There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Nov. 18-Dec. 4 2005 |
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THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRLS' BATHROOM
By Louis Sachar, based on his book
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Artistic Staff
Director: Kathy Pingel
Costume Designer: Angela Lampe
Scenic Designer: Kevin Shelby
Lighting & Sound Designer: Craig Kaufman
Stage Manager: Nancy Darsee
Interns: Tyler Lubinus, David A. Van Cleave
Cast
The Kids
Bradley Chalkers: Peter Tison
Jeff Fishkin: Matt Pierick
Robbie: Alex Moran
Brian: Sam Bates-Norum
Colleen Verigold: Sarah Larson
Lori Westin: Jenna Darsee
Melinda Birch: Jenna Guy
The Adults
Mrs. Ebbel: Sue Gerver
Carla Davis: Melissa Renée Voorhis
Mrs. Chalkers: Susan Barnabo
Mr. Chalkers: Ron P. Hyde Jr.
Mrs. Nathan: Ruth Downey
Mr. Verigold: Michael DeNato
Mrs. Verigold: Linda S. Armstrong
Production Crews
Dramaturg: Caitlin Powell
Sound Composition: Christopher Powell
Production Vocal Coach: Ann Woldt
Technical Crews: Tyler Lubinus, David A. Van Cleave
Audition Crew: Cheryl Critelli-O'Donnell, Sue Dittmer, Bonnie Hodson
Playhouse Ambassadors: Judy Blessington, Mary Bricker, Annette Duffy, Jean Leibold, Becky Scholtec, Mary Whisenand
Subscriber Services: Gloria Filean
Daytime Office Volunteers: Gloria Filean, Cheryl Hamilton, Carol Larson
House Managers: Theresa Bradfield, Al Downey, Charlene Green, Bonnie Hodson, Mary Marshall, Ruth Miller, Marcella Phillips, Eric Rohe, Linda Sowers, Gail Stelmacher, Bill Strate
Front of House Crew: Mara Abolins, Pat Allison, John Anderson, Pam Anderson, Linda Bartlett, Mary Lu Baumbach, Bruce Beals, Golda Beals, Shirley Benskin, Diedre Blin, Theresa Bradfield, Jene Breiten, Mary Bricker, Sue Buehler, Josiah Burton, DeAnn Carlson, Coralie Cherry, Carol Clow, Jean Corbin, Cheryl Critelli-O'Donnell, Jenna Darsee, Kent Darsee, Nancy Darsee, Michael Delaney, Nettie DeWit, Sue Dittmer, Al Downey, Ruth Downey, JoAnn Erpelding, Pam Falkstrom, Jean Fargo, Mark Ferguson, Susan Ferguson, Rosemary Fitzjunker, Betty Forst, Fred Gee, Sharon Gee, Roy Gollnick, Shelley Graber, Charlene Green, Tiffany Haltom, Curt Heidt, Sharon Heidt, Bonnie Hodson, Isabelle Holland, Dick Kern, Dottie Kern, Jack Kesling, June Kesling, Mona Knutson, Jean Leibold, Lincoln High School Drama Department, Cathy Lindsey, Sunny Liston, Kathy Loveridge, Doris Lutyens, Andrea Markowski, Dwight Marshall, Mary Marshall, Sharon Mitchell, Tom O'Donnell, Jean Patrick, Phyllis Pechman, Sharon Peterson, Marcella Phillips, Tom Phillips, Helen Pille, Linda Poil, Dell Radclife, Shirlee Reding, Sandy Ridgeway, Eric Rohe, Heather Rohe, Amy Skarin, Jake Skarin, Anita Smith, Joe Smith, Vickie Smith, Kathleen Stark, Carole Stevens, Phyllis Stevens, Beth Tingle, Gladys Van Sickle, Vicente Vasquez, Bob Vipond, Fran Watson, Susan Weaver, Eva Williams, Dodie Wilson, Kathleen Zimmerman
Playhouse Historian: Lloyd Von Hagen
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Linda S. Armstrong (Mrs. Verigold) is a veteran actor and director of shows at First Federated Church, Winterset, and has appeared on The Playhouse stage in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Lettice and Lovage. Linda is a support coordinator at CDS who enjoys gardening and crafts.
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Susan Barnabo (Mrs. Chalkers) is an avid outdoorswoman and athlete. Stage credits include several shows at downtown Des Moines' Vaudeville Mews, including The Reindeer Monologues and Four Dogs and a Bone. Susan and husband Tom are the parents of Dalton (11-1/2) and Cole (10-1/2).
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Sam Bates-Norum (Brian) is a fourth grader at Des Moines' Downtown School who loves reading, drama and baseball. His past Playhouse roles include Swamp Thing in The Frog Prince and Raccoon in Red Riding Hood.
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Jenna Darsee (Lori Westin) says her favorite roles were Mary in Little House Christmas at Plum Creek and Minnie May in Anne of Green Gables, both at The Playhouse. Jenna is a seventh grader at Urbandale Middle School, active in softball, cross-country and show choir. She recently traveled to Australia as a People to People student amabassdor, and will be going with the organization to Europe in 2006.
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Michael DeNato (Mr. Verigold) received his finance degree from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, and his improv "degree" from Chicago's famed Second City. Since moving to Des Moines from Bogota, Colombia, he has starred as Rudy in Bent and run lights for The Smell of the Kill, both at Drama Workshop. Michael is renovating a house in the Riverbend Neighborhood.
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Ruth Downey (Mrs. Nathan) is familiar to Des Moines area audiences from numerous shows and also volunteers backstage and front-of-house at The Playhouse with husband, Al. Ruth is retired from Investors Management Group, but works part-time as a bookkeeper at Masonry Products, Inc., and has been a church organist for more than 40 years.
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Sue Gerver (Mrs. Ebbel) says acting is her passion. Her numerous stage credits include Spinning Into Butter at The Playhouse. Sue and her husband Paul enjoy fishing and supporting kids Carolyn, Erik and Paul Jr. in their various activities.
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Jenna Guy (Melinda Birch) has played a variety of roles, from Angel to Gladys Herdman, in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, as well as Mrs. Bedelia in Come Back, Amelia Bedelia, all at The Playhouse. She is a seventh grader at Brody Middle School, Des Moines, who plays trombone and loves reading, writing, singing, acting and watching CSI.
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Ron P. Hyde Jr. (Mr. Chalkers) is making his Playhouse debut, but was active in drama at his alma mater, Des Moines' Lincoln High School. His hobbies include running, playing tenor saxophone, making movies with his family, baking and dancing with wife Jacki.
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Sarah Larson (Colleen Verigold), a seventh grader at The Academy School, Des Moines, likes swimming, singing, playing piano and having fun. Prior Playhouse roles include Baby Angel in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Teacher Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz.
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Alex Moran (Robbie) made his Playhouse debut in Little House Christmas at Plum Creek. He is an eighth grader at Indian Hills Junior High, West Des Moines. Alex spends time with friends playing paintball.
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Matt Pierick (Jeff Fishkin) is making his Playhouse debut, but has had roles at St. Augustin's School, Des Moines, where he is an eighth grader. In addition to acting, Matt likes doing improv, playing video games and drawing comics.
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Peter Tison (Bradley Chalkers) loves playing football, golfing and playing rounds of poker with friends, and is learning to play electric guitar. A seventh grader at Des Moines' Brody Middle School, Peter says that from his extensive Playhouse resumé, he would have to say his favorite role to date is Earthworm in James and the Giant Peach.
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Melissa Reneé Voorhis (Carla Davis) has been seen in more than 30 roles on stages at Panama Central School (NY), Drake Univer-sity (Des Moines) and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (CN), and as a member of Awareness Theatre (NY), an improvisational troupe. She is a director, designer and playwright. Melissa is currently student teaching at Hoover High School, Des Moines, and earning her acting, education and English degrees from Drake.
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Kathy Pingel (Director) has an MA in performance studies and MAT from North-western University, IL. She taught at Southern Illinois University and New Trier (IL) High School before taking an extended sabbatical to raise Caitlin, Carin and Chris. Kathy has directed several Playhouse productions including Annie, Seussical the Musical and Biloxi Blues. She spent 2003-04 as education outreach coordinator at Orlando (FL) Repertory Theatre and, since returning to Iowa in 2004, joined The Playhouse as youth programming coordinator.
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Angela Lampe (Costume Designer) is in her 13th season at The Playhouse, where her costuming credits include Ragtime, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Honk!, Children of Eden, Chicago and Shear Madness. She has created costumes for Iowa Lottery commercials and Terrace Hill (period costumes for tour guides and Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack).
Angie also serves as a docent at the Des Moines Art Center.
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Kevin Shelby (Scenic Designer) has designed countless sets for Des Moines area theatres over the years, and counts among his Playhouse favorites State Fair, Charlotte's Web and Sabrina Fair.
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Craig Kaufman (Lighting/Sound Designer) is technical director at the Temple Theatre in downtown Des Moines, where he designed lights and sound for the Temple/Playhouse productions of Forever Plaid and Shear Madness. His most recent Playhouse credits include Chicago and Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
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Nancy Darsee (Stage Manager) is a stay-at-home mom of twins Cohen and Ella (2) and Jenna (13). For The Playhouse, she has volunteered as stage manager, props chair, light and sound boards operator, usher and actor. She recently played Angel Mother in Pippi Longstocking.
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Tyler Lubinus (Intern) is a freshman at Dallas Center-Grimes High School, where he is active in choir. Tyler made his Playhouse acting debut as Byron Murphy in Henry and Ramona. Since then, he has run sound at the Drama Workshop and followspot at The Playhouse for Chicago.
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David A. Van Cleave (Intern) is a junior at Iowa Christian Academy, Urbandale. After making his stage debut as a Guard in Sleeping Beauty at The Playhouse, he took on additional roles at the Ingersoll Dinner Theatre and Playhouse, with his favorite to date being Henry Alden in The Boxcar Children (Playhouse). David has also volunteered backstage, most recently running followspot for The Playhouse's production of Chicago. In addition to acting, David likes reading, writing and poetry.
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