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SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Perspectives
A One-Act Theatre Festival

Six one-act plays on paranormal events, freaky first dates, troubled relationships, and life and death encountres.

October 29-31 and November 3-7, 2004

Director's Note

The plays selected for this production have all been winners of the prestigious annual Actors Theatre of Louisville's National Ten-Minute Play Contest . The one-acts are quite diverse in that the material deals with paranormal events, troubled relationships, freaky first dates and life and death encounters. Yet, in every play there is a clash of “perspectives” on a given subject, resulting in a very comedic—or tragic—outcome.

I chose to produce a one-act festival to give as many students as possible the opportunity to participate in a Behrend theatrical production. Approximately thirty students total—actors, stage managers, crew and set builders, from a range of majors/disciplines—have worked together to create this theatrical piece, Perspectives.

Production Artists & Staff

Director: Christine Mangone

Scenic and Lighting Designer, Technical Director: T. J. Laffan

Stage Managers: Kristine Crassweller, Amanda Golia, Jeremy Korwek

Assistant to the Technical Director: Erin Leigh Mathes

Choreographer, Breaking the Chain: Amanda Golia

Music: Christine Mangone, Damon Kelliher

Costumes: The Company

Props: The Company

Lighting Technician: Chrisssey Lambert

Sound Technician: Kristine Crassweller

Set Construction and Lighting Assistants: TH 189: Erin Leigh Mathes, Nicholas Goff, Kiyle Brosius, Chrissey Lambert, Mr. Dan, John Hallberg, Jeremy Napierkowski, AJ Sobotka, Sarah Naughton, Justin Carter, Titan McElharky, Tara Curry, Connie Chung

Poster Artist/Designer: Wendy Kallgren

Program: Christine Mangone, Wendy Kallgren, Brad Fitch

Student Publicity Assistant: Jerome B. Pohl III

House Manager: Kiyle Brosius

Title, coined by: T.J. Laffan

Actors: Aaron J. Amendola, Wendy Boyce, Tanaz Balaporia, Prema Bangera, Brad Fitch, Amanda Golia, Julie Kosin, Jeremy Korwek, Christine Lajzo, Zack Mentz, Steven O'Donnell, Marvin Sanderson, John Stranahan, Xenia Tomlinson, Meghan Whitesel

Thank You to the following organizations and people for their donations, time and support:

To the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, particularly to Richard Aquila, Wendy Kallgren, Norma Hartner and Brenda Bane, for their time and support

To Ken Miller and the Office of Student Affairs for their generous funding for this production

To Dewayne Wright, Jen Town, and Loretta A. Brandon at the Office of University Relations for their publicity input

To the Maintenance and Operations Staff

To the Matchbox Players Members for their enthusiasm in keeping theatre alive

To Stacey McCoy, John Fontecchio, Damon Kelliher, Cindy Laffan, Mathew Smith, and Ken Baum for their invaluable help with this project

To Rich Konkol (of Konkol Fabrication at 825-6976) for his generous donations

Pictures from the Production

"Breaking the Chain" By Michael Bigelow Dixon & Val Smith Not everyone sees Jesus peeking through an orange peel.	"Guest of Honor" By Richard Strand The blind date IS more than awkward
"Precipice" By William Mastrosimone Lost in the mountains as night approaches, the two characters must make difficult decisions.	"Cover" By Jeffrey Sweet What would you do if your best friend cheated on his wife and asked you to ''cover" for him?
"Gave Her the Eye" By John Sheehy It's unfortunate when aliens steal your eye—and no one believes you.	"Forty-Minute Finish" By Jerome Hairston Witnessing a death forces these characters to question their own lives.