Emporia State University Summer Theatre 2023
Directed by Pete Rydberg
Stage Managed by Aubrey Wilson
Choreographed by Cindy Severt
Music Direction by Penny Speedie
Scenic Design by Chris Lohkamp
Costume Design by Jenny Saxton Rodriguez
Lighting Design by Nicholas Wilson
Lawrence Arts Center, Fall 2022
Directed by Aubrey Wilson
CoDirected & Choreographed by Marah McFadden
Music Direction by Ric Averill
Scenic Design by Lexey Jost
Costume Design by Hannah Glimpse
Lighting Design by Samaria Fleig
First Date
Book, Music, and Lyrics by: Austin Winsberg, Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner
Enlightened Theatrics
Directed by: Melody Erfani
Music Direction by: Devin Desmond
Scenic Design by: Nic Wilson
Lighting Design by: Avi Sheehan
Sound Design by: Preston Oliver, Alex Hussey
Costume Design by: Michael Wardrop
Technical Direction by: Jack Meng
Production Stage Manager: Aubrey Near
Assistant Stage Manager: Joy Coulson
By: John Guare
Directed By: Aubrey Near
Scenic Design: Nancy Pontius
Costume Design: Mollie McClanahan
Lighting Design: Mason Nicks
Sound Design/Technical Direction: Chris Lohkamp
Stage Manager: Benjamin Johnson
*Photos are property of Emporia State University
by: Stephen Sondheim
Director: Alan MacVey
Music Direction: Mark Bruckner
Scenic Design: Nic Wilson
Projection Design: Courtney Gaston
Assistant Projection Design: Nicholas Coso
Costume Design: Lindsey Kuhn
Assistant Costume Design: Zamora Simmons, Aella Rose Hill
Lighting Design: Bryon Winn
Assistant Lighting Design: Will Borich
Sound Design: Bri Atwood
Assistant Sound Design/Orchestra Manager: Colten Langfoot
Production Stage Manager: Aubrey Jean Near
Assistant Stage Managers: Alexis Hinman & Olivia Leslie
Photos by: Miranda Meyer, Nic Wilson
Fun Home
by: Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori
Director: John Cameron
Scenic Designer: Nic Wilson
Costume Designer: Lindsey Kuhn
Assistant Costume Designer: Zamora Simmons
Lighting Designer: Bryon Winn
Assistant Lighting Designer/Projection Designer: Courtney Gaston
Assistant Choreographer: Jenna Smithson
Stage Manager: Aubrey Jean Near
Assistant Stage Managers: Nic Steffes, Mariana Tejeda
Photos by: Miranda Meyer, Nic Wilson and Eric Stone
Performing Practice: Stages of Staging Our Selves by Jennifer Kayle
TNE – (Transitions Not Explanation) by Eloy Barragan
Light from the North (When Heaven Was Earth) by Kristin Marrs
She Drives Me Crazy by Charlotte Adams
Dornoombro by Armando Duarte
Ritual to the Sun from Acts of Life by Martha Graham (re-mounted by Jesse Factor)
Artistic Director: Charolette Adams
Composer: Joseph Norman
Scenic Design: Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer
Costume Design: Margaret Wenk-Kuchlbauer & Juliana Waechter
Lighting Design: Laurel Shoemaker
Stage Manager: Nathan Brauner
Assistant Stage Manager: Aubrey Jean Near
Photos by: Miranda Meyer
a new play
By: Liz Hara and Spencer Lott
Directed by: Spencer Lott
Scenic Design: Justin and Christopher Swader
Lighting Design: Alex Jainchill
Puppetry Design & Construction: Martin P. Robinson
Production Manager/Production Stage Manager: Aubrey Jean Near
Workshopped at Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and La Mama Puppet Festival
Photos by: A. Vincent Scarano
by: Anne Washburn
Score by: Michael Freedman
Lyrics by: Anne Washburn
Directed by: Tlaloc Rivas
Scenic Design: Nic Wilson
Costume Design: Brittany Dee Bodly
Lighting Design: Alex Casillas
Stage Manager: Katy McLaughlin
Assistant Stage Managers: Aubrey Jean Near, Nic Steffes
Photos by: Miranda Meyer
38th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival Honoring Octavio Solis
Tribute Performance
Creator/Director: Chuma Gault
Producer: Hannah Joyce-Hoven
Live Scene Directors: Juliette Carrillo, Mark Valdez
Scenic & Lighting Design: Harty Blackert
Projection Design: Maxwell Collyard
Sound Design: Gabrieal Griego
Live Music: Hawkeye Herman
Production Stage Manager: Hannah Brooks
Assistant Stage Manager: Aubrey Jean Near
Photos by: Ron Osborn
By Jeremy Sams
Music and lyrics by Richard & Robert Sherman
Starring Tom Picasso & Breanna Pine
Directed by Ric Averill
Musical Direction by Patricia Ahern conducting the Free
State Liberation Orchestra
Choreography by Eleanor Goudie-Averill
Flying Car & Set Designs by Juniper Tangpuz
Digital Scenery by Jason Badgett
Costume Design: Jeannie Harper
Production Stage Manager: Aubrey Jean Near
All photos are copyright of the Lawrence Arts Center
Photos Copyright Lawerence Arts Center
By: Sergei Prokofiev
Directed by: Ric Averill
Choreography by: Ellie Goudie-Averill
Featuring the KU Symphony Orchestra & Raffaele Cipriano
Scenic Design: Neil Goss
Costume Design:
Lighting Design: Art Kent
Production Stage Manager: Aubrey Jean Near
Featuring Patrick Suzeau and Hanan Misko, with Juliet Remmers
All photos are copyright of the Lawerence Arts Center
Directed By: Vanessa Stalling
Lighting Design: Ellen Kane
Sound Design: Bri Atwood
Stage Manager: Aubrey Jean Near
