Department of Film, Television, and Theatre
Faculty: Pamela Robertson Wojcik (Chair), Kevin Dreyer (Director of Theatre), Ted Barron, Christine Becker, Terrance Brown, Tarryn Chun, C. Kenneth Cole, Jim Collins, William Collins Donahue, William Donaruma, Richard E. Donnelly, La Donna Forsgren, Anne García-Romero, Matt Hawkins, Ricky Herbst, Peter Holland, Anton Juan, Michael Kackman, Mary Celeste Kearney, Carys Kresny, Ted Mandell, Olivier Morel, Briona Nic Dhiarmada, Susan Ohmer, Mary Pergola Parent, Matthew Payne, Jason Ruiz, Siiri Scott, Gary Sieber, Jeffrey Spoonhower, Marcus Stephens, Stacey Stewart, Nicole Woods
Emeriti: Reginald Bain, Donald Crafton, Jill Godmilow, Mark Pilkinton
Staff: Lynn Holbrook, Jo Ann Norris, Karen Srmek, Stacey Stewart
2020-2021 Theatre Season
Play: ND Anti-Racist Theatre Now: Scenes from Plays by BIPOC Playwrights
Author: Various
Date: October 29, 2020
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Film, Television, and Theatre in collaboration with Platform, a production company
Venue: Zoom, livestreamed via YouTube
Scenes From:
Exit Strategy
by Ike Holter
directed by María Amenábar Farias ’20
Cast
Luce: Lamont Marino
Jania: Lyric Medeiros
Good Cuban Girls
by Iraisa Ann Reilly ’11
directed by Jean Carlo Yunen Arostegui ’17
Cast
Marisol: Ana Wolfermann
Todd: Harrison Brosseau
Last Night
written and directed by Rachel Lynett ’11
Cast
Leslie: Irena Wan
Rory: Lyric Medeiros
Sara: Olivia Gren
Stage Directions: Alexa Devito
Lydia
by Octavio Solis
directed by Tashi Thomas ’08
Cast
Ceci: Lesli Romero
Alvaro: Anthony Perez
Stage Directions: Olivia Gren
Testament
by Daniel Feldman ’21
directed by Anton Juan
Cast
Solo Performer: Daniel Feldman
The World of Extreme Happiness
by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
directed by Najmeddine Harrabi ’19
Cast
Sunny: Zhanqi Zhang
Ming Ming: Irena Wan
Mr. Destiny/Stage Directions: Timothy Merkle
Curator: Anne García-Romero
Production Consultant: Marcus Stephens
Assistant Curator: Macy Mateer*
Zoom Production Specialists (Platform): Gabriel Krut* and Patrick Starner ’20
Graphic Designer (Platform): James Cullinane*
Play: Jesus Christ Superstar
Author: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics)
Date: April 9, 2021
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Film, Television, and Theatre
Venue: Notre Dame Stadium
Cast
Jesus Christ: Jorge “Jay” Rivera-Herrans*+
Judas: Teagan Earley*+
Mary Magdalene/Angel: Kelsey Pettrone
Peter/Ensemble: Rachel Thomas ’20
Simon Zealotes/Ensemble: Nic Meringolo+
Caiaphas: Mario Simone ’19
King Herod: Grace Thomas*+
Pontius Pilate/Ensemble: Ben Price*
Annas/Guard: Annie Romano
Priest 1/Ensemble: Tommy O’Brien+
Ensemble
Shannon Daley+, Kelly Harris+, Caroline Lavender, Macy Mateer*+, Mary Kate Temple, Luke Whitmer, Sydney Kraft*
News Reporters
James Cullinane*+, Claire Glennon*, Samuel B. Jackson II ’20*, Macy Taylor, Jamie Trost, Lynette Wukie*
Dancers
Izzy Cheng, Sarah Conley, Sydney Heller, Hailey Opperlander
The Notre Dame Folk Choir
Lauren Alvey, Emmalynn Barry, Meg Beuter, Becca Boyle, Stella Cho, Tommy Coates, Brendan Copp, Samuel De La Paz, Maria Everett, Ben Ferris, Leah Fitter, Jacob Fries, Patrick Gaffney, Sarah Galbenski, Joe Gentine, William Geoffroy, Mary Gorski, Alex Guevara Stevens, Tom Guo, Elizabeth Heidenreich, Noah Helm, Joe Hirshorn, Carter Hrabrick, Devin Humphreys, J.P. Kolnik, Nicole Kowalczyk, Jameson Labadie, Marie Latham, Uyen Le, Ellie Lynch, Michael Marino, Kyle McLoughlin, Dan Mikovits, Christina Minetos, Neema Morris, Molly Moss, Grace Murphy, Gaby Perez, Natalie Pratt, Nicholas Righi, Kayley Schacht, Isabella Schmitz, Logan Schott, Xander Shyne, Erin Smith, Anna Staud, Hannah Tonsor+, Cassie Van Etten, Katie Vazzana, Claire Whalen, Jordan Wood, Will Wrappe
The Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra
Dan Stowe, Conductor
Violin I
Abbey Fontana, Concertmaster
Cecilia O’Brien
Hyun Jin Lee
Leah Harmon
Erin Clark
Hope Yuan
Matthew Cabrera
Julia Florek Carlson
Lauren Llantero
Kelly O’Connell
Theresa Heidenreich
Violin II
Aubrey Houser
Emma Kirner
Annalise Bazzano
Krystyna Kula
Laura Weiss
Nicholas Ruhling
Claire Kirner
Kevin Lee
Clara Grillo
Ben Norris
Anna Grillo
Grace Conneely
Viola
Ella Wood
Victoria Whitmore
Valeria Whitmore
Perry Hoag
Kitty O’Neill
Patrick Faley
Lily Westemeyer
Derek George
Thomas Mercurio
Tony Masso-Rivetti
Cello
James Longhurst
Andrew Ganahl
Matthew Ong
Erica Lim
Julia Marine
Ellen Brockmole
Maggie Borgos
Tomas Romero
Bass
Kayleigh Monahan
Harp
Keo Pangani
Flute
Lauren Bakke
Ella Wisniewski
Grace Schiefelbein
Oboe
Elsa Barron
Clarinet
Andrew Peterson
Alex Kaup
Emily Kane
Bassoon
Juan Maldonado
Horn
Kilian Vidourek
Megan Smith
Ian Johnston
Thomas Kasl
Trumpet
Kyle Dellenbaugh
Ryan Lynch
Sam Campanaro
Trombone
Glenn Foley
Matthew Ritterbusch
Gerard Rabulan
Tuba
Tim Cantway
Percussion
Zuzu Vidourek
Jesse Miller
Reid Metoyer
The JC Superstar Band
Alex Peek, Lead Guitar
Ryan Downey, Rhythm Guitar
Buddy Pearson, Bass
Kyle Chamberlin, Drums
J.J. Wright, Piano
Mike Villano, Keyboards
Production
Director: Matt Hawkins
Music Director: Dan Stowe
Choreographer: Rachel Thomas ’20
Associate Director: Alexa DeVito
Projection Designer: Ryan Belock ‘12
Sound, Lighting, and Staging: EventSys
Stage Manager: Grace Spencer
Technical Director: C. Kenneth Cole
Assistant Stage Managers: Caroline Doyal, Jamie Trost
Vocal Coach: Melissa Foster
Costume Shop Manager: Lynn Holbrook
Assistant Choreographer and Dance Captain: Shannon Daley+
Additional Orchestration & Music: Daniel Padilla ’20, Mariella Stephens*
Graphic Designers: Mary Crawford*, Cristina Interiano ’20
*denotes FTT major
+ denotes interdiscipinary minor in Musical Theatre