Photos by: Elena Cangahuala | Instagram: pics.by.elena
Directed by Macy Dickerson and Rachel Greidinger
Widely known as the worst Broadway play of all time, Moose Murders closed after only one night on Broadway. It follows a family as they stay in a cabin and lots of weird stuff happens. Also there's a Moose. And Murders. This may be the worst show ever performed at CWRU, but it was definitely in the best way possible!
Snooks Keene: Maddie Golya
Howie Keene: Ryan Malkin
Joe John Pierre: Antoine Grieb
Nurse Dagmar: Maddie Pollock
Hedda Holloway: Olivia Minner
Nelson Fay: Alex Siegal
Stinky Holloway: Ave Tallarida
Lauraine Holloway Fay: Asha Kartha
Gay Holloway: Jenna Purslow
Sidney Holloway: Jack Exline
Directed by Ave Tallarida, Ashley Rosinski, Gryffin Hauenstein, Maddie Pollock, and Ryan Malkin
Five plays, five directors, Horror Movie 101 is about the goofy yet disastrous consequences of falling for classic horror movie tropes.
Simon/Delaney: Alex Siegal
Cal/Spencer: Angela Rich
Jane/Sarah: Edith barlin
Tara/Mother: Emily Hawkins
Mark: Juan Martin
Ava/Karen: Kashika Bagga
Liam/Marcelle/David: Lucas Vorkoper
Drew/Hazel/Cassie: Margot McCann
Nicole/Jenny: Sarah Roelle
Taylor/Kate: Taylor Bruno
Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron Music by Jeanine Tesori
Directed by Ryan Malkin
This is a musical based on the graphic novel/memoir by the same name, written by Alison Bechdel. The childhood storyline follows Alison in her youth, growing up in Beech Creek, PA The college storyline follows Alison's sexual and political awakening. While writing the memoir, Alison reaches a sense of closure about the recent events of her life.
Adult Alison: Sara Ramaiah
Medium Alison: Rachel Greidinger
Small Alison: Sydney Raby
Bruce Bechdel: Axel Gawronski
Helen Bechdel: Johanna Perry
John Bechdel Molly Zugner
Christian Bechdel: Sophie Bruch
Joan: Maddie Pollock
Roy, Mark, Pete, & Bobby Jeremy: Liz Odife
Swing: Rachel Gopalani
Directed by Maizy Windham
Gruesome Playground Injuries is a dark comedy that follows the intertwining lives of Kayleen and Doug. The two friends have known each other since they were eight years old and continue to meet and separate as they experience various injuries - both emotionally and physically.
Doug: Gryffin Hauenstein
Kayleen: Ave Tallarida
Directed by Macy Dickerson
Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's most famous and widely celebrated plays, a tragedy about revenge, family, betrayal, and morality
Hamlet: Rachel Greidinger
Claudius: Giuseppe Llovet-Nava
Horatio: Margot McCann
Ophelia: Emily Kuntz
Gertrude: Anna Cormier
Polonius: Riley Howard Bursh
Laertes: Lex Scott
Rosencrantz: Mary Coulter
Guildenstern: Dora Starr Poulos
Marcellus/Player King: Antonio Grazioli
Bernardo/Messenger: Anna-Sung Park
Ghost: Nastassja Minson
Gravedigger/Francisco: Rowan Talmadge
Osric/Lucianus: Axel Gawronski
Player Queen/Priest: Sylvie Crowell
Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones | Music by Harvey Schmitt
Directed by: Anna Cormier
This is one of the longest-running musicals ever. The Fantasticks is a charming and intimate musical that follows young lovers kept apart by their fathers. The story is told by our narrator, El Gallo, who urges us to use our imaginations and delve into the world of wonder and merriment.
El Gallo: Josue Cervantes
Luisa: Sydney Raby
Matt: Jonathan Morris
Hucklebee: Axel Gawronski
Bellomy: Sophie Bruch
Henry: Caroline Gee
Mortimer: Angela Rich
Mute: Jonas Muhlenkamp
Pianist: Cameron Celebuski
Directed by Campbell Dukes
This is a modern, comedic play that follows a professional cuddler as she navigates adult life and relationships. She is accompanied in this by a stray dog she finds and takes in.
Norma: Margot McCann
Norm: Macy Dickerson
Dave: Giuseppe Llovet-Nava
Colt: Malachi Levy
Xeno: Maizy Windham
Trista: Maddie Pollock
Harrison: Avry Rechel
Miranda: Angela Howell
Dog: Mary Coulter
Photos by: Elena Cangahuala | Instagram: pics.by.elena
Directed by Olivia Hovis & Ashley Rosinski
Based on the classic American Christmas Movie, "It's a Wonderful Life", this show is a live radio production of this well known story, set in a 1940's radio studio. A handful of actors plated the parts of dozens of characters, complete with live foley effects!
Jake Laurents - Giuseppe Llovet-Nava
Freddie Filmore - Vince Hoppel
Harry "Jazzbo" Heywood - Macy Dickerson
Sally Applewhite - Nastassja Minson
Lana Sherwood - Daryna Yakovleva
Potter - Ben Browngardt
Matilda - Riley Howard Bursh
Billy Bailey - Jonathan Morris
Foley Artist - Gabby Olivares
Foley Artist - Yu Xia
Directed by Oliver Schumacher & Kethan Srinivasan
This play follows the Gray family as their lives crumble when it comes out that the father, Martin, has fallen in love with a goat named Sylvia. This play forces audience members to face their own moral judgements
Martin Gray: Campbell Dukes
Stevie Gray: Emily Kuntz
Billy Gray: Nastassja Minson
Ross Tuttle: Malachi Levy
Photos by Ethan Kinstler | Instagram: ekinstler_photography