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By David Lindsay-AbaireFreedomFreedomA Season of A Season of KCACTF Region 5Festival 57January 21, 2025 at 7:00pmHoyt Sherman Place Theatre
By David Lindsay-AbaireDirector/Fight Choreography/Sound Design.........................................W. James WoodStage Manager...........................................................................................Reagan BlackAssistant Stage Manager.............................................................................Grant Taylor Scenic Design..........................................................................................Jacee CasarellaCostume Design............................................................................................Jay BaumanLighting Design/Operator...................................................................Abigayle Jo DavisSound Operator...........................................................................................Alex RaetherProperties......................................................................................................Jake HilmoeWardrobe........................................................................Jay Bauman, Matti McDonnellStage Crew........................Dontaevian Aldridge, Isabel Blom, Sydney Meissner,...................................................................Grant Taylor, Chase Thedens, Peyten Wiese Production TeamCLAIRE.......................................................................................................Claire BoothRICHARD................................................................................................Gerrit VonEyeKENNY........................................................................................................Alex StrawnLIMPING MAN........................................................................................Jacob StevensGERTIE.....................................................................................................Morgan FooteMILLET....................................................................................................Carl SteinlichtHEIDI......................................................................................................Kennedy FosterCastSpecial ThanksThomas Alpers, Kirynn Engelbrecht, Barbara Gonzalez, Karli Haack, Mollie Moore,Raelin Nupen, Casey Paradies, David Schumacher, Karen Szwajlik
9President: Reagan Black Vice President: Carl SteinlichtBusiness Manager: Nick Teal Secretary: Justine Schwanke Advisor: Corey Shelsta Members: Jay Bauman, Kally Brinkman, Abigayle Davis, Griffin Ebmeier, MorganFoote, Nick Forster, Alex Gales, Brooklyn Mauch, Breana Nupen, Alex Raether, BeauSchoenfelder, Grant Taylor, Peyten Wiese National Theatre Honors FraternityAlpha Psi Omega 2024-2025State University Theatre & DanceArtistic Director, Professor/Directing.......................................................W. James WoodProfessor/Scenic & Lighting Design............................................................Corey ShelstaAssociate Professor/Costume & Scenic Design...........................................Billy WilburnAssociate Professor/Director of Dance Ensembles...............Dr. Melissa Hauschild-MorkInstructor/Acting.........................................................................................Casey ParadiesScenic/Properties Shop Supervisor................................................................Kim JohnsonCostume Shop Supervisor...........................................................................Kendra DexterSocial Media Coordinator........................................................................Brooklyn MauchSocial Media............Kirynn Engelbrecht, Kennedy Foster, Barbara Gonzalez, Nate Pace Distinguished Professor Emeritus.....................................................Dr. James L. JohnsonProfessor Emeritus.........................................................J.D. Ackman, Raymond PetersonCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesDean, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences...................................Dr. David EarnestDirector, School of Performing Arts..............................................................Dr. David ReynoldsLarson Family Endowed Director-Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.........Christina CastilloArtistic Director, State University Theatre & Dance...........................................W. James WoodArtistic Director, Prairie Repertory Theatre.............................................................Billy Wilburn
9Welcome to the SDSU Theatre & Dance 24/25 Season! Developed around theoverarching theme: FREEDOM, our season allows us all the opportunity toinvestigate what it truly means to be free. Freedom can manifest in many differentways - from others, from self, and the list goes on. We are excited to share with youthese explorations of the freedom of the human spirit!Fuddy Meers is the perfect play to start exploring this theme! When we first meetClaire, she’s lost and confused in a world where she wakes up every day with nomemory. She struggles to free herself from her past so that she can sort her future,but in this instance, she faces the extreme of not actually knowing that past.There are serious issues addressed in this play - domestic violence, mental illness,abandonment - just to name a few. And yes, this play is a comedy. The playwrightasks us to approach these serious issues with an open heart and an open mind. Wemust laugh or the excess of trauma might overcome us. We are not asked to laughat the terrible things that may have happened to the characters, but to laugh at theextraordinary circumstances in which they find themselves. You are about to entera strange and disorienting world where things may seem just a bit off. The style ofthis play, Wonky Realism, is an artistic style that creates a space that is neithercompletely realistic nor cartoon-like, but rather a surreal and realistic hybrid.We all have things that bind us - past transgressions, familial responsibilities,physical limitations - again, another exhaustive list. The question each of us faces ishow far will we go to set ourselves free. Our characters are ready to push the limits!My hope is that you will leave laughing, but, more importantly, I hope that thejourney home will be full of discussion of your journey to be free! --W. James WoodFrom the DirectorCrewsDuring our weekly Company Call, scholarship recipients and those involved in aproduction come together on Tuesday evenings to work on building a production. Most importantly, Company Call is intended to build community amongst the diverseartists in our program. Participation in Theatre & Dance at SDSU is open to allstudents so we urge you to join us!Fuddy Meers is presented through special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC,servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)Fuddy Meers was originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club on October 12 1999.The play was subsequently produced Off-Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club and JeanDoumanian Productions.Fuddy Meers was originally presented as a staged reading at the 1998 National Playwrightsconference, Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director, at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.There will be one ten-minute intermission
Theatre & Dance at SDSU would like tohonor the life of Raymond Peterson.Raymond Lynn Peterson, longtime Designer,Musical Director, Director of Theatre andProfessor Emeritus at South Dakota StateUniversity passed away Tuesday, August 27,2024. Raymond’s dedication to StateUniversity Theatre began in 1972 as agraduate student and designer/actor andcontinued until his professional retirement in2011. By virtue of his big heart, brilliantmind, creative and joyful spirit, skilled hand,meticulous attention to detail, and hisintegrity and kindness he contributed to thegrowth of our students, faculty, and program.Raymond was known for his amazing anddetailed set designs and set painting. He too,had a great knack for directing musicaltheatre and was a brilliant advocate fortheatre and dance on campus, in thecommunity and region. His recentcontributions include compiling a detailedhistory of SUT and PRT and the developmentof the display case (donated by Dr. JamesJohnson and Ardis Johnson, MargaretDenton, and Ray Peterson) located in OscarLarson Performing Art Center. MayRaymond’s legacy live forever in ourprogram and in the hearts of all those whowere touched by the magic of his presence.We would also like to offer a sincere thankyou to all of those who have donated to theRaymond L. Peterson Scholarship in Theatrein his honor.In Memory of Raymond L. Peterson
9The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, part of theRubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by David M.Rubenstein.Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trustfor supporting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernsteinand Wilma E. Bernstein; and the Dr. Gerald and Paula McNicholsFoundation.Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming ismade possible through the generosity of the National Committee forthe Performing Arts.This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American CollegeTheatre Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theatreeducation program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theatre production. To this end, each production entered iseligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, andselected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTFprograms involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards foractors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managersand critics at both the regional and national levels.Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible forinvitation to the KCACTF regional festival and may also beconsidered for national awards recognizing outstanding achievementin production, design, direction and performance.Last year more than 1,500 productions were entered in the KCACTFinvolving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering thisproduction, our theatre department is sharing in the KCACTF goalsto recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced incollege and university theatres across the nation.
Theatre & Dance ContributorsThank you to our Theatre & Dance contributors! We wish to express our gratitude tothe following who have donated or provided financial support to Theatre & Dancebetween September 15, 2023 and September 20, 2024. This list does not reflectdonations made to endowments, Prairie Repertory Theatre, or to the School ofPerforming Arts. Anyone wishing to support Theatre & Dance at SDSU may make atax deductible donation by mail or visiting: www.sdstatefoundation.org/give-nowFriend ($150-$299) Tom & Kay BeckerRobert V. & Donna BurnsCarolyn L. Clague & Dennis L. HopfingerLarry & Marcia JanssenPeter & Deborah LeifermanCheryl & Neil NeidtJason Nyhaug & Jim WoodSharon E. PrendergastRina & David ReynoldsPeter R. & Mary S. Schaefer Dennis & Mary SimonsJessica L. SimonsPatron ($50-$149)Richard Larson & Patty BaconDebra A. DebatesLawrence NovotnyJay VanDuchDirector ($500-$999) Jenny M. AdairNicki L. BrooksMarcia K. & David L. ChicoineMargaret H. DentonCathy EnlowMildred K. HugghinsJoAnn & Jerry JorgensenRandy & Sue KnutzenPartner ($10,000-$49,999) SDSU College of Arts, Humanities & Social SciencesProducer($1,000-$9,999) James O. & Rita EdwardsRobert & Helen GalesShirley RungeProducing Partner ($50,000 or more) SDSU Students' AssociationAdvocate ($300-$499) Dennis & Connie HarstadJoanie HolmJay & Kathy LarsenAlbert & Terri VeenJohn & Peggy WhalenTheatre & Dance ScholarshipsThe following scholarships have been generously funded for theatre & dance studentsduring the 2024-2025 academic year. Thank you to the generous donors who havemade these scholarships available!Amdahl Talent ScholarshipAtkinson Family ScholarshipGerald & Sirley Bergum ScholarshipGeorge Lincoln Brown Prairie Repertory Theatre ScholarshipRita & James O. Edwards, Jr. ScholarshipDavid C. Martin Theatre ScholarshipDale Ishol Memorial ScholarshipJames L. & Ardis R. Johnson ScholarshipJoAnn and Jerry Jorgensen ScholarshipLarson Manufacturing Company ScholarshipOscar Larson Scholarship in Theatrical ArtsOwen & Ray Mayo Memorial ScholarshipElla L. Ollenburg ScholarshipRaymond L. Peterson ScholarshipDavid & Rina Reynolds ScholarshipLarry Stine Scholarship
October 3-5 at 7:30pmOctober 6 at 2:00pmDecember 6-7 at 7:30pmDecember 8 at 2:00pmNovember 21-23 at 7:30pmNovember 24at 2:00pmApril 11-12 at 7:30pmApril 13 at 2:00pmApril 3-5 at 7:30pmApril 6 at 2:00pmFebruary 20-22 at 7:30pmFebruary 23 at 2:00pm BESpring Dance ConcertFreedomFreedomA Season of A Season of