Uncertainty unfolds in theatre production season opener at Hastings College

 

(Hastings, Neb.) – As its first production of the 2014-2015 academic year, the Hastings College Theatre Arts Department will offer “Six Characters in Search of an Author” by Luigi Pirandello. Students will perform at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 16-18 and at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 19 in Scott Studio Theatre (806 N. Turner Ave.)

 

The Box Office opens Thursday, Oct. 9 and will remain open Monday-Friday from noon to 5 p.m.  Tickets are $8 general and $5 for seniors and non-HC students. To reserve tickets, call (402) 461-7380 or e-mail tickets@hastings.edu.

 

Hastings College Department of Theatre Arts presents

Six Characters in Search of an Author

By Luigi Pirandello

 An Italian play said to be one of the most extraordinary and mysterious plays of the 20th century, “Six Characters in Search of an Author” speaks directly to an age of uncertainty: where do we come from, where are we going, how do we become what and who we want to be? Six people, very strange people, interrupt a theatre rehearsal. Trapped inside a traumatic event from which they long to escape, they are characters who desperately need a writer to complete their story and release them.

 

CAST AND CREW LIST

Directed by Aaron Pierce of Cozad, Nebraska

CAST

THE FATHER – Joe Prickett from Hastings, Nebraska

 THE MOTHER – Emma Parrish from Sterling, Colorado

 THE STEPDAUGHTER – Emma Atuire from Denver, Colorado

 THE SON – Dylan Brehm from Grand Island, Nebraska

 THE LEADING LADY – Sallie Myers from Thermopolis, Wyoming

 THE LEADING MAN – Aaron Spracklin from Elmwood, Nebraska

 THE YOUNG ACTRESS – Rebecca Holcomb from Parker, Colorado

 THE YOUNG ACTOR – Nathaniel Sass from Hastings, Nebraska

 THE FEMALE UNDERSTUDY – Alyssa Rock from Aurora, Colorado

THE MALE UNDERSTUDY - Nate Mohlman from Blue Hill, Nebraska

 

 

THE OTHER ACTORS - Kathryn Edwards from Louisville, Nebraska,

       Tawnny King from Grand Island, Nebraska

 

CREW

 STAGE MANAGER – Jasmine Radetski from Calhan, Colorado

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER – Alex Goerner from Yuma, Colorado – Robert Lent from Hastings, Nebraska

COSTUMES – Laurel Teal from Castle Rock, Colorado

MAKE-UP/HAIR – Taylor Ahrens from Doniphan, Nebraska

LIGHTING – Adam Neely from Lincoln, Nebraska

SOUND – Andy Jones from Bladen,Nebraska

 

PROPERTIES – Cheyenne Knehans from Riverton, Nebraska

BOX OFFICE – Jordan Samuelson from Kearney, Nebraska

 

Founded in 1882, Hastings College is a private, four-year liberal arts institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. With 64 majors in 32 areas of study and 12 pre-professional programs, Hastings College has been named among “America’s Best National Liberal Arts Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report, a “Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review and a “Best Buy in College Education” by Barron’s. Visit