Fall Faculty Concert 2023
Performed on Nov. 15–18, Strub Theatre
Artistic Director: Bernard Brown
Production Manager: Eric Escalante
Production Crew Supervisor: Cameron Kauffman
Co-Costume Designers: Leon Wiebers, Tammie Merheb-Chavez, Liz Gerds
Lighting Designer: Wesley Charles Siu Muen Chew
Music Director: Aaron Chavez
Technical Director: Jason Sheppard
Front of House Manager: Alessa Meni
Home: Revisited
Choreography: Laura Ann Smyth, in collaboration with the dancers
Premiere Date: 2022
Music: "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" by Lou Rawls, "Tobacco Road" by Lou Rawls
Performers: Madeleine Crowley, Aviana Goodman-Fish, Cameron Hedgespeth, Sathu Jois, Alyssa Laumann, Than Povi Martinez, Kaylin Moore, Katie Pastor, Sophia Pizzuti, Stephanie Stein, Kiran Virani, Jade Wilson
For Betty
Choreography: Rosalynde LeBlanc Loo, with choreographic material by Betty G and the cast of dancers
Assistant: Marcella Lewis
Music: "Bado" (Composer: Yamlu Mola, Singer: Betty G), "Enju" (Composer: Yamlu Mola, Singer: Betty G), "Ay Baw Labay" (Composer: Yamlu Mola, Singer: Betty G)
Performers: Emma Bailey, Corynn Broadwater, Rory Dawson, Purva Goel, Elizabeth June Johnson, Camilla Machado, Carlin McQueen, Kaylin Moore, Olivia Radding, Nell Walton
Corrupt(ed)
Choreography: Madi Hicks in collaboration with Nicole Hagen
Music: Original composition by Azariah Felton
Performers: Chelsea Cooper, Aviana Goodman-Fish, Sathu Jois, Sophia Pizzuti, Kristine Pohle, Hannah Quini, Caitlin Roberts, Makena Robison, Stephanie Stein, Elle Wagoner, Nell Walton, Jade Wilson, Understudy: Madelyn Mallen
Me Against The Music
Choreography: Miss Prissy
Rehearsal Assistant: De'Leah Coleman
Music: "Pyramids" by Frank Ocean, "I Just Wanna Rock" by Lil Uzi Vert, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles, "Yaba Buluku" by Burna Boy & DJ Tarico
Performers: Lilliana Bingen, De'Leah Coleman, Chelsea Cooper, Rory Dawson, Evan Lavo, Asha Manthena, Kaycee Nieuwendyk, Sarah Palumbis, Olivia Radding, Ella Sessine
Data or many ways to dance a dance through prison walls
Choreography: Suchi Branfman
Staged by: Dancing Through Prison Walls Company; Suchi Branfman, Selina Ho, Mokhtar Ferbrache, Forrest Reyes, Tom Tsai
Premiere Date: June 2022
Text/Written Choreography: I Am You by Forrest Reyes, inside Norco Prison, April 2022
Score: "Paper Clips" by Jimena Sarno
Set Design: David Ferri, recreated by Wesley Charles Siu Muen Chew
Performers: Georgia Evensen, Sabrina Gancman, Sydney Reed
Archaica Schola
Choreography: Patrick Damon Rago (Charles Mack Elementary, 1982)
Music: "Spybreak, 1998" by Propellerheads; Alex Gifford and Will White
Performers: Delaney Basile (Hilltop Elementary, 2017), Stephanie Benson (Community Home Education Program, 2015), Corynn Broadwater (Brooklyn Scholars Charter School, 2019), Grace Gargotta (Westland School, 2017), Jessie Hernandez (Classical Conversations, 2015), Elizabeth June Johnson (McDonogh School, 2016), Charlotte Malone (Saint Peter's, 2019), Devynn Marshall (Moreland Hills Elementary, 2013), Celia McNulty (Saint Peter and Paul's, 2015), Makena Robison (Henderson International School, 2013), Jessica Stewart (Saint John Eudes, 2014), Stella Trollman (Saint Matthew's Catholic School, 2019)
Sonder
Choreography: Grayson McGuire and Shiori Kamijo
Music: Suzanne Vega, Claude Debussy, Lipps Inc., Frank Ocean, Max Richter, Odesza
Performers: Gabi Aleyne, S. Kelvin Bank, De'Leah Coleman, Chelsea Copper, Milan Fillipi, Jordan Habash, Jessie Hernandez, Averi Jones, Keera Kittles, Yin Yam Lam, Charlotte Malone, Than Povi Martinez, Celia McNulty, Sarah Palumbis, Caroline Paster, Katie Pastor, Kristine Pohle, Olivia Radding, Satori Rosen, Ella Sessine, Stephanie Stein, Katie Tuchi, Elle Wagoner, Alexis Wong