13/14 Season

Strollers is pleased to announce their Spring Membership meeting! Come along to become a member, or renew your membership for only $5. Join us in voting on the next season, the treasurers report and afterwards join us for food and beverages in the mezzanine!

Many Strollers Board Positions will be available. We will be voting on a new board including:

• President (Position currently held by Scott Bennett--2 year term)
• Treasurer (Position currently held by Erin Baal--2 year term)
• Secretary (Position currently held by Kelly Fitzgerald--1 year to fill out term)
• Publicity (Position currently held by Jenny Maahs--2 year term)

At Large Positions also available. Needs include Public Relations, Season Subscribers, and Facilities. Vote on the lineup for the 2014-15 Season to be presented at the meeting. See you next Sunday, May 18 at 11:00 in the Drury!

Audition season is in full swing and here's a chance to get some feedback before the next production!

Suggested Donation $5 ($3 for Strollers Members)

• This class will give all actors a chance to workshop monologue pieces
• All actors will receive individual, one-on-one coaching
• Actors of all experience levels are invited to participate, whether you want to explore a new monologue, or receive feedback and a new perspective on an old stand-by.
• For each participant, I will watch your monologue, give you some feedback, and spend individual time with your workshopping the piece. We will explore different exercises to craft the piece, to explore the possibilities for your chosen monologue, so you get the most mileage out of your audition.
• Depending on the size of the class, we may also have time for partner or group exercise to further plumb the depths and possibilities of each piece
• We will also take time to discuss the audition process, to give you an inside look at what casting directors are looking for, so you can make the most of your time in the audition room.

Whitney Derendinger is a 2012 graduate of the UW-Madison Masters of Fine Arts in Acting program. He comes to this workshop with a passion for theatre and teaching, bringing with him over three years of college-level teaching experience, countless workshops and classes taught on acting, movement, and stage combat, and over fifteen years of professional acting experience.

By Jez Butterworth

Directed by Jeff Knupp

On St. George's Day, the morning of the local county fair, Johnny "Rooster" Byron, local waster and modern day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son, Marky wants his dad to take him to the fair, Troy Whitworth wants to give him a serious kicking and a motley crew of mates want his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.

By Rajiv Joseph, Directed by Suzan Kurry

Strollers Theatre is delighted to present this Pulitzer-nominated play in which two US marines and an Iraqi translator are thrust into a world of greed, mystery and betrayal after an encounter with a now-deceased but still very pissed-off tiger. The streets of war-torn Baghdad are filled with ghosts, riddles and wry humor in this groundbreaking play that explores the power and perils of human nature. The New York Times said:

"Savagely funny and visionary new work of American theater... A majestic, richly conceived play with fanciful humor and clear-eyed compassion”

This multiple award winning show featured Robin Williams playing the role of the tiger in its Broadway run. Click here for some fascinating behind the scenes videos from that production

Trailer

Cast List

• Tiger: John Jajewski
• Tom: Charlie Bauer
• Kev: Zach Heise
• Musa: Casem AbuLughod
• Uday/Man: Mohammed Alrufaidi
• Teemager/Hadia: Aurelia Khoursand
• Woman/Leper: Victoria Hurwitz

Production Photos

By Bruce Norris

Directed by George Gonzalez

In this brief but staggering two-act, playwright Norris demonstrates his skill at drawing out the dark truth that lurks beneath the surface of the “perfect” family. His crackling satire takes dead aim at the self-satisfied, left-leaning American upper-middle class and its many self-delusions.

Cast: Deborah Hearst : Kelly
Edric Johnson : Clay
David Pausch : Cash
Netalee Lev Sheinman : Kalina
Susan Burleigh : Carol
Jason Compton : Mr.Hadid
Brownyn Valley : Kayla

By Stephen Mallatratt

Directed by Steve Noll

In conjunction with OUT!Cast A Gothic horror play.

The book follows the story of Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, as he journeys to the small market town of Crythin Gifford to attend the funeral of a client, Mrs Alice Drablow. At the funeral, he sees a young woman with a wasted face, dressed all in black, standing in the churchyard.

Bemused by the villagers' reluctance to speak of the woman in black, Arthur goes to Eel Marsh House, Mrs. Drablow's former abode, an old building in the middle of a marsh, cut off at high tide. Sorting through Mrs Drablow's papers, he finds a box of letters, and ultimately discovers the dreadful secret of the Woman in Black – to his own terrible cost.

By Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency

Directed by Sam D. White

The play is set in the Cafe de l'Alma in the Chaillot district of Paris. It is said that Molière, Racine, and La Fontaine used to frequent this cafe. But these days a group of corrupt corporate executives are meeting.

They include the Prospector, the President, and the Baron, and they are planning to dig up Paris to get at the oil which they believe lies beneath its streets. Their nefarious plans come to the attention of Countess Aurelia, the benignly eccentric madwoman of the title.

Countess Aurelia is an aging idealist who sees the world as happy and beautiful, but advised by her associate, the Ragpicker, who is a little more worldly, she soon comes to realize that the world might well be ruined by these evil men—men who seek only wealth and power.

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