St.
Ambrose University Theatre Department
Newsletter
May Edition
May 8, Edition 7 - '05-'06
518 West Locust St. Davenport, IA 52804
Department Chair: Kristofer
Eitrheim - (563) 333-6255
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Corinne
Johnson - (563) 333-6427
Contributing
Journalist: Jenny Stodd, SAU Senior/
Emily Kurash, SAU Freshman/ Andrew
Harvey, SAU Junior/ Kathryn Hale, SAU
Junior/ Emily Clifton, SAU Junior
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IN THIS
ISSUE:
1. Shakespeare's Return to Galvin
2. This Semester's Irene Ryan Nominees
3. Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Auditions
4. Good Times at Galvins
5. Galvin's 2006-2007 Mainstage Season
is Announced
6. Switching up the 2006-2007 Studio
Theatre Season
7. New Michael Kennedy Scholar
8. Kennedy Scholarship Benefit to be
Hosted at Circa '21
9. SAU's Theatre Connection in Carlow,
Ireland
10. Freshman Focus: Emily Kurash
11. Senior Salute: Aaron Hook
12. Theatre Around the QCA This Month
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SHAKESPEARE'S RETURN TO GALVIN
Once almost every four years, the
Ambrose community produces a Shakespeare
play. 2006 is one of those exciting
years. Much Ado About Nothing
had its three day run on the Galvin
stage last month. The play is a
light-hearted comedy centering on an
unlikely romance.
One of the show's standout features was
the costumes. Brian Hemesath, an
Ambrose alumnus who is currently
designing costumes for Saturday Night
Live in New York City, offered to
come back and design costumes for this
year's Shakespeare play. This week, he
was nice enough to take some time out of
his busy schedule and talk to us about
his work.
Q: I know you grew up in a small
Iowa town. How much of an adjustment
was it for you moving to New York? Have
you completely adjusted?
A: I did grow up on a dairy farm
near a small town (Calmar) in Iowa. It
is a pretty different environment here
in New York but I feel totally at home
here now. I went to graduate school in
Pittsburgh before I moved here, so that
was a good transitional city to prepare
me for living in such a large city as
NYC.
Q: What education do you have?
A: I graduated from St. Ambrose
in December 1993 with a BA majoring in
Theatre and minoring in Art. I also
have an MFA in Costume Design from
Carnegie Mellon University (1997).
Q: Do you have any advice for
Ambrose students looking to pursue a
career in the creative arts?
A: I am not sure what advice to
give other than to believe in yourself
and try to make as many contacts in the
professional world as possible. It is
all about networking.
Q: Do you have anything to say
about your experience at Ambrose and how
that may have prepared you for your
current job?
A: I think that St. Ambrose's
emphasis on liberal arts is a fantastic
thing. I am glad that I was required to
take courses in Math, Theology, Biology
and other fields outside my own as it
has given me a wider perspective as I
work on different projects.
Q: What are some of the projects
you are currently working on? What do
you find most rewarding about each?
A: I just finished designing
"Much Ado about Nothing" at St. Ambrose
and am designing the opera of "Tartuffe"
for the Skylight Opera Theatre in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I am tailoring
suits for several Broadway productions
and just finished doing some for a
couple of films that shot here in New
York. And, I am also working as a
dresser at Saturday Night Live. Each
project has its own challenges and
rewards, but I find the design work the
most personally rewarding as it is the
most creative experience.
Q: What prompts you to
frequently return to St. Ambrose to
design?
A:
The students are fun and energetic, the
professors are fantastic (and my
friends) and several of my family and
friends live near there so I get to see
them while I am there.
Q: How do you prepare for the
task of designing a show's costumes?
A: That's different for each
production, but the basic answer is: 1)
read and reread the script, 2) talk in
depth with the director and as many of
the other designers as possible about
the message of the play and the ultimate
goal of the production, 3) research the
period in which the play will be
presented, 4) budget for rentals, builds
and purchases, and 5) sketch costumes or
present detailed research to the
director.
Q: How long have you been
designing costumes? What got you
interested? What has kept you
interested?
A: I designed my first
production in 1992 at St. Ambrose, "The
Frog Prince", so I guess, 14 years. It
seemed like a great way to combine my
love of theatre and my love of art, and
it has continued to challenge and
intrigue me since that first production.
Q: You started your career as an
actor. Has that had an impact in your
job as a designer?
A: I like to believe that it has
helped me to understand some of the
emotional needs of the actors as they
work through their character
development. I think it has also given
me a little more patience and
understanding about the actors' own
image issues that might be a part of
their process.
Q: What are your career goals?
Have they changed?
A: I would like to continue to
design productions, hopefully in film
and television. My goals have changed a
little as I have witnessed how few
designers are able to make a living
designing theatre exclusively and how
much time it takes to co-ordinate that
kind of schedule.
Directed by Dr. Corinne Johnson, Much
Ado About Nothing was performed
Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22
at 7:30 pm and again on Sunday, April 23
at 3:00 pm. Before the show, Assistant
Stage Manager Jaci Entwisle said, "This
is a very ambitious project, but we've
got a confident cast and crew who will
be able to put on a great show".
Looking back, it is obvious she was
right.
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THIS
SEMESTER'S IRENE RYAN NOMINEES!
This semester six students have been
given the honor of being nominated to
compete in the Irene Ryan's. From the
Much Ado About Nothing cast Joe
Feldman, who played Claudio, and Scott
Peake, who played Benedick, were
nominated. Colleen Winters, who played
Nan and Lina, and Andrew Harvey, who
played Walker and Ned, were both
nominated for Three Days of Rain.
And Marianna Caldwell, playing
Lorraine, and Claire Richards, playing
Meg, were nominated for Lie of the
Mind.
During each show, a respondent from
another college representing the Kennedy
Center/American College Theatre Festival
comes to respond to the show. During
this time, they are allowed to nominate
two actors or actresses to compete for
an Irene Ryan scholarship.
Joe Feldman, Scott Peake, Colleen
Winters, Andrew Harvey, Marianna
Caldwell, and Claire Richards will all
be given the opportunity to compete in a
Region V Festival that includes eight
states. This will be the 36th
annual festival and be hosted by Iowa
State University in Ames, Iowa. The
competition will take place January
21-28, 2007.
Each competitor is asked to prepare two two-person scenes using
the same partner as well as a
monologue. The entire audition can only
be a total of six minutes. There are
three rounds in the competition. The
top two candidates receive a scholarship
as well as the opportunity to compete in
the national competition in Washington,
D.C.
Elements that the actors are evaluated
on include: "the ability to urgently
pursue strong, clear objectives, ability
to partner, ability to make varied,
specific and bold acting choices,
mastery of an expressive and flexible
vocal and physical instrument,
demonstration of facility with language
and a clear understanding of the text,
and demonstration of range and
contrast."
But who is Irene Ryan? Irene Ryan
played Granny Clampett in the classic
sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies.
Her scholarship foundation was
established in 1972 and has been going
strong every since.
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Five
Women Wearing the Same Dress Auditions!
With the culmination of one year comes
plans for the next. So goes plans for
the SAU Studio Theatre's upcoming
season, and its first show, Five
Women Wearing the Same Dress, a
tragi-comedy by Alan Ball, directed by
SAU Junior Madeline Dudziak. Performance
dates are September 8-10, 2006. There
are five women needed, and one male role
to fill.
Because the show begins rehearsals prior
to the beginning of classes in August,
the show needs to be cast before summer
break. Auditions will be held during
finals week, with a read through before
everyone leaves campus for an exciting
summer break! Wednesday May 10 auditions
will be held from 7:00-9:00 p.m., and
Thursday May 11 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.,
both days in the SAU Studio Theatre. The
cast list will be announced prior to
Friday, May 12, so a read-through can
occur that day.
Monologues are encouraged, but not
required. If there are any questions,
please contact Director Madeline Dudziak
at (563) 888-7150.
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GOOD
TIMES AT GALVINS
On
Saturday, May 6, the Theatre Department
hosted its annual Galvin Awards at The
Lodge Hotel in Bettendorf, IA. The
Galvins are held in May every year as a
way to laugh and look fondly on all of
the events that happened in that year's
theatrical season. This year, there was
plenty to laugh AND cry about.
The Galvin Awards started off with an
optional dinner which most guests chose
to attend. The dinner was a delicious
Italian buffet catered by the hotel.
After dinner, a few more non-eating
guests arrived, and the awards began.
The directors and stage managers of each
studio and main stage production from
the past year presented "Galvins" for
serious or funny events that occurred
during the show.
Following these award presentations,
junior callboard member Jacob Kendall
presented a salute to the graduating
seniors, which included a power point
and clips from shows the seniors had
appeared in during their four years (or
more) at SAU. Congratulations again to
this year's seniors:
Caciona Reece
Scott Peake
Ashley Allen
Sean Pankuch
Jenny Stodd
Sarah Foley
Jamie Booher
Erin Gayman
Amanda Bourn
Danielle Zack
Aaron Hook
Amanda Hook
Sam Michael
Dan McGinn
Each year at The Galvins, two very
serious awards are given out. The
"Rookie of the Year" award is given to a
freshman who has shown great potential
and hard work within their first year.
The recipient of this award was Emily
Kurash. The Outstanding Senior Award
was renamed the Rick Koehler award last
year, in loving memory of our friend and
Biology professor Dr. Rick Koehler, who
spent much of his free time in Galvin
performing on stage. Koehler's wife,
Gwen, assisted the faculty in giving out
the award to two very deserving young
men: Sam Michael and Scott Peake. They
will be greatly missed. It was also
announced that Senior Jamie Booher was
given an award for being the Theatre
Major with the highest GPA in this
year's graduating class.
Another touching award was given to
SAU's costume shop manager and resident
"Den Mother", Dianne Dye. Dye has shown
nothing but love, compassion, and
dedication to each student in the
department for as long as she's been
here. To show their appreciation, the
faculty presented her with an honorary
Phd. Dr. Cory Johnson joked, "I finally
don't have to be the only Dr. around
here." The presentation of the award
brought tears to most students' eyes and
the entire room to their feet in
appreciation.
To
conclude the ceremony, directors
announced the season for next year:
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,
directed by Madeline Dudziak in the
Studio Theatre,
The Threepenny Opera, directed by
Cory Johnson in Allaert Auditorium,
Eastern Standard, directed by
Emily Clifton in the Studio Theatre,
Narnia, directed by Michael
Kennedy in Allaert Auditorium,
The Real Thing, directed by Katie
Danalewich in the Studio Theatre,
Fortinbras, directed by Michael
Kennedy in Alleart Auditorium,
Jon and Jen, directed by Scott
Peake in the Studio Theatre
and a new play directed by guest
Broadway director Phil McKinley in
Allaert Auditorium.
As
always, The Galvins was a great way for
everyone to celebrate a year full of
hard work and great productions. The
students would like to thank the
Callboard and faculty for making a night
like that possible. Congratulations to
anyone who made the 2005-2006 Theatrical
Season a success!
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GALVIN'S 2006-2007 MAINSTAGE SEASON IS
ANNOUNCED
After much deliberation, the four
mainstage shows for the Galvin Fine Arts
Center's 2006-2007 season have been
announced. Next year, Allaert
auditorium will be home to two musicals,
a Shakespeare spin-off, and a completely
new play!
Opening the season will be Bertolt
Brecht's musical, The Threepenny
Opera, directed by Dr. Corinne
Johnson. Based on John Gay's
eighteenth-century The Beggar's
Opera, Brecht's most financially
successful play is acclaimed for its
distinctive music and captivating
characters. Threepenny Opera
centers on Mack the Knife, a charming
criminal and his marriage to Polly
Peachum. This dark satire takes the
audience on a ride through the
underworld of criminals and thieves.
The Threepenny Opera will run
October 12-15.
Next up is Narnia, a children's
musical, which debuts November 29.
Narnia is a musical rendition of the
opening novel in C.S. Lewis's beloved
Chronicles of Narnia series. The
story follows four siblings - Peter,
Susan, Edmund, and Lucy - as they
inadvertently enter the world of Narnia
- a place filled mythical creatures and
talking animals. The siblings soon
learn that the White Witch has placed a
curse on Narnia. Along with Mr. and
Mrs. Beaver, Tumnus, and the great lion,
Aslan - the four children are sent on an
adventure to save Narnia, where they
learn all about courage, selflessness,
and wisdom. Narnia is to be
directed by Michael Kennedy and will run
through December 3, 2006.
Then, in February 2007, Kennedy will
direct Fortinbras by Lee Blessing,
a comedic spin-off of Shakespeare's
Hamlet. Picking up right where
Hamlet left off, this play shows
Fortinbras, King of Norway, entering to
find the dead bodies of Gertrude,
Claudius, Hamlet, and Laertes. Refusing
to accept Horatio's account of the
murders, Fortinbras immediately
fabricates the details. However, when
the ghosts of the deceased start showing
up, trouble ensues for the new king.
Running from February 16-18,
Fortinbras is a hilarious and
intelligent sequel to one of
Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
For the season's fourth slot, the
Ambrose theatre department will be
producing a completely new play.
Although a script is not yet completed,
the chosen play will be an original
show, never having been produced before
its opening on the Allaert stage.
Ambrose students are in for a real
treat, as Phil McKinley will be
directing this show. McKinley, a
graduate of Augustana College, has an
impressive resume: he has directed a
Broadway musical - The Boy from Oz,
starring Hugh Jackman - as well as
the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and
Bailey Circus. Working with such an
established director on a completely
original play will prove to be a once
and a lifetime opportunity for Ambrose
students! The show will run April
20-22, 2007.
With such promise, surely next year will
be filled with great experiences for
students and amazing productions for
their audiences!
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SWITCHING UP THE 2006-2007 STUDIO
THEATRE SEASON
With the end of the 2005-2006 season in
sight, the theatre department is already
gearing up for some new and exciting
changes in the 2006-2007 Studio Theatre
Season. Directors were chosen by the
faculty, and in addition to the regular
season of four shows, a studio musical
has been added to take the place of the
directing one acts, and new guidelines
have been established.
To
start off the 2006-2007 season current
SAU Sophomore Madeline Dudziak will be
directing Five Women Wearing the Same
Dress, which will go up the weekend
of September 8, 9, and 10. Following
Dudziak will be current SAU Junior Emily
Clifton directing Eastern Standard,
and SAU Junior Katie Danalewich takes on
The Real Thing in the March slot.
All these directors are currently
enrolled in the directing class, and
these shows will be their first
fully-realized directing project.
Due to Dr. Cory Johnson's absence in the
spring to Ireland, there will be no
directing class, eliminating the Studio
slot that is normally filled by the
directing class students' one-acts.
However, instead of leaving an empty
spot, current SAU Senior Scott Peake
will direct the musical John and Jen.
Peake will be assisted by SAU Senior
Tyson Danner, who will direct the music.
In
addition to the 4th show,
rather than the one-acts which have
become standard over the past few years,
some new guidelines for the directors
have been added. If the director is
unable to find a crew, or cast their
show within two days of auditions, the
show will be cancelled, rather than
seeking out people. These rules will
provide some structure and timeliness to
casting.
With a big year ahead of the department,
the studio will definitely continue its
trend of giving students an opportunity
to perfect their craft as well and try
new things in the theatre.
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NEW
MICHAEL KENNEDY SCHOLAR!
This month, the Michael Kennedy
Scholarship was awarded to another
incoming freshman, Catie Osborn.
Osborn, the second recipient of the
scholarship, will be coming to St.
Ambrose this fall. Catie is a
graduating high school senior from
Alleman Catholic High School in Rock
Island - the same high school from which
Mike Kennedy graduated! We wish her the
best of luck in her transition and can't
wait to welcome her into the family!
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KENNEDY
SCHOLARSHIP BENEFIT TO BE HOSTED AT
CIRCA
On
August 17, the Circa '21 dinner
playhouse in Rock Island, Illinois will
be hosting a benefit for the Michael
Kennedy Theatre Scholarship. This
benefit falls in the middle of the
theatre's run of "On Golden Pond", which
stars Michael Kennedy - along with 1996
SAU alumnus Kim Kurtenbach - and runs
from June 30 to September 2, 2006.
The night will begin with a silent
auction and cash bar at 5:00 p.m. Work
is currently underway to have alumni and
friends donate celebrity items,
restaurant certificates, time shares,
and baskets. A weekend stay at the
Blackpine Beach Resort in Minnesota, a
lamp from Mi-Pa-Nora, and a basket from
Mama Compton's are already secured for
the auction. Then, from 6:00 to 7:00, a
buffet dinner will be served, followed
by a pre-show welcome with Denny
Hitchcock, Dr. Corinne Johnson, and the
scholarship's first recipient, Seth
Kaltwasser. The curtain rises for "On
Golden Pond" at 7:30 and afterwards the
auction winners will be announced.
Ticket prices will be a little different
for this evening. The cost of admission
will be $45 per person, with $20.50 of
each ticket going towards the
scholarship. Ambrose students can order
discounted tickets. For students, the
price will be $25, with $10 of each
ticket going towards the benefit.
Denny Hitchcock, the producer and
director of "On Golden Pond" who
initiated the benefit, thinks very
highly of Kennedy and wanted to help the
scholarship by bringing attention to
it. Says Hitchcock, "It
is important for students and faculty to
see what an excellent actor [Michael
Kennedy] is, and they don't often have
that oppurtunity. By seeing him in this
monumental role, made famous by Henry
Fonda, people can see how important this
scholarship really is."
If you are interested in
helping secure silent auction items,
please contact Steve Ahrens at
AhrensSteveD@sau.edu.
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SAU'S
THEATRE CONNECTION IN CARLOW, IRELAND
Just a few years ago, the theatre
department sponsored its first summer
interim class in Ireland in
collaboration with SAU's sister college
in Carlow, Ireland. The department is
still making strides to further unite
St. Ambrose and St. Patrick's College in
Carlow. Two adventurous Ambrosians,
student Andrew Harvey and Dr Corinne
Johnson are going to study or teach
abroad in the 2006-2007 calendar year.
Andrew Harvey will be enrolling as a
full time student first semester and
will be in Carlow from September until
December. "I don't sign up for classes
until I get there. I am looking at
taking classes on the following
subjects: Irish Gaelic (language
course), Irish history, Irish
literature, the Irish experience, and
political philosophy. I have been
tossing around ideas with our history
department for a possible research
internship while I am in Ireland,"
Harvey said. Harvey does not want to go
abroad ill prepared. "From a cultural
and historical standpoint, I have been
studying the country's history, politics
and literature rather intensively for
about a year."
When asked how he would integrate
theatre into his curriculum, he
commented, "I am not planning on doing
any theatre. If I get a chance, I may
attend a few plays throughout the course
of the semester as I travel across the
island." Harvey emphasizes that while
there he wants to take the opportunity
to, "Travel, travel, travel."
Dr. Corinne Johnson well be in Carlow
from mid-January to mid-March as a guest
lecturer in dramatic literature. She
will also be teaching a Survey of
Theatre class, as well as directing a
play. Johnson says that this will be
the first play done at St. Patrick's in
quite some time. Therefore, she feels
that the production needs to be
successful and involve a lot of people.
She hopes that her time in Carlow will
lead to, "the beginning of a long line
of faculty exchanges." She hopes that
St. Ambrose will in turn invite a Carlow
professor. She's, "very excited and
hopes that this will open the doors for
SAU students to have more experiences
over there."
Although she will spend half of second
semester in Ireland, she will be coming
back to teach two classes at Ambrose as
well. She will probably teach current
dramatic literature and theatre
history. Because she has to fit these
classes into half of a semester, they
will probably meet up to six hours per
week.
To
what will all of this exchanging lead?
Johnson comments that it is a dream of
hers that St. Ambrose and St. Patrick's
could eventually do a joint production
of a play, where half the cast would be
from each school and the show could be
performed for a weekend or two at each
school. Can the two colleges strengthen
their relations and make this dream into
a reality? Only the next few years of
hard work and diplomacy will tell.
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Freshman Focus
Name: Emily Kurash
Major/Minors: Theatre and
Theology
Previous Productions: Much Ado
About Nothing (Ursula), A Lie of
the Mind (Asst. Stage Manager),
Dear Edwina (Fairy Forkmother),
Urinetown (Hope Cladwell), The
Sound of Music (Maria), Camelot
(Nimue), Guys and Dolls (Ms.
Adelaide)
Why Did you come to SAU? The
theatre department and small class sizes
Favorite SAU Experience:
Performing in Much Ado About Nothing,
and the scene from Urinetown at
ACTF
Most Recent Project: Maya in
Man of Infinite Sadness
Favorite Actress/Actor: Sally
Field, James Stuart
Favorite Word/Phrase: Fresh,
"Emily Kurash cast as..."
Least Favorite Word/Phrase: You
can't do that.
What do you hope to accomplish at SAU?
Make the most of my time and
education here by being as involved in
as much as I can and prepare myself for
the future. And have fun!
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SENIOR
SALUTE
Name: Aaron Hook
Hometown: Clarinda, Iowa
Majors/Minors: Theatre
Previous Productions at SAU:
Three Days of Rain (Scenic
Designer), Frankie & Johnny in the
Clair de Lune (Technical Director),
The Children's Hour (Technical
Director), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
are Dead (Assistant Scenic
Designer), Hello Out There
(Director).
Why did you come to SAU? "I
actually heard about Ambrose from a
director I'd worked with. I was at
another school and there were some
faculty changes and I decided I no
longer had a place there; I needed to go
some place else. A director I worked
with went to school with Kris Eitrheim
so I went and checked Ambrose out and
liked it. My future wife also happened
to go there."
Favorite SAU Experience? "Any
design opportunity I've had."
Latest Project? "Directing
Hello Out There in the Studio
Theatre."
Dream Job? "I'd like to have a
job with as many technical theatre
opportunities as possible. I don't want
to be limited to just one thing."
Favorite Actor/Actress? "The SAU
Theatre Faculty has done more for me
than any famous actor or designer has.
Working with them in the last three
years has really done a lot for me."
Biggest Pet Peeve? "People who
waste time."
Favorite Phrase? "Boy-howdy!"
Advice for Incoming Freshmen?
"Try to do something beyond acting. I
know the stage is a great place to be,
and I started out as an actor, and from
there I really found myself back-stage.
Try to get as involved as much as
possible backstage; there really are a
lot of opportunities."
What will you miss most about SAU?
"The chance to do something bold
and screw up and have it be okay."
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THEATRE
AROUND THE QCA THIS MONTH
Show: Aesop's Dynamic Duo: A
Fabulous Fable - A Children's Musical
Producer: Circa '21 Dinner
Playhouse
Dates: Now through May 13, 2006
May 9 & 11 @ 10:00 a.m.
May 13 @ 1:00 p.m.
Location: 1828 3rd
Ave, Rock Island, IL; located in the
District of RI
Show: Cats
Producer: Circa '21 Dinner
Playhouse
Dates: Now through June 17, 2006
Wednesday matinees @ 1 p.m.
Wed, Fri, Sat evenings @
7:15 p.m.
Sunday evenings @ 5:15 p.m.
Tickets: Prices range from $24.96
to $41.60 for dinner and show
Location: 1828 3rd
Ave, Rock Island, IL; located in the
District of RI
Show: ComedySportz Quad Cities
Producer: Circa '21 Dinner
Playhouse
Dates: Every Friday and
Saturday night at 7:00pm
Tickets:
$8 prepaid, $10 at the door
Location: 1818 3rd
Ave, Rock Island, IL. Downtown in the
District, next to Circa '21.
Note: Ambrose students John
Hannon, Nick Colwell, and Don Abbott
are ComedySportz players. Check with
them to catch them onstage
Show: String Fever
Producer: Nighswander Theatre -
New Ground Theatre
Dates: May 18- 21, 25-28
Thurs. - Sat. @ 7:30 p.m.
Sun. @ 2:00 p.m.
Tickets: $12 adults, $10
students; Call (563) 326-7529 for
information and reservations
Location: 2822 Eastern Avenue,
Davenport, IA
Note: Dr. Corinne Johnson will
be directing this show. Also, SAU
Alumni Kim Kurtenbach, Aaron Rudolph,
and Dave Bonde will be starring in the
play, Dianne Dye will be costume
designing, and SAU Alum Susan McDonald
will be stage managing
Show: Sweet and Hot: The
Songs of Harold Arlen
Producer: Playcrafters Barn
Theatre
Dates: May 12-14, 19-21
Fri. & Sat. @ 7:30 p.m.
Sun. @ 3:00 p.m.
Extra Saturday matinee: May 20th
@ 3:00 p.m.
Tickets: $8; Call (309) 762-0330
for information and reservations
Location: 4950 35th
Avenue, Moline, IL
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SAU
NEWSLETTER:
NEXT EDITION
The SAU Newsletter team will be
taking a few months off as classes break
for the summer. We will be back,
however, with our next edition in
September!
To inquire further about St.
Ambrose University and our offered
courses, degrees, events, and staff,
visit
www.SAU.edu for information.
Come check out the SAU Theatre Website
at www.sau.edu/theatre. If interested
in learning more about the Theatre
Department, please contact theatre chair
Kristofer Eitrheim by phone at (563)
333-6255 or e-mail at EitrheimKristoferJ@sau.edu.
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