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SUNY Brockport’s alliance with Geva Theatre Center is designed to nurture students who have professional aspirations in the theatre and enrich the academic experience of all students interested in theatre. Students in the Department of Theatre and Music Studies benefit from the experience of Geva staff both on campus and through special programs at Geva Theatre Center, in Rochester. At the same time, our collaboration provides an opportunity for Geva to expand its educational mission into western Monroe County while developing relationships with the Brockport academic community. Geva professionals hold teaching appointments at Brockport, direct a play each semester, and offer public lectures on the Brockport campus. The professional alliance benefits Brockport students and faculty, the actors and creative staff at Geva and the community at large.

SUNY Brockport’s professional alliance with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra enriches the life of both Brockport students and the community by providing numerous opportunities to experience fine orchestral music. Professionals from the RPO teach at Brockport and offer a series of lecture/ demonstrations that are open to the public. The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra performs on the Brockport campus for our students and the community, and all Brockport students can attend selected RPO concerts at Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, at greatly discounted prices.

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● Food and beverages are allowed in the lobby, but not in the theatre.

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ELEMENO PEA

by Molly Smith Metzler

Danny Hoskins

February 23, 24, 25, March 2, 3, 4, 2023, at 7:30 pm

February 26 and March 5, 2023, at 2 pm

Tower Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre

Scenic and Lighting Design Costume Design Production Stage Manager Director

P. Gibson RalphΩ Gail Argetsinger

Sarah Ketter

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Elemeno Pea covers a lot of ground. It deals with class, status, regret, loss, hope, and the consequences of major life choices. At the core of the story are three women who have experienced three very different life journeys yet aren’t without common ground. As their paths collide, they battle to reconcile their choices to create the most meaningful and least compromising outcome for themselves. But it’s a messy and volatile process… which makes it incredibly real and moving to experience.

In an interview with A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, playwright Molly Smith Metzler offered these thoughts: “I think there should be more plays about complicated, dynamic, flawed, wonderful, messy, triumphant, failing, honest women. And I think those plays should be allowed to be complicated, dynamic, flawed, wonderful, messy, triumphant, failing, and honest…” In Elemeno Pea, she delivers exactly that. Just as it is in our everyday lives we are messy, wild, complicated, imperfect, wonderful and powerful human beings, after all—so it is with these three women. What Metzler gives us is a snapshot of our own desires, dreams, triumphs and failures as siblings, friends, and lovers; holding up a mirror and exposing the best and worst of us as we struggle to be a champion for each other without losing what we want for ourselves.

— Danny Hoskins

The Department of Theatre and Music Studies wishes to acknowledge that rehearsal and performances of this production occurred on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Onödowáʼga, the Great Hill People, in English known as the Seneca people.

Trio G hidorah guitar ensemble

Friday March 24, 2023

7:30 pm

Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage 180 Holley Street, Brockport

Tickets: fineartstix.brockport.edu or call (585) 395-2787

THE CAST (in order of appearance)

Devon.........................................................................................Taylor Bashaw

Simone..............................................................................Chloe Bruni-Scuderi†

Jos-B..............................................................................................William Ruiz

Michaela...................................................................................Rachel Ekstrom †

Ethan.............................................................................................JoJo Adams†

Understudies: For Ethan: Seth Bailey

For Michaela: Lily Augustine For Simone/Devon: Emily Bednarek

SETTING

A “ludicrous” beach estate located right on a bluff in Martha’s Vineyard.

TIME

This year, just after Labor Day. The island has started emptying out, but you can still smell suntan lotion (the expensive kind).

Elemeno Pea will be performed WITHOUT an intermission.

“Nottage is writing at the peak of her powers…”

The New York Times

by Lynn Nottage

In this Pulitzer Prize-winning play, workers at a steel factory in Reading, PA, face harsh realities as the world changes around them. Management vs. line workers. Men vs. women. Black vs. white. Ultimately, strikers vs. scabs. The factory looms over the community like a specter, crushing people’s dreams of escaping.

April 21 – 23 and 27 – 29

Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm; Sunday matinee at 2 pm

$17/General • $12/Seniors, Alumni, Faculty & Staff • $9/Students

ABOUT THE CAST

JoJo Adams† Ethan (Senior/Theatre) was part of the ensemble casts of both The Triangle Factory Fire Project and Festival of Ten XI during the 2018-19 Mainstage season. Post-pandemic, he appeared in Speech & Debate, and served as a dialect coach for both Our Country’s Good and The Game’s Afoot. Prior to his arrival at Brockport, Adams received a citation from Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s Stars of Tomorrow program as best supporting actor for his role in Oklahoma! at Mynderse Academy, where he was also featured in Inherit the Wind, Spamalot, Footloose, and other productions.

Taylor Bashaw Devon (Sophomore/Childhood Inclusive Education) is making another appearance in a Mainstage production, having previously appeared in Festival of Ten XIII. She also was a member of the cast of the Harlequins production of Dog Sees God earlier this year. Bashaw is also the club historian for Harlequins.

Chloe Bruni-Scuderi† Simone (Sophomore/Communications) has performed in the Mainstage producitons of Our Country’s Good and Festival of Ten XIII, as well as in the Harlequins production of Blood on the Floor. She also played the leading role in Legally Blonde at Hilton High School. With her minor in Theatre, she is combining her artistic pursuits with her studies as part of the Delta College program.

Rachel Ekstrom† Michaela (Sophomore/Theatre and Broadcast Journalism) previously appeared in the Mainstage productions of Speech & Debate, Our Country’s Good, Festival of Ten XIII, and The Game’s Afoot. She has also performed in community theatre productions of Mamma Mia!, Curtains, West Side Story, and The Great Gatsby. She is the president of Brockport’s Swing Dance Club and this year’s recipient of the Department of Theatre and Music Studies’ Gisela Fritzsching Memorial Scholarship.

Will Ruiz Jos-B (Alumnus ’08/Spanish), a School of the Arts alumnus, returns to the Mainstage after last appearing, as an alumnus, in Water by the Spoonful. As a student he appeared in Brockport’s productions of Lucky Stiff and Marat/Sade. Since those appearances, he has been a regular on the community theatre circuit, performing in shows such as Cabaret and A Chorus Line for Pittsford Musicals, The Addams Family for Webster Theatre Guild, and Sunset Boulevard for Blackfriars Theatre. Since leaving his position as a Spanish teacher in the Irondequoit school district, he has returned to SUNY Brockport, where he is now the Associate Director of the Center for Graduate Studies.

FRIENDS OF BROCKPORT THEATRE

The Mission of the Friends of Brockport Theatre is to:

• Provide financial scholarships for current and incoming theatre students.

• Support residencies by guest artists and instructors to expand the breadth and depth of experiences we offer to our students.

• Provide material support for unique student scholarship, creative activity and research.

• Establish an endowment to ensure the highest quality program for the future.

Friends of Brockport Theatre Membership

(Donations received since January 1, 2021, as of September 1, 2022)

Angel ($1000 +)

Gail Argetsinger

Heidi and Allan Macpherson

P. Gibson Ralph

Benefactor ($500 – $999)

Francis X. Kuhn

Patron ($300 – $499)

Davida Bloom

Sponsor ($100 – $299)

Keith Childs ’76

Ellen Gauthier ’73

Harry Gross ’75

Scott Peal ’75

Rocco Riti ‘72

Anne Shanto ’73

Member ($50 – $99)

Melody Boyd

Natalie Sarrazin

William Yust

Friend ($25 – $49)

Ruth Childs and Jeremy ’08 Hawkinson

Alyssa Husung ’21

Emily Parry ’20

Rebecca Smith

School of Arts and Sciences

Donors

Mike Andriatch ’85/’17

H. Larry and Dorothy Humm

Bernie LoBracco

Andrea Perry

www.brockport.edu/academics/theatre_music/friends_brockport_theatre

March 30 – April 1 7:30 pm Strasser Studio at Hartwell Hall

PRODUCTION CREDITS

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Producer P. Gibson RalphΩ

Fine Arts Series Manager

Production Manager

PRODUCTION

Technical Director

STAGE MANAGEMENT

Production Stage Manager

SCENERY AND PROPERTIES

Scenic Construction

Running Crew

ELECTRICS AND SOUND

Master Electrician

Electrics Prep

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP

Costume Shop Manager

Stuart Ira Soloway

Michael C. Krickmire

David Schultz

Sarah Ketter

JoJo Adams, Taja Benjamin, Chloe Bruni-Scuderi, Lark Cornett, Dominick Francois, Jayden Green, Alexis Johnson, Mark Simmons, Nia Williams

Cassidy Cook, Joseph Diana, Brendan Lebaron, Salvador Vallejo

Sarah Ketter

Jake Tomtishen

Geraldine Montouroy

Costume Construction Crew Gail Argetsinger, Geraldine Montouroy

Costume Run Crew

SPECIAL THANKS

Aldric Boateng, Victoria Hajec, Errin Rebstock

Jesse Blanco, Hailey Denaro, Aiden Flynn, Sarah Keter, Al Koza

† Denotes a nomination for an Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship, administered by the Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival.

Ω Denotes a member of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honor society.

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND MUSIC STUDIES

1101 Tower Fine Arts Center

350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY 14420

(585) 395-2478 or theatre@brockport.edu

Faculty

P. Gibson Ralph, associate professor and chair

Gail Argetsinger, associate professor

Elizabeth Banner, lecturer

Paul Boutte, lecturer

Ruth Childs, associate professor

Natalie Fuller, lecturer

Danny Hoskins, assistant professor

Kenneth Kam, lecturer

Michael C. Krickmire, lecturer

Francis X. Kuhn, professor

Brigitt Markusfeld, guest artist

Geraldine Montouroy, lecturer

Monica Ramich, lecturer

Natalie Sarrazin, professor; coordinator of music studies

David Schultz, technical director

Maria Scipione, lecturer

Tamara Wilcox, instructor

Faculty Emeriti and Retired Staff

Davida Bloom Ian Henderson Gary Thomas Musante

Oh-Kon Cho Joanna H. Kraus Richard St George

Member Organizations

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by David M. Rubenstein.

Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; and the Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation.

Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts.

This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels.

Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for invitation to the KCACTF regional festival and may also be considered for national awards recognizing outstanding achievement in production, design, direction and performance. Last year more than 1,500 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.

ALLIANCE WITH GEVA THEATRE CENTER

The College at Brockport, State University of New York, Department of Theatre and Music Studies is proud of its alliance with Geva Theatre Center, Rochester’s resident Actors Equity Association theatre company, and the most attended regional theatre in New York state. Through internships at the theatre, as well as programs featuring guest instructors, lecturers and artists from Geva, our students gain a unique insight into the operations of professional theatre.

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BOX OFFICE:

Log onto fineartstix.brockport.edu to purchase tickets online 24 hours a day. With just a few keystrokes, create your profile and then click through to the various events. Series events will go on sale approximately five weeks prior to the performance. Tickets are available online until three hours prior to the performance, and can be downloaded to your smartphone or printed at home.

The Tower Fine Arts Center Box Office is located at 180 Holley Street, and can be contacted at (585) 395-2787. The Box Office will be open Monday through Friday (Noon – 5 pm) and on specific Saturdays (Noon – 4 pm) when there is a performance that evening. The box office accepts Visa, MasterCard or Discover.

GROUP RATES:

Groups of 10 or more people attending the same performance and purchasing their tickets as a block at least two weeks in advance are entitled to group rates. Call 395-2797 for details.

ACCESSIBILITY:

All theatres are handicapped accessible. Please notify a house manager if you need assistance.

FOR HEARING IMPAIRED PATRONS:

Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage is outfitted with an infrared hearing system, for the use of our patrons who are hearing impaired. Headsets are available, free of charge, at the Box Office.

FIRE EXITS:

Fire exits are located throughout the theatres. Please take a moment to locate the exits nearest to you. In case of an emergency, the house manager will direct you to exit the facility.

INCLEMENT WEATHER AND EMERGENCY CLOSURE:

SUNY Brockport rarely cancels performances due to inclement weather. In such situations, information will be available through the Box Office (395-2787) and University Police (3952226), or our Facebook page. Information is also provided on WHAM radio, 13WHAM-TV, and radio 89.1/The Point. In the event of a cancellation, please call the Box Office and we will do our best to reseat you at another performance, subject to availability

Sunday: 11 – 4