Alumni Ahren Potratz is one of the performer-creators of Survive!
In 1972, NASA launched a pair of satellites named Pioneer into space.
Each was fitted with a plaque intended for intelligent beings who found
it. It's a message to the universe: We are humanity. We are here.
What if in 2010 we received a message back?
An
audience enters a room. They each hold a map with an arrow in the
center that says plainly: YOU ARE HERE. They are suddenly surrounded by
a strange and other-worldly voice. Within minutes they've received a
message and a mission: "Yes, you are here. And now you need to
understand what that means."
Swim Pony Theater Underground Arts at the Wolf Building June 4th - June 20th, 2010
SHERLOCK
HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE JERSEY LILY
Alumna Sarah Holmberg will
be designing the props for Sherlock Holmes and the Case of
the Jersey Lily
at Park Square Theatre. During a small matter of blackmail and missing
jewels, Watson pines for Lily Langtry, Holmes chases the infernal
Moriarty, and Oscar Wilde gets some of his best lines. The wit and
wisdom of Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle and even William Shakespeare
combine to offer up a delightful escapade that includes seduction and
secrets, lies and lilies, mistresses and mayhem.
Park Square
Theatre
June 4th - July 3rd, 2010
FANCINESS vs. THE VOID
Directed by Samantha Johns with scenic design from South High Technical Director Lois Rhomberg, in Fanciness vs. the Void
we find our heroes floating aimlessly through the ocean in a small
shanty boat after a mysterious apocalyptic event. A story of humanity
lost and found, improbable romance, and fish singing country music.
CatFish Open Eye Figure Theater June 10th - June 13th, 2010
East Coast Tour June 18th - July 4th, 2010
COMPLETE
READINGS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
The American
Shakespeare Repertory, founded by South High alumni Justin Alexander and
Sarah Holmberg,
is proud to present the Complete
Readings of William Shakespeare
- every play, poem, and sonnet (including a selection of the
apocrypha!) in a series of staged readings spread over the next 18-24
months.
Shakespeare's Poems - Blank Slate Theater June 23rd
CLICK,
CLACK, MOO
It's udderly fabulous! Alumni Ethan
Angelica is appearing in
TheatreWork's touring production of Click, Clack, Moo,
based on the Caldecott Award-winning book by Doreen Cronin with
illustrations by Betsy Lewin.
January 18th
- June 23rd, 2010
SWEENEY TODD
Former South High student Ben Swenson-Klatt appears in Young Artists Initiative's production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The intimacy of the Gremlin Theater space will make this an even more chilling theater experience.
Young Artists Initiative Gremlin Theater July 8th - July 18th, 2010
SEE
YOU NEXT TUESDAY
Alumni Brian
Balcom directs Walking Shadow's production of See You Next Tuesday,
an original comedy by Steven Moulds, for the Minnesota Fringe Festival.
Minnesota
Fringe Festival
August 5th - August 15th, 2010
NEW THEATRE
GROUP
Alumni Brian Balcom
will also be directing the New Theatre Group's production of an (as
yet) untitled play by Mat Smart at the Minnesota Fringe Festival.
Minnesota
Fringe Festival
August 5th - August 15th, 2010
CAT ON A HOT
TIN ROOF
Alumni Sarah Holmberg will
be designing props for the return of Torch Theater's critically
acclaimed production of Cat
on a Hot Tin Roof -- an explosive portrait of a Southern
family, charged with verbal fireworks, savage humor, and sexual
friction.
Minneapolis
Theater Garage
September 7th - October 9th, 1010
FULLY COMMITTED
Starring alumni Nathan
Keepers. Fully Committed
is a devastatingly funny play about a day in the life of Sam
Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line
at Manhattan’s number-one restaurant. While juggling scheming
socialites, name-dropping wannabes, fickle celebrities and egomaniacal
bosses, can Sam manage to make it home for the holidays?
Jungle Theater
November 5th - December 19th, 2010
INSTITUTIONS
This section is dedicated to
the South High Theater alumni who have become part of institutions for
theater, film, or the arts. As we all know, there's more to theater
than just the performers up on stage. This is our way of acknowledging
more than just the tip of the iceberg and recognizing the many
accomplishments and achievements of our South High Theater alumni. (In
general, the idea is that if you're contributing creatively to a
specific show -- acting, directing, editing, designing, stage managing,
writing, or the like -- the show will be spotlighted up above. But if
you're on the board or own the company or running the theater's box
office, this is the place for it.)
DAVENPORT THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES
Alumna Jane Caplow
is a Creative Development Associate at Davenport
Theatrical Enterprises, currently producing multiple Broadway
and Off-Broadway productions in New York.
TEATRO
DEL PUEBLO
Alumna Sheila Regan is the
Educational Coordinator for Teatro del Pueblo.
Based out of the West Side's Latino community, Teatro del Pueblo has a
mission to promote cultural pride in the Latino community, to develop
and support Latino talent, to educate the community at large about
Latino culture and to promote cultural diversity in the arts. Teatro
del Pueblo maintains several educational tours, including Echoes
from the New World, Manzi: The Adventures of Young
Cesar Chavez, Help Wanted, The Great Cheese Adventures in Mexico,
and Political Theater Matinees.
2010-2011 SOUTH HIGH THEATER
Zombie Hamlet, directed by Eric Holm
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, directed by Ali Harris
Guys and Dolls, directed by Ellen Fenster
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, directed by Frieda Bormann
Senior One-Acts, directed by Emma McIntosh and Briana Libby
Got a show coming up? Responsible for an audition and hoping that some talented
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