PLAYBILL--PROTEST PLAYS

Protest Plays
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
2:00-3:30
Temple Theatre
This is a ticked event. 

In conjunction with the LittleBlackDressInc.Org, KCACTF Region 5 invited student playwrights to write short plays or monologues (10 minutes or less) about issues concerning their community.  This can be issues pertaining specifically to each playwright’s city, or a national/global issue seen through each playwright’s community/city lens (as it pertains to/manifests in their city).  The key is to get local with the material, and to share insight into each community’s current issues of concern. The three selected plays are assigned a faculty director, a student assistant director, and a student dramaturg who will work in conjunction with the playwright to cast, rehearse and present a reading at festival with a response by festival special guests and a discussion about how we can take the conversation back to home campuses. 

Plays were selected by the Region 7 Respondent Team, Lead by Ben Gonzales, NPP Region 7 Chair. We thank them for their service. 

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Ignorant Silence by Jessica Staples, Minnesota State U, Mankato 

Kathy Hendrickson, North Hennipen Community College, director

Kate Busselle, University of Missouri, assistant director
Rebecca Holley, University of Missouri, dramaturg
Cast:
Demarcus: Donovan Watts Kansas State University
Camille: Ruth Norman University of Northwestern-St. Paul
Samantha: Sabrina Barton University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Travis: Robert Simonson Anoka Ramsey Community College
Clerk: Isaac Glover Hutchinson Community College
Stage Directions: Mycah Williams Missouri Western University


Meanwhile in the Rust Belt by Dan Fagen, Minot State U

Cat Gleason, U of Missouri, director

Wendy Eloe Northwest Missouri State U,  assistant director
Cast
Gavin: Adam Segura (University of Central Missouri
Kate: Kayla Fuller North Hennepin Community College
Directions: Stephanie Trypuc Winona State University 


Tuesday at the Lake by Bosie Rand, Doane U 

Aaron Scully, U of Central Missouri, director

Blake Willoughby,  University of Missouri, assistant director
Kate Busselle, University of Missouri, dramaturg
Cast
Tuesday: Morgan Holden University of Sioux Falls
Charlie: Kaity Baker Peru State University
Advisor: Blake Willoughby University of Missouri
Advisor: Josie Patterson Tabor College
Stage Directions: Ivy Banks, Doane University


Stage Manager: Rachel Segbawu Missouri Western University

Respondents: 
Jessica Huang, Professional Playwright; Tearrance Chisholm, Professional Playwright; Ben Gonzales, Region VII NPP Chair; Jim Holmes, National NPP Chair-Elect