The UWSP Department of Theatre & Dance is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre and the

National Association of Schools of Dance.

2011-2012 Theatre & DanceFaculty and Staff

PLEASE KEEP ALL CELL PHONES AND PAGERS TURNED OFF WHEN IN THE THEATRE. THANK YOU.

Please Note•Food and drink must not be brought into the theatre

•The use of cameras or recording devices is strictly prohibited•Smoking is not permitted in the Noel Fine Arts Center

•In the case of an emergency, ushers will assist audience members at each exit

Theatre & Dance Department productions are partially funded by the Student Government Association

Jim CarpenterAssociate Lecturer, Theatre

Barbara CirmoCutter/Draper, Theatre

Matthew Crider Assistant Professor of Theatre

Ruth DanielsAcademic Department Associate

Wendy DolanCostume Shop ManagerAssociate Instruction Specialist

Michael EstanichAssistant Professor of Dance

Jeannie HillAssistant Professor of Dance

Tim HowardAssistant Professor of TheatreBFA Musical Theatre Coordinator

Joan KarlenProfessor of DanceDance Program Coordinator

TJ LoaneScene Shop ManagerAssociate Lecturer

Pamela LuedtkeLecturer, Dance

Tyler MarchantAssistant Professor of Theatre

Gary G. OlsenProfessor of Theatre

Theatre & Dance Department Chair

Stephen SherwinProfessor of Theatre

BFA Design/Tech Program Coordinator

Susan SherwinAssociate Professor of Theatre

Stephen Trovillion SmithProfessor of Theatre

BFA Acting Program Coordinator

Jeffrey StephensAssistant Professor of Theatre

BA/BS Drama Program Coordinator

John StrassburgDance Program Accompanist

Bradley ViethAssistant Professor of Theatre

I don’t want realism, I want - magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people.

I misrepresent things to them. I don’t tell the truth, I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful,

then let me be damned for it!

~ Blanch DuBois

Scene 9, “A Streetcar Named Desire”

Belle Reve

Tennesse Williams 1911-1983

Presents

A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennesee Williams

A Streetcar Named Desire is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. on behalf of

The University of the South, Sewanee, TN.

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointDepartment of Theatre & Dance

DirectorTyler Marchant*

Stage Manager Costume DesignerKyla Kinnamon Grace Coyne Sound Designer Lighting Designer Molly Adams Gary G. Olsen*

Properties Designer Scenic DesignerEmily Billington Nicholas Reising

*Denotes Faculty/Staff

A Streetcar Named Desire

Cast

Blanche DuBois....................................................Mona Maclay

Stanley Kowalski.............................................Jake Horstmeier

Stella Kowalski..........................................Kate Vander Velden

Harold “Mitch” Mitchell................................Zachary Spooner

Eunice Hubbell....................................................Rachel Flahive

Steve Hubbell........................................................Drew Willers

Pablo Gonzales.......................................................Triston King

Negro Woman........................................................Grace Kibira

A Young Collector............................................Neal Javenkoski

Doctor....................................................................Tom Bebeau

Nurse...................................................................Lauren Kacere

Acknowledgements

Special thank you to Mathew Buchman

Greg Kurtzweil~Kurtzweil Antiques and Restoration

Setting:

1947

The action of the play unfolds in and around a two-story corner house on a street named Elysian Fields. Stanley and Stella Kowalski live in a ground-floor apartment, which is rented from Eunice and Steve Hubbell who live on the second floor.

Synopsis of Scenes:

Scene 1 Dusk in early May

Scene 2 Six o’clock, the following evening

Scene 3 Poker party. Well after midnight that same night

Scene 4 The following morning

Ten Minute Intermission

Scene 5 An evening in August

Scene 6 About 2 a.m. that same night

Scene 7 Late afternoon in mid-September

Scene 8 Three-quarters of an hour later

Scene 9 Later that same evening

Scene 10 A few hours later

Scene 11 A few days later

Production Staff

Assistant Director...................................................................Tori Mittelman

Assistant Scenic Designer....................................................Nicole McArthur

Assistant Stage Manager................................Britni Hart, Courtney Milkent

Assistant Lighting Designer..............................Sean Baldwin, Brandon Mix

Scenic Charge................................................................................Cecelia Hill

Properties Technicians.........................................................Christina Newby

Costume Run Crew..................................Ashlyn Cianciolo, Lori Engelmeier Mallory Polivka Deck Run Crew.....................Courtney Holly, Hazel Hodgins, Abbey Immer Hannah Lunn, Alex Sabin, Cherith Zanghi

Costume Shop Manager.........................................................Wendy Dolan*

Cutter/Draper........................................................................Barbara Cirmo*

Scene Shop Manager......................................................................TJ Loane*

Costume Shop Assistants...................................Molly Adams, Grace Coyne OrianaDentici,BrendaDeWaters,HannaGaffney,EmilyJanik Amanda Martin, Daniel Rigamer, Christy Siebers, Shannon Ward Vorland Intern Recipients: Emily Billington, Cecelia Hill

Scene Shop Assistants..................Abbey Immer, Tom Bebeau, Nicole Card John Ford-Dunker, Alex Gudding, Jordan Krsnak, Brandon Mix Sam Olson, Tim Runde, Carl Swanson, Christopher Walls Vorland Intern Recipients: Hilary Landowski, Nick Reising Scene & Costume Shop.....................Theatre & Dance Practicum Students

Academic Department Associate............................................Ruth Daniels*

Theatre&DanceOfficeStudentAssistants.............................AlisonDwyer Kailey Field, Sarah Godlewski, Tori Mittelman, Grace Wales

BoxOfficeSupervisor.............................................................ChrisSeefeldt*

House Managers.................................................Katie Bates, Rachel Lenner Daniel Rigamer, Erik Schneider, Zacharia Young

Public Relations Assistants................Theatre & Dance Practicum Students

*DenotesFaculty/Staff

Adams, Molly (Sound Designer) Sophomore, BFA Acting Major from St. Louis Park, MN.

Baldwin, Sean (Assistant Lighting Designer) Senior, BS Biochemistry Major from Fremont, WI.

Bates, Katie (House Manager) Junior, BFA Musical Theatre Major from Mequon, WI. Recipient of the Backstage Musical Theatre Scholarship.

Bebeau, Tom (Doctor) Junior, BFA Acting Major from Kaukauna, WI.

Billington, Emily (Properties Designer) Junior, BFA Design Technology Major from Waupaca, WI. Recipient of the Anne Gilfrey Schierl Fine Arts Award in Design Technology.

Coyne, Grace (Costume Designer) Junior, BFA Design Technology Major from Barneveld, WI. Recipient of the Theatre Arts Scholarship for Incoming Freshman in Design Technology.

Flahive, Rachel (Eunice Hubbell) Freshman, BFA Acting Major from Kenosha, WI.

Hart, Britni (Assistant Stage Manager) Junior, BA Drama Major from Oshkosh, WI.

Hill, Cecelia (Scenic Charge) Junior BFA Musical Theatre Major from Mequon, WI. Recipient of the Anne Gilfrey Schierl Fine Arts Award In Design Technology and the James Vorland Technical Theatre Scholarship.

Horstmeier, Jake (Stanley Kowalski) Senior, BFA Acting Major and Dance Minor from Random Lake, WI. Recipient of the Hall Theatre Experience and the Kassie Dallmann Memorial Scholarship.

Javenkoski, Neal (A Young Collector) Sophomore, BFA Acting Major from Middleton, WI.

Kacere, Lauren (Nurse) Senior, BFA Acting Major from Johnston, IA. Recipient of the Theatre Arts Scholarship in Acting.

Meet the Company

Kibira, Grace (Negro Woman) Freshman, BFA Musical Theatre Major from Cottage Grove, MN.

King, Triston (Pablo Gonzales) Freshman, BFA Acting Major from Milwaukee, WI.

Kinnamon, Kyla (Stage Manager) Junior, BFA Design Technology Major and Web & Digital Media Development Minor from DeForest, WI.

Lenner, Rachel (House Manager) Freshman, BA Arts Management Major from Ironwood, MI.

Maclay, Mona (Blanche DuBois) Sophomore, BFA Acting and Philosophy Major from Richland Center, WI.

McArthur, Nicole (Assistant Scenic Designer) Freshman, BA Drama and English Major from Frago, ND. Recipient of the Theatre Arts IScholarship in Drama.

Milkent, Courtney (Assistant Stage Manager) Sophomore, BA Drama SocialScience-BroadfieldandHistoryMajorfrom Waukesha, WI. Recipient of the Theatre Incoming Freshman in Drama Scholarship.

Mittelman, Tori (Assistant Director) Sophomore BFA Acting Major from Burke, VA. Recipient of the Anne Gilfrey Schierl Fine Arts Award in Acting.

Mix, Brandon (Assistant Lighting Designer) Sophomore, BFA Design Technology Major from Kincheloe, MI.

Reising, Nicholas (Scenic Designer) Senior, BFA Design Technology and Business Administration Major from Potosi, WI. Recipient of the Theatre Arts Incoming Freshman in Design Technology Award, Anne Gilfrey Schierl Fine Arts Award In Design Technology, UWSP Leadership Award, the Sentry Scholarship and the Vorland Intern Scholarship.

Rigamer, Daniel (House Manager) Sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre Major from New Orleans, LA.

Schneider, Erik (House Manager) Junior, BFA Musical Theatre Major and Dance Minor from Amherst Junction, WI.

Meet the Company (continued)

Spooner, Zachary (Harold “Mitch” Mitchell) Senior, BA Drama Major from Conrath, WI. Recipient of the Theatre Arts Scholarship in Drama.

Vander Velden, Kate (Stella Kowalski) Junior, BFA Acting Major from Belgium, WI. Recipient of the Anne Gilfrey Schierl Fine Arts Award in Acting.

Willers, Drew (Steve Hubbell) Senior, BFA Acting Major from LaCrescent, MN.

Young, Zacharia (House Manager) Junior, BA Arts Management Major from Mayville, WI.

Meet the Company (continued)

BACKSTAGEThe Department of Theatre & Dance welcomes support for our educational and artistic activities through a variety of programs,

including existing scholarships and endowments, special projects support, bequests and planned gifts. For more information about contributing to the Department of Theatre & Dance, please refer

to the enclosed Backstage envelope, or contactKathy Buenger, Vice Chancellor, University Advancement

Angel ($1,000+)

Carl & Judi Carlson

Joseph & Tammi Colianni(Matching gift from Wells Fargo)

Joan Karlen & Jack Hurrish (Matching gift from Sentry Insurance)

James & Mary Ann Nigbor

John & Patty Noel(Make a Mark Foundation)

Manager ($250-$499)

Patricia A. Curti

Jeff Morin & Brian Borchardt

Anne Marie Reed

Sonja R. Scholz

Isabelle Stelmohoske

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Scott West

Artistic Director ($500-$999)

Marie & Tom Firkus

Donna & Daniels Marx

David Worth & Cindy Schultz-Worth

A special thank you to our 2011-2012 Backstage supporters!Donations received July 2011-February 2012

Producer ($750+)

Marilyn A. Kapter & John M. Bernd

Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc.

Backstage (continued)

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