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MUSEUM by Tina Howe

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WHAT: Museum by Tina Howe

WHO: State College Area High School Thespians www.scasd.org/Domain/1104  

WHEN: November 22 & 23 at 7:30 pm and November 24 at 2:00 pm

WHERE: State College Area High Performance Hall

DESCRIPTION: This fall State High Thespians will open their season with Museum by Tina Howe, a contemporary comedy. “Museum takes place on the final day of a group show, of three fictional contemporary American artists being exhibited in a major museum of modern art. Over the course of the day some forty people walk through the show: art lovers, skeptics, foreigners, students, lost souls, fellow artists, and of course, museum guards. The play is about the movement and yearning of these people.” The audience will be invited on stage prior to the show and during intermission to tour the gallery on the last day of the show entitled, “Breaking the Silence.” 

COST: Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for youth (18 and younger).  Tickets can be reserved online beginning November 4 at  https://tinyurl.com/museumshow OR visit the box office to purchase tickets one hour before each performance. 

MORE ABOUT THE PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT:

MUSEUM, by Tina Howe, is a contemporary comedy that takes a rather sophisticated look at modern art from all angles, bringing all types of folk, and the audience too, to the last day of the show, “The Broken Silence. Tina Howe is known for her situational pieces and with “MUSEUM” she has created a real ‘artistic’ experience for the audience. Watching ‘MUSEUM” we get to observe folk observing art and they are just like us. We all see ‘art’ differently and respond to it differently. In an interview for the William Inge Center for the Arts, Tina Howe explains why exactly a museum, more specifically a single exhibition, was chosen as the setting, "They [the audience] didn't want a kitchen, they didn't want a living room. But they wanted a seascape, they wanted a beach, they wanted a locker room. And so I tried to think of an environment that had never been put on the stage that would be a very unlikely place to put onstage, and I thought of a museum". Howe goes on to explain that the artists in the play, Zachary Moe, Agnes Vaag, and Steve Williams were based on the actual artists Robert Ryman, Nancy Graves, and Duane Hanson who all differed in their style of art; themes she successfully incorporated in her play. When asked about the visitors to the gallery she stated, “Well, I try to have the real rabid art lovers and the skeptics. Hopefully in MUSEUM I covered all the bases.” In the play everyone has a very different reaction to ‘modern art.’ From those who stand in awe of: life size bodies hanging on a wash line, sculptures of found items of bones and fur or 4 large white canvases, to those who pretend they ‘get’ them or those who have to laugh at them, there is so much of all of us to laugh at in this play. “So there are moments, hopefully, of real beauty and awe in the play, and I’ve tried to mix it up so that there’s total chaos and Vaudeville, but then I think there are moments of beauty and worldliness.”

 Although the play premiered in 1976, we are encouraged by the playwright to change the dates and other relevant references in the script to reflect the current year and time of our production and we will. 

Cast List 

Recorded Voices:

            Broadcaster                  Tynan Butler

            Guided Tour                 Isabelle Snyder

            Museum Host               Layla Thornton

Cast in Order of Appearance: 

Guard                            Dylan Henderson

Michael Wall                 Lucas Monroe

Jean-Claude                 John Michael Rosenblum

Francoise                     Nora Goudie

Annette Froebel           Emily Stoller

Liz                                Mariele Wassom

Carol                            Nicole McFadden-Derer

Blakey                          Mia Cornali

Mr. Hollingsford           Avery Jones

Elizabeth Sorrow          Sarah Cook

Peter Ziff                      Elijah Snyder                            

Mr. Salt                         Joe Peters                                

Mrs. Salt                       Madi Hunter

Maggie Snow                Emma Walker

Bob Lamb                     Tynan Butler

Will Willard                  Christopher Cole

Freddie Izumi               Caylee Thompson

Mira Zadal                    Becca Zeigler

People Passing             Kate Horn & Alexis Pupo

Barbara Castle              Demanie Redhead

Barbara Zimmer           Anna Farris

Mr. Gregory                  Avery Jones

Chloe Trapp                  Isabelle Snyder

Ada Bilditsky                Emily Stoller

Gilda Norris                  Sarah Cook

Tink Solheim                Cecil Querry Goncalves

Kate Siv                        Cassidy Brown

Bill Plaid                       Elijah Snyder

Lillian                           Layla Thornton

Harriet                         April Staab

May                              Jacqui Torrez

Giorgio                         TBA

Zoe                               Madi Christopher

Julie Jenkins                Alexis Pupo

1^st Guard                      Avery Jones

2^nd Guard                     Kate Horn

Steve Williams              John Michael Rosenblum

Elderly Couple              Christopher Cole (Mr. Moe) & Sage Castro (Mrs. Moe)

PRODUCTION TEAM 

Mitchell Case Assistant Director/Dramaturg  

Madi Christopher  Production Coordinator

Auden Yurman  Production Stage Manager

            Kate Leous  Deck Manager

            Georgia Weaver & Maitlyn Poduszlo  Assistant Stage Managers

Sofia Micci  Assistant to the Scenic Designer/Artist

Laura Cahoy  Master Carpenter 

Lucy Chang  Paint Charge

Layla Thornton  Assistant to the Costume Designer

Anna Farris  Wardrobe Master

Layla Thornton  Hair/Make-Up Designer

Jessica Gondak  Assistant to the Lighting Designer

April Staab  Master Electrician

Sydney Fitzgerald  Assistant to the Sound Designer

Ainsley Glaze  Props Deviser

Emma Walker  Props Master

Sage Castro  Assistant to the Producer

Molly Richendorfer  House Manager

Anabelle Walters  Publicity Director

Anabelle Walters  Videographer