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Bennington College History: Drama: Productions, Workshops, Lectures 2000-2009

A guide to the history of drama at Bennington College

            

Productions, Workshops, Lectures 2000-2009

2000

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass Das Puppenspiel Puppet Group (2000-04-01) poster
  • Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights Kemp, Edward, director; Rees, Sue, designer; Marschall, Garin, lighting designer; Romagna, Jeremy, sound; Ergene, Gokcen, video (2000-04-07) program
  • Bennington College Drama Present: Salmagundi Gancher, Sarah, director; Beckett, Heather, director; Hubbard, Monica, lighting designer; Fontainot, Jean-Pierre, set designer; Banks, Megan, stage manager (2000-11-04) program

2001

  • The Skriker Churchill, Caryl; Smith, Krissy, director; Ball, Clea, stage manager (2001) program
  • Mommsen's Block Müller, Heiner; Kemp, Edward, director; Rees, Sue, costume and set designer; Aldrich, Nate, sound designer; Hubbard, Monica, lighting designer (2001-04-07) program
  • Romeo y Julieta Michaelson, Daniel; Haff, Stephen; Bushwick High School (Bennington College, 2001-10-31) poster
  • The Playboy of the Western World Synge, John Millington; Varon, Daniela, director; Schweikardt, Michael, set designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer (2001-12-14) program

2002

  • This is Our Youth Lonergan, Kenneth; Kroman-Barney, Dana, director; Weiss, Josiah, stage manager; Androlowicz, Kim, set designer; Keene-Kendrick, Emilia, costume designer; Genther, Penn, lighting designer; Tejada, Ramon, poster designer (2002) program
  • Bennington Drama Presents: The Shape of Things Labute, Neil; Tejada, Ramon, director; Macholdt, Bill, set designer; Wright, Kryssy, lighting designer; Brown, Annie, costume designer (2002-04-12) program
  • Bennington Drama Presents: Seneca's Children Myers, Jason; Root, Alethea, director; Jennings, Colleen, stage manager; Bruckner, Iona, set designer; Hubbard, Monica, lighting designer; Drake, Adam, sound designer; Estell, Leah, costume designer; Hayes, Rachel, dramaturge (2002-04-26) program
  • Bennington Drama Presents: The Unknown: A Silent Musical  Allard, Janet; Rettig, Shane, music and musical direction; Randich, Jean, director; Rees, Sue, scenography and video; Wright, Kryssy, lighting designer (2002-05-10) program
  • Bennington Drama Presents: Shark in the Creek Murphy, Scott; Swanson, KJ, director; Hubbard, Monica, lighting designer; Glister, Allison, scenic designer; Skeen, Lucy, stage manager (2002-05-31) program
  • Bennington Drama Presents: The Snow Queen Gulturk, Bilge, writer and director; Ozel, Guvenc, animation; Randal, Emma, choreography (2002-06-01) program
  • Kati Bicknell Senior Fashion Show Bicknell, Kati; Thuras, Dylan, choreographer; Marschall, Garin, lighting designer (2002-06-01) program
  • Institute Benjamenta  Ergene, Gokcen, director; Sgorbati, Susan, choreographer; Rees, Susan, set and costume designer; Marschall, Garin, lighting designer (2002-11-01) program
  • A Little Night Music Sonheim, Stephen; Wheeler, Hugh; Jackson, Kirk, director; Bogdan, Tom, musical director; Williamson, Bruce, musical arrangement; Thompson, Keith, choreographer; Glister, Allison, set designer; Wright, Kryssy, lighting designer (2002-12-07) program

2003

  • The Cliff Plays  Kurtis, Tugce, writer; Zatolokin, James, writer; Boyd, John, writer; Panaite, Cristian, writer; McCool, Bill, writer; Tittle, Ryan C., writer (2003-03-20) program
  • bobrasuschenbergamerica Mee, Charles I.; Tejada, Ramon, director (2003-04-25) program
  • Tales of the Lost Formicans Congdon, Constance; Walkker, Dannikke, director; Nyman, Sarah, set designer; Keene-Kendrick, Emilia, costume designer; Williams, Amy, lighting designer; Rugnetta, Mike, sound designer; Harlem-Siegel, Jessica, stage manager (2003-05-02) program
  • Hypatia Wellman, Mac; Hayes, Rachael, director (2003-05-22) announcement in Tales of the Lost Formicans program
  • Twelfth Night Shakespeare, William; Randich, Jean, director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Bernabe, Martha, costume designer; Maurer, Katrina, lighting designer (2003-05-29) program
  • Orfeo Monteverdi, Claudio; Creach, Terry, stage director; Bogdan, Tom, vocal director; Brazelton, Kitty, music director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer; Lehrer, Scott, sound designer; O'Connor, Caitlin, costume designer; DeScherer, Josh, conductor; Cancellieri, Andrew, technical director; Jennings, Colleen, stage manager (2003-11-13) program | photographs
  • New Works. Scenes from four plays by Nicole Burdette: Except My Life, Listen to the Music and Wait, The Dizziness of Too Many Possibilities, and After. (2003-11-17) Bennington Free Press Vol. 2 No. 4 
  • Directing II Projects Carr, Jess, director; Grossman, Daniel, director; Wulsin Jr., Lawson, director; Bell, Leah, director (2003-12-05) program
  • Medeamaterial Müller, Heiner; Weber, Carl, translator; Efird, Carson, director and set designer; Jatzke, Hans Werner, director; Estell, Leah, costume designer; Powell, Amelia, costume designer; Puckett, Tor, lighting designer (2003-12-05) Cast: Mariah Angele, Helen Parsons, Bryony Thompson, Laura Wallace, and Caleb Rupp. program

2004

  • The Maids Genet, Jean; Sussman, Adam, director; Kiesel, Ian, set designer; Taylor, Beth, costume designer; Maurer, Katrina, lighting designer; Penniman, Anna, stage manager (2004) program
  • Bennington College Drama Program Presents: Playwright and Director Len Jenkin poster
    • Reading (2004-03-11) 
    • Margo Veil, An Entertainment (2004-03-12)
    • The Dream Express (2004-03-13)
  • Bennington College Drama Presents: Sincerity Forever  Wellman, Mac; Jackson, Kirk, director; Cancellieri, Andrew, set designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer; Mazzarelli, Joseph, costume designer (2004-04-09) poster | program
  • Play Beckett, Samuel; Hayes, Rachel, director; Leibowitz, Dana, set designer; Best, Madeline, lighting designer (2004-04-23) program and poster
  • The Dazzle Part I Greenberg, Richard; Sussman, Adam, director (2004-04-30) poster 
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Alfaro, Luis; Randich, Jean, director; Rees, Sue, designer; Powell, Amelia, designer; Mauer, Katrina, designer; Vitello, Justin, designer; Werner-Jatzke, Hans, designer (2004-05-14) poster
  • 5 at 9: Five Short Plays: FM, Bedtime, The Philadelphia, The Bear, Independence Linney, Romulus; Gallagher, Mary; Ives, David; Chekhov, Anton; Blessing, Lee; Janis, Dina, director poster
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: Love Suicide Tittle, Ryan C.; Genthner, Penn W. Elo, director (2004-05-28) poster
  • Eleven Plays Bell, Leah, director; Cook, Robbie, director; Hendershot, Keith, director; Levin, Toby, director; Redman, Effy, director; Rhodes, Becca, director; Skeen, Lucy, director; Tittle, Ryan C., director; Vella, Stephanie, director; Jatzke, Hans Werner, director; Wulsin Jr., Lawson, director; Randich, Jean, director (2004-05-31) poster
  • The Directing I Class Presents: Rag and Bone Haidle, Noah; Randich, Jean (2004-05-31) poster
  • 16 Scenes from Sueño Rivera, José; Randich, Jean, director (2004-06-01) poster
  • The Politics of Performance Randich, Jean (2004-06-01) poster
  • Sofia, Simone, Cassandra, Robyn, Tiffany, and Captain Rachel: Fall 2004 Fashion Show Alvarez, Sofia; Duff, Simone; Nichols, Cassandra; King, Robyn; Theriault, Tiffany; DeCavage, Rachel (2004-10) program
  • The Measures Taken Brecht, Bertolt; Genthner, Penn W. Elo, director; Kapiloff, Ayla M., stage manager; Shaplin, Oriana, set designer; O' Connor, Myles P., lighting designer; Brzezinski, Dana, costume designer; Taxier, Eric, composer; (2004-11-05) poster and program
  • Exxon Butterfly Belasco, David; Dimmick, Kathleen, director; Long, Quincy, writing advisor; Rosenberg, Alex, director; Masterton, Spencer, composer; Asselin, Nicole, costume designer; Chiaramonte, Cara, costume designer; Rees, Sue, set designer; Marschall, Garin, lighting designer (2004-11-12) program
  • Antigone Vella, Stephanie Anne, director; Lifton, Becca, stage manager; Liebowitz, Dana, set designer; Puckett, Tor, lighting designer; Hanna, Ashley, costume designer; Nichols, Cassie, costume designer (2004-12-03) program and poster | Bennington Free Press Vol. 3 No. 7 
  • The Baltimore Waltz Vogel, Paula; Skeen, Lucy, director (2004-12-11) poster | Bennington Free Press Vol. 3 No. 7 

2005

  • Drama at Bennington Presents: Songs of the Valley Tittle, Ryan C., writer and director; Genthner, Penn W. Elo, assistant director; Wallace, Jeremy, stage manager (2005-03-18) poster and program | article
  • A Slight Ache Pinter, Harold; Jennings, Colleen, director; Puckett, Tor, lighting designer; Liebowitz, Dana, set designer; Funk, Jennifer, stage manager (2005-03-25) program and poster
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: Listen to Me Stein, Gertrude; Jackson, Kirk, director; Lifton, Becca, stage manager; Chiaramonte, Cara, costume designer; Rupp, Caleb, lighting designer; Lowery, Christina, assistant director (2005-04-09) program and poster
  • Top Girls Churchill, Caryl; Young, Janis, director; Smith, Ryan, stage manager; Loehr, Caitlin, set designer; Puckett, Tor, lighting designer (2005-05-06) program
  • A Reading of Miss Merleen: A Drama of the Civil War Tittle, Ryan C. (2005-05-15) poster
  • Bennington College Drama Program Presents: The House of Bernarda Alba Lorca, Federico García; Randich, Jean, director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer; Shapiro, Jared, music (2005-05-20) program
  • ETAF Wulsin Jr., Lawson Reed, director; Best, Madeline, lighting designer; McGinnis, Frank, sound designer; Maloney, Griff, stage manager (2005-05-28) poster and program | article 
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: Below the Belt Dresser, Richard; Herter, Danny, director; Burnham, Anna, stage manager; Becker, Jordan, set designer; DeCavagee, Rachel, costume designer; Puckett, Tor, lighting designer; Otis, Geoff, sound designer (2005-10-06) program
  • New Works Ensemble Janis, Dina, director; Edwards, Chris, director; Jones, Alex, stage manager; Puckett, Tor, lighting designer; Filloux, Catherine; Cram, Cusi (2005-10-13) program
  • Hamlet Shakespeare, William; Bentley, James, director; Maloney, Griffith, stage manager; Duff, Simone, costume designer; O'Conner, Myles, lighting designer (2005-10-28) poster and program
  • Spring Awakening Wedekind, Frank; Langworthy, Dougland E., translator; Jackson, Kirk, director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer; Langseth-Schmidt, Kirian, costume designer; Rugnetta, Mike, sound designer (2005-11-18) program | Bennington: The Alumni Magazine Spring / Summer 2006 
  • Meredith Monk's A Celebration Service Monk, Meredith; Bogdan, Tom; Easter, Allison; Woodward, Laura; Best, Madeline, lighting designer; Lifton, Rebecca, stage manager; Michaelson, Daniel, costume designer (2005-12-03) poster and program
  •  Drama at Bennington Presents: Directing II Projects Wolf, Jacob, director; Givens, Emma, director; Kaluzynski, Andrew, director; Mixon, Tom, director; Trigg, Daniel, director; Rosenberg, Alex, director (2005-12-07) poster and program

2006

  • New and Repurposed Clothing Wichler, Leah M.; Whittaker, Carly, set designer; Cleckler, Anne-Marie, make up designer; Ubell, Edward, production director; Jolly, Simon S., art director (2006) program
  • El Acto Final Levin, Toby, writer and director (2006-03-31) program and poster
  • The Lesson lonesco, Eugene; Angele, Mariah, director; Funk, Jen, stage manager; Coulomb, Charlotte, costume designer; Traficante, Angela, lighting designer (2006-04-07) program and poster
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: American Buffalo Mamet, David; Young, Malcolm, director; Karsten, Kelli, stage manager; King, Robyn, costume designer; Wichler, Leah, costume designer; Coleman, Heather, lighting designer (2006-04-21) program and poster
  • A Thousand Cranes Slavis, Ayn, director; Brzezinski, Dana, set and costume designer (2006-05-04) program
  • The Dispute Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de; Randich, Jean, director; Bartlett, Neil, translator; Langseth-Schmidt, Kiri, costume designer; Puckett, Tor, lighting designer; Schultis, Brian, sound designer; Burnham, Anna, stage manager (2006-05-19) program and poster | photographs
  • Directing and Performance Showcase Burgan, Chris, director; Laluzynski, Andrew, director; Sanders-Self, Dylan, director; Givens, Emma, director; Levin, Toby, director; Young, Mac, director; Herter, Danny, director; Rosenberg, Alex, director; Pildis, Carly, director; Kanalley, Noel, director; Belleveau, Genevieve, director (2006-05-31) program
  • Ruby Blue Cottrell, Jesse; Wolf, Jacob, director (2006-10-13) poster
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: In Arabia We'd All Be Kings Guirgis, Stephen Adly; Janis, Dina, director; Monahan, Caitlin, assistant director; Toigo, Alex, stage manager (2006-11-10) program
  • Measure for Measure Shakespeare, William; Jackson, Kirk, director; Giannitti, Michael, set and lighting designer; Wichler, Leah M., costume designer; Siwula, Justine, costume designer (2006-12-06) program

2007

  • Mud Fornés, María Irene; Alvarez, Sofia, director (2007-04-20) program and poster
  • I'm Dreaming, But Am I? Pirandello, Luigi; Rosenberg, Alexandra, director; Givens, Emma, composer; Otis, Geoff, sound designer; Best, Madeline, lighting designer; Siwula, Justine, costume designer (2007-05-04) poster and program
  • The Importance of Being Ernest Wilde, Oscar; Randich, Jean, director; Condyles, Jes, assistant director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Whitaker, Carly, assistant set designer; Chevat, Zoe, costume designer; Langseth-Schmidt, Kirian, costume designer; Thompson, Bryony, costume designer; Traficante, Angela, lighting designer; Tareila, Emily, hair and makeup designer (2007-05-11) poster and program | photographs
  • Passage Lively-Marshall, Jami, writer and director; Wilson, Trevor, composer and musical director (2007) program
  • New Works Ensemble Presents a Festival of Plays by Bennington Alumni Swan, Matthew; Ross, Melissa Feldman; Kempson, Sibyl (2007-10-26) program
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: Wholehearted Long, Quincy; Dimmick, Kathleen, director; Condyles, Jes, assistant director; Burnham, Anna, stage manager; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer; Rees, Sue, set designer; Geoghegan, Abby, costume designer; Woods Hogue, Emily, costume designer (2007-11-10) program and poster
  • Dance, Drama, and Music Programs Present: Dido and Aeneas Creach, Terry, director and choreographer; Bogdan, Tom, music preparation; Sato, Yoshiko, musical director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Traficante, Angela, lighting designer; Carroll, Jazmine, costume designer; Geoghegan, Abby, stage manager (2007-12-01) poster | program
  • Bennington College 2007 Fashion Show Siwula, Justine - Creator; Jurgelwicz, Jennifer - Creator; Magnifico, Briana Desiree - Creator; Wichler, Leah M. - Creator (2007-12-01) program
  • The Ruling Passion Kramer, Sherry; Janis, Dina, director; McMahon, Jana, stage manager; Thomas, Emily, stage manager; Whitaker, Carly, set designer (2007-12-07) program and poster

2008

  • Gum Hartman, Karen; Condyles, Jes, director; Marsh, Colin Webster, stage manager; Whitaker, Carly, set designer; Kahler, Alex, costume designer; Beudert, Katie, costume designer; Walker, Adam, lighting designer; Reid, Emily, sound designer (2008) program
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch Mitchell, John Cameron; Trask, Steven; Wolkowitz, Max, director; Whitaker, Morgan, assistant director; Marsh, C. Webster, stage manager; Miglus, Jessie, lighting designer; Bennett, Jen, costume designer; Tareila, Emily, hair and makeup designer; Barnard, Peter, set designer; Meath, Amelia Randall, movement consultant (2008) poster and program
  • Bennington College 2008 Fashion Show Tareila, Emily, creator; Jurgelwicz, Jennifer, creator; Bennett, Jen, creator; Krug, Emily, creator; Hogue, Emily Woods, creator (2008) program
  • Beckett Shorts Beckett, Samuel; Bleeker, Alex, director; LaLonde, Annabel, stage manager; Siwula, Justine, costume designer; Monnig, Alexandra A. S., set designer; Keneckle, Ethan, set designer (2008-03-07) poster and program
  • Time and Motion Study Brooke, Nick, composer and co-director; Rohn, Jennifer, co-director; Weiss, Laura, musical director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Giannitti, Michael, lighting designer (2008-03-14) program
  • Sweet Storm Hudson, Scott; Janis, Dina, director; Gremillion, Kristen, assistant director; Whitaker, Carly, set designer; Geoghegan, Abby, costume designer; Miglus, Jessie, lighting designer (2008-03-21) program and poster | photographs
  • The Holy Ghostly Shepard, Sam; Meyers, Gabriel, director; Whitaker, Carly, set designer; Walker, Adam, light designer (2008-04-18) program and poster
  • The Figaro Project Overmeyer, Eric; Randich, Jean, director; Bogdan, Tom, musical director; Kierstead, Katie, dramaturge; Rancourt, Michael, technical director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Bennett, Jen, costume designer; Hogue, Emily Woods, costume designer; Marsh, C. Webster, lighting designer; Garrison, Travis, sound designer; Geoghegan, Abby, stage manager (2008-05-02) poster and program | photographs
  • It Started in Staples: A New Musical by Kaley McMahon McMahon, Kaley, director; Holmes, A. J., musical director; Miglus, Jessie, costume designer (2008-05-09) program
  • The Telephone : Opera Buffa in One Act Menotti, Gian-Carlo; Sato, Yoshiko, accompanist; Beudert, Katie, voice; Brylow, Danny, voice (2008-05-14) program
  • The Rimers of Eldritch Wilson, Lanford; Rohn, Jenny, director; Schexnider, Jarin, stage manager; Goza, Jared, lighting designer (2008-10-19) program and poster
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: The Wall of Water Kramer, Sherry; Janis, Dina, director; Rees, Sue, set design supervisor; Murphy, Olivia, stage manager; Hogue, Emily Woods, costume designer; Rupp, Caleb Bartholomew, lighting designer (2008-11-01) program and poster | photographs
  • Uncle Vanya Chekhov, Anton; Jackson, Kirk, director; St. John, Alex, assistant director; Burnham, Anna, stage manager; Whitaker, Carly, set designer; Geoghegan, Abby, costume designer; Marsh, C. Webster, lighting designer (2008-11-19) program and poster | photographs
  • Drama at Bennington Presents: Directing II Scenes Kowaleski, Ian, director; Mayo, Tyler M., director; Geoghegan, Abby, director; Goza, Jared, director; South, Carl J., director; Schexnider, Jarin, director (2008-11-24) program

2009

  • A Life in the Theater Mamet, David; Jackson, Kirk, director; Wolkowitz, Max, director (2009-03-13) poster
  • Far Away Churchill, Caryl; Burnham, Anna, director; Geoghegan, Abby, costume designer; Woodsum, Leah, lighting designer; Reid, Emily, sound designer; Haas, Nick, stage manager (2009-04-09) poster & program
  • God of Vengeance Margulies, Donald; Randich, Jean, director; South, Carl, assistant director; Rees, Sue, set designer (2009-05-08)  program | photographs
  • Miss Julie Strindberg, August; Schexnider, Jarin, director; Panzariello, Connie, stage manager; Hogue, Emily Woods, costume designer; Miglus, Jessie, lighting designer; Thomas, Emily, set designer; Reid, Emily, sound designer (2009-10-23) program | photographs
  • As You Like It Shakespeare, William; Dimmick, Kathleen, director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Marsh, Webster, lighting designer; DiFabbio, Maria, stage manager (2009-11-20) program | photographs
  • Splendor in the Grass Inge, William; Rohn, Jenny, director; Rees, Sue, set designer; Woodsum, Leah, lighting designer; Reid, Emily, sound designer; Kladky, Sara, stage manager (2009-12-04) poster and program