The Acting Showcase Program

The Acting Showcase SEAN McCARTHER AND MATTHEW HULTGREN, co-directors

Tuesday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Bart Luedeke Center Theater Rider University 2083 Lawrenceville Road Lawrenceville, N.J. Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: The Martinson Family Foundation for its support of theater technology equipment.

Richard and Heather Frye-Ginsberg & Michael T. '89 and Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.

Part 1: Authentic Instrument II Devised Scene Work from the Ensemble Professor's Note: Part devised work, part improvisation. The class ensemble of Authentic Instrument II has developed a series of original scenes in multiple genres and diverse styles. Through experimentation with psychophysical acting, voice, and movement techniques, this cast explores the potential of imaginative character creation and improvisational storytelling.

Ensemble: Brenna Au Miller Patrick Clayborn Mickey Durkin Micah Golden Jenifer Hernandez Agramonte Emmy Lange Jayden Lopez Julianne Maloney Lila Maru Mary Mask Ryan Overley Charis Ryan Max Ryon Kitty Schropp Danny Vera Jon Voinski Professor: Matthew Hultgren

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Part 2: Movement II Announcement I: Abigail Bufis and Kiyomi Okazaki Sneaky Scuffle: Ani Arzoumanian and Lexi Vaksdal Scene from Office Christmas Party: Lucas Vitale, Kyra Pichardo, and Cale Bianchino

Subway Scuffle: Will Coffey, Cale Bianchino Movement Duets: Ani Arzoumanian and Lexi Vaksdal Will Coffey and Kristina Pronina Kiyomi Okazaki and Jade Cox Jordan Perucki and Carolinda Silva Scene from These Seven Sicknesses by Sean Graney: Carolinda Silva and Charlie Dubendorfer Announcement II: Abigail Bufis and Kiyomi Okazaki Sitting Scuffle I: Jack DeWeese and Kyra Pichardo Roller Coaster: Lexi Vaksdal with Abigail Bufis, Ani Arzoumanian, Will Braxton Coffey, and Lucas Vitale Singing Scuffle I: Jordan Perucki and Jade Cox Forgiveness: Jack DeWeese and Kristina Pronina Sitting Scuffle 2: Cale Bianchino and Ani Arzoumanian Trouble in Paradise: Abigail Bufis, Charlie Dubendorfer, Lucas Vitale Tortilla Chip: Jade Cox with Carolinda Silva and Jack DeWeese Singing Scuffle II: Cale Bianchino, Kristina Pronina, Charlie Dubendorfer, Jordan Perucki, Kyra Pichardo, and Kiyomi Okazaki Announcement III Abigail Bufis and Kiyomi Okazaki Finale Full Company

Professor: Sean McCarther

About Rider University and The Department of Performing Arts Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.

The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.

Through its dynamic mix of academic programs, The Department of Performing Arts helps aspiring professional performers, producers, managers, designers, technicians and entrepreneurs find their unique path in an ever-evolving industry. Acknowledged as innovative and contemporary, the Department of Performing Arts aspires to build a more equitable, engaging and sustainable future for the performing arts while exploring the many diverse historical, cultural, social and creative threads that add to our rich tapestry.