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Speech & Debate
October 19-22, 2023
SYNOPSIS

Three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon discover they are linked by a sex scandal that’s rocked their town. When one of them sets out to expose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes get higher, and the trio’s connection grows deeper in this searching, fiercely funny dark comedy with music. (DRAMATIST)

CAST LIST
Diwata  MALANA HARRIS 
Solomon  DYLAN STEVENSON
Howie  JACKSON ROY
Teacher/Reporter  SARAH HALL
Diwata Understudy  LIBBY REASONOVER
Solomon Understudy SETH PRATT
Howie Understudy  ROBERT BRYAN
ARTISTIC TEAM

DIRECTOR

Ava Jordan

 

SCENIC & PROPERTIES COORDINATOR

Jesse Adair

 

SCENIC & PROPERTIES ASST.

Caleb Heath

 

LIGHTING COORDINATOR

Caiti Milligan

 

ASST. LIGHTING COORDINATOR

Stokeley Ellison

 

COSTUMES / MAKEUP / HAIR COORDINATOR

Taylor Hulse

 

COSTUMES / MAKEUP / HAIR ASST.(s)

Jenna Anderson

Bailey Dorflinger-Slee

 

WARDROBE HEAD

Ivy Rolfsen

 

PROJECTIONS COORDINATOR

Amelia Richards

 

SOUND COORDINATOR

Julia Vairetta

PRODUCTION TEAM

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Caiti Milligan

 

STAGE MANAGER

Kayley Eaton

 

ASST. STAGE MANAGER(S)

Crystal Carrasco

Wren Miller

 

PRODUCTION MANAGER ADVISOR

John Underwood

 

DIRECTING FACULTY ADVISOR

Lauren Shouse

 

STAGE MANAGEMENT FACULTY ADVISOR

Kate Goodwin

 

COSTUME DESIGN FACULTY ADVISOR

Tommy Macon

 

LIGHTING DESIGN FACULTY ADVISOR

Darren E. Levin

 

LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY / PE FACULTY ADVISOR

Bob Cardana

 

SCENIC DESIGN FACULTY ADVISOR

Scott Boyd

 

SOUND DESIGN FACULTY ADVISOR

Kevin O'Donnell

 

MAKEUP / HAIR / WIGS ADVISOR

Trish Clark

 

SCENE SHOP SUPERVISOR

Josh Bennett

 

COSTUME SHOP SUPERVISOR

Katie Sellers

SPECIAL THANKS

Thank you, Ascend Federal Credit Union, for sponsoring MTSU Arts.

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UPCOMING SHOWS

The Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival

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The Kennedy Center American Cottege Theater Festival, part of the
Rubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by
David and Alice Rubenstein.

Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Kennedy Center American
College Theater Festival.

Additional support is provided by The Honoraole Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E.
Bernstein; the Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation; and Beatrice and
Anthony Welters and the AnBryce Foundation.

KCACTF is part of JFKC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy, inspired
by five enduring Ideals often ascribed to JFK: Courage, Freedom, Justice,
Service, and Gratitude. Support for JKFC: A Centennial Celebration of John F. Kennedy
is provided by Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley, Chevron,
the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, and Target.

Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible
through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the
President's Advisory Committee on the Arts.

This production Is entered In the Kennedy Center American College Theater
Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to
identity and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each
production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF
representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in
KCACTF programs involving scholarships. internships, grants, and awards for
actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics
at both the regional and national levels.

Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for invitation to the
KCACTF regional festival and may also be considered for national awards
recognizing outstanding achievement In production, design, direction and
performance.

By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF
goals to recognize. reward. and celebrate the exemplary work produced in
college and university theaters across the nation.