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- 2. University Theatre Anderson Auditorium Proprietors: University Theatre (Anderson Auditorum) Commencing Thursday 26th April for One Weekend Only Buena Vista University presents NOISES OFF by MICHAEL FRAYN Directed by DAVID WALKER Assistant director STACEY ROSENER Set designed by DAVID WALKER Lighting by Costumes by DAVID WALKER REGINA APPLEBY Backstage Manager Sound by LONDON VANHORBECK TARA SMITH House Manager Poster and Program DERNISHA HOOVER AUSTIN DEAN Running Crew: Regina Appleby, Katelyn Bohaty, Austin Dean, Isaac Haas, Romelo Salas, Tara Smith, London VanHorbeck The Buena Vista University Theatre Department hopes you enjoy the show. Evenings at 7.30
- 3. NOISES OFF by Michael Frayn A Farce in Three Acts Cast in order of apperance: Dotty/ Mrs. Clackett..............................Skylar Finch Lloyd Dallas....................................Cole Hackbarth Garry/ Roger......................................Justin Forkpa Poppy...................................................Emily White Brooke/ Vicki...............................Christina Spillman Frederick/ Philip................................Dalton Walker Belinda/ Flavia..................................Kathryn Keller Selsdon/ Robber............................Glenn Hackbarth Tim............................................Chancellor Johnson The action takes place in the living-room of the Brentsʼ country home, on a Wednesday afternoon Directorʼs Notes This play has so many layers it could be an onion or at least a parfait. As the director, I have nine talented BVU actors each playing a professional actor or tech- nician who are working on the play “Nothing On” to work with. No matter how crazy an idea was they always said “yes” (sometimes too quickly, but that is another story). In the play within a play, they are sometimes at odds with themselves, and the others. It is fun to just try to keep track of. The 1st Act sets the Act, you can see evidence of how they have worked doubly hard on this show, and an actorʼs nightmare style “May-Day, May-Day” 3rd Act crash. Thanks to all of you for enduring the craziness and bringing your brilliance. As the designer, it is one of my big- gest builds in Anderson with nine doors or openings and 32 platforms. It weighs about 4 tons. It has taken us about 10 weeks to build and there is still stuff we could have done. Thanks to my work-study and Ac- ademic Assistants for your help and supervision and all who will show up to strike as it will be a monster coming down. Thanks and love to my family who are doing their own theatre projects (our reward will be spending time together at the movies very very soon at M:IW). If we could only teach Ginger and Faulkor to cook… stage figuratively and realistically. In a unique 2nd Cast Bios Skylar Finch is a sophomore Theatre Arts Management and Spanish double major from Polk City, IA. Playing Dotty in Noises Off is her fourth production as an actress at BVU, her previous shows being The Language Archive, The Hollow, and Woman Wonder. Skylarʼs favorite part of the rehearsal process was when she and Justin (who plays Garry) would make up handshakes or randomly switch lines and have to start the scene over because they were laughing so hard. She says something interesting about Dotty is that she qui- etly has a lot of power over the production but is as clueless as all the other characters at the same time. Cole Hackbarth is a sophomore English and Theatre double major from Spirit Lake, IA. Playing Lloyd in Noises Off is his fourth main stage role at BVU including The Language Archive, The Hollow, and The Tempest. Coleʼs favorite and hearing Glenn recite his lines because he would always have us all laugh- says something interesting about himself is that he is “a part time janitor at a the halls.” He wants everyone to know that even though Lloyd comes off as a grumpy person, his heart is in the right place. Justin Forkpa from Urbandale, IA. He has been a part of several plays including The Tem- pest and crew for Woman Wonder at BVU. Playing Garry is his second acting role on the main stage here. The funniest moment for Justin was when every- one in the show realized that they are pretty much their characters in real life. He says something interesting about his character is “Itʼs hard to explain, but heʼs got a lot going on, like me, you know? Itʼs on e of those things youʼll have to see to understand, you know what I mean?” Emily White is a junior double major in Music Performance and Music Pro- since most of her main stage credits at BVU are backstage. She was the assis- tant conductor and stage manager for Gianni Schicci and has performed on stage in the musical Iowa and most recently in The Tempest. The funniest thing to happen to Emily during rehearsal was when she heard everyone else doing accents during warm ups and suddenly had an accent for the rest of rehearsal that night. Something interesting about Emily is that she is the owner of a 750 Honda Shadow A.C.E. and canʼt wait for summer to ride again. Christina Spillman is a freshman Theatre & Media Performance major from Sarasota, FL. Noises Off is Christinaʼs second production at BVU, where she also performed in Woman Wonder. She has been performing since she was three years old. Her favorite part of the rehearsal process was all the different ways everyone tried to make the cast break character. Christinaʼs character, Dalton and I speaking sign language to each other.” She is very grateful to David for the opportunity to play such a fun role.
- 4. CastBioscontinued BrookeAshton(Vicki)isprobablybestknownasthegirlwearingnothingbut ʻgood,honest,naturalfrothʼintheHauptbahnhofbraulagercommercial.Butshe inHulltosixmonthesintheLebanonwithPIXIEPEARLS.Hertelevsionappearances rangefromGirlatInfantsʼSchoolinONTHEZEBRAStoGirlinStripJointinON PROBATION.CinemagoerssawherinTHEGIRLINROOM14,wheresheplayer theGirlinRoom312. FrederickFellows(PhillipBrent)comesfromatheatricalfamily-hisparents wereapopularspecialitydanceactofthethirtiesandforties,“TheFunnyFellowsʼ. HetaughtataprepschoolnearHaywardʼsHeathbeforebowingtothefamily traditionandjoiningtheOsmosisPlayers.TherefollowedsuccessfulseasonsinNai- robi,Ventnor,andSouthwold,andhewasmostrecentlyseeninthecontroversial all-maleversionofTHETROJANWOMEN.Heishappilymarried,andlivesnear Crawley,wherehiswifebreedspedigreedogs.ʻIfsheeverleavesme,ʼhesays,ʻit willprobablybeforanIrishwolfhound!ʼ LloydDallas(Director)ʻreadEnglishatCambridge,andstagecraftattheSalis- buryʼACommonwealthScholarshiptookhimtoPrinceton,wherehespenthis timeʻcommutingtoNewYorktoseeMillerandmusicalsonBroadway,andLee StrasbergandTallulahBankheadatapartyonEast10thSt.ʼSincetheLloydhas directedplaysʻinmostpartsofBritain,ʼwiningtheSouthofScotlandCriticsʼCircle SpecialAwardin1968.In1972hedirectedahighlysuccessfulseasonfortheNa- tionalTheatreofSriLanka.Inrecentyears,Lloydhasprobablybecomebest-known forhisbrillianseriesofʻShakespeareinSummerʼproductionsintheparksofthe innerLondonboroughs. TimAllgood(CompanyStageManager)trainedforacareerinMarketRe- search,andbecameinterestedinthetheatreonlythroughachanceholidayvisitto alocalproductionofTHEREʼSAGIRLINMYSOUP.Hehadgothimselftakenon bythecompanyasAssistantStageManagerbeforeherealisedthatthegirlinques- tionwasnotonlyinthesoup,butalsomarried,withtwogrowingchildren!Duringa productionofHAMLETattheLyceum,Porsmouth,hetookoverthepartofPolonius atshortnotice,butsubsequentlyfoundhimselfmoreindemandonthetechnical side.HismostrecentjobwaswithBETROTHED,athrillerbySamBrennicle,both ontourpriortoitsWestEndOpeninginDecember1980,andagainontourwhich followedtheconclusionofitssuccessfulWestEndruninJanuary1981. PoppyNorton-Taylor(AssistantStageManager)isfromafamilyfound moreoftenontheBoardsofleadingcompaniesthanontheboardswithtouring companies.HerfatherischairmanofEuropeanBreweries,buthasbeenʻterribly sweetaboutitall-sofar!ʼAfterschoolsinCheltenhamandMontreuxshefound challengeenormously.Herhobbiesinclude,riding,ski-iny,tennis,readinggood books,andlovinganythingsmallandfurry. Cast Bios continued Dalton Walker is a freshman at BVU. He was born in Storm Lake, Iowa. He has been in 20+ productions over his life time and very much enjoys theater. However he didnʼt follow in his parentsʼ footsteps and is studying political science and history in order to go to law school. “My character and I are very much alike. Neither of us realize that relationships are coming and go- ing and neither of us realize when someone likes us... itʼs kind of a problem” Dalton is excited to play Phillip/Frederick in BVUs Noises off and wishes that everyone leaves feeling better than they did coming in. Kathryn Keller is a junior Biology major from Rolfe, IA. Her role as Belin- da in Noises Off is her third at BVU her previous credits including Romeo & Juliet and The Hollow. The funniest moment that Kathryn has had on a stage is when she dropped a tea tray on stage during The Hollow and the whole cast had to make up a new ending. The funny part is it was the night that the show was recorded. Kathryn says that something interesting about her char- acter is that they are very similar people, perfectionists who like to gossip. Glenn Hackbarth is a sophomore History major from Sprit Lake, IA. His role as Selsdon in Noises Off is his fourth role in a main stage production here at BVU. His previous credits include The Language Archive, The Hollow, and The Tempest. Glenn thinks the funniest thing about the rehearsal process is the cast from The Hollow making T-Rex arms to make fun of our characters. He says something interesting about Selsdon is that he knows a lot but gets confused most of the time. Chancellor Johnson is a junior Theatre major from Nashua, IA. His role as Tim in Noises Off is his sixth BVU main stage role. His previous credits include Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Language Archive, The Hollow, and The Tempest. Chance found it hard to pick one moment as the “funniest” because the cast often found themselves saying their lines in new ways that that he is a very exhausted stage manager, which is funny because Chance character says and does certain things that he has said and done as a stage manager. His character also plays several roles within the play. Stacey Rosener - lic Relations from Vail, IA. Stacey is the Assistant Director for Noises Off and it is the second BVU production that she has worked on. Previously she has acted in Woman Wonder. For Stacey, the funniest moments in the process was when we were reading through the script and we would all get a joke Thanks to students from Theatre and Media Performance Studio Classes THME 100, THME 242, THME 342, and THME 442