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P R E S E N T S
Spoon River Anthology |
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p o e m s b y e d g a r l e e m a s t e r s CO-DIRECTED BY: Elliott Gittelsohn and Ayal Prouser |
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Cast
Creative Team
Elliott Gittelsohn
Ayal Prouser
Eliyka Mwanda
India Nykamp
Jay Sihm
Joel Soren
Adrian Ewens
Barry Jaked
Special Thanks to Our Guest Instructors
John Gulley Meisner / Stanislavski
Willie Hinton Movement
Sarah Hankins Linklater
Jill Matarelli Stage Combat
Mary Schindler Choreography
Board of Directors
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Bios
Dana Anger
Dana is entering her high school senior year. She began theatre in Alaska and recently worked with Panther Creek’s “The Addams Family”. Prior to that, she appeared in their productions of “Medea” and “Murder’s in the Heir”, as well as acting and writing during their 24-hour Play Festival. Last summer, she enjoyed playing Miranda in Burning Coal’s STC “The Tempest”. She also participates in wrestling and track at PCHS.Emma Butler
Emma is a rising 9th grade at Knightdale high school. She enjoys art, roleplaying, being outside, and acting. She is currently involved in a non paid photo shoot as an elf with cloud steel. Previously, she has participated in several theatrical productions, including your a good man charily brown and smaller school plays. She would like to pursue acting and if that does not work out she will go to therapy. Now, she is excited for this production of Spoon river Anthology!Lydia Elder
Lydia Elder recently graduated Rolesville High School. She has been involved in theatre since her freshman year of high school, playing roles such as Betty Parris in The Crucible, Lavinia in Titus Andronicus, and Fairy May in The Curious Savage. She has also done several musicals. Along with doing theatre, she also plays trombone, and she will be joining the Pride of the Niner Nation Marching Band at UNCC. She’s excited for Spoon River Anthology!Kaitlyn LePage
Kaitlyn LePage will be entering Wakefield High School as a freshman. A favorite color of hers is orange. As a hobby, she enjoys playing volleyball. She also loves acting, which is a major passion of hers. At the moment, Spoon River Anthology is the first play she has been cast in. However, she looks forward to more opportunities to stand out in the future. It is very exciting for her to be a part of Spoon River AnthologySasha McGinley
Sasha McGinley is so excited to be involved in this program and production, her first since moving here from Pennsylvania last summer. She is a rising sophomore at Apex High School where she served as dramaturg for the Peak Players productions of "The Liar" and "Curtains". Sasha ran cross country and track and field as a freshman as well as participating in Science Olympiad. In her spare time she enjoys writing, reading, playing video games, and spending time with her dogs.Ben Meyer
Benjamin Meyer is entering his sophomore year at Cardinal Gibbons High School. He has been interested in drama since elementary school. He has participated in performances in middle school and played Scrooge in the freshman production of "A Christmas Carol."Grace Niesel
Grace Niesel (they/them) is an actor and aspiring environmental journalist. They acted (and wrote) previously for North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre’s original devised musical Perspectives, acted in North Wake Theatre’s High School Musical 2 and Shrek the Musical, and Rolesville High School’s The Curious Savage and Chicago. Their writing was also featured as a part of Burning Coal’s 2021 KidsWrite Festival, and they’re excited to work with Burning Coal again.Jeremy Squires, Jr.
Jeremy Squires, Jr., a rising senior at Rolesville High School was born and raised in Raleigh, NC. He is currently a virtual student and has managed to successfully participate in this modality of learning since the onset of the pandemic. He was recently crowned prom prince for the Jr./Sr. prom. He has participated in band (trumpet) and is currently teaching himself how to play the keyboard. He spends his free time writing scripts for his movie ideas. Jeremy aspires to become a writer and/or actor.Noah Swindell
Noah attends Enloe High School and is a rising 10th grader. Noah has been active in his Middle School and High School theatre performances and classes. He enjoys performing on stage as well as working behind the scenes. Thank you to the instructors for this great opportunity at his neighborhood theatre!Anna Jett Winter
Anna Jett is excited for her 2nd Burning Coal production, where last year she played the role of Ariel in The Tempest. She has also done numerous other school productions, including playing Juror 2 in 12 Angry Women, Snow White in Princess Party Smackdown, and being in the nun's choir in Sound of Music. Outside of scool and acting, she also loves doing aerial performance, singing, and music theory and composition.Graham Wood
Graham Wood is certainly a man that exists. He has done productions for Burning Coal in the past, and loved doing it. He's also been a part of their KidsWrite program, writing a one act play from scratch.Elliott Gittelsohn
Ayal Prouser
Eliyka Mwanda
India Nykamp
Jay Sihm
Joel Soren
Adrian Ewens
Barry Jaked
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Additional thanks to
Burning Coal Theatre Company is supported by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County.
Burning Coal Theatre is funded in part by the city of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission.
This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. NCArts.org