Marquette-Little Shop of Horrors

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MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY’S J. WILLIAM AND MARY DIEDERICH COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONPERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTS

THEATRE ARTS PROGRAMDEBRA KRAJEC, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

PRESENTS

Book and Lyrics by Howard AshmanMusic by Alan Menken

Based on the film by Roger CormanScreenplay by Charles Griffith

September 29 – October 9, 2011

Directed by Ray JivoffMusic Direction by Donna Kummer

Scenic Design by Stephen Hudson-MairetCostume Design by Kimberly O’Callaghan, COMM ‘07

Lighting Design by Chester Loeffler-BellStage Managed by Carissa Saia

Originally produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director)Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City by the WPA Theatre,

David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh, and the Shubert Organization

Little Shop of Horrors was originally directed by Howard Ashman with Musical Staging by Edie Cowan.

Vocal Arrangements by Robert Billig. Orchestrations by Robert Merkin.

Little Shop of Horrors is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

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CAST L IST

Seymour............................................................................................................................ Tim BraunAudrey .............................................................................................................Alexandra BoneshoMr. Mushnik ...................................................................................................................Lex GernonOrin, Wino ......................................................................................................... Armando RonconiAudrey II - Voice, Wino............................................................................................. Craig FischerAudrey II – Body ......................................................................................................John AlbrechtCrystal ........................................................................................................................Brittany GreenRonnette ................................................................................................................Alexis HamburgChiffon ........................................................................................................................ Maria TsikalasBernstein, Snip, Luce, Martin, Wino, Customer ..................................................... Tyler Frost

THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

DIRECTOR ’S NOTES

Little Shop of Horrors, with its blend of comedy, pathos, and gore is a unique musical. Based on a cheaply made 1960 Roger Corman drive-in feature (shot in two days using left over sets from a previous production), the musical lifts the original story beyond its shabby roots. With the addition of the Greek Chorus of Chiffon, Crystal and Ronnette, the musical is transformed into a rock version of the Faust myth. Seymour, the nebbish in the florist shop, sells his soul to win fame, fortune and the girl he loves.

I speak for my partner Donna Kummer in thanking the entire Marquette University Theatre Department for welcoming us and working so hard to produce the best theatre possible. There is a great sense of community here that makes the work particularly meaningful. It’s been our great pleasure to work with everyone involved in the production.

Thank you for joining us for the show and for supporting the arts on the Marquette campus.

Enjoy!

CAST B IOGR APHIES

John Albrecht (Audrey II – Body)John is a fifth-year senior majoring in Accounting and Theater Arts. He was the assistant lighting designer for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, light board operator for All My Sons and has been involved with running crews for numerous other shows at Marquette. He would like to thank his parents and friends for their support and the company for the opportunity to be a part of such a great show.

Alexandra Bonesho (Audrey)Alexandra is a senior Theatre Arts major and is ecstatic to be playing Audrey! Recent Marquette Credits: Romaine Patterson/Others, The Laramie Project; Cherry, The Beaux’ Stratagem; Marcy, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; the one-woman show, Medea’s Redux; and Yvonne, Sunday in the Park with George. Local credits: Alais in Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s The Lion in Winter, along with Hair and The Drowsy Chaperone at Sunset Playhouse. Love to Ray and Donna for their encouragement, passion, and


CAST B IOGR APHIES (c o n t.)

commitment to theatre! Thank you to the cast, crew, orchestra, and faculty for sharing their talents. Special thanks to my parents for making it possible for me to follow my dreams!

Tim Braun (Seymour)Tim is a senior double majoring in Theatre Arts and Public Relations. He was last seen on the Helfaer mainstage in The Laramie Project, The Beaux’ Stratagem, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He would like to thank Ray, Donna, and the entire cast and crew for an amazing experience. He would also like to thank his family and friends for their never-ending support and love.

Craig Fischer (Audrey II – Voice)Craig is a major in Biological Sciences and a minor in English. He is also a member of the Gold ‘n Blues, the coed a cappella group on campus. He would like to thank friends who helped make this happen, and anybody who helped him arrange his busy schedule so that he could be a part of this production. Thanks to Ray, Donna, and the cast and crew for welcoming him into their theatre family.

Tyler Frost (Bernstein, Snip, Luce, Martin)Tyler is a sophomore Theater Arts and English Literature major, and is excited to be in his first mainstage show. Tyler would like to thank the directors for providing laughter, randomness, and direction as well as the cast for being fun to work with. Lastly, Tyler would like to thank his family and friends for their support and above all love. God bless and enjoy the show!

Lex Gernon (Mr. Mushnik)Lex is a sophomore. Having stage managed, worked on design, and acted at Marquette, he realizes that he loves theatre and is excited to be on stage again. Previous MU credits include The Laramie Project (Greg, Russell, others) and Sunday in the Park with George (Franz). Thank you to the women in my life: Mom, Tori, Carissa, Bestie, Yeeha, Mamma, Sib, and Partner-in-Crime. Enjoy!

Brittany Green (Chrystal)Brittany is a junior studying Theatre and History. She has previously appeared in The Laramie Project and Nickel and Dimed. She would like to thank God, her parents, friends and Ray and Donna for the opportunity. Enjoy the show!

Alexis Hamburg (Ronette)Alexis is a sophomore Theatre Arts major, and is thrilled to be in her second mainstage production on the Helfaer stage. She was last seen in The Laramie Project last spring, and was on the wardrobe crew for The Beaux’ Stratagem last fall. She would like to thank Ray, Donna, and the cast and crew of Little Shop of Horrors for being fantastic. She is also extremely grateful for the love and support of her family and friends. Lastly, Alexis has enjoyed spending some amazing quality time with the other two trio members. Come-A, Come-A, Come-A!

Armando Ronconi (Orin)Armando is so blessed to be joining the Little Shop of Horrors cast as Orin Scrivello! He is coming into his freshman year as a theatre and mathematics major and is so excited to be a part of the Marquette Theatre department. He aspires to be an actor all of his life, hopefully to land on a Broadway stage. He would like to thank the entire cast, on and off the stage, for being so welcoming, his family who he loves and misses very much, and Ray and Donna for being so much fun to work with! He hopes to put on an amazing show!

Maria Tsikalas (Chiffon)Maria is ecstatic to be back on the Helfaer stage for her fourth mainstage production, last seen as Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Maria is a junior majoring in Journalism and minoring in French. She would like to thank Ray, Donna, Carissa, and the entire cast and crew for their dedication to this fabulous show. She sends all her love to her family, friends, and the other two members of the Trio. Da doo.


COSTUME DES IGN CONCEPT

SCENIC DES IGN CONCEPT

The realm of Little Shop of Horrors is surreal at best. The premise is fantastic, and the characteristics of the people in the play are heightened to say the least. I wanted to reflect this heightened reality in the scenery by seeking elements from the original Roger Corman film and finding the doses of reality that can be made slightly larger than life. It has been fun to be working on a play that is based on a B movie horror flick. My primary research involved watching the grainy Corman film, examining ele-ments that we could latch onto, borrow, and be inspired by. All the while we worked to keep the musical flowing; dropping moments of whimsy throughout the piece. I do hope you enjoy the show. We have had great fun bringing it to life.

Each character in Little Shop of Horrors has a very distinct and unique personality that is greatly exaggerated on stage. The show’s heightened sense of reality allowed for fun and quirky explorations into each of these characters. I chose to base most of my costume research on big personalities from the time when the play was writ-ten, including Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret. Trendy girl groups like the Ronettes, the Chiffons, and the Crystals provided us with terrific inspiration for our girl group chorus. I hope you enjoy the show!

PRODUCTION STAFF

Howard Ashman (Author and Lyricist)Howard wrote the lyrics for the Disney animated films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (three songs) and served as producer on The Little Mermaid and Executive Producer on Beauty and the Beast. With composer

Alan Menken, he received two Academy Awards® and two Golden Globes® for Best Song (“Beauty and the Beast” and “Under the Sea”) and four Grammy® Awards. He received an Academy Award® nomina-tion with Mr. Menken for “Friend Like Me” from Aladdin. As Author, Lyricist and


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Director for the stage musical Little Shop of Horrors, which ran for five years in New York and has been produced worldwide, Mr. Ashman received two Outer Critics¹ Circle Awards, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, a London Evening Standard Award and a Drama Desk Award. For his screenplay version of Little Shop of Horrors, Mr. Ashman received a nomina-tion from the Screen Writers Guild and ³Mean Green Mother From Outer Space² was nominated (with Mr. Menken) for an Academy Award® for Best song. He was Author, Lyricist and Director of Smile for which he received a Tony® nomination for Best Book. His other credits include: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; The Confirmation (his only full-length play); Artistic Director: WPA Theatre (1976-1982). Born on May 17, 1950 in Baltimore, Mr. Ashman died at age 40 of complications due to AIDS on March 14, 1991 in New York City.

Katie Callahan (Assistant Stage Manager)Katie is a sophomore as a Theatre and Broadcast major. This is Katie’s first time as an assistant stage manager. This has been an amazing experience to be a part of. She is thrilled to be working with such a wonderful cast and crew.

Raquel Garces (Assistant Stage Manager)Raquel is a junior aiming towards a major in Technical Theatre. She is very excited to be working on her fourth mainstage show and third time assistant stage managing here at Marquette. This is the second time she is working on Little Shop of Horrors and has thoroughly enjoyed working with this amazing cast and crew. She would like to thank Ray and Donna for an entertaining rehearsal process and creating a great show. She hopes you enjoy the show and remem-ber, don’t feed the plants!

Patrick Hasselbeck (Assistant Lighting Designer)Patrick is a sophomore Theater Arts major. He was a member of the deck crew for The Beaux’ Stratagem last season. Patrick would like to thank his parents for their constant support and Chester Loeffler-Bell for this opportunity.

Stephen Hudson-Mairet (Scenic Designer/Chair)2011-12 marks Stephen’s twelfth season at

Marquette. Thank you to our loyal patrons for supporting this program and making our students’ important work possible. Stephen has completed numerous scenic or lighting designs on the Helfaer stage. This season Stephen will be completing the scenic design for Little Shop of Horrors. For the first time since arriving at Marquette, four out of the five shows will have a stu-dent scenic designer. Stephen is thrilled to be serving as the faculty advisor for all the student designers for every other show this season. Stephen lives quite happily in a very old house in Wauwatosa with his wife Heidi, and daughters Emma and Grace.

Ray Jivoff (Director)Ray is happy to be back at Marquette University, where he directed Into the Woods, Snoopy, the Musical, and Alice in Wonderland. He directed Hair at the Sunset Playhouse, The Sum of Us for Mil-waukee Chamber Theatre, West Side Story at UW Milwaukee, Hair at Carroll College and Ragtime, You Can’t Take it With You and On the Razzle at Milwaukee High School of the Arts. He was the drama director at Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha for twelve years. As an actor, he was recently seen as Mr. Zero in Skylight’s production of Adding Machine, a Musical. Other roles there include Harpo in A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Animal Crackers and The Cocoanuts, Roger Debris in The Producers, Amos in Chicago, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, and Koko in The Mikado. He’s also been in shows at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Next Act, Milwaukee Rep’s Stackner Cabaret, and First Stage Milwaukee. He is the Associate Artistic Director of Skylight Opera Theatre.

Debra Krajec (Artistic Director)Welcome to the 2011-12 Marquette Theatre Season! As the Artistic Director, Deb would like to thank you for support-ing the development of our talented students by your attendance at our pro-ductions. Deb has served as a Costume Designer as well as a Director on MU’s mainstage for the past twenty-seven years. She received her MFA from Texas Christian University, and has worked professionally as a costume designer, a director, and an actress. In Milwaukee, Deb has designed costumes for Mil-

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Donna Kummer (Musical Director)Donna has been involved in 150 produc-tions over the past 20 years. She provided musical direction at Modjeska Youth Theatre for nine years including Cats, Dreamgirls, and West Side Story. Donna works with numerous professional, com-munity and school theatres including Sunset Playhouse, In Tandem Theatre, and Milwaukee Opera Theatre. She also works with Skylight Opera Theatre as a Teach-ing Artist in public and private schools. Donna serves as the Director of Music for Plymouth UCC Church and conductor of the Wauwatosa Community Band and Tosa Jazz. Once upon a time, she also graduated from Marquette Law School...

Chester Loeffler-Bell (Technical Director / Lighting Designer)Chester has served as lighting designer, technical director, and scene shop supervi-sor since joining the department in the fall of 2001. Professor Loeffler-Bell manages the scene shop, supervises and advises student lighting designers. Chester has been an active professional lighting designer for the past 20 years, having designed for In Tan-dem Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Theatre X, Cape Fear Shakespeare Festival, and Carroll College. His recent artistic work includes the lighting design for The Laramie Project and The Lion in Winter for Marquette University, Girl in the Frame for In Tandem Theatre, Poor Tom for Marquette University in collaboration with the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland, and McGuire at Hofstra University. Chester lives in Mukwo-nago with his wife Susan and sons Harry, Sam, and Joe.

Alan Menken (Composer)Alan stage credits include Little Shop of Horrors; Beauty and the Beast; A Christmas Carol; King David; God Bless You, Mr. Rose-water; Real Life Funnies; The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz; Weird Romance; and

Der Glocker Von Notre Dame. Film credits include: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Newsies, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules and Home on the Range. Other achievements: A Billboard #1 album (Pocahontas) and #1 single (“A Whole New World”). Awards include 8 Academy Awards®, 7 Golden Globes®, 10 GRAMMYS®, the London Eve-ning Standard Award, the Olivier, the New York Drama Critics Award, the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. Upcoming stage adaptations of The Little Mermaid and Leap of Faith, live-action film adaptations of A Christmas Carol and The Hunchback of Notre Dame plus the film Noel.

Kimberly O’Callaghan (Costume Designer)Kimberly is thrilled to be back at Marquette University! After graduat-ing from Marquette in 2007, Kimberly studied at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where she received her MFA in Costume Design. Kimberly recently returned to Milwaukee and is teaching this fall semester in Marquette’s Theatre Department. Kimberly will also be costume designing Marquette’s upcom-ing production of If You Take a Mouse to School in January. Previous credits include Crimes of the Heart at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, The Rape of Lucretia at The Pittsburgh Opera, and He Who Gets Slapped and A Dream Play at Carnegie Mellon University. Thanks to Liam, Mary and Jennifer for their love and support.

Bridget Rzymski (Assistant Costume Designer)Bridget is a sophomore majoring in Theatre. This is her second experience assisting the costume designer, and she looks forward to designing herself. She’d like to thank her parents and friends for all their love and support. Enjoy the show!

Adriana Saia (Props Master)Adriana is a junior technical Theatre Arts major at Marquette University. She has an emphasis in stage management and design. This is her first time as a props master. Over the summer she worked for American Folklore Theatre as a produc-tion intern, and she was able to help with building props and a lot of other fun stuff. She is very excited for this oppor-



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Carissa Saia (Stage Manager)Carissa is a junior Theater Arts major with an emphasis in management and scenic design and a minor in Advertising. She recently stage managed The Beaux’ Stratagem and assistant stage managed Censored on Final Approach and A Sunday in the Park with George. She also called cues for Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type. She is very grateful to be stage managing and for this experience to be working with Ray and Donna, along with this wonderful cast and crew. She would like to thank her ASMs who have helped her so much throughout this process. She would also like to thank her family, friends, and wonderful boyfriend for all of their support and love.

Andrea Schoening (Props Master)Andrea will be graduating in the spring with a degree in technical theatre with an

emphasis on stage management, direc-tion, and design. Recent credits include assistant stage manager for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s The Lion in Winter and stage manager for Marquette’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee last fall. She will also be on the costume design team and simultaneously stage managing the Helfaer’s next mainstage production, Holy Days. Enjoy the show, and please come back for the next!

Nic Trapani (Sound Engineer)Nic is a sophomore Theatre Arts major with an emphasis in lighting design. He has also enjoys working with sound. He is excited to be the sound engineer for this show and can’t wait to see how every-thing looks when it is all put together. Currently he pushed the buttons for the fog machine and bubble machine at the same time for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and he was the sound engineer for A Year with Frog and Toad.

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PRODUCTION STAFF

Technical Director ..................................................................................... Chester Loeffler-BellStage Manager .............................................................................................................Carissa SaiaAssistant Stage Manager ......................................................Katie Callahan, Raquel GarcesLighting Designer...................................................................................... Chester Loeffler-BellAssistant Lighting Designer.......................................................................Patrick HasselbeckLight Board Operator ................................................................................................. Dylan ElhaiFollow Spot Operator ..........................................................Kerry John Kerros, Lola StantenScenic Designer...................................................................................Stephen Hudson-MairetScene Shop Assistants .....................................Tanner Burke, Dylan Elhai, Raquel Garces, Lex Gernon, Rory Higgins, Kaitlyn Martin, Carissa Saia, Nic Trapani, Chris Whitman, Madelyn YeeScene Shop Build Crew ............................................................. Charles Frank, Danny SmithDeck Crew ....................................................................................Tanner Burke, Larry Lajewski, Grace O’Brien, Ava ThomannProps Masters.......................................................................Adriana Saia, Andrea SchoeningCostume Designer ................................................................................. Kimberly O’CallaghanAssistant Costume Designer ......................................................................... Bridget RzymskiCostume Shop Manager ...................................Kimberly O’Callaghan, Connie PetersenCostume Shop Assistants ....................................................... Alexandra Bonesho, Ian Burr, Rachel Chrostowski, Emily Daley, Katie Doyle, Tyler Frost, Alexis Hamburg, Carly Kroll, Selena Milewski, Joseph Packhem, Bridget Rzymski, Adriana Saia, Andrea SchoeningCostume Shop Build .............................................. Brianne Jaskulski, Cassandra Jaskulski, Andalysia Masad, Doug Soder, Kristane ThrowerWardrobe Supervisor ........................................................................................Shannon TwohyWardrobe Crew .................................................................. Alex Coddington, Maddie Harris, Hannah Klapperich-Mueller, Terrence Morris, Jr.Sound Engineer ........................................................................................................... Nic TrapaniPit Band ..............................................................................................Elna Hickson, Pat Hopkins, Jay Kummer, Dave Magoon, Fred PikeAssistant to the Chair ............................................................................................Kelsey LaurenAssistant to the Artistic Director .............................................................................. Tim BraunBox Office Assistant ........................................................Kaitlyn Barrett, Thomas MeachamPublic Relations ........................................................................................................Emma GotterHouse Manager ........................................................................................................ Amy BurzenkUshers ............................................................................................ Lydia Eichner, Elena Fransen, John Kamerer, Theatre Appreciation Class

THANK YOU

The Department of Performing Arts wishes to thank:

Mary CimrmancicAdam Held

Rockwell AutomationPhylis Ravel

Matthew Reddin and the Marquette TribuneLisa Schlenker

Skylight Opera TheatreRob Wagner


M ARQUET TE UNIVERS IT Y

College of CommunicationLori Bergen, DeanJoyce Wolburg, Associate DeanErik Ugland, Associate Dean of Graduate

Studies & ResearchChioma Ugochukwu, Assistant Dean for

Student Services

Full - Time FacultyChester Loeffler-BellConnie PetersenPhylis Ravel

Box Office CoordinatorKevin Wleklinski

Performing and Media ArtsStephen Hudson-Mairet, Chairperson

Theatre Arts ProgramDebra Krajec, Artistic Director

Part - Time FacultyAmy Brinkman-SustacheJames FletcherFr. Grant Garinger, S.J.Andrea JohnsonRoxanne KessMaureen KilmurryKimberly O’CallaghanJohn SchneiderMark Weinberg

The Department of Performing Arts wishes to thank the following Donors for their 2011 – 2012 contributions:

Theatre Contribution FundThomas Anderson

American Transmission CompanyDelphine M. Cannon

Donald A. CressJames and Joan Hagner

Andrew KienzleMaureen Kilmurry

Jay KirkChester Loeffler-Bell

Marianna C. MarkowetzJohn E. McArdleJames J. McGillis

Gary S. MeyerKen Miller & Margie Blodgett

Susan MoutinTerry A. Peterson

Sara R. PforrMichael J. PriceVanessa Rawls

Ronald D. SantilliRosemary H. Selep

Sandra L. ShrockKathleen M. SmithMary Beth Tallon

Peter G. ToumanoffMary C. Utschig

Theatre and Social Justice FundHelen Boomsma

Jay KirkGary S. Krenz

Laura S. LocherMary K. Marzano

John J. PaulyJames F. MitchellEmily A. Schultz

Endowed Drama FundThe Hudson-Mairet Family

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