NOVEMBER 13, 14, and 15
   7:30pm
   David Miller Theatre
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James Thurber was perhaps best known as a cartoonist published extensively in New Yorker Magazine and also for his short stories including, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”.   His cartoons usually featured adorable, somewhat bizarre animals (fish with ears, etc.) and married couples in various states of disagreement.  His piece, “The Last Flower” begins with a world destroyed by “civilization and conflict” left only with one man, one woman, and one flower.  Life, love, civilization are restored.  At the end of the story we are left once again, with one man, one woman, and one flower and the hope that we can begin again.

This year’s Freshman/Sophomore Play is A Thurber Carnival, featuring his stories, his drawings, and his strange twists on such classics as MacBeth and the surrender at Appomattox court house (“Don’t call me Virginia”).  In “Pet Department” Thurber takes on pressing questions submitted by a television audience regarding whether or not seals, in fact, do juggle; an owl in the attic; and a stuffed cockatoo.  The show includes 15 brief scenes, many laughs, 10 male and 10 female actors directed by three teams of junior/senior actors consisting of Eric Russell, Jane Johnsen, Jeff Nickels; Leland Masek and Catherine Athenson; Kristina Wein and Tanya Amidei.  Supervising the madness is Barbara Papp, Director; Ben Davidson, Technical Director, a Lake Forest grad, with an MFA in Technical Theatre returned (thankfully) to his old stomping grounds; Stephanie Ashmore as Technical Directing Assistant; Dawn Neal as costumer.

We also hope to have four musicians, as yet unfound, on stage performing a score to this piece.  The music department has jumped on board with both feet to support the project.  Being five weeks out at the time of this writing from production we are confident that many current unknowns will magically come to fruition and that the production will be a technical, musical, visual, and theatre spectacle which will help you laugh and put today’s “problems” into a healthy, humorous perspective.  That alone will be worth the price of your ticket.
Students featured in this work are Icelle Anderson, Augie Athenson, Rory Connolly, Lia Donovan, Max Elisman, Connor Kenehan, Kelsey Kolasa,  Alex Kroger, Alex Levin, Topher Loos, Katie Moss, Mac Myles, Emily Neuberger, Olivia Passalino, Andrew Piecheta, Jenny Poth, Jori Richman, Colin Seikel, Emma Stockert, and Erica Werner.
Student technical staff will include:  Ashley Anderson, Student Technical Director;  Sarah Davidson and Monica Graham, Set Designers and Production Technical Directors; Iain Brearton, Lighting Designer; and Beep Trefts, Stage manager. 

Please join us in the David Miller Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday November 13, Friday November 14, and Saturday November 15 for a night of talent, energy, laughs, insights, music, and cartoons.