The 麻豆传媒色情片 Department of Theatre and Dance presents its first mainstage production of the 2015 spring semester, Fuddy Meers, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in Chakeres Memorial Theatre, 905 Woodlawn Ave.
Directed by Assistant Professor Patrick Kilby Reynolds and Assistant Director Hannah Yalaz 鈥15, Fuddy Meers is a comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The play follows Claire, who has a rare form of amnesia that erases her memory when she sleeps. One morning she wakes to a strange assortment of new faces: a limping man in a ski mask, a dimwitted thug whose best friend is a hand puppet and a claustrophobic traffic cop. Every twist and turn in this funhouse plot bring Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she'd forgotten.
鈥淓very rehearsal, I鈥檓 impressed by the ability of our actors to take a character they've read for and analyzed and to make discoveries onstage,鈥 Yalaz said. 鈥淭he show is funny and absurd and truly unique to this cast. Fuddy is a slapstick comedy that still holds weight鈥攖he characters are dealing with their own very real issues.鈥
Cast members include Adam Barstow 鈥17 as Limping Man, Bobby Kirwin 鈥15 as Millet, Katie Paolacci 鈥16 as Claire, Robert Prines 鈥18 as Richard, Jillian Stout 鈥17 as Kenny, Kaylie Taylor 鈥17 as Heidi, and Sarah Van Deusen 鈥16 as Gertie.
Students working behind the scenes include Stage Manager Caitlin Matthews 鈥16, and Assistant Stage Mangers Maddie Bones 鈥18 and Jasmine Jones 鈥15, as well as Emily Aurigemma 鈥17, Alex Behr 鈥15, Kailey Boyer 鈥17, Trevor Brown 鈥15, Carl J. Burgason 鈥16, Britney Coffman 鈥18, Dylan Conroy 鈥15, Ryann Corbett 鈥16, Dylan R. George 鈥15, Haley Crook 鈥17, Tucker Daniel 鈥16, Corey Farnbauch 鈥16, Cameron Ferguson 鈥18, Gabrielle Garza 鈥15, Stone Gibson 鈥18, Nicholas Gregory 鈥17, Hannah Harley 鈥15, Kelli L. Harrod 鈥16, Jackson Hayes 鈥18, Edward Hoecker 鈥15, Kyle Jessup 鈥15, Karina Kawalski 鈥17, Jenna Langa 鈥15, Jesse Langer 鈥15, Nikhil Makhija 鈥17, Payton Marshall 鈥17, Joshua McErlean 鈥18, Katie Paolacci 鈥16, Michelle Petit 鈥16, Starr Portman 鈥18, Robert J. Prines 鈥18, Amanda Rogus 鈥17,Haley Schroeder 鈥17, Kreig J. Spahn 鈥15, Collin Sparks 鈥18, Patrick Szymczak 鈥17, Logan Warye 鈥15, Chandler Watson 鈥16, Lindsey Watson 鈥15, Russell Williams 鈥16, Carolyn Wong 鈥15 and Kethry Warren 鈥18.
Tickets are $5 or free with a Wittenberg ID. Tickets are available beginning Monday, Feb. 16, at the Chakeres Memorial Theatre Lobby Box Office. The Box Office is open 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets are also available one hour prior to each performance.
