All My Sons

Communication Studies and Theatre presents

All My Sons November 17-20 at 7:30 p.m.

November 21 at 2 p.m.

Kim Bartling, director When selecting plays for our theatrical season, it is imperative that we include at least one play that supports our mission of presenting theatre of social change.

Arthur Miller’s classic All My Sons is such a play. Written in 1946 and winning a Tony Award for Best Play in 1948, the questions and themes of All My Sons continue to resonate in 2010. What happens when one’s loyalty to country is compromised by one’s loyalty to family? Should one ever sacrifice one’s idealism for practicality or vice versa? How is living the “American Dream” defined? In what form does wealth come? Is it laughter, honor, love, money or maybe even forgiveness? These questions and more have been at the core of this cast’s rehearsal process.

All My Sons is realism at its best. The Kellers, the Deevers, the Loobys and the Baylisses are people we recognize. They are our neighbors; they are us. Choices have been made, mistakes have been made and sacrifices have been made. This is any town during any time in history, including the one we are living now. Please do not leave these people on our stage. Take them with you. Talk about their lives, their relationships and their choices. Then ask yourself the same question on which the cast has been chewing, “What is your ‘American Dream,’ and what are you willing to sacrifice for it?”

[ Cinderella, April 2010 ]

Brette Goldstein, guest artist Each year the Communication Studies and Theatre Department welcomes a master teacher to campus. The force called Brette Goldstein stormed the Jeschke Fine Arts Center during 2010 spring semester. Introducing students to professionals in the business enhances their application of classroom theory and performance styles.

Brette, a New York City (NYC) based casting director, casts for numerous theatres in NYC and throughout the country. She also casts for reality television, independent film and Public Broadcasting Service. When she’s not casting, she teaches workshops and classes at New York University, Catholic University of America and Montclair State University.

Her expertise, combined with a colorful teaching technique, made a huge impact on many USF students.

Junior Anne Wentworth confessed, “Brette told it the way she saw it. It was a tough love lesson in acting, but it pushed me to see myself in a different light. I opened my eyes to all the roles that are out there for me on the stage and on the screen.”

In addition to individual master classes, Brette visited many performance classrooms and offered a Q & A session open to the campus.

“Brette gave amazing advice and insight about making it in the business,” Sophomore Brittany Kurtenbach said. “From successful monologue selection to

audition tips, I couldn’t take notes fast enough.”

One student even walked away with a job. Haley Ward, a 2010 graduate, was offered a position with Brette Goldstein Casting upon her arrival at NYC this past June.

Jeff Ballard added, “Brette was fun and informative. She offered great advice for employment on and off the stage. She confirmed the importance of networking in all professions—especially in the arts.”

Brette, too, was impressed by the USF students she met.

“The respect they showed for acting and their education blew me away. Their combination of work ethic, graciousness and talent will serve them well as they enter the professional world,” Brette said. “These students are going to see great success on the stage, in corporate America and throughout their lives.”

Brette also enjoyed her time exploring Sioux Falls and its surroundings. “Falls Park was beautiful, but my favorite memory of South Dakota is learning how to shoot a shotgun from Kim’s dad Sylvin Schetnan out on his farm. I am now a regular Jewish Annie Get Your Gun!”

Master teachers who have visited USF: Michael McGowan, Broadway actor Michele Pawk, Tony Award-winning actor Tracy Scott Wilson, playwright William “Peppy” Biddy, director John Shack, choreographer

All My Sons, Arthur Miller Setting The events depicted occur in an American Midwest town beginning on a late August Sunday morning and a little after two o’clock the following morning in 1947.

Production Team Director.................................................................................................. Kim Bartling Stage Manager.................................................................................. Debbi Jones Assistant Stage Manager............................................................... Austin Lysy

Cast

Company Manager.....................................................................Misti Simpson

Joe Keller................................................................................................... Jeff Ballard

Technical Director........................................................................ Pete Simpson

Kate Keller................................................................................. Anne Wentworth

Technical Crew............ Justin Nelson, Alex Goeffney, Tyler Simpson

Chris Keller...................................................................................................T.J. Polzin

Media Artist..........................................................................................Chantel Day

Ann Deever.........................................................................................Anna Thvedt

Costumer.............................................................................................Kristi Prichert

George Deever...................................................................................Alex Bahney

Floor Composite.........................................................................Elizabeth Olsen

Dr. Jim Bayliss............................................................................Eric Perry-Kolvek

Light Board.................................................................................... Laura Gratropp

Sue Bayliss........................................................................................... Rachel Olsen

Sound Board....................................................................................Alex Goeffney

Frank Lubey.................................................................................... Jon Hardcastle

House Manager.......................................................................... Christine Carey

Lydia Lubey........................................................................................... Kari Barfoth

Cast Photographer...............................................................Loralee Grimmius

Bert....................................................................................................Landon DeBoer

Ushers and Box Office Workers................CST 200 and 118 Students

[ A Midsummer Night’s Dream, October 2009 ]

Playing in the Park No, we don’t mean on the monkey bars! This summer the University of Sioux Falls Communication Studies and Theatre Department (CST) once again entertained the Sioux Falls community with its presentation of Page to Stage: Chapter Five! Members of the cast acted, danced and sang their way through musical adaptations of the popular children’s books Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm, Olivia Formed a Band and How I Became a Pirate.

For seven consecutive years, the CST department is honored to have had the opportunity to represent USF and demonstrate its traditional motto of Culture for Service; that is, to foster academic excellence and the development of mature Christian persons for service to God and humankind in the world through word, song and dance.

Cast member Dominque Schuler said, “This past summer I had the chance to be part of an experience that not only created and strengthened my relationships with my fellow actors but also strengthened my ability as an actor to entertain and work with children. One of the best things about Page to Stage was seeing the cast grow. We came together two weeks prior to the show, and in the midst of everyone’s busy schedules put together one of the most original adaptations of children’s literature that I have ever seen. Even though we all had various stage experience—some had never been on the stage before—we produced a professional family play.”

Brad Hartzler added, “The effects of the Page to Stage experience still linger. At the end of a recent practice of Broadway and Beyond, Kim found the CD that had the Page to Stage soundtrack on it. She put it in the CD player, and those of us who were part of Page to Stage proceeded to reenact every dance and step for about 45 minutes—almost doing the entire performance. It was a magical moment. During the summer of 2010, I learned how to be a pirate (more specifically, how to talk like one), how to do the cupid shuffle and how to change a scenery in three minutes while holding another person on my shoulders. More importantly, it created lifelong relationships and memories.”

So grab your blankets, lawn chairs, family and dancing shoes and support Page to Stage Chapter Six! June 2011 in McKennan Park.

The USF CST Department in conjunction with the city of Sioux Falls is proud to continue the tradition of quality family entertainment.

The 2010-2011 performance season is proudly sponsored by [ Broadway and Beyond, November 2009 ]

Schoeneman’s Lumber Company

2010-2011 season Homecoming Variety Show: Broadway and Beyond October 12, 13, 15 at 8 p.m.

October 16, 17 at 2 p.m.

All My Sons November 17-20 at 7:30 p.m.

November 21 at 2 p.m.

Page to Stage February 23-26 at 7 p.m.

February 26-27 at 2 p.m.

Guys and Dolls April 27-30 at 7:30 p.m.

May 1 at 2 p.m.

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