The Wittenberg University Department of Theatre and Dance presents its first mainstage production of the 2015 spring semester, Fuddy Meers, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 26-28, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, in Chakeres Memorial Theatre, 905 Woodlawn Ave.
Directed by Assistant Professor Patrick Kilby Reynolds and Assistant Director Hannah Yalaz β15, Fuddy Meers is a comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The play follows Claire, who has a rare form of amnesia that erases her memory when she sleeps. One morning she wakes to a strange assortment of new faces: a limping man in a ski mask, a dimwitted thug whose best friend is a hand puppet and a claustrophobic traffic cop. Every twist and turn in this funhouse plot bring Claire closer to revealing her past life and everything she thought she'd forgotten.
βEvery rehearsal, Iβm impressed by the ability of our actors to take a character they've read for and analyzed and to make discoveries onstage,β Yalaz said. βThe show is funny and absurd and truly unique to this cast. Fuddy is a slapstick comedy that still holds weightβthe characters are dealing with their own very real issues.β
Cast members include Adam Barstow β17 as Limping Man, Bobby Kirwin β15 as Millet, Katie Paolacci β16 as Claire, Robert Prines β18 as Richard, Jillian Stout β17 as Kenny, Kaylie Taylor β17 as Heidi, and Sarah Van Deusen β16 as Gertie.
Students working behind the scenes include Stage Manager Caitlin Matthews β16, and Assistant Stage Mangers Maddie Bones β18 and Jasmine Jones β15, as well as Emily Aurigemma β17, Alex Behr β15, Kailey Boyer β17, Trevor Brown β15, Carl J. Burgason β16, Britney Coffman β18, Dylan Conroy β15, Ryann Corbett β16, Dylan R. George β15, Haley Crook β17, Tucker Daniel β16, Corey Farnbauch β16, Cameron Ferguson β18, Gabrielle Garza β15, Stone Gibson β18, Nicholas Gregory β17, Hannah Harley β15, Kelli L. Harrod β16, Jackson Hayes β18, Edward Hoecker β15, Kyle Jessup β15, Karina Kawalski β17, Jenna Langa β15, Jesse Langer β15, Nikhil Makhija β17, Payton Marshall β17, Joshua McErlean β18, Katie Paolacci β16, Michelle Petit β16, Starr Portman β18, Robert J. Prines β18, Amanda Rogus β17,Haley Schroeder β17, Kreig J. Spahn β15, Collin Sparks β18, Patrick Szymczak β17, Logan Warye β15, Chandler Watson β16, Lindsey Watson β15, Russell Williams β16, Carolyn Wong β15 and Kethry Warren β18.
Tickets are $5 or free with a Wittenberg ID. Tickets are available beginning Monday, Feb. 16, at the Chakeres Memorial Theatre Lobby Box Office. The Box Office is open 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets are also available one hour prior to each performance.
