The Wittenberg University Department of Theatre and Dance presents its first mainstage production of the 2015 spring semester, Fuddy Meers, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in Chakeres Memorial Theatre, 905 Woodlawn Ave.
Directed by Assistant Professor Patrick Kilby Reynolds and Assistant Director Hannah Yalaz â15, Fuddy Meers is a comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The play follows Claire, who has a rare form of amnesia that erases her memory when she sleeps. One morning she wakes to a strange assortment of new faces: a limping man in a ski mask, a dimwitted thug whose best friend is a hand puppet and a claustrophobic traffic cop. Every twist and turn in this funhouse plot bring Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she'd forgotten.
âEvery rehearsal, Iâm impressed by the ability of our actors to take a character they've read for and analyzed and to make discoveries onstage,â Yalaz said. âThe show is funny and absurd and truly unique to this cast. Fuddy is a slapstick comedy that still holds weightâthe characters are dealing with their own very real issues.â
Cast members include Adam Barstow â17 as Limping Man, Bobby Kirwin â15 as Millet, Katie Paolacci â16 as Claire, Robert Prines â18 as Richard, Jillian Stout â17 as Kenny, Kaylie Taylor â17 as Heidi, and Sarah Van Deusen â16 as Gertie.
Students working behind the scenes include Stage Manager Caitlin Matthews â16, and Assistant Stage Mangers Maddie Bones â18 and Jasmine Jones â15, as well as Emily Aurigemma â17, Alex Behr â15, Kailey Boyer â17, Trevor Brown â15, Carl J. Burgason â16, Britney Coffman â18, Dylan Conroy â15, Ryann Corbett â16, Dylan R. George â15, Haley Crook â17, Tucker Daniel â16, Corey Farnbauch â16, Cameron Ferguson â18, Gabrielle Garza â15, Stone Gibson â18, Nicholas Gregory â17, Hannah Harley â15, Kelli L. Harrod â16, Jackson Hayes â18, Edward Hoecker â15, Kyle Jessup â15, Karina Kawalski â17, Jenna Langa â15, Jesse Langer â15, Nikhil Makhija â17, Payton Marshall â17, Joshua McErlean â18, Katie Paolacci â16, Michelle Petit â16, Starr Portman â18, Robert J. Prines â18, Amanda Rogus â17,Haley Schroeder â17, Kreig J. Spahn â15, Collin Sparks â18, Patrick Szymczak â17, Logan Warye â15, Chandler Watson â16, Lindsey Watson â15, Russell Williams â16, Carolyn Wong â15 and Kethry Warren â18.
Tickets are $5 or free with a Wittenberg ID. Tickets are available beginning Monday, Feb. 16, at the Chakeres Memorial Theatre Lobby Box Office. The Box Office is open 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets are also available one hour prior to each performance.
