to IPFW Byers was the technical director and resident designer for The Muncie Civic Theatre. During the summer months he serves as the lighting director of the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Foellinger Theatre. Byers currently resides in Fort Wayne with his wife and five children. Kendra Clauser (costume designer) is an alumni ofiPFW Department ofTheatre. She is currently an associate faculty member with the department. Clauser grew up in Fort Wayne's theatre world, working with Fort Wayne Youtheatre, Arena Dinner Theatre, First Presbyterian Theatre, Greylight Players, The Alternative Theatre Company, Civic Theatre, and IPFW Recently she has directed In Search of Fairer Weather, Antigone, and Spike Heels for IPFw, and The Miss Firecracker Contest for First Presbyterian Theatre. Clauser's design credits for the IPFW Department of Theatre include Sister Mary Ignatius, The Curate Shakespeare, The Importance of Being Earnest, and In The Boom Boom Room. Through Stoner's Costumes she has also designed Into The WOodr, The Abduction of Figaro, Fools, and Iolanthe. Nancy M. Chiavetta (properties designer) is new to the IPFW Department of Theatre. She has a B.G.S. from Indiana University and is now pursuing her creative interests in the arts. As a student this semester, she assisted with the properties design for Arcadia. She looks forward to a continued learning and working relationship with the department. D. Brett Harwood (lighting design) is assistant professor of scenery and lighting design at IPFW Before coming to IPFw, Harwood was assistant professor of design and theatre technology at Montana State University. He has an M.FA. from the University of Montana. Harwood's recent design credits at IPFW include scenery and lighting for Arcadia, Assassins, Dames at Sea, The Hot L Baltimore, Buried Child, and Into the WOodr, as well as lighting designs for You Can't Take It with You, As You Like It, and Marat/Sade. From 1994 to 1997, Haiwood served as resident lighting designer for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Other professional theatre work includes productions for Fort Wayne Youtheatre, The Montana Repertory Theater, and The Bigfork Summer Playhouse. He has also worked on three feature films: The River Wild, Beethoven's 2nd, and Diggstown. After the full schedules that theatre often provides, Harwood enjoys spending time with his wife, Lorna, and their four children. John C. Hermes (music advisor) is a senior theatre major and musical director at IPFW He recently performed as Septimus Hodge in Arcadia, Ed Charmichael in You Can't Take It with You, and completed his senior project as musical director and director of the musical Assassins. Other roles include Bill Lewis in Hot L Baltimore at IPFW Matthew A. Recht (dramaturg) graduated from IPFW in fall1999 with a theatre teaching degree. Recently, he was the assistant director and dramaturg for IPFW's As You Like It, assistant director, stage manager, and dramaturg for IPFW's Dames at Sea, dramaturg for IPFW's You Can't Take It with You, and associate director and dramaturg for New Haven High School's Diary of Anne Frank. Steven T. Sarratore (scenic designer) is an associate professor of theatre and assistant vice chancellor of academic affairs at IPFW Sarratore received an M.F.A. in theatre design from Wayne State University. He has designed scenery and lighting for more than 150 theatre, dance, and opera productions at various university and professional theatres. Recent designs include IPFW's As You Like It and Waiting for Godot and Miami University Summer Theatre's Sunday in the Park with George. Sarratore has published several articles on postmodern· design theory including his most recent article, "Design Games," which appeared in Theatre Topics last spring. Sarratore also recently completed a play entitled The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion and will be on sabbatical next year to pursue another playwriting project. Sarratore was the recipient of the 2000 School of Visual and Performing Arts Excellence in Creative Endeavor and Research Award and also received the 1999 Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival Gold Award of Excellence for his contributions to the development and quality of the festival. He is also past president of the Indiana Theatre Association. Tom Tempel (sound designer) is the owner ofTempel Recording Studio. He has been with Williams Theatre since its construction. He is also involved with other theatre groups in Fort Wayne along with numerous studio projects each year. CAsT Edith Stein .............................................................................. Jane Rebekah Frazier Frau Stein ........................................................................................... Susan Domer Clara ·······················~·························································Julie Marie Dannenfelser Hannah Reinach ................................................................. Michele Dawn Andrews Dr. Saul Weisman .......................................................................... Brian H. Wagner The Prioress ..................................................................................... Natalie Y. Jones Sister Prudence ................................................................ Katherine Wilks Houston Sister Ruth ............................................................................................ Lori L. Platt Karl-Heinz ....................................................................................... Mark C. Dunn Franzy ...................................................................................................... Jason Graf Nazi Soldier ................................................................................. Daniel P. Ambrose SETTING: The play takes place in the Carmelite convent outside the gates of Auschwitz in 1987. Simultaneously, we travel to various locations throughout Germany during the years following the first World War to 1942. This play was inspired by Edith Stein. It is not a documentary depiction of her life, but an attempt to dramatize the conflicts she faced. Nevertheless, every care has been taken to select key moments in her life and to fathom her essential nature in theatrical terms. This has necessitated the severe compression of time and the addition of fictional characters to complement the important persons who actually interacted with her. Edith always said she loved the theatre. She, herself, wrote skits for family celebrations and performed in them. Even in the convent she continued to write short plays, and we are told, wore a red wig over her nun's headdress while in a convent play. We follow her into the theatre now. There will be one 15-minute intermission. PRODUCTION CREDITS .ARTISTIC STAFF Director ......... ... .. ................................................................................. Larry L. Life Scenic Designer .......................................................................... Steven T. Sarratore Costume Designer ........................................................................... Kendra Clauser Lighting Designer ....................................................................... D. Brett Harwood Properties Designer .................................................................. Nancy M. Chiavetta Sound Designer ................................................................................... Tom Tempel Music Designer .................................................................................... Larry L. Life Music Advisor ................................................................................ John C. Hermes Dramaturg ................................ .................................................. Matthew A. Recht PRODUCfiON STAFF Technical Director ........................................................................ Timothy A. Byers Stage Manager ............................................................................... Marty Kercheval Assistant Stage Managers ............................................. Bridget Bannec, Amy Austin Deck Manager ........................................ ............................................ Bill Kercheval Properties Crew ............................................................................... Abby Fosn~ugh Technical Assistant ........................................................................... Brendan Blasch Costume Shop Supervisor. ........................................................ Craig A. Humphrey Costume Construction .......................................... John C. Hermes, Erin A. Abbott Wardrobe Supervisor ........................................................................ Erin A. Abbott Wardrobe Crew ............................................................................. Rueben Albaugh Light Board Operator ........................................................................ Katie Hessling Sound Board Technicians ........................................................... Betsy Breitenbach, Gloria E. Griggs-McDowell House Manager ........................................................................................ Scott Frey Box Office M~nager ........................................................... Michele Dawn Andrews Box Office Staff ....................................................................... Jane Rebekah Frazier Natalie Y. Jones, Kelly Beall Nelson Lourenco, Tracy Gill Lobby Pianist ......................................................................... .. ...... John C. Hermes Photographs provided by the Learning Resource Center. DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF Chair/Artistic Director ........................................................................ Larry L. Life Secretary ............................................... · ............................................. Nancy Blasch Technical Director ....................................................................... Timothy A. Byers Associate Faculty-Performance ...................................................... Kendra Clauser Associate Faculty-Dance ........................................................... Brittney Coughlin Assistant Professor-Scenic/Lighting Design .............................. D. Brett Harwood Associate Faculty-Performance ......................................................... Amy Holston Associate Professor-Costume Design, Director of Design/Technology ................................................ Craig A. Humphrey Associate Faculty-Dance .................................................................... Gary Lanier Visiting Assistant Professor-Performance ....................................... Emilio Robles Associate Professor-Design and History ................................... Steven T. Sarratore ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Arthur Giron Prioress Mother Joseph of Jesus, Mary OCD, The Monastery of St. Joseph, Terre Haute, Ind. Sr. Joanne Dewald, OCD, Carmelite Monastery, Indianapolis, Ind. Rabbi Sandford Kopnick, Congregation Achduth Vesholom First United Church o-f Christ of Bluffton, the Rev. Neil Wilson, the Rev. James Eshleman-Loan of Jesus beard, w~g, and crown of thorns Steven T. Sarratore and Charlene Gubitz-Consultants on Jewish culture Bill Kercheval Gift of challah for all performances: Elliot, Linda, and Allison Blumenthal Gift of altar candles: Doug and Margaret Lyng, Jim and Marilyn Tobolski, Herb and LaurieWeier, Molli Miller Pease, Patricia Pease, Eleanor Chiavetta Bill Carlton of The News-Sentinel Steve Penhollow of The journal Gazette THE IPFW DEPARfMENT OF THEATRE PRFSENTS A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ARrlruR. GIRON ON HIS PIAY, EDITH STEIN WHAT: WHERE: WHEN: TIME: WHO: DETAILS: A panel discussion on Edith Stein IPFW Williams Theatre Wednesday, April 26 6:30 p.m. press conference, 7 p.m. panel discussion IPFW Department ofTheatre and community members The panel is made up of area experts in the Catholic, Lutheran, and Jewish communities. Topics of their discussion include the play, Edith Stein herself, and the role religion plays in the community today. Panel members include: Moderator: Larry L. Life, chair/artistic director, IPFW Department ofTheatre Arthur Giron, playwright, Edith Stein Monsignor William Lester, Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend The Rev. Richard G. Frazier, Retired Pastor of Trinity English Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne Jeanne Tessier Barone, IPFW Department of Communication Steven A. Carr, IPFW Department of Communication Betty Stein, The News-Sentinel Jeff Gubitz, executive director of the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation A press conference will precede the panel at 6:30 p.m. Local media will have the opportunity to ask Arthur Giron questions about the play. Edith Stein is a powerful and moving story of a remarkable Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism, became a Carmelite nun, achieved remarkable success in the male-dominated world of German philosophy, and was sent to a Nazi death camp when she refused to deny her Jewish heritage. On Oct. 11, 1998, Pope John Paul II canonized Edith Stein making her the first Jewish-born woman saint of the Roman Catholic Church since the Virgin Mary. For information about the panel or press conference, please call Katey at 219-481-6025. RECOGNITION AND AWARDS FOR THE IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE Steven T. Sarratore received the School of Visual and Performing Arts Creative Endeavor/Research Award Sarah N. Lankenau was awarded first place in the regional costume design competition of the American College Theatre Festival in Milwaukee and a place in the national competition in Washington, D.C. Sarah N. Lankenau received an IPFW Undergraduate Research travel grant Betsy Breitenbach and Jonathan Gilbert received the IPFW Undergraduate Summer Research and Creative Endeavor Grant IPFW Department of Theatre gratefully acknowledges the special contributions of the IPFW Students' Government Association, which ensures our ability to provide quality theatrical experiences. The association makes it possible for us to encourage the cultivation of awareness, imagination, wisdom, and delight. IPFW Department of Theatre acknowledges the continued generosity and support of this IPFW organization. Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival XXXIII Presented and Produced by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Supported in Part by The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund, The U.S. Department of Education, and The National Committee for the Performing Arts This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ ACTF). 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 KC/ACTF representative, and certain students are selected to participate in KC/ACTF programs involving awards. scholarships, and special grants for actors, playwrights, designers, and critics at both the regional and national levels. Last year more than 900 productions and 18,000 students participated in the American College Theater Festival nationwide. By entering this production, our department is sharing in the attention of the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation. Grand Champions of the Arts ~ would like to thank our season sponsors for their support: Jim and Mary Beth Ash Baldwin Piano and Organ Company Canterbury Green Executive Suites Sweetwater Sound 80/20 Inc. Barnes & Thornburg Bill's Bistro WBNI Center for Human Resources Connor Corporation PricewaterhouseCoopers Ronald E. Venderly Daniel J. Zweig, A.G. Edwards and Sons CHAMPIONS OF THE ARTS 1999-2000 Theatre Donors Your support helps us serve our students and the community with distinction Platinum lone Auer Dan Butler , Jim and Mary Beth Ash Baldwin Piano and Organ Company Howard and Betsy Chapman Silver Canterbury Green Executive Suites Sweetwater Sound WBNI 89.1 Dean's Club Fort Wayne Museum of Art The News-Sentinel Journal Gazette Foundation Circle of the Arts 80/20 Inc. Ad Lab Barnes & Thornburg Bills Bistro Bosch Bus Company Center for Human Resources Harvey Cocks Jr. Connor Corporation GTE Data Services William Cast Richard Ford Stephen and Judith Glassley Richard and Barbara Hill Alice Hoffman Patrons Bill and Marty Kercheval Larry L. Life PricewaterhouseCoopers Sumner Suites Teamsters Local414 Ronald E. Venderly WBTU93.3FM William and Jo Ann Wyatt Marcia Howard Donna Jesse Randolph J. Kirby Irving Latz Robert and Irene Walters Century. Club Anonymous Helen Blackledge Frank Borelli Evelyn Dawson Richard and Sally Frazier Steve and Donna Frey Lois Hess Ted Hunsberger JaneL. Keltsch Barbara Lloyd Alfred and Carol Moellering Carlos and Barbara Pomalaza-Raez Fred Rogers, Rogers Formalwear Richard and Lois Safran Steve and Jan Sarratore Friends Richard M. and Adrienne L. Baach Carol lssacs Larry and Linda Breitenbach Kenneth Johnson John Dare James Dozier Patricia Griest Carol Hahn Margaret Howard Phillips Jones Mildred O'Keefe Robert Weigand Deborah Willig Contributors Anonymous Michael Biesiada Kevin and Nancy Drew Lois E. Eubank Terrance and Judith Feichter Jane Rebekah Frazier David R. Frey Robert and Dorothy Kittaka Irwin Krueger Paul and Debby Meade Gladys Mickols Carolyn Paulus Jerome H. and Jane I. Relue Joel and Sara Robbins Charles Rogers Joseph and Linda Ruffolo Mark and Jean Sanders Lawrence Sovind David and Linda Stahl Ricky D. and Sandra S. Whiteleather Gifts-in-Kind Donors Jack and Phyllis Aaron Michele Andrews Jack Baker Irene Bangert John Bell Nancy Blasch Heather Brackeen Joanna Closterman Brittney Coughlin Elaine Cowan Bettye Ellison Thomas and Lois Enbank Violet Geradot Fred and John Hedderich Don Pearson Joel H. and Sara S. Robbins K Marie Stolba Campaign for the Arts The Department ofTheatre seeks your assistance in the School 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 northeastern 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 Community Arts Academy; to provide a continuum of outreach activities to the greater northeastern Indiana community. Our vision is to be widely recognized as the major theatre resource center for the Greater Fort Wayne and northeastern 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 northeastern Indiana. Should you be interested in helping to financially support us in our mission, please contact Larry L. Life, chair and artistic director of the Department ofTheatre, at 219-481-6551. Your contribution will enable us in our mission to keep our academic programs current, continue diversity in theatre programming, and maintain our commitment to northeastern 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. Campaign for the .A..rts Please join our Campaign for the Arts by selecting the giving level of your choice. Society of Champions of the Arts Membership Levels Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Deans Club Circle of the Arts Patron Century Club Friend Contributor $25,000 and up $15,000 to $24, 999 $10,000 to $14,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $2,000 to $4,999 $500 to $1,999 $250 to $499 $100 to $249 $50 to $99 $25 to $49 Name ________________________________________ ___ Address----------------------------------------City, State, Zip Code -------------------------------Telephone ( ) ----------------------Amount of Gift $ ----------------------------------- Please send your check, payable to the Indiana-Purdue Foundation, to: Campaign for the Arts IPFW School of Visual and Performing Arts 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 219-481-6977 JJ>•~ l)epartment ofTI1eatre~s American C/a:uicd SUMMER THEATRE Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by George Furth Directed by Craig A. Humphrey July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 8 p.m. July 9 and 16 at 2:30p.m. Williams Theatre IPFW Department ofTheatre 2000-2001 Flex-Pass Order Form A flex-pass entitles the bearer to six tickets which may be used in any combination for the following shows: South Pacific: Oct. 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15 Miss Julie*: Nov. 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 Ah, Wilderness!: Dec. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 Blood Wedding: Feb. 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 On the Verge (or the Geography ofYearning)*: March 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 The Tempest: April20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 * Note: Studio Theatre productions are general seating only. To order a flex-pass, fill out the following: Name (please print) Address City/State/Zip Daytime phone ( ___ ) _______ _ Please enclose a map of the campus with my tickets. Quantity: __ ($50 each) Enclosed is my check in the amount of$ __ for __ flex-passes. Reservations must be made in advance by calling the box office at 219- 481-6555. Tickets go on sale one week before the show opens. Make checks payable to IPFW Department ofTheatre. Sorry, no cash or creditcard orders. Questions? Call the Department ofTheatre at 219-481-6551. Mail order form and check to IPFW Department ofTheatre, IPFW, Williams Theatre Box Office, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499. IPFW Department of Theatre and Bill's Bistro present Two Evenings of Elegant Dinner Theatre On the opening and dosing nights of Assassins, Arcadia, and Edith Stein, the IPFW Department ofTheatre, in cooperation with Bill's Bistro, will sponsor evenings of elegant dinner theatre. The evening includes dinner at Bill's Bistro and a show at Williams Theatre for only $40 (gratuity included, drinks extra). Your host will be the IPFW Department ofTheatre's artistic director, Larry L. Life, who will discuss the play and give you pre-show insights. Edith Stein April21 and 29 Special guest April 29: Arthur Giron, playwright of Edith Stein Appeti:ar: . Steak Tar Tar for Two: Fmh chopped buftosstd in a dmsing with capm and onions sm;ed with garlic toast points and baby gruns drizzkd with a vinaigretu Your choia of salad Mesclun Salad: Mixed organic baby kttuas garnished with alfalfa prouts, shmlded carrots, red onions, and crumbkd blue chme drizzled with a walnut raspbmy vinaigretu Gusar Sa/aJ: Hearts of Romaine, garlic croutons, shrtdtkd Parmtsan cheae and anchovies Strved with a classic Gusar dressing l'Our choice of mtree: Marinated Chickm: Balsamic soy marinattd, grilkd chickm breast topped with a wild mushroom compote and Asiago chme accompanied with grem beans, yellow onions, mushrooms, and vegetabk couscous Vtgetabk Lasagna: Laym of fmh vegetables in a basil tomato sauu and Ricotta chme strved with a baked breads tick 5 oz TmtkrkJin Fikt: Sm;ed plain, with b!arnaist, or shitake mushroom sauce Appkwood Smoked Salmon: Appkwood smoked and appk bacon wrapped salmon sm;ed on wilted spinach topped with jack Daniels Brown sugar gla:a sm;ed with baby carrots, grem beans, topped with tarragon and honey gla:ad SWlet potato. The dinner theatre package ticket must be purchased at the theatre box office no later than one day prior to performance. For reservations, call the Department of Theatre at 219-481-6551, or the Theatre box office at 219-481-6555. IPFW Department ofTheatre's FALL SEMESTER AUDITIONS AND SEASON KICKOFF PARTY! Sunda~Aug. 13,2000 1:30 p.m.- Auditions 4:30 p.m. - Kick-off party AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD FOR: SOUTH PACIFIC MISS JULIE AH, WILDERNESS! American Classics Summer Theatre (Series VII) --- Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by George Furth The clashing sounds and pulsing rhythms of New York City underscore this landmark "concept" show, considered by many to have inaugurated the modern era of musical theatre. Company is an honest, witty, sophisticated look at relationships and is as contemporary and relevant as ever. 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Object Description
Title | Edith Stein |
Creator | Life, Larry L. |
Date of Performance | April 21, 2000 |
Season | 1999-2000 |
Play Title | Edith Stein |
Playwright | Giron, Arthur |
Subject | Drama |
Genre | Drama |
Description | This play, the last of the season, featured a close collaboration between the playwright and the director. |
Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Archives, 2007 -. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1 |
mDON ID / Accession Number | PIT199900F |
Date digital | 03-09-2015 |
Description
Title | Edith Stein |
Play Title | Edith Stein |
Subject | Theater programs |
Description | Booklet with information about the cast and staff, director's notes, and advertisements |
Content Type | Text |
Original Format | Thirteen sheets, half fold, printed on both sides, black on white (pages), black and blue on cream (cover), 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches |
Digital Format | text/pdf |
Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
Repository | IPFW University Archives. For more information see the Archives home page at http://www.ipfw.edu/microsites/university-archives/ |
Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Archives, 2007 -. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1 |
mDON ID / Accession Number | PIT199900F001 |
Collection | OnStage at IPFW |
Transcript |
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Saluting the Millennium:
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IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
AND FORT WAYNE OB-GYN
present
By ARTHUR GIRON
Directed by lARRY L. LIFE
Scenic/Li~ting Design
STEVEN ·1: SARRATORE
Costume Design
KENDRA CLAUSER
Lighting Desjgner
D. BRETT HARWOOD
Properties Designer
NANCY CHIAVETTA
Williams THEATRE
April2000
Edith
Stein
Sound Designer
ToM TEMPEL
Music Designer
LARRY L. LIFE
Music Advisor
jOHN C. HERMES
Dramaturg
MATTHEW A. RECHT
Edith Stein is produced through special arrangement with Samuel French Inc.,
45 W 25th St., New York, NY 10010.
WARNING
The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession
of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theatre,
without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators
may be punished by ejection, and vio!ations may render the offender liable for
money damages.
Out of respect for the actors, we ask that you remain in your seat until the curtain call
is finished. Please turn off all cell phones and pagers.
DIRECTOR'S NoTES
Only twice in my directing career have I had the good fortune to know a
playwright at the same time I am directing his play. Interestingly enough, both plays
were Holocaust dramas. The first was Bent in 1981, and the playwright, Martin
Sherman was invaluable with his help in interpreting his script. The other is Edith
Stein. Arthur Giron, one of the kindest and most patient of men has put himself
completely at my disposal. He has tolerated phone calls at any and all times when I
have been struggling with a scene or wasn't trusting my instincts, and he met with my
actors and others when we visited New York this past March. Mr. Giron's passion for
the theatre and his work in it is inspiring.
I was made aware of this play when my colleague, Craig Humphrey, who had
worked on the first production at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, brought it to my
attention. He felt it was a play with which I would find a great connection. How right
he was! Mr. Giron refers to his experience with Edith Stein as being "like a sweater."
This, as I understand it, stems from a Guatemalan folk tale told to him by his mother.
The tale goes that when Jesus was a baby his mother knitted him a sweater. As he grew
up, the sweater miraculously grew with him. So my experience with Edith Stein, the
woman, and Edith Stein, the play, has been for me. As I have grown from my research
and work on the play, the play has grown with me. Edith Stein was, and continues to
be, an enigma. I have found that there is no easy single answer to her ambiguity and
this is one of the most challenging and absorbing issues of this play.
Another challenge of this play and a great part of my ongoing study and research
is the Holocaust. It is a very powerful topic. It demands that artists who create
Holocaust drama must be faithful to history and to the millions that died. Its presence
in memory has not only lasted, but has grown in force and authority and the artist
must approach the subject with an inordinate amount of seriousness and care. As
Lawrence Langer says in the first chapter of The Holocaust and the Literary
Imagination, "The task of the artist is to find a style and a form to present the
atmosphere or landscape of atrocity, to make it compelling, to coax the reader into
credulity-and ultimately, complicity." Simply, it involves dealing with the greatest
ethical questions we can ever face. The Holocaust experience challenges us to define in
the most personal terms the nature of good and evil in the world and in ourselves. I
believe that Arthur Giron has done that in his writing and I can only hope that I have
risen to the occasion with my directing of his wonderful play.
Larry L. Life
.ABoUT THE PlAYWRIGHT
Playwright and educator Arthur Giron was named "One of our best contemporary
dramatists" by critic Rosette LaMont in the publication Stages. Giron's plays are
performed continuously throughout the country. His play Becoming Memories won a
Los Angeles Critics Drama-Logue Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing
and has been seen in more than 60 cities thus far. His play Edith Stein broke the box
office record for a serious play at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre. When it premiered at
The Jewish Repertory Theatre, The New York Times described it as being "filled with
passionate ideas."
Earlier this year, New York saw Giron's play Boy Dies Dancing Mambo at The HB
Playwrights Foundation, and later this season there will be a New York production of
A Dream ofWealth, his mythic play about the conquest of Guatemala by Banana
Cowboys. The play was originally commissioned by The New York Shakespeare
Festival and was further developed by E.S.T., which produced his plays Innocent
Pleasure and Money. The Arte Publico Press of the University of Houston published
Money in its anthology Necessary Theatre: Six Plays About the Chicano Experience.
Giron's other plays include Charley Bacon and His Family (which starred Jonathan
Hadary and Lea Thompson) and Dirty jokes (which starred Michael Moriarty and
Matthew Cowles). He recently completed the libretto for a bilingual opera The Golden
Guitar, which was commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera Guild.
His new play, Morning Bodies, is about physicist Richard Fezonman. It opened in
New York this spring.
While he was the head of the Graduate Playwriting Program at Carnegie Mellon
University, Giron received The Hornbostel Award for Teaching Excellence.
Arthur Giron's visit is funded in part by the
Indiana-Purdue Student Government Association.
ABoUT THE CAsT
Jane Rebekah Frazier (Edith Stein) is a senior theatre major at IPFW Edith Stein is her
senior project. She has performed on the IPFW stage for more than five years. Some of
her roles at IPFW include The Grand Duchess Olga Katrina in the holiday production
You Can't Take It with You and Emma Goldman/Swing #3 in Assassins. For her role as
Rosalind in As You Like It, she received an Irene Ryan Award nomination. She was also
the assistant stage manager for Arcadia and the assistant costume designer for Spike
Heels. In her spare time, she teaches beginning drama at the Fort Wayne Youtheatre.
Susan Domer (Frau Stein) is the marketing director for the Fort Wayne Civic
Theatre. Her previous roles at IPFW include Mrs. Kirby in the holiday production
You Can't Take It with You and Mrs. Belotti in Hot L Baltimore. Other performances
include Mama Wheelis in Daddy's Dyin: Who's Got the Will at IPFW and Mrs.
Winthrop in Civic Theatre's Secret Garden.
Julie Marie Dannenfelser (Clara) is a senior communications major and theatre
minor at IPFW This is her first appearance on the Williams Theatre stage. Her last
role with the IPFW Department ofTheatre was Blue in Beruit in Studio Theatre.
After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in music.
Michele Dawn Andrews (Hannah Reinach) is sophomore theatre major at IPFW
She was last seen on the IPFW stage as Denis/Page in As You Like It. Behind the
scenes, she was the prop supervisor for Uncle Vtznya, Daddy's Dyin: Whos Got the Will
and Marat Sade. She is also the drama director for the Spring Street Wesleyan Church.
She would like to thank Larry Life for his guidance.
Brian H. Wagner (Dr. Saul Weisman) is the manager ofThe Museum Shop at the Fort
Wayne Museum of Art. Past experiences with the IPFW Department ofTheatre include
Mr. Kirby in the holiday production You Can't Take It with You, Lindsey Woolsey in
Auntie Mame, Harold in The Boys in the Band, and Felix in The Normal Heart.
Natalie Y. Jones (Prioress) is a senior theatre major at IPFW She was last seen on the
IPFW stage as Penny in the holiday production You Can't Take It with You. Other
roles at IPFW include Norah in Auntie Mame and Jack's Mother in Into the Woodr.
She has received awards from Arena Dinner Theatre for her roles as Mildred in
Squabbles and Queen Aggravain in Once Upon a Mattress.
Katherine Wdks Houston (Sister Prudence) is the marketing and public relations
specialist for the IPFW School ofVisual and Performing Arts. This is her debut on the
IPFW stage. Past roles include Belle in Ah Wilderness!, Mrs. Clackett in Noises Off, and
Goody Proctor in The Crucible.
Lori L Platt (Sister Ruth) is a sophomore theatre major at IPFW This is her first
time on the IPFW stage. Past roles include Mickey in A Light Still Shines: Christmas
Cantada at the Decatur Church of God. At IPFW, she was the props supervisor for
Arcadia and worked wardrobe for You Can't Take It with You.
Mark C. Dunn (Karl-Heinz) is a sophomore theatre major at IPFW Most recently
for IPFW, he performed as Captain Brice, RN, in Arcadia. Other roles include Tony
Kirby in You Can't Take It with You, Leon Czolgosz in the musical Assassins, and
Hennesey/Captain in Dames at Sea.
Jason Graf (Franzy) is a new theatre major at IPFW He was most recently seen as
Ezra Chater in Arcadia. Other IPFW roles include a G-Man in You Can't Take It with
You. He has also worked as sound board operator for Spike Heels and on the set crew
for Assassins.
Daniel P. Ambrose (Nazi Soldier) is a junior theatre major at IPFW Most recently he
performed as Andrew in Spike Heels. Other roles at IPFW include John Hinkley in
Assassins, Lucky in Dames at Sea, Touchstone in As You Like It, Cousin Jeff in Auntie
Mame, and a singer in Marat!Sade.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Larry L. Life (director and music designer) is professor and chair of the Department
ofTheatre, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1971. In 1992, he was
given the Indiana Theatre Association's Outstanding Artist-Educator Award for 23
years of service as a director/choreographer, actor, and theatre educator in Indiana.
Life worked professionally in New York in the 1960s, appearing in the revival of
Harold Rome's Pins and Needles at the Round-a-Bout Theatre and off-Broadway with
Fran and Barry Weissler's National Theatre company. He has appeared in the films
The Detective with Frank Sinatra and Me Natalie with Patty Duke, and has worked
with Madeline Kahn and Roberta Flack. He has been director-choreographer for
music theatre productions at Black Hills Playhouse, Louisiana State University,
Wabash College, University ofNevada at Las Vegas, Tulane University, and Miami
University at Oxford, Ohio, and has studied musical theatre with Lehman Engel at
the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn.
He has studied acting with Utah Hagen and Charles Nelson Riley, and dance with
Matt Mattox, Jaimie Rogers, Charles Weidman, and Robert Lunnon. He is listed in
Whos Who in Entertainment. His productions Dames at Sea and Hair were granted the
Amoco Award of Excellence and selected for presentation at the Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C., for the American College Theatre Festival. Life has acted, directed,
and choreographed for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre, Fort Wayne Philharmonic,
Arena Dinner Theatre, and First Presbyterian Theatre. He has conceived, directed, and
choreographed nine original musical reviews for the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Guild,
and one in 1994 for the Fort Wayne Bicentennial Commission.
Marty Kercheval (stage manager) is a billing coordinator for GTE. She graduated
from Purdue University in 1996 with a degree in organizational leadership and
supervision. Past production experiences with IPFW include stage managing Auntie
Marne, Into the WJodr, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Timothy A Byers {technical director) has served as the technical director for the
Department ofTheatre since August 1993. He received a B.S. in theatre from Ball
State University in 1989, where he was the technical director of the EdwardS.
Strother Studio Theatre and assistant technical director and touring manager ofThe
Ball State University Professional Theatre Company. In 1987 Byers represented
Region III in the American College Theatre Festival at the Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C., competing in scene design. He has designed for The Beef n'
Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis as well as several other venues in Indiana.
Prior to coming to IPFW Byers was the technical director and resident designer for
The Muncie Civic Theatre. During the summer months he serves as the lighting
director of the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Foellinger Theatre. Byers currently
resides in Fort Wayne with his wife and five children.
Kendra Clauser (costume designer) is an alumni ofiPFW Department ofTheatre.
She is currently an associate faculty member with the department. Clauser grew up in
Fort Wayne's theatre world, working with Fort Wayne Youtheatre, Arena Dinner
Theatre, First Presbyterian Theatre, Greylight Players, The Alternative Theatre
Company, Civic Theatre, and IPFW Recently she has directed In Search of Fairer
Weather, Antigone, and Spike Heels for IPFw, and The Miss Firecracker Contest for
First Presbyterian Theatre. Clauser's design credits for the IPFW Department of
Theatre include Sister Mary Ignatius, The Curate Shakespeare, The Importance of Being
Earnest, and In The Boom Boom Room. Through Stoner's Costumes she has also
designed Into The WOodr, The Abduction of Figaro, Fools, and Iolanthe.
Nancy M. Chiavetta (properties designer) is new to the IPFW Department of
Theatre. She has a B.G.S. from Indiana University and is now pursuing her creative
interests in the arts. As a student this semester, she assisted with the properties design
for Arcadia. She looks forward to a continued learning and working relationship with
the department.
D. Brett Harwood (lighting design) is assistant professor of scenery and lighting
design at IPFW Before coming to IPFw, Harwood was assistant professor of design
and theatre technology at Montana State University. He has an M.FA. from the
University of Montana. Harwood's recent design credits at IPFW include scenery and
lighting for Arcadia, Assassins, Dames at Sea, The Hot L Baltimore, Buried Child, and
Into the WOodr, as well as lighting designs for You Can't Take It with You, As You Like It,
and Marat/Sade. From 1994 to 1997, Haiwood served as resident lighting designer for
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Other professional theatre work includes
productions for Fort Wayne Youtheatre, The Montana Repertory Theater, and The
Bigfork Summer Playhouse. He has also worked on three feature films: The River
Wild, Beethoven's 2nd, and Diggstown. After the full schedules that theatre often
provides, Harwood enjoys spending time with his wife, Lorna, and their four children.
John C. Hermes (music advisor) is a senior theatre major and musical director at
IPFW He recently performed as Septimus Hodge in Arcadia, Ed Charmichael in You
Can't Take It with You, and completed his senior project as musical director and director
of the musical Assassins. Other roles include Bill Lewis in Hot L Baltimore at IPFW
Matthew A. Recht (dramaturg) graduated from IPFW in fall1999 with a theatre
teaching degree. Recently, he was the assistant director and dramaturg for IPFW's As
You Like It, assistant director, stage manager, and dramaturg for IPFW's Dames at Sea,
dramaturg for IPFW's You Can't Take It with You, and associate director and
dramaturg for New Haven High School's Diary of Anne Frank.
Steven T. Sarratore (scenic designer) is an associate professor of theatre and assistant
vice chancellor of academic affairs at IPFW Sarratore received an M.F.A. in theatre
design from Wayne State University. He has designed scenery and lighting for more
than 150 theatre, dance, and opera productions at various university and professional
theatres. Recent designs include IPFW's As You Like It and Waiting for Godot and
Miami University Summer Theatre's Sunday in the Park with George. Sarratore has
published several articles on postmodern· design theory including his most recent
article, "Design Games," which appeared in Theatre Topics last spring. Sarratore also
recently completed a play entitled The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion and will
be on sabbatical next year to pursue another playwriting project. Sarratore was the
recipient of the 2000 School of Visual and Performing Arts Excellence in Creative
Endeavor and Research Award and also received the 1999 Kennedy Center/American
College Theatre Festival Gold Award of Excellence for his contributions to the
development and quality of the festival. He is also past president of the Indiana
Theatre Association.
Tom Tempel (sound designer) is the owner ofTempel Recording Studio. He has
been with Williams Theatre since its construction. He is also involved with other
theatre groups in Fort Wayne along with numerous studio projects each year.
CAsT
Edith Stein .............................................................................. Jane Rebekah Frazier
Frau Stein ........................................................................................... Susan Domer
Clara ·······················~·························································Julie Marie Dannenfelser
Hannah Reinach ................................................................. Michele Dawn Andrews
Dr. Saul Weisman .......................................................................... Brian H. Wagner
The Prioress ..................................................................................... Natalie Y. Jones
Sister Prudence ................................................................ Katherine Wilks Houston
Sister Ruth ............................................................................................ Lori L. Platt
Karl-Heinz ....................................................................................... Mark C. Dunn
Franzy ...................................................................................................... Jason Graf
Nazi Soldier ................................................................................. Daniel P. Ambrose
SETTING:
The play takes place in the Carmelite convent outside the gates of Auschwitz in
1987. Simultaneously, we travel to various locations throughout Germany during
the years following the first World War to 1942.
This play was inspired by Edith Stein. It is not a documentary depiction of her
life, but an attempt to dramatize the conflicts she faced. Nevertheless, every care
has been taken to select key moments in her life and to fathom her essential nature
in theatrical terms. This has necessitated the severe compression of time and the
addition of fictional characters to complement the important persons who actually
interacted with her.
Edith always said she loved the theatre. She, herself, wrote skits for family
celebrations and performed in them. Even in the convent she continued to write
short plays, and we are told, wore a red wig over her nun's headdress while in a
convent play. We follow her into the theatre now.
There will be one 15-minute intermission.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
.ARTISTIC STAFF
Director ......... ... .. ................................................................................. Larry L. Life
Scenic Designer .......................................................................... Steven T. Sarratore
Costume Designer ........................................................................... Kendra Clauser
Lighting Designer ....................................................................... D. Brett Harwood
Properties Designer .................................................................. Nancy M. Chiavetta
Sound Designer ................................................................................... Tom Tempel
Music Designer .................................................................................... Larry L. Life
Music Advisor ................................................................................ John C. Hermes
Dramaturg ................................ .................................................. Matthew A. Recht
PRODUCfiON STAFF
Technical Director ........................................................................ Timothy A. Byers
Stage Manager ............................................................................... Marty Kercheval
Assistant Stage Managers ............................................. Bridget Bannec, Amy Austin
Deck Manager ........................................ ............................................ Bill Kercheval
Properties Crew ............................................................................... Abby Fosn~ugh
Technical Assistant ........................................................................... Brendan Blasch
Costume Shop Supervisor. ........................................................ Craig A. Humphrey
Costume Construction .......................................... John C. Hermes, Erin A. Abbott
Wardrobe Supervisor ........................................................................ Erin A. Abbott
Wardrobe Crew ............................................................................. Rueben Albaugh
Light Board Operator ........................................................................ Katie Hessling
Sound Board Technicians ........................................................... Betsy Breitenbach,
Gloria E. Griggs-McDowell
House Manager ........................................................................................ Scott Frey
Box Office M~nager ........................................................... Michele Dawn Andrews
Box Office Staff ....................................................................... Jane Rebekah Frazier
Natalie Y. Jones, Kelly Beall
Nelson Lourenco, Tracy Gill
Lobby Pianist ......................................................................... .. ...... John C. Hermes
Photographs provided by the Learning Resource Center.
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE FACULTY AND STAFF
Chair/Artistic Director ........................................................................ Larry L. Life
Secretary ............................................... · ............................................. Nancy Blasch
Technical Director ....................................................................... Timothy A. Byers
Associate Faculty-Performance ...................................................... Kendra Clauser
Associate Faculty-Dance ........................................................... Brittney Coughlin
Assistant Professor-Scenic/Lighting Design .............................. D. Brett Harwood
Associate Faculty-Performance ......................................................... Amy Holston
Associate Professor-Costume Design,
Director of Design/Technology ................................................ Craig A. Humphrey
Associate Faculty-Dance .................................................................... Gary Lanier
Visiting Assistant Professor-Performance ....................................... Emilio Robles
Associate Professor-Design and History ................................... Steven T. Sarratore
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Arthur Giron
Prioress Mother Joseph of Jesus, Mary OCD, The Monastery of St. Joseph, Terre
Haute, Ind.
Sr. Joanne Dewald, OCD, Carmelite Monastery, Indianapolis, Ind.
Rabbi Sandford Kopnick, Congregation Achduth Vesholom
First United Church o-f Christ of Bluffton, the Rev. Neil Wilson, the Rev. James
Eshleman-Loan of Jesus beard, w~g, and crown of thorns
Steven T. Sarratore and Charlene Gubitz-Consultants on Jewish culture
Bill Kercheval
Gift of challah for all performances: Elliot, Linda, and Allison Blumenthal
Gift of altar candles: Doug and Margaret Lyng, Jim and Marilyn Tobolski, Herb
and LaurieWeier, Molli Miller Pease, Patricia Pease, Eleanor Chiavetta
Bill Carlton of The News-Sentinel
Steve Penhollow of The journal Gazette
THE IPFW DEPARfMENT OF THEATRE PRFSENTS
A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ARrlruR. GIRON ON
HIS PIAY, EDITH STEIN
WHAT:
WHERE:
WHEN:
TIME:
WHO:
DETAILS:
A panel discussion on Edith Stein
IPFW Williams Theatre
Wednesday, April 26
6:30 p.m. press conference, 7 p.m. panel discussion
IPFW Department ofTheatre and community members
The panel is made up of area experts in the Catholic, Lutheran,
and Jewish communities.
Topics of their discussion include the play, Edith Stein herself, and the role
religion plays in the community today.
Panel members include:
Moderator: Larry L. Life, chair/artistic director, IPFW Department ofTheatre
Arthur Giron, playwright, Edith Stein
Monsignor William Lester, Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend
The Rev. Richard G. Frazier, Retired Pastor of Trinity English Lutheran
Church, Fort Wayne
Jeanne Tessier Barone, IPFW Department of Communication
Steven A. Carr, IPFW Department of Communication
Betty Stein, The News-Sentinel
Jeff Gubitz, executive director of the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation
A press conference will precede the panel at 6:30 p.m. Local media will have the
opportunity to ask Arthur Giron questions about the play.
Edith Stein is a powerful and moving story of a remarkable Jewish woman who
converted to Catholicism, became a Carmelite nun, achieved remarkable success
in the male-dominated world of German philosophy, and was sent to a Nazi
death camp when she refused to deny her Jewish heritage.
On Oct. 11, 1998, Pope John Paul II canonized Edith Stein making her the first
Jewish-born woman saint of the Roman Catholic Church since the Virgin Mary.
For information about the panel or press conference, please call Katey at
219-481-6025.
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS FOR THE
IPFW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Steven T. Sarratore received the School of Visual and Performing Arts
Creative Endeavor/Research Award
Sarah N. Lankenau was awarded first place in the regional costume design
competition of the American College Theatre Festival in Milwaukee and
a place in the national competition in Washington, D.C.
Sarah N. Lankenau received an IPFW Undergraduate Research travel grant
Betsy Breitenbach and Jonathan Gilbert received the IPFW Undergraduate
Summer Research and Creative Endeavor Grant
IPFW Department of Theatre
gratefully acknowledges the special
contributions of the IPFW Students'
Government Association, which ensures
our ability to provide quality theatrical
experiences. The association makes it
possible for us to encourage the
cultivation of awareness, imagination,
wisdom, and delight. IPFW
Department of Theatre acknowledges
the continued generosity and support
of this IPFW organization.
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival XXXIII
Presented and Produced by
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Supported in Part by
The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund,
The U.S. Department of Education,
and The National Committee for the Performing Arts
This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College
Theater Festival (KC/ ACTF). 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
KC/ACTF representative, and certain students are selected to participate in
KC/ACTF programs involving awards. scholarships, and special grants for actors,
playwrights, designers, and critics at both the regional and national levels.
Last year more than 900 productions and 18,000 students participated
in the American College Theater Festival nationwide. By entering this
production, our department is sharing in the attention of the exemplary
work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.
Grand Champions of the Arts
~ would like to thank our season sponsors for their support:
Jim and Mary Beth Ash
Baldwin Piano and Organ Company
Canterbury Green Executive Suites
Sweetwater Sound
80/20 Inc.
Barnes & Thornburg
Bill's Bistro
WBNI
Center for Human Resources
Connor Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ronald E. Venderly
Daniel J. Zweig,
A.G. Edwards and Sons
CHAMPIONS OF THE ARTS
1999-2000 Theatre Donors
Your support helps us serve our students
and the community with distinction
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lone Auer
Dan Butler ,
Jim and Mary Beth Ash
Baldwin Piano and Organ
Company
Howard and Betsy Chapman
Silver
Canterbury Green Executive Suites
Sweetwater Sound
WBNI 89.1
Dean's Club
Fort Wayne Museum of Art The News-Sentinel
Journal Gazette Foundation
Circle of the Arts
80/20 Inc.
Ad Lab
Barnes & Thornburg
Bills Bistro
Bosch Bus Company
Center for Human Resources
Harvey Cocks Jr.
Connor Corporation
GTE Data Services
William Cast
Richard Ford
Stephen and Judith Glassley
Richard and Barbara Hill
Alice Hoffman
Patrons
Bill and Marty Kercheval
Larry L. Life
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Thomas and Lois Enbank
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Fred and John Hedderich
Don Pearson
Joel H. and Sara S. Robbins
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Campaign for the Arts
The Department ofTheatre seeks your assistance in the School 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 northeastern 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 Community Arts Academy; to provide a continuum of
outreach activities to the greater northeastern Indiana community.
Our vision is to be widely recognized as the major theatre resource
center for the Greater Fort Wayne and northeastern 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 northeastern Indiana.
Should you be interested in helping to financially support us in our
mission, please contact Larry L. Life, chair and artistic director of the
Department ofTheatre, at 219-481-6551. Your contribution will
enable us in our mission to keep our academic programs current,
continue diversity in theatre programming, and maintain our
commitment to northeastern 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.
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JJ>•~ l)epartment ofTI1eatre~s
American C/a:uicd
SUMMER THEATRE
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Directed by Craig A. Humphrey
July 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 8 p.m.
July 9 and 16 at 2:30p.m.
Williams Theatre
IPFW Department ofTheatre
2000-2001
Flex-Pass Order Form
A flex-pass entitles the bearer to six tickets which may be used in any combination
for the following shows:
South Pacific: Oct. 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15
Miss Julie*: Nov. 10, 11, 16, 17, 18
Ah, Wilderness!: Dec. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9
Blood Wedding: Feb. 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
On the Verge (or the Geography ofYearning)*: March 23, 24, 29, 30, 31
The Tempest: April20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28
* Note: Studio Theatre productions are general seating only.
To order a flex-pass, fill out the following:
Name (please print)
Address
City/State/Zip
Daytime phone ( ___ ) _______ _
Please enclose a map of the campus with my tickets.
Quantity: __ ($50 each)
Enclosed is my check in the amount of$ __ for __ flex-passes.
Reservations must be made in advance by calling the box office at 219-
481-6555. Tickets go on sale one week before the show opens.
Make checks payable to IPFW Department ofTheatre. Sorry, no cash or creditcard
orders.
Questions? Call the Department ofTheatre at 219-481-6551.
Mail order form and check to IPFW Department ofTheatre, IPFW, Williams
Theatre Box Office, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499.
IPFW Department of Theatre and Bill's Bistro present
Two
Evenings
of Elegant
Dinner
Theatre
On the opening and dosing nights of Assassins, Arcadia, and Edith Stein,
the IPFW Department ofTheatre, in cooperation with Bill's Bistro, will sponsor
evenings of elegant dinner theatre. The evening includes dinner at Bill's Bistro
and a show at Williams Theatre for only $40 (gratuity included, drinks extra).
Your host will be the IPFW Department ofTheatre's artistic director,
Larry L. Life, who will discuss the play and give you pre-show insights.
Edith Stein
April21 and 29
Special guest April 29: Arthur Giron, playwright of Edith Stein
Appeti:ar: .
Steak Tar Tar for Two: Fmh chopped buftosstd in
a dmsing with capm and onions sm;ed with garlic
toast points and baby gruns drizzkd with a vinaigretu
Your choia of salad
Mesclun Salad: Mixed organic baby kttuas
garnished with alfalfa prouts, shmlded carrots, red
onions, and crumbkd blue chme drizzled with a
walnut raspbmy vinaigretu
Gusar Sa/aJ: Hearts of Romaine, garlic croutons,
shrtdtkd Parmtsan cheae and anchovies Strved with a
classic Gusar dressing
l'Our choice of mtree:
Marinated Chickm: Balsamic soy marinattd, grilkd
chickm breast topped with a wild mushroom compote
and Asiago chme accompanied with grem beans, yellow
onions, mushrooms, and vegetabk couscous
Vtgetabk Lasagna: Laym of fmh vegetables in a basil
tomato sauu and Ricotta chme strved with a baked
breads tick
5 oz TmtkrkJin Fikt: Sm;ed plain, with b!arnaist,
or shitake mushroom sauce
Appkwood Smoked Salmon: Appkwood smoked
and appk bacon wrapped salmon sm;ed on wilted
spinach topped with jack Daniels Brown sugar gla:a
sm;ed with baby carrots, grem beans, topped with
tarragon and honey gla:ad SWlet potato.
The dinner theatre package ticket must be purchased at the theatre box office no
later than one day prior to performance. For reservations, call the Department of
Theatre at 219-481-6551, or the Theatre box office at 219-481-6555.
IPFW Department ofTheatre's
FALL SEMESTER AUDITIONS
AND SEASON KICKOFF
PARTY!
Sunda~Aug. 13,2000
1:30 p.m.- Auditions
4:30 p.m. - Kick-off party
AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD FOR:
SOUTH PACIFIC
MISS JULIE
AH, WILDERNESS!
American Classics Summer
Theatre (Series VII) --- Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
The clashing sounds and pulsing
rhythms of New York City underscore
this landmark "concept" show,
considered by many to have inaugurated
the modern era of musical theatre.
Company is an honest, witty,
sophisticated look at relationships and
is as contemporary and relevant as ever.
It features a brilliant, energetic score
containing many of Sondheim's bestknown
songs, including ''Another
Hundred People," "The Ladies Who
Lunch," and "Being Alive." Don't miss
this innovative musical that ponders the
many questions, both pro and con, of
married life.
July?, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 8 p.m.
July 9 and 16 at 2:30p.m.
WILLIAMS THEATRE
Company is a Three Rivers Festival
event. Ticket discount when
showing festival button.
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Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and
Joshua Logan
Based on James Michener's 1947 Pulitzer
Prize-winning Tales of the South Pacific,
this multi-prize winner including Pulitzer
Prize for Drama, New York Critics Circle
Award for Best Musical, eight Tony
Awards including Best Musical, Book
and Score, nine Donaldson Awards, and
an Academy Award, is the most beloved
of all Rodgers and Hammerstein's work.
Set in an island paradise during World
War II, two parallel love stories are
threatened by the dangers of prejudice
and war. South Pacific has some of
Rodgers and Hammerstein's greatest
songs including "Some Enchanted
Evening," "There Is Nothin' Like a
Dame," "Bali Hai," "Younger than
Springtime," and ''I'm Gonna Wash
That Man Right Out of My Hair." This
is a show for the entire family that has
continued to delight audiences of all
ages over the years.
Oct. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 at 8 p.m.
Oct. 8 and 15 at 2:30 p.m.
WILLIAMS THEATRE
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By August Strindberg
One the most produced modern plays,
Miss julie has been filmed at least five
times and has been televised. This
profoundly compelling play explores the
dream-like and fairytale quality that is
part of reality. It is concerned with the
problem of, as Strindberg says, "social
climbing or falling, of higher or lower,
better or worse, man or woman." The
play deals with the struggle for
dominance between Miss Julie and Jean,
and characterizes Miss Julie as a woman
forced to wreak vengeance on herself.
Nov. 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 at 8 p.m.
STUDIO THEATRE
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By Eugene O'Neill
A heart-warming holiday show for the
entire family, Ah, Wilderness! Is a true
piece of Americana. In a small town in
1906 lives an ordinary American family.
They are average folk, faced by average
problems, and have the strength to solve
them. What concerns them most is the
youthful fervor of Richard, who is a high
school senior and rebel. He is also
passionately in love with a neighbor's girl
and means to marry her. The scraps of
Swinburne verse that he sends to her
alarm her father, who forces her to break
with Richard in good melodramatic style.
After everything is eventually settled quite
naturally, the father and mother begin to
remember that once they were young.
Dec. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, at 8 p.m.
Dec. 3 at 2:30 p.m.
WILLIAMS THEATRE
SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL MATINEES:
Dec. 6, 7 at 10:30 a.m.
WILLIAMS THEATRE
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By Federico Garcia Lorca
This powerfully passionate tragedy ranks
in tender pathos with Romeo and juliet.
The play tells ofThe Mother who has
lost, in feuds with the Felix family, all her
manfolk except her youngeSt son, The
Bridegroom. With many forebodings,
The Mother arranges a wedding for her
only remaining son with The Bride,
beloved of Leonardo, son of the rival
Felix Family. Written by Spain's greatest
modern playwright, Bwod Wedding is
both poetic and starkly imagistic. It is
concerned with the forces of life and
death and rings with universal
significance. Not only is there a sense
that feminine and masculine are in tragic
opposition to each other, but the land is a
symbol of the natural forces of life in
contrast to the imposed morality of the
city and the neighbors.
Feb. 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 8 p.m.
WILLIAMS THEATRE
By Eric Overmyer
A frolicsome jaunt through a continuum
of space, time, history, geography,
feminism, and fashion. On the verge takes
its audience on a mirthful safari as three
Victorian ladies set out on an adventure
that takes them to darkest Africa, highest
Himalaya, and Terra Incognita. The
three sister sojurners, each a prototypical
Victorian lady explorer equipped with
dialogue as pithy as their helmets, thwack
their machetes through the wilderness
while telling tales of past jaunts among
the natives. As intrepid travelers, they put
the lie to any charge that they are
representatives of a weaker sex. In their
kaleidoscopic adventure, they journey
through a rainforest of hundreds of
artifacts from the future.
March 23, 24, 29, 30,31 at 8 p.m.
STUDIO THEATRE
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By William Shakespeare
Fantastical, improbable, and sweetly
foolish, Shakespeare's most tightly
structured play is the middle-aged
dramatist's final vision of his art. All the
great Shakespearean themes come
together: theatrical illusion and its
relation to life, the conflict between
appearance and reality, and the discovery
of the self. This production promises to
be a spectacular show for the entire
family filled with special effects. The
Tempest reassures us on a deep, almost
subconscious level that whatever is
precious can never be completely lost.
Through magic, endings are turned into
beginnings as Shakespeare continually
reminds us that we are watching
transient shadows.
" .... We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
The Tempest will feature Fort Wayne actor
and invited Community Guest Artist
James R. Clauser in the role of Prospera.
April 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 at 8 p.m.
April 22 at 2:30 p.m.
WILLIAMS THEATRE
SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL MATINEES:
April25, 26 at 10:30 a.m.
Van G-ogh: Face to Face
May21, 2000
Only $59 for adults, $51 for students
Van Gogh: Face to Face explores the full range
of his portrait activity-from his earliest drawings
and character studies to his numerous self-portraits and likenesses of
friends-and spans the entire course of his brief but intense career .
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June 13-18, 2000
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country music in Nashville, Tenn.! This trip includes
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Fame, Studio B., and Ryman Auditorium, plus much more.
Samson and Delilah
Cleveland Ope~a
Oct. 22, 2000
Only $109 per person
The Old Testament story of Samson and his tragic
passion for Delilah inspired the 19th century
composer Saint-Saens to conceive this tremendous opera. Only one man
defies the Hebrews' overlords- Samson. Gifted by God with immeasurable
strength, he is only powerful for as long as his hair remains inviolate and
Delilah is kept at bay.
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GAllERY
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APRIL 17-28
Printmaking, Painting, and Ceramics
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MAY 5-12
Commercial and Graphic Arts
IPFW visual art majors graduating
in the spring semester of 2000 will
exhibit work as part of their B.F.A.
requirement.
Sponsored by the Connor Corporation
and Stained Glass Overlay of Fort \%yne
Spring Choral Concert
IPFW University Choral Ensembles
April 28, 7:30 p.m.
Neff Recital Hall
Gamba Rumble: An
Afternoon of Consort Music
April 30, 5 p.m.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
IPFW Community Orchestra
Student Concerto/ Aria
Competition winners
May 1, 7:30 p.m.
Neff Recital Hall
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Offering classes for children and adults
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For more information about the schedule of classes,
call the Community Arts Academy at 219-481-6059.
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In collaboration with the Fort Wayne Track Club and IPFW Athletics.
Proceeds benefit the IPFW School ofVisual and Performing Arts.
For information, please call the School ofVisual
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The Detroit Institute of Arts
$59 for adults, $51 for students
May 21, 2000
Join us as we travel to Detroit, Mich., to enjoy The Detroit Institute of
Arts' exciting exhibition of Vtzn Gogh: Face to Face. For only $59 for adults
and $51 for students, you can enjoy a leisurely drive up to Detroit on a
luxurious Bosch motorcoach. During the trip, our faculty host with
expertise in the works ofVan Gogh will provide insight into the show and
Van Gogh himself. After your arrival, there will be time for lunch.
Following the exhibition, your host will share his or her thoughts on the
exhibition and Van Gogh's works.
7 a.m. - Departure from Fort Wayne
11 a.m. - Arrival - 1 1/2 hours for lunch
12:30 p.m. -Tour of Museum
3:30p.m.- Departure from Detroit-dinner
stop on the way home
9 p.m. - Arrival in Fort Wayne
Vtm Gogh: Face to Face is the first comprehensive museum exhibition
devoted exclusively to Vincent Van Gogh's achievements in portraiture. It
explores the full range of his portrait activity-from his earliest drawings
and character studies to his numerous self-portraits and likenesses of
friends-and spana the entire course of his brief but intense career.
The exhibition, organized chronologically, is divided equally between
drawings and paintings. The majority of the drawings date from early in
Van Gogh's career, when he was still working in his native Netherlands
before going to France. These drawings, of the urban poor and peasants,
were more studies of character types than likenesses of specific people.
For more information about this or any other trip,
call219-481-6977
Oct. 221 2000 $109 per persoJtl
Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to see one of the
best operas ever written. Travel with us to Cleveland, Ohio,
on a luxurious motorcoach to enjoy a leisurely lunch, and
this fantastic opera.
7 a.m. - Departure from Fort Wayne
11 a.m. -Arrival - 1 1/2 hours for lunch
1 p.m. - Performance of Samson and Delilah
3:30 p.m. - Departure from Cleveland - dinner stop on the
way home
9 p.m. - Arrival in Fort Wayne
The Old Testament story qf Samson and his tragic passion
for Delilah inspired the 19th century composer Saint-Saens
to conceive this tremendous opera. Only one man defies
the Hebrews' overlords - Samson. Gifted by God with
immeasurable strength, he is only powerful for as long as his
hair remains inviolate and Delilah is kept at bay.
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taking place at this performance.
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to help people with AIDS, write:
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