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Carolyn Brewer |
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Oz McDonough |
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Setting
Salem, Oregon
TIME:
Present Day
Creative Team
Julie Lewis
Homeretta Ayala
Miles A. Lawlor
Shakiara Saunders
Anna Tsakalas
Terri Raulie
Sam Stein
Rowan Talbott
Jason Randolph
Alexis Tucker
Jennifer Cassagrande
Nick Logue
Students of THTR 131: Stagecraft
Stage Crew
Alison Fletcher, Ben Pierce, Jess Rassp
Katie Simmons-Barth
Stephen Karam
Lisa L. Boeren
Thom Purdy
Brad Norris
Cathy Kratovil
Meet the Company
Markayla Black
Markayla has been looking forward to this production since the auditions! She has never been cast in a full lead role before and she is eager to perform! Markayla graduated from Lansdowne High School in June 2019, after starring in productions including Shrek the Musical as Humpty Dumpty and Hairspray as Motormouth Maybel. She currently attends CCBC, majoring in Digital Media Production, and is studying for her Associated in Applied Science.
Oz McDonough
Oz has done summer programs for Center Stage and Spotlighters in Baltimore City. Acting since the age of 12, Oz has been in several productions including Haphazardly Ever After, Hamlet, and High School Musical. Oz auditions as much as possible and includes acting as a daily part of life. Oz aspires to film acting mainly and will do anything to achieve it. A first-year college student, Oz is ready to move to New York to start acting in film.
Lincoln Goode
Lincoln is very excited to be a part of this production. He has performed with CCBC in the past, most recently as an MC in the CCBC Spring Arts Festival. Some of his other favorite roles include Stephen in The Shadow Box at Spotlighters Theatre and Patience in Incredibly Dead with Baltimore Rock Opera Society. When not on stage, Lincoln can be found performing with The Murder Mystery Company.
Carolyn Brewer
Carolyn is excited to make her stage debut in Speech and Debate. A native of Tampa, Florida, Carolyn is a pianist/vocalist/composer who is expanding into Theatre. In addition to performing music, she has done background acting work in tv and film projects. Carolyn looks forward to creating a unique niche with her music, literary works and acting. She would like to thank her family for their love and support.
Joseph Christello
This is Joseph’s second-to-last semester at CCBC. He has had the pleasure of learning theatre through an Introduction to theatre class with Julie Lewis as an instructor, as well as an acting course taught by Zach Hartley. In this production, Joseph plays the role of Solomon’s unnamed civics teacher, and considers it an honor to have had the opportunity to perform live here on campus.
Julie Lewis
Julie is a Professor, Playwright, Director and Coordinator of the CCBC Theatre Program. She received her BA in Writing Arts and Theatre from SUNY Oswego and her MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College. Her original plays include Henry’s Holiday (Winner of the Perishable Theatre’s Women’s Playwriting Festival), Obituary Mambo (Abingdon Theatre, NYC), Plastic Haircut, Three Hundred Out of Hades, Quiver and Sink (Mohawk Valley Community College), and Smolder and an adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (CCBC Essex). Her works have been produced in the Samuel French New Play Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source’s Estrogenius Festival, NYC’s Ensemble Theatre’s Opal Series, and Fitchburg State’s Americulture Festival. Locally, her plays have been produced at The Strand, Glass Mind Theatre, Vagabonds, The Kennedy Center (staged reading) and Fells Point Corner Theatre. Julie’s directing credits include Lysistrata, The Skin of Our Teeth, Marco Polo Sings a Solo, Blithe Spirit, The Maids, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Metamorphoses, Kid Simple: A Radio Play in the Flesh, M. Butterfly, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom and Pullman, WA, and most recently Suzan Lori-Parks’ Father Comes Home for the Wars. Julie is most proud of the devised work she has created with her students, including War Stories Staged (Winner of the League of Innovations Award) and The Consumables (performed at the KCACTF Region 2 Fringe and Baltimore’s ArtScape). Her devised production of Hamlet Lost/Found was chosen to perform on the main stage of the 2017 KCACTF Region 2 Festival, as well as her production of Waiting for Godot (set in Baltimore), which garnished two National Kennedy Center Awards in 2018.Julie is a 2012 recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Grant in Playwriting and English Writing Arts Alumni Award in Playwriting, SUNY Oswego, 2013. She directs annually in the CCBC Academic Theatre Program and teaches Script Analysis, Introduction to Theatre and Writing for the Stage.
Homeretta Ayala
Miles A. Lawlor
Shakiara Saunders
Anna Tsakalas
Terri Raulie
Terri is an Assistant Professor in the Performing Arts and Humanities Department at CCBC. She holds a BFA and an MA in Theatre Design and Production from Montclair State University in New Jersey. Professional and regional credits include The Whole Theatre, The Hangar Theatre, and Playwright Horizons in New Jersey and New York. Locally, she has designed sets and/or lights for productions with Cockpit-in-Court Theatre, Phoenix Festival Theatre, and the Baltimore School for the Arts.
Sam Stein
Rowan Talbott
Jason Randolph
BS Math, College of William and Mary
MFA Rinehart School of Sculpture, MICA
MFA Technical Theatre and Design, UVA
TD/Resident Scenic Designer Single Carrot Theatre 2014-2017
TD CCBC Essex 2015-present
TD Cockpit in Court Summer Theater 2016-present
Alexis Tucker
Jennifer Cassagrande
Nick Logue
Students of THTR 131: Stagecraft
Stage Crew
Alison Fletcher, Ben Pierce, Jess Rassp
Katie Simmons-Barth
Lisa L. Boeren
Thom Purdy
Brad Norris
Cathy Kratovil
Special Thanks
Dr. Sandra Kurtinitis
CCBC President
Dr. Joaquin Martinez
Provost & Vice President of Instruction
Dr. William Watson
Dean, School of Arts & Communication
Professor Nick VanHorn
Chair, Performing Arts and Humanities
Dr. Rebecca Ocampo
Arts Pathways Coordinator
Dr. Anne M. Lefter
Director, Performing Arts
Johanna Lawrence
Administrative Support Assistant, Performing Arts
Cathy Kratovil
Communications Assistant, School of Arts & Communication
Jackie McTear
Designer, CCBC Creative Services
CCBC School of Arts and Communication
Dr. William Watson, Dean Professor
Will Niebauer, Chair, Arts and Design
Professor Nick VanHorn, Chair, Performing Arts and Humanities
Professor Michael Walsh, Chair, Communication Arts
Dr. Anne Lefter, Director, Performing Arts
The Arts at CCBC
Dr. Anne Lefter, Director
Johanna Lawrence, Assistant to the Director
G. Maurice “Moe” Conn, Technical Director
Jason Randolph, Technical Director
Marc Smith, Technical Director
Nicole Buckingham Kern, Galleries Coordinator
Lisa Boeren, Box Office Manager
Brad Norris, Production Manager
Emilyann Craighead, Galleries Assistant
Eva Grove, Costume Assistant
Thom Purdy, Box Office Assistant
Cathy Kratovil, Communications Assistant
Theatre at CCBC
Julie Lewis, coordinator, faculty director
Damon Krometis, coordinator, faculty director
Terri Raulie, faculty designer
Tom Colonna, faculty director
Precious B. Stone, faculty director
Zach Hartley, faculty director
