Past Mainstage Productions

2012 - 2013

Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare
Director & Sound Designer: Ron Clark

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Romeo and Juliet Program

2011 - 2012

The Cripple of Inishmaan

By Martin McDonagh
Director: Ron Clark
A co-production with Riverside Theatre

COMPANY

Book by George Furth
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Director: Jim Van Valen
Musical Director: Janelle Lauer

In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play

By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Saffron Henke

Defying Gravity

By Jane Anderson
Director: Jody Hovland

2010 - 2011

Electra
By Sophocles
Translated by Frank McGuinness
Director: Mark Hunter
Video Design: Anna Henson
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen and Emily White
Lighting Design: John Wilson
Sound Design: Dorian Gehring
Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Osean Perez
Lighting Design: Rebecca Bradish
Sound Design: Ron Clark
Original Music: John Hill
The Pirates of Penzance
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
Music by Arthur Sullivan 
Director/Choreographer: Steven Smeltzer
Musical Direction: Jonathon Thull
Scenic Design:  Christopher Domanski
Costume Design:  Jenny Nutting Kelchen and Risa Alleci
Lighting Design:  Jonathan Dunkle
Sound Design:  Don Schneider
Waiting for Godot
By Samuel Beckett
Director: Jim Van Valen
Scenic Design: Scott  Olinger
Costume Design: Amanda Newman
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Sound Design: John Wilson

2009 - 2010 

The Diary of Anne Frank
By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Lighting Design: Hans Hinrichsen
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design: Don Schneider

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Based on the "Peanuts" cartoon strip by Charles M. Schultz
Director: Jim Van Valen
Musical Direction: Linda Hakken
Scenic Design: Andrew Decker
Costume Design: Amanda Newman
Lighting Design: Jonathan Dunkle
Sound Design: Don Schneider


The Arabian Nights
Adapted by Mary Zimmerman
Director:  Greg Redlawsk
Scenic Design:  Scott Olinger
Costume Design:  Risa Alleci, Osean Perez
Lighting Design:  Mark Parrott
Sound Design:  Dorian Gehring and Greg Redlawsk
Reasons to be Pretty
By Neil laBute
Director:  Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Andrew Decker
Costume Design:  Kami Zbanek
Lighting Design: John Wilson
Sound Design:  Ron Clark

Akarui
By Jennifer Silverman
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenographer: Ryan Wentworth
Costume Design: Jenny Kelchen
Sound Design: Dorian Gehring

2008 - 2009

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
By Christopher Hampton
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Edward Matthew Walter
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design: Don Schneider
The Baby With the Bathwater
By Christoher Durang
Director: Jody Hovland
Scenographer: Benjamin Schmidt
Costume Design:
Sound Design: Don Schneider
Cabaret
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Book by Joe Masteroff
Director:  Jim VanValen
Musical Director: Jonathon Thull
Choreographer: Steven Smeltzer
Scenic Design:  Matthew Allar
Lighting Design:  Hans Hinrichsen
Costume Design:  Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design:  Joel Carter
Eurydice
By Sarah Ruhl
Director:  Mark Hunter
Scenographer:  Bryon Winn
Costume Design:  Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design:  Joel Carter and Dorian Gehring

2007 - 2008

The Long Christmas Ride Home
By Paula Vogel
Director:  Mark Hunter
Scenic Design:  Edward Matthew Walter
Lighting Design: Steve Hunt
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Composer:  Don Chamberlain
As Bees in Honey Drown
By Douglas Carter Beane
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design:  Jane Parrott
Lighting Design: Paul Sannerud
Sound Design:  Joel Carter
Little Shop of Horrors
By Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Director: Mark Hunter
Musical Director:  Jonathon Thull
Scenic and Lighting Design:  Scott Olinger
Costume Design:  Ellen Kirk
Sound Design:  Joel Carter
A Lie of the Mind
By Sam Shepard
Director: Jim VanValen
Scenic Design:  Matthew Allar
Lighting Design:  Hans Hinrichsen
Costume Design:  Jenny Nutting Kelchen
Sound Design:  Don Schneider

2006 - 2007

Equus
Playwright: Peter Shaffer
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic & Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Sound Design: Douglas Dorando
A Brief Narrative of the Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits
A staged reading as part of the New Plays on Campus program of The Playwrights Center
Playwright: C. Denby Swanson
Director: Jessica Dunne
Dramaturg: Holli Gipson
Peach Blood (a world premiere production)
Playwright: Holli Gipson
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Benjamin Schmidt
Lighting Design: James Flynn
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Sound Design: Ben Alexander
Triple Shot: A collection of short Operas
Director:  Kaia Monroe
Music Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic Design: Ben Alexander
Lighting Design: Graham Kindred
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Marat/Sade
Playwright: Peter Weiss
Director: Mark Hunter
Music Director: Kaia Monroe
Scenic Design:  Matthew Allar
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen & Colleen Metzger

2005 - 2006

Prosperity (a world premiere production)
Playwright: Keith Huff
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic & Lighting Design: Bryon Winn
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson  
Mapping Departure 
Playwright: The Devised Theatre class
Director: Mark Hunter
Lighting Design: Jeremy Olson
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugo Wheeler
Director: Kaia Monroe
Musical Direction: Jonathon Thull
Scenic Designer: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Makeup Design; Shelby Newport, senior
Lighting Design: Joel Furmanek, Senior
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Matthew Allar
Lighting Design: James Flinn
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Mechanical Costume Design: Colleen Metzger, junior
Makeup Designer: Shelby Newport, senior
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson

2004 - 2005

Book of Days 
Playwright: Lanford Wilson
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic & Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Shelby Newport, junior
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson
Don Juan in Chicago
Playwright: David Ives
Director: Jody Hovland
Scenic Design: Kristopher Longley-Postema, junior
Costume Design: Maggie Baker-Atkins
Lighting Design: Joel Furmanek, junior
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson

Gianni Schicci/The Stoned Guest
by Puccini/P.D.Q. Bach
Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic Designer: Jonathon Thull
Costume Design: Maggie Baker-Atkins
Lighting Design: Brian Gilbert

Big Love
Playwright: Charles L. Mee
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic and Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Jenny Nutting-Kelchen
Sound Design: Jeremy Olson

2003 - 2004

Noises Off
Playwright: Michael Frayn
Director: Mark Hunter
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Laura Thudium-Zieglowsky
Sound Design: Jonathan Reed  
Trust
Playwright: Stephen Dietz
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic Design: Mary Macfarlane
Costume Design: Shelby Newport
Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Sound Design: Jonathan Reed  
The Baker's Wife
Book: Joseph Stein
Music and Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Director: Ken Sonkin
Musical Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic and Sound Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Laura Thudium-Zieglowsky
Lighting Design: Joel Furmanek   
Blue Surge
by Rebecca Gilman
Director: Ron Clark
Scenic Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Laura Thudium-Zieglowsky
Lighting Design: Jonathan Reed
Sound Design: Joel Furmanek

2002 - 2003

Polaroid Stories
Playwright: Naomi Iizuka
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic & Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Erin Howell-Gritsch 
Hair
Book and Lyrics: Gerome Ragni & James Rado
Music: Galt MacDermot
Director: Scott Olinger
Musical Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic & Costume Design: Scott Olinger
Lighting Design: Jonathan Reed  
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufman and the Techtonic Theatre Project
A Co-Production with Riverside Theatre of Iowa City
Director: Jody Hovland
Scenic & Costume Design: Scott Olinger
Lighting Design: Jonathan Reed

2001 - 2002

Betty's Summer Vacation
Playwright: Christopher Durang
Director: Mark Hunter
Scenic & Lighting Design: Scott Olinger
Costume Design: Amanda Lifvendahl
Cosi Fan Tutte
Playwright/Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Director: Jonathon Thull
Scenic & Costume Design: Scott Olinger
Lighting Design: Jonathan Reed  
StoryTheater
From stories in the Grimms Brothers' Collection and Aesop's Fables

Adapted for the stage by Paul Sills
Director: Ron Clark

Scenic Design: Scott Olinger

Costume Design: Erin Howell-Gritsch

Lighting Design: Jonathon Reed

Produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

2000 ;- 2001

Tartuffe
Playwright: Moliere
Director: Jody Hovland

The Glory of Living
Playwright: Rebecca Gilman
Director: Lisa Rothe

The Secret Garden
Music: Lucy Simon
Book & Lyrics: Marsha Norman
Director: Jonathan Thull

The Vagina Monologues
V-Day 2001 College Initiative
Playwright: Eve Ensler
Director: Julie Jurgens

1999 - 2000

Godspell - 2000 A.D.
Composer: Stephen Schwartz
Director: Jonathan Thull 

Under Milk Wood
Playwright: Dylan Thomas
Director: Ron Clark

1998 - 1999

The Food Chain
Playwright: Nicky Silver
Director: Roy Hamlin

J Fugue K(first-year showcase)
Playwrights: Various (JFK assassination authors)
Directors: Roy Hamlin (various upperclass coaches)
30 Neo-Futurist Plays
from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Director: Rich Russo
Our Town
Playwright: Thorton Wilder
Director: Jody Hovland