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 โ15, 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.
โEvery rehearsal, Iโm impressed by the ability of our actors to take a character they've read for and analyzed and to make discoveries onstage,โ Yalaz said. โThe show is funny and absurd and truly unique to this cast. Fuddy is a slapstick comedy that still holds weightโthe characters are dealing with their own very real issues.โ
Cast members include Adam Barstow โ17 as Limping Man, Bobby Kirwin โ15 as Millet, Katie Paolacci โ16 as Claire, Robert Prines โ18 as Richard, Jillian Stout โ17 as Kenny, Kaylie Taylor โ17 as Heidi, and Sarah Van Deusen โ16 as Gertie.
Students working behind the scenes include Stage Manager Caitlin Matthews โ16, and Assistant Stage Mangers Maddie Bones โ18 and Jasmine Jones โ15, as well as Emily Aurigemma โ17, Alex Behr โ15, Kailey Boyer โ17, Trevor Brown โ15, Carl J. Burgason โ16, Britney Coffman โ18, Dylan Conroy โ15, Ryann Corbett โ16, Dylan R. George โ15, Haley Crook โ17, Tucker Daniel โ16, Corey Farnbauch โ16, Cameron Ferguson โ18, Gabrielle Garza โ15, Stone Gibson โ18, Nicholas Gregory โ17, Hannah Harley โ15, Kelli L. Harrod โ16, Jackson Hayes โ18, Edward Hoecker โ15, Kyle Jessup โ15, Karina Kawalski โ17, Jenna Langa โ15, Jesse Langer โ15, Nikhil Makhija โ17, Payton Marshall โ17, Joshua McErlean โ18, Katie Paolacci โ16, Michelle Petit โ16, Starr Portman โ18, Robert J. Prines โ18, Amanda Rogus โ17,Haley Schroeder โ17, Kreig J. Spahn โ15, Collin Sparks โ18, Patrick Szymczak โ17, Logan Warye โ15, Chandler Watson โ16, Lindsey Watson โ15, Russell Williams โ16, Carolyn Wong โ15 and Kethry Warren โ18.
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.
