Hamlet:Hold Off The World Awhile

Artistic & Management Team Director: Dr. Jim Al-Shamma Movement Directors: Brittany Reese & Kristen Ladd Assistant Director: Amelia Bast Producer: Brent Maddox Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Amy Syverson

Ellie Anderson

Technical Director

Set & Properties Design

Jerry Stratton

Daniel Schurz

Lighting Design

Sound Design

Josilyn Seftchick

Jack Freedman

Costume Design

Projections Design

Charlotte Francis*

Amber Whatley

Dramaturg Lilyanne Schwarz-Peterson

Ensemble Alexandra Anglim Logan Adela Applin Ceirra Burdyck*

Chloe Coulter* Michelle Easler Rae Eppard Hope Kobus Carla Lombardo

Savannah Raeder* Kylie Sumner

*indicates member of APO

Production Run Crew Front of House Staff ……………………………….…………………………………….…… Nick Galenkamp Kelby Horne* Hayden Jones* Maddi Patoto

Costume Shop Manager………………………………..……………………………………….. Jessica Mueller Wardrobe Supervisor …………………………………………………………………………… Celeste Eurales Wardrobe Crew………………………………………………………………………………….. Genesis Biondi Zoe Zink

Light Board Programmer …………………………………………………………….…….… Catherine Moore

Light Board Op ………………………………………………………………..……………….… Mari Hannah Sound Board Op ………………………………………………………………………….… George Whitenight Projection Op …………………………………………………………………………………….… Astra Duffy

Run Crew……………………………………………………………………………….……... Ella Batogowski

Tessa Melton

*indicates member of APO

Production Staff Technical Crew Alexandra Anglim

Lydia Baker

Joshua Becker

Rue Bradfield

Alix Brown

Ceirra Burdyck*

Summer Clark

Jenna Clarke

Marlena Collins

Kalyn Dickey

Michelle Easler

Maggie Feduccia

Greiner Gumerson

Amy Halloran

Anna Hoey

Laterika Johnson

Sam Johnson

Hope Kobus

Jared Koerner

Zachary Ligsan

Carla Lombardo

Nicolette Manrique

Keegan McCarthy

Kamaria McGinn

Tessa Melton

Elise Olson

Anna Radley

Savannah Raeder*

Mia Ridling

Fritz Sumter

Micah Waid

Patricia Weizpfennig

Alayna Wilburn

Ben Yancy

Costume Crew Logan Applin

Teige Brewer*

Brielle Cohen

Tegan Dye

Tori Herda*

Keira Maupin

Emily Miller

Charlie Nelson*

Anja Reimer

Molly Ryan

Marie Sheets

Caroline Silander

Hannah Smith

*indicates member of APO

Director’s Note Shakespeare’s Hamlet might be read as a play about irresponsible parenting, broadly speaking: Hamlet’s uncle kills his father and marries his mother and then Hamlet’s father’s ghost charges Hamlet with cleaning up the mess, based upon no more evidence, initially, than the accusation of a ghost. The current climate crisis might also be read as one of irresponsible parenting: older generations reaped the benefits of industrialization leaving younger ones to bear the burden of global warming. Recent years have seen a rise in rates of depression in young people, and Hamlet is a famous melancholic. So, we have taken Hamlet as our inspiration to explore depression in the young in the face of global warming, for the collaborative, devised movement piece you will see today, with projections and music.

SPECIAL THANKS DR. STEPHEN EAVES FRIENDS OF THE ARTS AT BELMONT

ARTISTIC AND MANAGEMENT TEAM

DR. JAMES AL-SHAMMA (Director) University directing credits include Argonautika, Three Sisters, and Our Town. Dr. Al-Shamma has been on the Theatre Faculty at Belmont since 2007.

ELLIE ANDERSON (Assistant Stage Manager) Credits include: Assistant Director, Wonderland High (Riverhawk Productions), Newsies (Riverhawk Productions); Live Recording Manager, Unless (Infinite Arts Productions). Ellie is currently pursuing her B.F.A. in Theatre Directing.

AMELIA BAST (Assistant Director) Credits include: Maddie Stone, Blood on Canvas; Dramaturg, A Wrinkle in Time; Assistant Music Director, Lucky Stiff (Belmont University); Music Director, Jesus Christ Superstar (New Star Nashville Productions). Amelia will graduate this May with a Bachelor of Music and a minor in Theatre.

JACK FREEDMAN (Sound Designer) Credits include: Ensemble/Understudy for Chris and Max, The Play that goes Wrong, (Belmont University), Jack, Endlings (Cry Havoc Theatre Company); Sound Design, The Wiz, (Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts). Jack currently works as an actor/sound designer and is pursuing his B.A. in Theatre Arts as well as his B.S in Audio Engineering Technology.

KRISTEN LADD (Movement Director). Kristen is an actor, writer, and director currently based in Nashville, TN. Recent credits include: Director/Playwright, Living in The Light, The Aviator (Belmont University); Producer, Seeds (Independent Film).

BRIT REESE (Movement Director) Credits include: Director/Playwright, Living in the Light, The Aviator (Belmont University); Choreographer, Yo, Vikings! (Art Barn Theater); Producer, Seeds (Independent Film).

LILYANNE SCHWARZ-PETERSON (Dramaturg) Credits include: Assistant Director, Silent Sky (Belmont University), Stage Manager, Love's Labor's Lost (Belmont University); Assistant Stage Manager, The Sound of Music, Radium Girls (Source One Five), The Good Times are Killing Me (Belmont University). Lily is currently pursuing her second degree, a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Directing, at Belmont.

JOSILYN SEFTCHICK (Lighting Designer) Credits include Student Technical Director, Lead Pin Rail, and Deck Chief, All in the Timing, Seussical, Grease, Lost in Yonkers, On the 20th Century, Little Shop of Horrors, (Upper St. Clair Theater); Assistant Master Electrician, A Wrinkle in Time, (Belmont University); Lighting Design, Moving Stories (Belmont University); Set Design, Trust, (Belmont University); Josilyn is pursuing her B.F.A. in Production Design.

AMY SYVERSON (Stage Manager) Credits include: Stage Management, The Aviator (Belmont University), Grease (Emerald Coast Theatre Company), Broadway on the Boulevard (Emerald Coast Theatre Company); Assistant Directing, Love’s Labor’s Lost (Belmont University); Sound Design, Blue Stockings (Belmont University); Assistant Stage Management, The Play That Goes Wrong (Belmont University), The Tempest (Emerald Coast Theatre Company). Amy is a sophomore and is pursuing degrees in Theatre and Film and T.V. Writing.

CAST

ALEXANDRA ANGLIM (Ensemble) Credits Include: Mia, Felt Like a Kiss (Belmont); Beauty and the Beast, Mrs. Potts; Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Morgan La Fey; The Dining Room, Student director; Midsummer Night Dream, Helena (Olentangy High School). Alexandra is a freshman Performance and directing major.

LOGAN ADELA APPLIN (Ensemble) is attaining her BFA in Theatre Performance. Credits include: Reader #1, A Wrinkle in Time (Belmont University); Annabel Glick US, Lucky Stiff (Belmont University); Ivanka, Once (Sacred Heart University); and Mimi Marquez, Rent (Random Farms). Concert venues include: Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Room, Symphony Space, Kaufman Music Center, and The Triad.

CEIRRA BURDYCK (Ensemble/ Dance Captain) Credits include Ophelia, Hamlet; Rona, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sophie, The Wedding Story; Gretchen, Mrs. Nelson is Missing; Russian Doll, The Terrible Infants; Ensemble, The Tempest. Ceirra is a sophomore BFA student with an emphasis in Theatre Performance, as well as a minor in Creative and Entertainment Industries.

CHLOE COULTER (Ensemble/Fight & Flight Captain) Credits include: Mrs. Lindley u/s, Blue Stockings; Swing for the Hardware Store Owner, the Florist, et. al, Kodachrome; Joyce, I’ll Leave it to You (Belmont University); Elsa, Frozen; The Cat in the Hat, Seussical The Musical (Broadway Experience Theatre Company). Chloe will graduate this May with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Theatre Performance.

MICHELLE EASLER (Ensemble): Credits include: Arista, The Little Mermaid (North East School of the Arts); Emma, Funny Girl (North East School of the Arts); Susanna Walcott, The Crucible (North East School of the Arts); Assistant Stage Manager Guess the Musical Showcase (Curtains Up! Belmont University); Assistant Stage Manager, Charlie Brown Christmas (Curtains Up! Belmont University). Michelle is currently a freshman pursuing a B.F.A in Theatre Performance.

RAE EPPARD (Ensemble) Credits include: Snoopy, A Charlie Brown Christmas (Curtains Up! at Belmont University); William Shakespeare, Ensemble, Guess The Musical Showcase (Curtains Up! at Belmont University); Aunty Em, Ares, Ensemble The Lighting Thief (South County High School Theatre); Tillius, She Kills Monsters (South County High School Theatre); Cedric Diggory, Lord Voldy Puffs (South County High School Theatre). Rae is currently pursuing a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance with a minor in Journalism.

HOPE KOBUS (Ensemble) Credits include: Kala Tarzan, Marsha The Outsiders, Lucy Bright Star (Toms River South). Hope is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Theatre Performance.

CARLA LOMBARDO (Ensemble) Credits include: Roxie Hart, Chicago; Sharpay Evans, High School Musical; Choreographer, Mamma Mia; Nicky’s arm/ Ensemble, Avenue Q; Ensemble/ Michelle, Sister Act (Palmer Trinity School). Carla is currently a freshman at Belmont University and is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Artswith an emphasis in Theatre Performance.

KYLIE SUMNER (Ensemble) is a sophomore BFA Theatre Performance major. Her pervious Belmont credits include: Tracy, The Play That Goes Wrong; Rita La Porta, Lucky Stiff; Lucy Atkins u/s, The Good Times are Killing Me. Other credits include: Ariel, Footloose; Portia, Something Rotten; Olive, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. SAVANNAH RAEDER (Ensemble) is a junior BFA Theatre Performance major. Credits include: Emma Nolan, The Prom, (Circle Players); Annie Cannon U/S, Silent Sky, (Belmont University); Jacquenetta, Love’s Labor Lost (Belmont University); Rosie, Mamma Mia! (Hayfield Secondary School); MaryJo Kincaid, A Piece of My Heart, (Lake Braddock Secondary School). Savannah also is pursuing an Entertainment Journalism minor and works as a teaching artist during the summer.

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