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New Directors' Symposium VIII

Performed at the John Waldron Arts Center, March 2003
Directed by Sean Fear and Annie Vowell

Photos · Casts · Crew · Directors' Notes · Special Thanks

Photos
Photographs by Sara Johnson

Hamlet's Ghost   Mr. Puch, Miss Judy, and Hamlet   Polonius and Gertrude Rosencrantz and Gildenstern
WFKU 69 Anchor Richard Harden Rebecca, Cookie, Tyler, and LuAnne Tyler, LuAnne, and Cookie The Uber-Zombie
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Casts

Another Play About Hamlet
Written and Directed by Sean Fear

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Claudius, King of Denmark
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark
Polonius/Laertes
Ophelia, Daughter of Polonius
Horace/Rosencrantz/Gildenstern
Bernard/Rosencrantz/Gildenstern
Narrator/Ghost
Mr. Punch and Miss Judy

Michael Schroeder
Rance Fawbush
Sara Griffin
Clay Mabbit
Stephanie Dodge
Phillip Addison
Bobby Hackett
Tim Johnson
Themselves

 

Mr. Punch and Miss Judy would like to dedicate these performances to the memory of Fred Rogers.

 

White Trash Zombies
Written and Directed by Annie Vowell

LuAnne
Cookie
Tyler
Rebecca
Father Matthew
Everett
Uber-Zombie
 
Lead Narrator/Richard Harden

Maria Eagleton
Stephanie Dodge
Bobby Hackett
Lisa Hammersly
Rance Fawbush
Chad Eagleton
Stefan Gabriel
Phillip Addison
Aaron Coots

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Crew

Directors
 
Producer
Costuming
Lights
 
Props
Programs

Sean Fear
Annie Vowell
Chad Eagleton
Janice Clevenger
Tim Johnson
Sean Fear
Sara Griffin
Elizabeth Cady Friebus

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Directors' Notes

Sean Fear

In "Another Play About Hamlet", Hamlet has many things to worry about. He worries about his mother’s premature marriage to his uncle. He worries about the mysterious ghost of his father and he shares the universal fear of not being in control of his own destiny. Though initially unaware of his role as a player in his own story, he struggles to understand the essential truth that "Hamlet" the play is "beyond tradition both immutable and inevitable". In "Another Play about Hamlet" he deals with his doubts and duties more in a manner that many people might; with extreme trepidation and a fair amount of skepticism. "Another’s" Hamlet is neurotic and insecure, with human foibles that perhaps we can already see in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. We are asked to try to see the story thru Hamlet’s eyes as he tries to establish himself as his own person who is not a tool of fate. Join Hamlet in shaking your fist at fate.

--Sean Fear

Annie Vowell

I have been involved with MCCT for a couple of years now. I was feeling creative one day and I decided to make an attempt at writing a play for the Director's Forum. I have always been a big fan of the horror genre and realized that I had never seen a horror play, nor had I ever heard of anyone writing one. I felt that I should be the one to bring some blood and gore to the Community Theater stage; thus "White Trash Zombies" was created.

Being born in southern Indiana was obviously my inspiration for the settting of my play. I thought other people living in southern Indiana probably do the same thing I do: make fun of white trash people in an attempt to live in denial that they themselves are likewise White Trash, or "W.T." as my friends and I call it. Not only did I get the opportunity to make fun of my hometown and the people in it, I also got the chance to make fun of some other people (Love you Tyler!), which is one of my favorite pastimes. Although there will be blood and gore, my play is also VERY funny. It is not meant to be taken seriously. The basic story is about a group of people who are trapped in a beauty salon when zombies take over their town. I had tons of fun writing this play and getting the opportunity to direct. I hope y'all have just as much fun watching it!

--Annie "White Trash Princess" Vowell

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Special Thanks

Sean would like to thank his cast.

Annie would like to thank Stefan Gabriel for filling in at the last minute on opening night and Mark Meyer for his assistance with the zombie makeup.

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