Play by Brett Neveu

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Director | Michael Shannon
Scenic Design | John Musial
Lighting Design | Mike Durst
Sound Design | Brando Triantafillou
Costume Design | Christine Pascual
Properties Design | Lydia Hanchett
Dramaturg | Tanya Palmer
Fight Choreography | Christina Gorman
Production Manager | Corrie Besse
Technical Director | Samantha Rausch
Stage Manager | Christa Van Baale
Casting | Mierka Girten
Assistant Director | Kyle Stoffers
Assistant Stage Managers | Kathleen Dickinson, Nate Dion
Assistant Lighting Design | Violet Smith
Assistant Costume Design | Kotryna Hilko

Featuring | Jacob Alexander, Mary Jo Bolduc, Dado, Missi Davis, Kristin Ellis, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Lawrence Grimm, Nation Henrickson, Guy Van Swearingen, Stephen Walker, Natalie West 

Winter 2018
A Red Orchid Theatre

Winner of Jeff Awards for Production of a Play - Midsize, New Adaptation, & Director of a Play - Midsize
Nominated for Jeff Award for Ensemble

Play by Tennessee Williams
Original Music by Brando Triantafillou

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Director | dado
Music Director | Brando Triantafillou
Scenic Design | Grant Sabin
Lighting Design | Mike Durst, Claire Chzran
Sound Design | Joe Court
Costume Design | Karen Kawa
Properties Design | Amanda Herrmann
Production Manager | Shannon Golden
Technical Director | Jim Moore
Stage Manager | S. G. Heller
Assistant Directors | Kyle Stoffers, Elena Tubridy
Assistant Scenic Designer | Milo Bue
Assistant Costume Designer | Kotryna Hilko
Assistant Stage Manager | Jamie Crothers

Featuring | Lance Baker, Ciera Dawn, Jennifer Engstrom, Mierka Girten, Jennifer Glasse, Roy Gonzalez, Steve Haggard, Mario Hernandez, Morgan Maher, Shade Murray, Doug Vickers, Lauren Vogel, Natalie West, and Dominque Worsley

Winter 2016
A Red Orchid Theatre

Nominated for Jeff Awards for Production of a Play - Midsize, Actress in a Principal Role - Play, & Original Music in a Play

Play by Brett Neveu

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Director | Shade Murray
Scenic Design | Chelsea Warren
Lighting Design | Mike Durst
Sound Design | Brando Triantafillou
Costume Design | Myron Elliott, Jr.
Properties Design | Jenny Pinson
Dramaturg | Tanya Palmer
Fight Choreography | Ryan Bourque
Production Manager | Ellen Willett
Technical Director | Jim Moore
Stage Manager | Christa Van Baale
Assistant Director | Spenser Davis
Assistant Production Manager | Shannon Golden
Assistant Stage Manager | Kyle Stoffers

Featuring | Ryan Bourque, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Charlott Mae Ellison, Michael Shannon

Fall 2015
A Red Orchid Theatre

Nominated for Jeff Award for Production of a Play - Midsize

Play by Harold Pinter
Infused with the music of Mauricio Kagel

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Director | dado
Music Directors | John Corkill & Alexander Monroe
Lighting Design | Mike Durst
Costume Advice | Karen Kawa
Scenic Paint | Anthony Venturini
Stage Manager | Kyle Stoffers
Assistant Directors | Kyle Stoffers, Ana Velazquez
Box Office | Brent Eickhoff

Featuring | Elliot Baker, Tim Blewitt, John Corkill, dado, Michael Doonan, Tyler Meredith, Carolyn Molloy, Alex Monroe, Paul Somers, Maria Stephens, Stephen Walker, David Weber, Dan Wenzel, and Matt Vuckovich

Summer 2015
A Red Orchid Incubator

Play by Ethan Lipton

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Director | dado
Scenic Design | Jim Moore
Lighting Design | Matthew Gawryk
Sound Design | Mikey Moran
Costume Design | Karen Kawa
Properties Design | Linda Sherfick
Video Design | Seth Henrikson
Technical Director | Jim Moore
Stage Manager | Christa Van Baale
Assistant Directors | Arianna Soloway
Assistant Stage Manager | Kyle Stoffers

Featuring | Mierka Girten, Bob Kruse, Luce Metrius, Ashley Neal, and Guy Van Swearingen

Spring 2015
A Red Orchid Theatre

Play by John Henry Roberts

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Director | Marti Lyons
Scenic Design | Joanna Iwanicka
Lighting Design | Jordan Kardasz
Sound Design | Heath Hays
Costume Design | Kristie Hall
Properties Design | Amanda Herrmann
Production Manager | Ellen Willett
Technical Director | Carmine Grisolia
Stage Manager | Lindsey Miller
Assistant Director | Cody Spellman
Assistant Stage Manager | Kyle Stoffers

Featuring | Matt Farabee, Rudy Galvan, Sam Guinan-Nyhart, Michaela Petro, Sarah Price, Emily Tate, and Jamie Vann

Winter 2015
Strawdog Theatre

Play by Rachel Axler

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Director | Kyle Stoffers
Lighting Design | Stuart Wilson
Costume Coordinator | Kodey Farlow
Sound Design | Brandon Reed
Pram Design | Brent Eickhoff
Properties Design | Krista Cloud
Production Manager | Lauren Volz
Stage Manager | Kelsey Reinhart
Assistant Director | Brent Eickhoff
Run Crew | John Banes, Maddie Deeken, Anthony Engle

Featuring | Jeff Pierpoint, Monica Ramirez, Jordan Rowe

Director’s Note
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”Parenthood is hard. Of course, I don’t know this firsthand, but from my experience with mothers and fathers, having had them myself, I can deduce that it is, indeed, hard. Not in the ways that one would generally think, though. Sure, there’s the whole no sleep thing for days on end, the cleaning up spit up, changing diapers, etc.; but there’s a psychological aspect to it as well and how a caring for a whole new, beautiful entity can effect the relationships of the people who existed in the world before it. Smudge examines what happens when two well-adjusted young adults bring a child into their lives. At its core, the play strikes at new parenthood’s effects on parents’ psyches, as it is unclear if their child loves them or truly responds to them. And what happens when the child loves one parent more than the other? Or is born with a deformity? Is it fair to hate your newborn child? Rachel Axler asks audiences to rethink their Technicolor views of parenthood and to realize that we are not all perfect and that it is simply important that we try, no matter how hard the task may seem.”

Spring 2013
Ball State University