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k-state theatre presents
Director
Jerry Jay Cranford
Scenic Designer Kathy Voecks
Costume Designer
Dana Pinkston
Sound Designer
Drew Reisner
Technical Director
Ben Stark
Mark A. Chapman Theatre
Cast
Lighting Designer
John Uthoff
Stage Manager
Lucy McDonald
Oct. 9-11 & 16-19, 2014
(In Order of Appearance)
Vanya................................................................................................................ Mark Young
Sonia...................................................................................................... LaVonne Canfield
Cassandra .................................................................................................... Sandy Chastan
Masha.................................................................................................................... Cat Huck
Spike .............................................................................................................. Sam Johnson
Nina ............................................................................................................. Daijah Porchia
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike will be performed
with a 10-minute intermission.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is presented through special
arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Made possible in part with funding from the
Student Government Association (SGA)
Please turn off your cellphone before the performance begins.
No texting permitted at any time in the theatre.
The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance; 109 McCain, 785-532-5740, Gary Mortenson, Director
Jennifer Vellenga, Theatre Program Director, 785-532-6871
Production Staff
Assistant Director ............................................................................................ Logan Jones
Assistant Stage Manager ............................................................................ Lindsey Brown
Stage Management Supervisor ...........................................................................Marci Maullar
Composer ..................................................................................................... Matt Harrison
Scene Shop Supervisor ............................................................... George Wame Matthews
Scenic Artist ................................................................................................ Emily Barnhill
Costume Shop Manager ...........................................................................Melissa Salvatore
First Hand ................................................................................................... Briana Koczan
Wardrobe Supervisor ................................................................................. Norman Hanks
Props Master ................................................................................................. Kathy Voecks
Props Assistant ........................................................................................... Jonah Erickson
Run Crew
Light Board Operator ......................................................................................... Chase Fox
Sound Board Operator ................................................................................ Tyler Markley
Set/Prop Crew ........................................................................ Anna Winkler, Max Young
Wardrobe Crew ................................. Heidi Floyd, Morgan Sterrett, Billie Jo Wallaker
Construction Crews
Scene Shop Staff ................................... Emily Barnhill, Deb Bruner, Chase Rossman,
James Sherwood, Kenneth Stark,
Emily White, Andrew Winter
Technical Lab Students............................. Kelsi Briggs, Michael Bugner, Blake Cordell,
Christopher Daniel, Lauren Dunkak, Carolyn Fitzgibbons,
Hope Goertzen, Chance Thompson, Ian Walker, Kelli Young
Costume Shop Graduate Teaching Assistant............................................. Norman Hanks
Costume Shop Staff.................... Madeline Davis, Katelyn Gustafson, Kaitlyn Knight,
Arianna Levin, Lucy McDonald, Emily Sanders
Paint Crew ................................................................... THTRE 364 Scene Painting Class
Management Staff
Managing Director ............................................................................................. Ben Stark
Administration Officer ...................................................................................... Lori Baker
Marketing Director .............................................................................. Fatmah Al-Qadfan
Marketing Associates ......................................... Angelica McKinnis, Spencer Wichman
Marketing Assistant ............................................................................... Mara Atzenhoffer
Box Office Staff ...................................... Ivy Calvert, Nicole Casonhua, Mikaela Groff
Kristin McGuffin, Katie Omo, Hannah Rubin
Courtney Stover, Emma Wilson
House Manager ................................................................................... Angelica McKinnis
Administrative Assistants ..................................... Theresa Breymeyer, Cindy Friedrich
Audience Notes
The use of cameras or recording equipment is strictly forbidden.
Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management.
Listening devices are available for the hearing impaired. Please ask the House Manager.
K-State Theatre reserves the right to remove anyone from the audience
if his or her behavior is disruptive to the actors or other audience members.
Children under 5 years of age are not permitted to attend K-State productions,
unless the play is specified as a performance for children.
All children, regardless of age, must have a ticket to enter the theater.
The Kennedy Center American College Theater
Festival™ 47, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access
Program, is generously funded by
David and Alice Rubenstein
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, and selected students
and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships,
internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights,
designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels.
Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for invitation to the
KCACTF regional festival and may also be considered for national awards recognizing
outstanding achievement in production, design, direction and performance.
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.
Cast Biographies
LaVonne Canfield is a graduate student in drama therapy at Kansas State University. She
holds a BFA in Acting from Florida International University. She has been an Expressive
Arts Facilitator for the past 8 years bringing interdisciplinary workshops to prisons in South
Florida. Acting credits include Fräulein Schnieder in Cabaret, June in Marisol, Nurse in
Romeo and Juliet, Mother in The House of Yes, and Aileen Wournos in The Last Resort,
which she also wrote and directed. She is grateful to have found a theatre family here in
Kansas.
Sandy Chastan, a retired French teacher, is pursing her master’s in theatre performance.
Last fall she was seen as Grandma Rosie in K-State’s production of The Wedding Singer.
She has portrayed many roles at the MAC, most recently Mrs. Watts in The Trip to
Bountiful. She has also performed as a Kit Kat Girl in Cabaret and as Winnie-the-Pooh
in the musical Winnie-the-Pooh, both at the Arrowhead Regional Theatre in Hibbing, MN.
She is supremely happy to be working with Jerry Jay and this amusing, amazing cast and
considers herself very fortunate to have found a niche among so many talented people in
the School of Music, Theatre and Dance.
Cat Huck is a senior majoring in theatre with an emphasis in performance. Her past roles
at Kansas State University include Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest,
Meena in Rx, Mrs. Montgomery in The Heiress, and Aniga Gringa in In The Blood. Cat
would like to thank you for filling the seats.
Sam Johnson is a senior at Kansas State University. He has participated in one show at
Kansas State University and is thankful for all of the new friends he has met in the School
of Music, Theatre, and Dance! He would like to give a shout out to all the family and
friends who have supported him throughout the years; he really appreciates it!
Daijah Porchia is a sophomore at Kansas State University and is thrilled to be a part of
this production.
Mark Young is a senior at Kansas State University majoring in theatre. Past roles include
Paul Bratter in Barefoot in the Park, Phil Gray in Rx, and Michael Novak in God of
Carnage. The funny, handsome, and charming actor loves comedy and aspires to someday
become a beloved sitcom star.
Director’s Notes
Christopher Durang was awarded the Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, New
York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk and the 2013 Tony Award for best play for
his off-Broadway and Broadway runs of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.
The New York Times review called it a “sunny new play about gloomy people.”
The script uses themes, names and familial situations found in the works of
Chekhov. While an understanding of Chekhov might heighten the appreciation
of Durang’s comedy, it is not a necessity. Durang calls it a comic homage to
Chekov’s works, not a parody and not meant to emulate any of his works directly.
How exciting for K-State Theatre to produce such a recent hit from the Big Apple.
I personally enjoy the quirky personalities of these characters and as a director of
a certain age, can appreciate Durang’s rant against modern day sensibilities while
yearning for a less technological, simpler time. I hope you enjoy this journey of
our modern day Three Sisters as they seek to mend their broken family and reclaim
their lost lives before it’s too late.
School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Advisory Council
2014-2015
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