Medea & Jason: Rubicon Waltz - Production History

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Production History

Iowa Western Community College Department of Theatre: April 2009
Black Box Theatre
Commission
Council Bluffs, IA
"Medea & Jason: Rubicon Waltz" was presented by the Department of Theatre at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, IA (www.iwcc.edu) in their Black Box theater space, April 15 to 25, 2009.

The director was Martin Scott Marchitto (Faculty). Stage manager was Suzanne Withem. Set Design/Technical Direction by Carl Dumicich (Department Chair). Costume Design by Jennifer Pool (Faculty). Lighting Design by Rebekah Johnson. Assistant Lighting Designer – Cheyne King. Sound Design by Jonathan Hall. Props Master was Micheila Marshall. Tatto/Poster Design by Alexander Bridgman. Makeup Design by Mary Slater. Assistant Stage Manager/Light Board Operator was Katy Jones.

This production was entered for consideration as a participating production in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF).

Understudy Adrian Armstrong went on for two performances in the role of ACTOR 8.

This production also added two musicians to the ensemble to add live music and sound effects - Brad Chapin and Anthony Holmes.

This production also added two young boys to bring Medea & Jason's sons onstage into the action - Robert Moller and Samuel Planck.

School of Fine Arts, Mathematics,
Engineering & Computer Studies
Dean – Carol Huffman
Secretary - Joanne Hiller

Arts Center Technical Director – Keith Christie.
House Manager – Imani Taylor.
Box Office – Molly Noon & DeEtta Robison.

Crew:
Sound Board Operator – Joshua Gear.
Costume Crew – Ren Klegin & April Barrier
Backstage Run Crew –
Adrian Armstrong, Rebekah Johnson, Bradly Houvenagle Publicity Crew – Alexander Bridgman, Adrian Armstrong.

The cast was as follows:

The Playwrights' Center: June 1996
Roundtable reading series
Reading
Minneapolis, MN
A previous draft of this story, under the title “Rubicon Waltz,” received a public reading as part of the Roundtable weekly new play reading series at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, MN, on June 20, 1996.

Stage directions read by Roy Close. The cast was as follows:

Colorado Shakespeare Festival: July 1990
Colorado University Theater Department
Reading
Boulder, CO
A previous draft of this story, under the title “Rubicon Waltz,” received a public reading by members of the acting company of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder, CO, during the summer of 1990.

Yale School of Drama: September 1989
Edgewood Avenue apartment
Reading
New Haven, CT
A previous version of the story, under the title “Rubicon Waltz,” had an informal reading with actors from the Yale School of Drama in the fall of 1989. The cast was as follows: