Eurydice

• Cast

  Kimberly Allely as Eurydice 
  Jake Beauvais as Orpheus 
  Jacob Mayforth as Nasty-Interesting Man/Child 
  Todd Sherman as Father 
  Mark Bautista as Big Stone 
  Lisa-Marie Castro as Little Stone 
  Angela Colavecchio as Loud Stone 

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  Kimberly Allely (Eurydice) is a Legal Studies major and a Theatre minor here at UAA. Kimberly most recently appeared  as “Ronald Reagan” from UAA’s 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, “Crystal” from Mad Myrna’s Little Shop of Horrors, and “Babe” from Anchorage Community Theatre’s Crimes of the Heart. Kimberly also acts as member and manager of UAA’s improv troupe, The Ad-lib Alchemists.

  Jake Beauvais (Orpheus) is currently a fourth year theatre major with a performance emphasis at UAA. Most recently he was in UAA’s production of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents as Washington and Jackson. He has also performed in ACT’s  production of Bus Stop as Bo Decker. Jake is also a founding member of the university’s resident improv troupe, The Ad-lib Alchemists.

  Todd Sherman (Father) is an Assistant Municipal Attorney with the Municipality of Anchorage and an Air Force veteran.   This is not only his first UAA theater production; it is his first college production ever. He has been active in local theater since 2009, appearing in more than 15 productions in theaters around town. Most recently he appeared as Ben Weatherstaff in Secret Garden at ACT.

  Jacob Mayforth (Nasty-Interesting Man/Child) is a Theatre Major at UAA. He was most recently seen in this year’s productions as Axel Fersen in Marie Antoinette, as well as last year’s productions as Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Feste in Twelfth Night. His goal is to one day get paid to do what he loves, building and creating on the stage, and he can waste an afternoon faster than anyone when he has spare time.

  Mark Bautista (Big Stone) is a versatile performer whose interests range from singing opera to musical theatre, and everything in between including circus arts, theatre, and dance.   Mark was last seen on the UAA stage as Song Liling in M. Butterfly, and Lucas in Bare: A Pop Opera. He has also performed with UAA Opera Ensemble and University Singers. Mark has also performed in the community with Cyrano’s Theatre Company, AK Fire Circus, Pulse Dance Company, Out North, Theatre Artists United, and Anchorage Opera -- as well as performing solo recitals around the Alaska. When he’s not performing, Mark teaches voice, piano, and musical theatre performance at Anchorage Music and Dance Center. He has also worked as a musical director, choreographer, and vocal coach for Anchorage Theatre of Youth.

  Lisa-Marie Castro (Little Stone) is a senior Theatre major and German minor here at UAA. She recently played the role of the Dauphin in Marie Antoinette and was also the Comrade Chin in M. Butterfly. Lisa-Marie’s theatre costume designs at UAA include Twelfth Night and 44 Plays for 44 Presidents and a dance piece titled “Simple Pleasures” in New Dances 2015. Last summer, she worked at the Bigfork Summer Playhouse in Montana as a costume technician and designed the musical Footloose.

  Angela Colavecchio (Loud Stone) is a first year Theatre and Journalism/Communications major at UAA. She previously appeared as Demon in Demon of Darby Castle and Jackie in Cheaper by the Dozen, both at Bartlett High School. Her first UAA production was 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, playing numerous roles such as Harrison Ford and Harry S. Truman. She hopes to one day open a theatre for youth so she can share her passion for acting with young people.

• Creative

  Director: Ty Hewitt
  Scenic Designer: Daniel Glen Carlgren
  Assistant Scenic Designer: Adi Davis
  Costume Designer: Colleen Alexis Metzger
  Lighting Designer: Daniel J. Anteau
  Sound Designer: Katie O’Loughlin
  Technical Director: Daniel Glen Carlgren
  Assistant Technical Director: Chris Evans
  Production Manager: Daniel J. Anteau
  Props Designer: Ray Leonard
  Assistant Director/Dramaturg: Josh Evans
  Choreography: Taylor Hicks
  Additional Choreography: Shelley Virginia Hewitt

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  Ty Hewitt (Director) was born and raised in Ketchikan, Alaska, and has worked as an actor, director, teacher and fight choreographer for productions in the Pacific Northwest and around the country. Theatre credits include Profile Theatre’s (Portland, OR) Sam Shepard season, playing Vince in Buried Child, the Speaker in Tongues and as a guest lecturer on the nature of violence in Shepard’s plays. Other Portland theatre credits include The Scene at Portland Playhouse and On The Table with the Sojourn Theatre. Ty performed in deCOMPOSITION, a theatre piece which he co-wrote, in Seattle and NYC. New York credits include Opus D’Amour at Theatre Lab, Babel Tower with Round Table Ensemble and Orsino in Aquila Theatre’s Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center. Ty has a BFA from Southern Oregon University and an MFA from UMKC.

  Daniel Glen Carlgren (Scenic Designer and Technical Director) is currently the faculty scenic designer, projection designer, and technical director at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He received his BFA from Southern Oregon University in 2001 and his MFA from University of Oregon in 2012. Daniel’s recent credits include scenic and projection design, and technical direction for 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, Night of the Iguana, SPAMalot, Twelfth Night, and many others. Daniel has also worked on the automation for Julie Taymor’s Grendal and Wagner’s Ring Cycle for the Los Angeles Opera and Disney’s Aladdin at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Daniel has worked as a scenery, staging and rigging specialist in the entertainment industry for many years.

  Colleen Metzger (Costume Designer) has worked all across the country. She has designed for the Barter Theatre in Virginia, Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, The New London Barn Playhouse in New Hampshire, CATco and The Human Race Theatre Company in Ohio, Riverside Theatre in Iowa, and the Mad Horse Theatre Company in Maine. Colleen has also run wardrobe at the Glimmerglass Opera, worked as costume technician at the Hangar Theatre, Portland Stage Company, and the Chautauqua Opera, and has worked as a crafts artisan for the Santa Fe Opera.

  Daniel J. Anteau (Production Manager) received a B.A. from the University of Alaska Anchorage and his MFA from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in Lighting Design. He now serves as department chair, professor in design and technical director for the dance program. Professionally, Daniel’s lighting designs have been seen across Alaska & Hawaii, to New York City, and internationally to Africa. For the past 5 summers Daniel served as technical director for Trollwood Performing Arts School in Moorhead, MN. In Hawaii, Daniel continues to stay active as lighting designer working with Manoa Valley Theatre on their January production.

  Josh Evans (Assistant Director/Dramaturg) is a Senior Theatre Major here at UAA. He is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah and is currently the president of the Wolfpack Theatre Club, having been president for the past two years. He has worked on a number of productions for the club, most notably serving as director for the production of Doubt last year.

  Katie O’Loughlin (Sound Designer) is a Theatre Minor with a Technical and Dance emphasis in her Junior year. She has sound designed for the UAA productions of Night of the Iguana and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. She has also participated as a dancer in New Dances 2014, New Dances 2016, and UAA Dance in Performance. She aspires to combine her love for dance with the skills she’s gaining as a technical Theatre Major to produce dance concerts. She would like to achieve a Master’s Degree and one day teach at a University level.

• Crew

  Stage Manager: Jordan Crenshaw
  Assistant Stage Manager: Meghan Stanford
  Scene Shop Supervisor: Henry Coleman
  Scenic Artist: Daniel Glen Carlgren
  Scene Shop Assistants: Chris Evans, Josh Evans
  Scenic Painters: Becca Padrick, Myranda Bailey, Zoe Ellis, Nancy Ott, Emily Pratt, Meghan Stanford, Casey Eichhorn
  Scenic Carpentry: Jake Beauvais, Kyle Cambell, Galina Deitz, Rick Fulton, Jacob Mayforth, Raymond Leonard, Katie O’Loughlin, Brian Tuohy
  Properties Builder: Mary Alley
  Costume Shop Manager: Denice Jewell
  Costume Shop Assistants: Lisa-Marie Castro, Emily Pratt, Jane Lee
  Costume Construction Crew: Lailani Cook, Kaeli Meno, Steven Chapman, Suzanne Snyder, Kenai Malay
  Wardrobe: Kaeli Meno, Becca Padrick, Kyleigh Rust
  Master Electrician: Ryan Anderson
  Light Board Operator: Joshuah Rutten
  Lighting Crew: THR 347, Taylor Hicks, David Blake, Henry Schildback
  Sound Board Operator: Marcel Davis
  Sound Crew: Lily Wertz

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  Publicist/Media: O’Hara Shipe
  Videographer: Cedar Cussins
  Event Support Assistants: Aleksander Altukhov & Katie Bailey Nixon

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Eurydice is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

Eurydice was originally produced by Madison Repertory Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin, August 29,2003. Richard Corley, Artistic Director, Susan Medak, Managing Director. And subsequently produced by Berkley Repertory Theatre in 2004. Tony Taccone, Artistic Director, Susan Medak, Managing Director. And Yale Repertory Theatre, James Bundy Artistic Director, Victoria Nolan, Managing Director. Produced by Second Stage Theatre, New York, 2007, Carol Rothman, Artistic Director.