SETTING
Various locations in Florida
and a mental institution in Ohio

The University Theatre presents

Marvin's
Room

by Scott McPherson


Director
Ray Collins

Set & Lighting Designer
Frank Ludwig

Costume Designer
Mary Wayne-Thomas

Sound Designer
Stuart Moore

Stage Manager
Lindsey Hardegree*


October 28-29, 2005
November 2-6, 2005


 
 


CAST

BESSIE
Lauren Rico*

LEE
Rebecca Kahane

HANK
Dan Applegate

RUTH
Morgan Partin

CHARLIE
Lily Cottrell

DR. WALLY
Reed Pendergrass

BOB
Wes Calkin

DR. CHARLOTTE
Katy Slavin*

RETIREMENT HOME DIRECTOR
Ann Kashishian


* Member of The Anthony Aston Players

 













PRODUCTION STAFF

Technical Director
Trevor Anderson

Costume Studio Supervisor
Lisa Weller

Audience Services Coordinator
Leslie Spencer

Dramaturg
Katharine McEnery*

Assistant Stage Managers
Rachel Adams, Dan Kilgallen

Prop Master
Alexandra Beiter*

Prop Assistant
Laura Bullins, Leah Roop-Kharasch*

Assistant Lighting Designer
Matt Gutschick*

Welders
Melissa Gervasio*, Kris Karstedt,
Laura Lutkefedder*

Master Electrician
Kate Bashore*

Scene Shop Assistants
Kate Bashore*, Alexandra Beiter*,
Mike Casby*, Amber Chapel, Drew Grindrod,
Erich Jones*, Andy Karr, Nemanja Savic,
Zach Tysinger*

Scenic Art Crew
Alyssa Biber*, Erin Bickley,
Patrick Cendes, Lydia Dorsey, Caitlin McGarr,
Maria Ramos de Castro Velasco,
Renee Roedersheimer, Sissie Stroupe

Electrics Crew
Dan Applegate, Marta Cerceno de Pablo,
Amber Chapel, Michael Christaltos, Matt Gutschick,
William Simpson, Ben Whiting

Costume Assistants
Laura Bullins, Katie Delsandro,
Lauren Gaston, Hannah Guthrie

Costume Construction
Ainsley Johnson, Caroline Sutton

Hair & Makeup
Laura Lutkefedder*

Wardrobe
Rebecca Cannon

Grip
Roman Irvan

Light Board Operator
Erich Jones*

Sound Board Operator
Mike Discepolo

Poster Design
Frank Ludwig

Photography
Bill Ray III, Jonathan Christman, Leslie Spencer

Box Office Staff
Alyssa Biber*, Rebecca Cannon,
Laura Halsey*, Cara Lee, Bethany Novak*,
Eric Pearce, Taylor Robertson*, Lauren Rust

Front of House
Cara Lee, Bethany Novak*

Publicity Manager
Lauren Rico*

Publicity
Wes Calkin, Katie Kokkinos, Will Navarre

* Member of The Anthony Aston Players


SPECIAL THANKS
Annie Bruskiewitz
Don Bergey
Cindy Gendrich
Michael Logan
Jimmy Croonz
Contempo Concepts
Student Health Service
Wagner Reconditioned Appliances
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Warehouse

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

Before I began rehearsals for Marvin’s Room, I visited my father and sister who live in Southern California. Dad has been suffering from dementia. My sister had been trying desperately to help him with his illness. As a working mother, she found this labor of love extremely exhausting and eventually we decided Dad needed to have full time care. The courage to shoulder the daily routine of caring for a seriously ill family member can destroy or strengthen the bonds that hold a family together.

Playwright Scott McPherson drew heavily on his personal experience when he wrote Marvin’s Room while
caring for his partner who was dying of AIDS. In the play, Bessie refuses to put her father into a nursing home and
insists on caring for him at home. Her deep devotion and willingness to sacrifice everything to care for her father helps heal her family’s festering wounds.

 




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