Defiant Theatre was a Chicago

Chicago

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-based theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

 company founded in 1993 by a group of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...

. The eclectic troupe specialized in productions that emphasized inventive stagecraft

Stagecraft

Stagecraft is a generic term referring to the technical aspects of theatrical, film, and video production. It includes, but is not limited to, constructing and rigging scenery, hanging and focusing of lighting, design and procurement of costumes, makeup, procurement of props, stage management, and...

, perverse and controversial topics, and skillful stage combat

Stage combat

Stage combat is a specialized technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. It is employed in live stage plays as well as operatic and ballet productions. The term is also used informally to describe fight choreography for other...

. While the company is highly regarded for original plays such as Action Movie: The Play and Godbaby, Defiant Theatre received notable attention for productions of plays by Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill is an English dramatist known for her use of non-naturalistic techniques and feminist themes, the abuses of power, and sexual politics. She is acknowledged as a major playwright in the English language and a leading female writer...

, Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side....

, Sarah Kane

Sarah Kane

Sarah Kane was an English playwright. Her plays deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture — both physical and psychological — and death. They are characterised by a poetic intensity, pared-down language, exploration of theatrical form and, in her earlier work, the use of...

, and William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

. Chicago Magazine

Chicago (magazine)

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 named Defiant the "Best Experimental Theatre" in their August 1999 Best of Chicago issue. The company disbanded in 2004.

Hamlet

Hamlet

The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

by William Shakespeare

directed by Christopher Johnson

Opened Friday, November 19, 1993 at The Greenview Arts Center

"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. They are courtiers who are set by the king to spy on Hamlet, using their claimed friendship with him to gain his confidence. The characters were revived in W. S...

 may be dead; Defiant Theatre's Hamlet most certainly is not." - Chicago Reader

Landscape of the Body

by John Guare

John Guare

John Guare is an American playwright. He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body...

directed by Darren Critz

Opened Friday, February 11, 1994 at American Theater Company

"A smoother, more consistent presentation might not have been able to reach the emotional heights of Defiant Theatre's Landscape of the Body." - Newcity

Newcity

Newcity is an independent, free weekly newspaper in Chicago that specializes in music, stage, film and art and is notable for launching the careers of numerous cartoonists and writers and art critics. The publication was described by the Chicago Tribune as "sophisticated" and as an "alternative...

The Quarantine

by Darren Critz

directed by Joe Foust

CHICAGO PREMIERE

at Strawdog Theatre Company

Strawdog Theatre Company

-Mission:The whole wide world in a little black box.Strawdog Theatre Company is committed to ensemble acting and an immersive design approach, offering Chicago the premiere storefront theatre experience. Strawdog develops new work, re-imagines classic plays, explores new fusions of music and...

"Defiant Theatre has come up with some splendidly gruesome, darkly comic stage images... Defiant Theatre is clearly a company to keep an eye on." - Chicago Reader

"Do you have good taste? Check it at the door." - Gay Chicago Magazine

Gay Chicago Magazine

Gay Chicago is a LGBT online news organization in Chicago, Illinois which ceased publishing in print form on Sept. 21, 2011. Gay Chicago replaced the now defunct Gay Chicago Magazine which was founded in 1976 by Ralph Paul Gernhardt and published under the former Gernhardt Publications. It was a...

The Dumb Waiter

The Dumb Waiter

The Dumb Waiter is a one-act play by 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter written in 1957; it premiered at the Hampstead Theatre Club, on 21 January 1960...

/Victoria Station

by Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...

The Dumb Waiter directed by Joe Foust

Victoria Station directed by Rob Kimmel

at Angel Island

"Kindles with riveting slowness to a small but triumphant climax." - Chicago Reader

Women and Water

by John Guare

directed by Darren Critz

at American Theater Company

"What is most thrilling about this production is how well it reveals the subtleties of Guare's play." - Chicago Reader

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in the 1982 novella collection Different Seasons, subtitled "Summer of Corruption".-Format of the story:Apt Pupil consists of 29 chapters, many of which are headed by a month...

based on the novella

Novella

A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...

 by Stephen King

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...

adapted and directed by Christopher Johnson

WORLD PREMIERE

Opened Thursday, May 4, 1995 at The Preston Bradley Center

"It's given me vivid nightmares for the past two nights (and counting)." - Chicago Reader

The Ugly Man

by Brad Fraser

Brad Fraser

Brad Fraser is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and cultural commentator. He is one of the most widely produced Canadian playwrights both in Canada and internationally. Fraser's plays typically feature a harsh yet comical view of contemporary life in Canada, including frank depictions of...

directed by Linda Gillum & Barb Wruck Thometz

CHICAGO PREMIERE

Opened Saturday, January 13, 1996 at Strawdog Theatre Company

"The Defiant production has just the right tone." - Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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"It just becomes disgustingly irresistible." - Gay Chicago Magazine

Ubu Raw

based upon Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side....

's Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi is a play by Alfred Jarry, premiered in 1896. It is a precursor of the Theatre of the Absurd and Surrealism. It is the first of three stylised burlesques in which Jarry satirises power, greed, and their evil practices — in particular the propensity of the complacent bourgeois to abuse the...

adapted by Joe Foust & Richard Ragsdale

directed by Joe Foust

WORLD PREMIERE

Opened Saturday, June 1, 1996 at American Theater Company

"The most sensational off-Loop show to hit the stage in a very long time... The production is truly remarkable." - Chicago Tribune

"Breathtaking disregard for their own safety." - Chicago Reader

"Simultaneously assaulting and seductive, and violently metaphoric." - Newcity

Red Dragon

based upon the novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 by Thomas Harris

Thomas Harris

Thomas Harris is an American author and screenwriter, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter...

adapted and directed by Christopher Johnson

WORLD PREMIERE

Opened Wednesday, October 23, 1996 at The Firehouse

"Defiant Theatre pulls no punches in this production that could have easily tumbled over into camp

Camp (style)

Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its taste and ironic value. The concept is closely related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy"...

." - Windy City Times

Windy City Times

Windy City Times is Chicago's oldest LGBT newspaper, and the only Chicago gay publication with an independent circulation audit current as of 2008....

The Mystery of Irma Vep

The Mystery of Irma Vep

The Mystery of Irma Vep is a play in two acts by Charles Ludlam. A penny dreadful, Irma Vep is a satire of several theatrical and film genres, including Victorian melodrama, farce and the Alfred Hitchcock film Rebecca .-Background:...

by Charles Ludlam

Charles Ludlam

Charles Braun Ludlam was an American actor, director, and playwright.-Early life:Ludlam was born in Floral Park, New York, the son of Marjorie and Joseph William Ludlam. He was raised in Greenlawn, New York, on Long Island, and attended Harborfields High School. The fact that he was gay was not a...

directed by Jim Slonina

Opened Monday, May 5, 1997 at National Pastime Theater

"Blisteringly intelligent comedy." - Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city...

"A nonstop laugh riot." - Newcity

"She's way fun!" - Nightlines

Caligula

Caligula

Caligula , also known as Gaius, was Roman Emperor from 37 AD to 41 AD. Caligula was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general and one of Rome's most...

by Albert Camus

Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...

directed by Richard Ragsdale

Opened Monday, July 21, 1997 at The Griffin Theatre

"Defiant presents plenty of philosophy with fornication." - Nightlines

The Skriker

The Skriker

The Skriker is a 1994 play by Caryl Churchill that tells the story of an ancient fairy who, during the course of the play, transforms into a plethora of objects and people as it pursues Lily and Josie, two teenage mothers whom it befriends, manipulates, seduces and entraps...

by Caryl Churchill

directed by Linda Gillum

CHICAGO PREMIERE

Opened Monday, October 13, 1997 at American Theater Company

"An ensemble

Ensemble cast

An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which the principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television series because it allows flexibility for writers to focus on...

 work in every aspect... They've put on one hell of a show." - Chicago Tribune

"Defiant Theatre has essentially created a dark puppet extravaganza." - Chicago Sun-Times

"***1⁄2 The eerie tale is wrapped in a keen and often inspired visual design." - Gay Chicago Magazine

Phaedra's Love

Phaedra's Love

Phaedra's Love is a play by British playwright Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1996 at London's Gate Theatre, directed by the author. The play is a modern adaptation of Seneca's Phaedra...

by Sarah Kane

directed by Lisa Rothschiller

AMERICAN PREMIERE

Opened Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at American Theater Company

"It's punk, pulp fiction classicism

Classicism

Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. The art of classicism typically seeks to be formal and restrained: of the Discobolus Sir Kenneth Clark observed, "if we object to his restraint...

, whipped into a frenzy in a tight, stylish production." - Chicago Tribune

"**** We're appalled by this heinous clan — but, boy, I loved going to their party." - Gay Chicago Magazine

Action Movie: The Play

by Joe Foust & Richard Ragsdale

directed by Joe Foust

WORLD PREMIERE

Opened Wednesday, July 22, 1998 at American Theater Company

"Unforgettable theatrical thrills." - Chicago Tribune

"Action Movie charms its audience with sly nods to its predictability." - Chicago Sun-Times

"A visceral, confrontational theatergoing experience... The company has managed to put all the blockbuster films this summer to shame." - Chicago Reader

Dracula

Dracula

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...

by Mac Wellman

Mac Wellman

Mac Wellman is an American playwright, author, and poet. Wellman is best known for his experimental work in the theater which rebels against theatrical conventions, often abandoning such traditional elements as plot and character altogether...

directed by Richard Ragsdale

CHICAGO PREMIERE

Opened Monday, October 5, 1998 at Charybdis Multi-Arts Complex

"Defiant gives the script's malevolent camp a pointed recklessness." - Chicago Reader

"A healthy dose of both heaving bosoms and good-old fashioned shtick." - Newcity

Bluebeard

Bluebeard

"Bluebeard" is a French literary folktale written by Charles Perrault and is one of eight tales by the author first published by Barbin in Paris in January 1697 in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé. The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives and the...

by Charles Ludlam

directed by Jim Slonina

Opened Thursday, March 11, 1999 at Victory Gardens Theater

Victory Gardens Theater

Victory Gardens Theater is a theater in Chicago, Illinois dedicated to the development and production of new plays and playwrights. The theater was founded in 1974 when seven Chicago artists, Warren Casey, Cordis Heard, Roberta Maguire, Mac McGuinnes, Cecil O'Neal, June Pyskaček, and David Rasche...

 Downstairs Studio

"Gleefully indulges Ludlam's cheese-ball side... Gloriously awful." - Chicago Reader

"A shared culture of B-movie

B movie

A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....

 proportions while being lovingly, and skillfully, over-the-top theatrical." - Newcity

"A colorful diversion. Or is that perversion?... Full of wit and energy, it's well worth checking out." - Windy City Times

Action Movie: The Play: The Director's Cut

by Joe Foust & Richard Ragsdale

directed by Joe Foust

Opened Wednesday, June 16, 1999 at American Theater Company

"A veritable feast of outstanding stage combat, fantastic puppets, inventive directorial ideas... It's more fun than most any summer film." - Chicago Tribune

"The play's endless stunts are just as brilliantly executed and breathtaking as they were before." - Chicago Reader

"Defiant has set themselves up for a nice franchise." - Newcity

Burning Desires

by Joan Schenkar

directed by Linda Gillum

MIDWEST PREMIERE

Opened Wednesday, November 3, 1999 at National Pastime Theater

"A very interesting play with serious intellectual heft... There's no doubting this troupe's stellar theatrical chops." - Chicago Tribune

"The Defiant folks prove once again why they are among the most creative companies currently working in Chicago." - Windy City Times

The Love Talker

by Deborah Pryor

directed by Richard Ragsdale

at Victory Gardens Theater Downstairs Studio

"Rich with storytelling make-believe." - Citysearch

Citysearch

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Godbaby

by Christopher Johnson

directed by Jim Slonina

WORLD PREMIERE

Opened Friday, June 16, 2000 at American Theater Company

"A manic production by one local company that lives up to its name--Defiant Theatre." - Chicago Sun-Times

"Godbabys scholarship alone would be an accomplishment worthy of commendation. That the Defiant company makes it so much fun is an additional blessing." - Windy City Times

Macbeth

Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...

by William Shakespeare

directed by Christopher Johnson

Opened Friday, October 27, 2000 at The Viaduct

"The whole production has the rough, raw air of a medieval mystery play

Mystery play

Mystery plays and miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in churches as tableaux with accompanying antiphonal song...

, charged with violence and spiritulism." - Chicago Tribune

"If Shakespeare were this exciting in school, he'd be bigger than Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

." - Chicago Free Press

"If there's one word to describe Defiant Theatre's Macbeth, it's "Wow!" - Lerner Booster

Cleansed

Cleansed

Cleansed is the third play by the English playwright Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1998 at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs in London. The play is set in a university which has been converted into some form of bizarre institution under the rule of the sadistic Tinker...

by Sarah Kane

directed by Lisa Rothschiller

AMERICAN PREMIERE

Opened Friday, March 16, 2001 at American Theater Company

"A contemporary night of the living dead." - Chicago Sun-Times

"Everyone in this production, from the light designer to each of the actors, takes big risks. But the risks pay off in poetry." - Newcity

Fortinbras

Fortinbras (play)

Fortinbras is a 1991 play by American playwright Lee Blessing. Set immediately following William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the play recounts the events after Hamlet's death that go on throughout Elsinore. The play includes almost every character from Hamlet returning as a ghost....

by Lee Blessing

Lee Blessing

-Biography:Blessing's best-known play is A Walk in the Woods, which depicts the developing relationship between two arms limitation negotiators, one Russian and one American, over years of negotiation...

directed by Justin Fletcher

Opened Friday, September 14, 2001 at The Viaduct

"Defiant's well-crafted production is exceptionally well-acted." - Chicago Tribune

Sci-fi Action Movie in Space Prison

written and directed by Joe Foust

WORLD PREMIERE

Opened Saturday, December 8, 2001 at American Theater Company

"Its comic-strip overkill is amusing and invigorating." - Chicago Tribune

"The Defiant ones have clearly worked their asses off to produce a mind-blowing show." - Chicago Free Press

Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage

by Jane Martin

Jane Martin

Jane Martin is the RUMORED pen-name of a playwright speculated to be retired Actors Theatre of Louisville artistic director Jon Jory. Jon Jory, Martin's spokesperson, denies being Jane Martin but has directed the premieres of Martin's shows....

directed by Linda Gillum

CHICAGO PREMIERE

Opened Friday, March 29, 2002 at The Viaduct

"Defiant does gothic redneck pulp far better than most... It's great tacky fun." - Chicago Tribune

"**** Defiant hits the bulls-eye." - Gay Chicago Magazine

"An evening of good, clean, slam-bang messy fun." - Windy City Times

Dope

by Christopher Johnson

directed by Christopher Johnson & Jim Slonina

WORLD PREMIERE

Opened Friday, July 5, 2002 at American Theater Company

"A wild ride on a crazily off-kilter roller coaster." - Chicago Sun-Times

Nicholas DeBeaubien's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

by John Kohler, Larry Lawson

Larry Lawson

Larry Lawson is an American playwright, actor, and director. He, along with Levi Lee and Rebecca Wackler, created the plays Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends and Tent Meeting....

, Levi Lee and Rebecca Wackler

directed by Jim Slonina

MIDWEST PREMIERE

Opened Thursday, September 12, 2002 at A Red Orchid Theatre

"The well-versed actors fully commit to the material." - Gay Chicago Magazine

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were...

by William Shakespeare

directed by Christopher Johnson

Opened Friday, January 17, 2003 at The Viaduct

"A mixed-up contemporary shebang, full of unruly life... Some of the violence is just plain fabulous." - Chicago Tribune

Defiant Fabulon

featuring Fabulon Historifarcicon

by Christopher Johnson

directed by Jim Slonina

Opened Friday, August 8, 2003 at The Viaduct

"It was a gas... Defiant has built its reputation on excess and outrage." - Chicago Tribune

Dracula

by Steven Dietz

Steven Dietz

Steven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed regionally, i.e. outside of New York City...

adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...

directed by Richard Ragsdale

Opened Sunday, October 12, 2003 at The Vittum Theatre

Action Movie: The Play

by Joe Foust & Richard Ragsdale

directed by Joe Foust

Opened Sunday, April 18, 2004 at The Chopin Theatre

Chopin Theatre

Chopin Theatre is an American for-profit cultural organization located along Polonia Triangle in Wicker Park within the West Town community area of Chicago...

"Its replication of and commentary on the clichés of its testosterone-fueled genre is as timely as the product it mocks." - Windy City Times

The Pyrates

The Pyrates

The Pyrates is a comedic novel by George MacDonald Fraser, published in 1983. Written in arch, ironic style and containing a great deal of deliberate anachronism, it traces the adventures of a classic hero , multiple damsels in distress, and the six captains who lead the infamous Coast Brotherhood...

based on the novel by George MacDonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser, OBE was an English-born author of Scottish descent, who wrote both historical novels and non-fiction books, as well as several screenplays.-Early life and military career:...

adapted by Justin Fletcher & Richard Ragsdale

directed by Justin Fletcher

Opened Sunday, June 27, 2004 at The Chopin Theatre

"A textbook example of Chicago pop-fusion theater." - Chicago Sun-Times

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange is a 1962 dystopian novella by Anthony Burgess. The novel contains an experiment in language: the characters often use an argot called "Nadsat", derived from Russian....

by Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess

John Burgess Wilson  – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works...

adapted from his novel

directed by Christopher Johnson

Opened Thursday, September 9, 2004 at Gallery 37

Gallery 37

Gallery 37 is a job training program and was created in 1991 by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs' Lois Weisberg and Maggie Daley, wife of the city's former mayor, Richard M. Daley. Its purpose is to attract artistically inclined city youth to work as apprentice artists at a vacant downtown...

's Storefront Theater

"There's more than enough here to remind us of why we'll miss this historically important theater company." - Chicago Tribune

1997

Red Dragon

Joseph Jefferson Citations

• Original Adaptation - Christopher Johnson
• Actor in a Principal Role - Christopher Thometz
• Sound Design
  Sound design
  Sound design is the process of specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking, television production, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production and video game software...
  
   - Brian & Matthew Callahan
• Original Music - Sean Sinitski

1998

The Skriker

Joseph Jefferson Citations

• Costume Design
  Costume design
  Costume design is the fabrication of apparel for the overall appearance of a character or performer. This usually involves researching, designing and building the actual items from conception. Costumes may be for a theater or cinema performance but may not be limited to such...
  
   - Carol Cox, Jennifer Keller, Sarah Laleman, Beth Nowak, Christine Pascual
• Puppetry
  Puppetry
  Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance which involves the manipulation of puppets. It is very ancient, and is believed to have originated 30,000 years BC. Puppetry takes many forms but they all share the process of animating inanimate performing objects...
  
   and Masks - B. Emil Boulos, Joe Foust, Andrew Leman, Nick Offerman
  Nick Offerman
  Nick Offerman is an American actor best known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. He is also a skilled woodworker.-Early life and career:...
  
  , Sean Sinitski, Christopher Thometz

After Dark Award

• Overall Technical Achievement

Action Movie: The Play

After Dark Awards

• Sound Design - Gregor Mortis, Greg Nishimura, Prank, Sean Sinitski
• Direction - Joe Foust

2001

Cleansed

After Dark Awards

• Direction - Lisa Rothschiller
• Outstanding Ensemble

2002

Fortinbras

Joseph Jefferson Citation

• Actor in a Supporting Role - Jim Slonina

Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage

After Dark Award

• Outstanding Production

2005

Action Movie: The Play

Joseph Jefferson Citations

• Outstanding Ensemble
• Sound Design - Gregor Mortis
• Fight Choreography - Joe Foust & Geoff Coates

Members

• Arena, Jeff (Member, 1996-2004; Executive Director
  Executive director
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  , 1996-1998)
• Boulos, B. Emil (Member, 1994-2004)
• Brazda, Kati (Member, 1999-2004)
• Callahan, Brian (Member, 2000-2004)
• Callahan, Matthew (Member, 1997-2004)
• Carr, Megan (Member, 2001-2004)
• Coates, Geoff (Member, 2000-2004)
• Coffeen, Fraser (Member, 2003-2004; Marketing
  Marketing
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   Director, 2003-2004)
• Cooper, Kelly (Member, 2003-2004)
• Critz, Darren (Member, 1993-1996; Director of Internal Affairs, 1993)
• DeLeonardis, John (Member, 1996-2004)
• Entenmann, Scott (Member, 1996-1997)
• Fletcher, Justin (Member, 2000-2004; Marketing Director, 2003; Associate Artistic Director 2003; Artistic Director
  Artistic director
  An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...
  
   2004)
• Foust, Joe (Member, 1993-2004; Patron Saint
  Patron saint
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   of your A**hole 1993; Assistant Artistic Director, 1998-2000; Artistic Associate, 2000-2002)
• Gehr, Jen (Member, 1994-2004; Fundraising Director, 1997-1998; Managing Director, 1998-2002)
• Gillum, Linda (Member, 1996-2004; Media Relations Manager, 2000-2002, Public Relations Director, 2003-2004)
• Guthrie, Arlo Bryan (Member, 1998-2004; Audience Development Manager, 1997-2000; Marketing Manager, 2000-2002)
• Helman, BF (Member, 1996-2004; Box Office
  Box office
  A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall or window, or at a wicket....
  
   Manager, 1998-2002)
• Jensen, Kristen (Member, 1994-1996)
• Johnson, Christopher (Member, 1993-2004; Artistic Director, 1993-2000; Internal Artistic Manager, 2000-2001; Caesar
  Caesar (title)
  Caesar is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator...
  
  , 2001-2002)
• Kantowicz, Chris (Member, 1993-1994; Executive Director, 1993)
• Keller, Jen (Member, 1999-2004)
• Kimmel, Rob (Member, 1994-2000)
• Kruse, Steve (Member, 1996-2001)
• Leman, Andrew (Member, 1996-2004)
• Lesley, Ted (Member, 2001-2004; Development Coordinator, 2001-2002)
• Loquist, Kara (Member, 1993-2004; Director of Feminine Wiles, 1993; Production Manager
  Production management
  Theatrical production management is a sub-division of stagecraft. The production management team is responsible for realizing the visions of the producer and the director or choreographer within constraints of technical possibility...
  
  , 1997; Managing Director, 2003-2004)
• McClendon, Martin (Member, 1997-2004)
• McKernan, Anne (Member, 1997-2004; Grantwriter, 1998-2000)
• Mortis, Gregor (Member, 1994-2004)
• Nelson, Stephanie (Member, 1996-1997)
• Neuhauser, Stefanie (Member, 2001-2004; Development Coordinator, 2001-2002)
• Norris, William J. (Member, 1996-2004)
• Norwood, Richy (Member, 1993-2004; Production Manager, 1993)
• Offerman, Nick
  Nick Offerman
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   (Member, 1993-2004; Director of Covert Operations, 1993)
• Pascual, Christine (Member, 2000-2004)
• Pray, Bryan (Member, 2003; Production Manager, 2003)
• Primeaux, Michelle (Member, 1996-2004)
• Ragsdale, Richard (Member, 1993-2004; Consultant of Forbidden Sciences, 1993; Literary Manager, 2002-2004)
• Ronstadt, Joy (Member, 1999-2004; Production Manager, 2001-2003)
• Rothschiller, Lisa (Member, 1997-2004; Assistant Artistic Director, 1998-2000; Literary Manager, 2000-2002; Artistic Director, 2003)
• Schutz, Will (Member, 1996-2004; Development Coordinator, 2000-2001; Development Manager, 2001- 2003)
• Shields, Krissy (Member, 2000-2004)
• Silvestri, Cherise (Member, 1998-2004)
• Sinitski, Sean (Member, 1996-2004; Production Manager, 1998-2000)
• Slonina, Jim (Member, 1996-2004; Scribe, 1998-2000; Artistic Relations Manager, 2000-2001; Artistic Director, 2001-2002)
• Thometz, Barb Wruck (Member, 1994-2004)
• Thometz, Christopher (Member, 1994-2004; Production Manager, 2001-2002)
• Wade, Kevin (Member, 1998-2004)
• Watkins, Jonathan (Member, 1999-2004)