Recent Mainstage Productions
2011-2012
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2010-2011
Electra
By Sophocles
Translated by Frank McGuinness
Director: Mark Hunter
Video Design: Anna Henson
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen and Emily White
Lighting Design: John Wilson
Sound Design: Dorian Gehring
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Osean Perez
Lighting Design: Rebecca Bradish
Sound Design: Ron Clark
Original Music: John Hill
The Pirates of Penzance
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Director/Choreographer: Steven Smeltzer
Musical Direction: Jonathon Thull
Scenic Design: Christopher Domanski
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen and Risa Alleci
Lighting Design: Jonathan Dunkle
Sound Design: Don Schneider
Waiting for Godot
By Samuel Beckett
Director: Jim Van Valen
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Amanda Newman
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Sound Design: John Wilson
2009-2010
The Diary of Anne Frank
By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Lighting Design: Hans Hinrichsen
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design: Don Schneider
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Based on the "Peanuts" cartoon strip by Charles M. Schultz
Director: Jim Van Valen
Musical Direction: Linda Hakken
Scenic Design: Andrew Decker
Costume Design: Amanda Newman
Lighting Design: Jonathan Dunkle
Sound Design: Don Schneider
The Arabian Nights
Adapted by Mary Zimmerman
Director: Greg Redlawsk
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Risa Alleci, Osean Perez
Lighting Design: Mark Parrott
Sound Design: Dorian Gehring and Greg Redlawsk
Reasons to be Pretty
By Neil laBute
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Andrew Decker
Costume Design: Kami Zbanek
Lighting Design: John Wilson
Sound Design: Ron Clark
Akarui
By Jennifer Silverman
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenographer: Ryan Wentworth
Costume Design: Jenny Kelchen
Sound Design: Dorian Gehring
2008-2009
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
By Christopher Hampton
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Edward Matthew Walter
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design: Don Schneider
The Baby With the Bathwater
By Christoher Durang
Director: Jody Hovland
Scenographer: Benjamin Schmidt
Costume Design:
Sound Design: Don Schneider
Cabaret
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Book by Joe Masteroff
Director: Jim VanValen
Musical Director: Jonathon Thull
Choreographer: Steven Smeltzer
Scenic Design: Matthew Allar
Lighting Design: Hans Hinrichsen
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design: Joel Carter
Eurydice
By Sarah Ruhl
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenographer: Bryon Winn
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design: Joel Carter and Dorian Gehring
2007-2008
The Long Christmas Ride Home
By Paula Vogel
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Edward Matthew Walter
Lighting Design: Steve Hunt
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Composer: Don Chamberlain
As Bees in Honey Drown
By Douglas Carter Beane
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Jane Parrott
Lighting Design: Paul Sannerud
Sound Design: Joel Carter
Little Shop of Horrors
By Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Director: Mark Hunter
Musical Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic and Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Ellen Kirk
Sound Design: Joel Carter
A Lie of the Mind
By Sam Shepard
Director: Jim VanValen
Scenic Design: Matthew Allar
Lighting Design: Hans Hinrichsen
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design: Don Schneider
2006-2007
Equus
Playwright: Peter Shaffer
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic & Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Sound Design: Douglas Dorando
A Brief Narrative of the Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits
A staged reading as part of the New Plays on Campus program of The Playwrights Center
Playwright: C. Denby Swanson
Director: Jessica Dunne
Dramaturg: Holli Gipson
Peach Blood (a world premiere production)
Playwright: Holli Gipson
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Benjamin Schmidt
Lighting Design: James Flynn
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Sound Design: Ben Alexander
Triple Shot: A collection of short Operas
Director: Kaia Monroe
Music Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic Design: Ben Alexander
Lighting Design: Graham Kindred
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Marat/Sade
Playwright: Peter Weiss
Director: Mark Hunter
Music Director: Kaia Monroe
Scenic Design: Matthew Allar
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen & Colleen Metzger
2005-2006
Prosperity (a world premiere production)
Playwright: Keith Huff
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic & Lighting Design: Bryon Winn
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson
Mapping Departure
Playwright: The Devised Theatre class
Director: Mark Hunter
Lighting Design: Jeremy Olson
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugo Wheeler
Director: Kaia Monroe
Musical Direction: Jonathon Thull
Scenic Designer: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Makeup Design; Shelby Newport, senior
Lighting Design: Joel Furmanek, Senior
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Matthew Allar
Lighting Design: James Flinn
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Mechanical Costume Design: Colleen Metzger, junior
Makeup Designer: Shelby Newport, senior
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson
2004-2005
Book of Days
Playwright: Lanford Wilson
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic & Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Shelby Newport, junior
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson
Don Juan in Chicago
Playwright: David Ives
Director: Jody Hovland
Scenic Design: Kristopher Longley-Postema, junior
Costume Design: Maggie Baker-Atkins
Lighting Design: Joel Furmanek, junior
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson
Gianni Schicci/The Stoned Guest
by Puccini/P.D.Q. BachDirector: Jonathon Thull
Scenic Designer: Jonathon Thull
Costume Design: Maggie Baker-Atkins
Lighting Design: Brian Gilbert
Big Love
Playwright: Charles L. Mee
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic and Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson
2003-2004
Noises Off
Playwright: Michael Frayn
Director: Mark Hunter
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Laura Thudium-Zieglowsky
Sound Design: Jonathan Reed
Trust
Playwright: Stephen Dietz
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Mary Macfarlane
Costume Design: Shelby Newport
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Sound Design: Jonathan Reed
The Baker's Wife
Book: Joseph Stein
Music and Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Director: Ken Sonkin
Musical Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic and Sound Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Laura Thudium-Zieglowsky
Lighting Design: Joel Furmanek
Blue Surge
by Rebecca Gilman
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Laura Thudium-Zieglowsky
Lighting Design: Jonathan Reed
Sound Design: Joel Furmanek
2002-2003
Polaroid Stories
Playwright: Naomi Iizuka
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic & Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Erin Howell-Gritsch
Hair
Book and Lyrics: Gerome Ragni & James Rado
Music: Galt MacDermot
Director: Scott Olinger
Musical Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic & Costume Design: Scott Olinger
Lighting Design: Jonathan Reed
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufman and the Techtonic Theatre Project
A Co-Production with Riverside Theatre of Iowa City
Director: Jody Hovland
Scenic & Costume Design: Scott Olinger
Lighting Design: Jonathan Reed
2001-2002
Betty's Summer Vacation
Playwright: Christopher Durang
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic & Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Amanda Lifvendahl
Cosi Fan Tutte
Playwright/Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic & Costume Design: Scott Olinger
Lighting Design: Jonathan Reed
StoryTheater
From stories in the Grimms Brothers' Collection and Aesop's Fables
Adapted for the stage by Paul Sills
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Erin Howell-Gritsch
Lighting Design: Jonathon Reed
Produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
2000-2001
Tartuffe
Playwright: Moliere
Director: Jody Hovland
The Glory of Living
Playwright: Rebecca Gilman
Director: Lisa Rothe
The Secret Garden
Music: Lucy Simon
Book & Lyrics: Marsha Norman
Director: Jonathan Thull
The Vagina Monologues
V-Day 2001 College Initiative
Playwright: Eve Ensler
Director: Julie Jurgens
1999-2000
Godspell - 2000 A.D.
Composer: Stephen Schwartz
Director: Jonathan Thull
Under Milk Wood
Playwright: Dylan Thomas
Director: Ron Clark
1998-1999
The Food Chain
Playwright: Nicky Silver
Director: Roy Hamlin
J Fugue K(first-year showcase)
Playwrights: Various (JFK assassination authors)
Directors: Roy Hamlin (various upperclass coaches)
30 Neo-Futurist Plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Director: Rich Russo
Our Town
Playwright: Thorton Wilder
Director: Jody Hovland