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FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD
AND MANAGING DIRECTOR
Welcome to the theatrical version of the
beloved science fantasy tale, A Wrinkle
in Time. I remember ordering this from
my school book club, with the mysterious
concentric circles around the characters
on the cover. First published in 1963, the
book won several awards, among them
the coveted Newberry Medal which honors
distinguished contributions in the area of
children’s literature.
We are honored to be able to offer several complimentary matinees
of this show to area schools as part of our theatre for youth series
and to invite another generation to enjoy Meg’s exciting adventure.
It’s hard to believe that we are at the end of October, and how busy
we’ve been with the American Southwest Theatre Company projects. The intimate set from The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-inthe-Moon Marigolds has been recycled, the hilarious Battle of the
Improvisers show is a fond memory, and rehearsals for our next
production, Frankenstein, are well underway.
While there will be plenty more productions and events to enjoy this
year, the Department of Theatre Arts is already deep in discussion
about our shows for next season. We always consider our audience, so if there is something you are eager to see the American
Southwest Theatre Company tackle, please contact us via our website and let us know.
We count on our generous patrons to be able to offer free school
shows and to keep our productions of the highest quality possible.
Thank you for attending and please visit our website to find other
tax deductible opportunities for supporting theatre here at NMSU.
Wil Kilroy
American Southwest Theatre Company
at NMSU Theatre Arts
presents
DIRECTOR
SCENIC DESIGNER
COSTUME DESIGNER
LIGHTING DESIGNER
SOUND DESIGNER PROPS DESIGNER STAGE MANAGER
LARISSA LURY
DENA HURAB
MEGAN THOMPSON
DREW KELLEY
ANAYSSA VASQUEZ
DAVID L. HEREFORD
MIKE WISE
The play will be performed without an intermission.
Audiences are reminded to please silence all electronic devices
(cell phones and alarms) prior to the performance.
If you use your cell phone during the performance, you may be asked to
leave. Thank you for your consideration.
CAST
CAITLIN ARTRIP Mother, Mrs. Who, Camazotz Woman, Aunt Beast,
& Ensemble
VERONICA BISSELL Mrs. Whatsit, Man with Red
Eyes & Ensemble
CALVIN CHERVINKO Man with Red Eyes &
Ensemble
JOSHUA HORTON Calvin & Ensemble
HEATHER HOSFORD Aunt Beast & Ensemble
AUSTIN PARRISH Mrs. Which, Camazotz Man,
Father & Ensemble
STEVEN TRUJILLO Charles Wallace &
Ensemble
ASHLEY VARGAS Meg Murry
Place:
We start on earth, but if we told you the rest
it would spoil the story.
Time:
The present and the space between the present and
five minutes ago. (It will make sense later, we promise.)
ASTC at NMSU Theatre Arts invites you to our 2015 - 2016 Opening
Night Celebrations, every opening night this season,
sponsored by Dr. Christa Slaton, Dean of NMSU’s
College of Arts and Sciences. Thank you, Dean Slaton!
CAST BIOGRAPHIES
CAITLIN ARTRIP (Mother, Mrs. Who, Camazotz Woman, Aunt Beast
& Ensemble) Caitlin is a sophomore majoring in Theatre Arts, with a
concentration in Musical Theatre. Her previous roles include Miss Janet
Conover/Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Babette in
Beauty and the Beast.
VERONICA BISSELL (Mrs. Whatsit, Man with Red Eyes & Ensemble)
Veronica is a senior majoring in Theatre Arts and Business. Her previous
acting experience includes Jane in West Highland Way, Miss Gwendolyn
Pinn/Ensemble in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Renata in Nine, Clovia/
Rose in A Christmas Carol, Dr. Livingstone in Agnes of God, Ginger in
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Queen Victoria/Chorus in Annie Get
Your Gun, Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music and Mrs. Trenkler in The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
CALVIN CHERVINKO (Man with Red Eyes & Ensemble)
Calvin is a freshman at NMSU majoring in Theatre Arts. His previous acting experience includes playing Mr. Mayor in Seussical, Edmund in Narnia, the Musical, Wino/Businessman in Little Shop of Horrors and Travis
in Footloose.
JOSHUA HORTON (Calvin & Ensemble)
Josh is a senior majoring in Theater Arts. His previous roles include Orsino in Twelfth Night, Alceste in The Misanthrope, Dave/Jimmy in Almost
Maine, The Director in Aunt Raini, Ghost of Jacob Marley/Butcher in A
Christmas Carol, Stanley in One Man, Two Guvnors, Freddy in Picasso
at the Lapin Agile, Horace/Ensemble in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and
Jack in the staged reading of For The Falls.
HEATHER HOSFORD (Aunt Beast & Ensemble)
Heather is a sophomore at NMSU majoring in Theatre Arts. Her previous roles include Glory in Almost, Maine with CSTC and Stage Directions
Reader for the High Desert Play reading of For The Falls. She has also
stage managed Iolanthe for the Starlight Children’s Theatre.
CAST BIOGRAPHIES
AUSTIN PARRISH (Mrs. Which, Camazotz Man, Father & Ensemble)
Austin is a senior at NMSU majoring in Theatre Arts. His previous roles
include Antonio in Twelfth Night, Bazzard in The Mystery of Edwin Drood,
Oronte in The Misanthrope, Ellard Simms in The Foreigner, James Trotter
in James and the Giant Peach, Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show, Wally
Webb in Our Town, Keno in The Full Monty and Ronnie Shaughnessy in
The House of Blue Leaves.
STEVEN TRUJILLO (Charles Wallace & Ensemble)
Steven is a freshman majoring in Theatre Arts. His previous roles include
Terry in The Craving, Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, Todd in Hush Little
Celia Don’t Say A Word, and Pinocchio in Shrek: The Musical.
ASHLEY VARGAS (Meg Murry)
Ashley is a junior Theatre Arts major. Her previous roles include Dionysus
in The Bachae, Sandy in Grease and Muse in Hercules.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
John Glore is the Associate Artistic Director of South
Coast Repertory (SCR), in Orange County, California. He
is an award-winning playwright whose work for young audiences includes his adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A
Wrinkle in Time, which debuted at SCR in 2010 and has
since moved on to numerous productions nationwide; an
adaptation of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s The Stinky Cheese Man and
Other Fairly Stupid Tales, which had its professional premiere at the Coterie
Theatre and has since had dozens of productions nationwide; and his newest,
an adaptation of Laura Amy Schlitz's The Night Fairy, which has been produced
at SCR and Imagination Stage in Washington, D.C. Other plays for young audiences include Wind of a Thousand Tales, Folktales Too, Rhubarb Jam, and The
Day After Evermore. His plays for adults include On the Jump (produced by
SCR and Arena Stage in Washington D.C.), The Company of Heaven, Preludes
and Fugues, and City Sky (a scenario for a dance piece). With the performance
trio Culture Clash he has co-authored adaptations of two plays by Aristophanes,
The Birds and Peace. In addition to the theatres already named, his work has
been produced at Berkeley Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Round House
Theatre, The Children's Theatre Company, First Stage, Childsplay, Oregon
Childrens Theatre, the Getty Villa and many others. He received a 2000 Playwrights Fellowship from the California Arts Council and has occasionally taught
playwriting and related subjects at UCLA and Pomona College.
DIRECTOR’S NOTES
As L’Engle wrote A Wrinkle in Time, the Berlin Wall went up, the spacerace was on, the threat of nuclear destruction loomed, and the Civil Rights
Movement jarred the country into action towards the dream of a nation
that would truly embrace differences amongst its people. It was a time of
rapid and sometimes violent change, a time of shifting perspectives, and
a time of possibility. Somehow in a story about odd-ball children, L’Engle
manages to capture all of this.
She once said, "When I have something to say that I think will be too difficult for adults, I write it in a book for children. Children are excited by new
ideas; they have not yet closed the doors and windows of their imaginations. Provided the story is good . . . nothing is too difficult for children."
Meg Murray, the first character we meet, begins our play looking for
someone to step in and save her—from the problems in her life, from the
storm shaking the house and keeping her awake, and from all of the many
things she can’t stand about herself. That storm is in many ways a wakeup call: it calls her to attention and starts the journey that will make her the
arbiter of her own fate. One of the most thrilling aspects of the story for me
is that Meg becomes her own hero, and she does it by making use of the
very aspects of herself that she can’t stand. It’s her “faults”—the things
that make her feel different and “not normal” – that serve her in the end.
In the early 1960s, as we traveled to space for the first time and life on
earth began to shift, we could either try to close ourselves off from change,
and fear what lay beyond our sight or we could open up our imaginations
and be bold enough to explore. The storm that raps on Meg’s window
beckons us, just as it did the readers back in 1963 to value our own
known differences enough to open ourselves up to the unknown time and
space that lay ahead.
Thank you for choosing to spend this time with us today. In the spirit of
Madeleine L’Engle, I invite you not to “sit back and relax,” but instead to
bring yourselves into the story. We will begin it, but it’s your imaginations
(whether you are four years old or ninety-four) that will complete our adventure. Welcome!
-- Larissa Lury
ABOUT MADELEINE L’ENGLE
Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2007)
Madeleine L'Engle Camp was born in New York New on
November 29, 1918. She spent her formative years in New
York City. Instead of her school work, she found that she
would much rather be writing stories, poems and journals
for herself. L'Engle wrote her first story at age five and began keeping a journal at age eight. She flourished during
her high school years at Ashley Hall in Charleston, South
Carolina. L’Engle attended Smith College from 1937 to
1941 and studied English, reading the classics and
continuing her own creative writing. She graduated with honors and moved into
a Greenwich Village apartment in New York. She worked in the theater, where
acting jobs and a flexible schedule afforded her the time to write. She published
her first two novels during these years — A Small Rain and Ilsa — before meeting actor Hugh Franklin, her future husband, when she was an understudy in
Anton Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard.
The couple's first daughter, Josephine, was born in 1947. In 1952 the family
moved to a 200-year-old farmhouse in Connecticut where they purchased and
operated a small general store, while L'Engle continued with her writing. Their
son Bion was born that same year. Four years later, seven-year-old Maria, the
daughter of family friends who had died, came to live with the Franklins, and
they adopted her shortly thereafter. The family returned to New York City in
1959 so that Hugh could resume his acting career. The move was immediately
preceded by a ten-week cross-country camping trip, during which L'Engle first
had the idea for her most famous novel, A Wrinkle in Time, which she completed
by 1960. It was rejected more than thirty times before editors at Farrar, Straus &
Giroux read it and enthusiastically accepted it. The book went on to win the John
Newberry Medal as the best children’s book of 1963 and has since had countless printings and sold millions of copies.
During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, L'Engle wrote dozens of books for children
and adults. Four of the books for adults formed the Crosswicks Journals series
of autobiographical memoirs. L’Engle received the Margaret A. Edwards Award
from the Young Adult Library Services Association for lifetime achievement in
1998. She published 63 works, including novels, plays, and memoirs.
L'Engle was seriously injured in an automobile accident in 1991 but recovered
well enough to visit Antartica in 1992. She died of natural causes on September
6, 2007.
STUDENT PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES
Dena Hurab (Scenic Designer) Dena is a junior majoring in Theatre Arts
with an emphasis in set design. She has worked on multiple shows for
the university including Other Desert Cities, The Mystery of Edwin Drood,
and West Highland Way. She has also designed sets for the Black Box
Theatre and will continue to pursue set design in her time remaining.
She would like to give a special thanks to Jim Billings who has guided
her throughout this learning process.
Drew Kelley (Lighting Designer) Drew is a junior and a candidate for a
B.A. in Theatre Arts. He began his theatre career in high school after taking a class he was forced into. He believes that the theatre life chose him
and he is certainly glad it did. He has worked in several theatres across
New Mexico and has participated in shows such as Other Desert Cities,
Blondie, Spamalot, Lord of the Dance, and many more.
Megan Thompson (Costume Designer) Megan is a fourth year Theatre Arts major with a focus in costume design. A Wrinkle in Time is her
second production at New Mexico State University after her stage design
debut with Other Desert Cities last semester. Other projects include
the short films For Future Reference, Buffalo, and Wolff’s Law. In her
not-so-free time, Megan directs and produces shows for her burlesque
troupe, The Strangeluvs Burlesque & Variety. She would like to thank
Deb Brunson for pushing her and inspiring her to be a better costume
designer and artist; Larissa for her creative vision and collaboration; and
her parents, for always believing in her and supporting her—mentally,
emotionally, and financially—so that she may pursue her dreams as a
costume designer and artist.
Anayssa Vasquez (Sound Desigener) Anayssa is a senior at New
Mexico State University. She will be graduating this December 2015
with a degree in Digital Film Making through the Creative Media Institute,
along with a minor in Theater and Psychology. Anayssa enjoys sound
designing, editing for digital film, and both film and digital photography.
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Dean Christa Slaton
PRODUCTION STAFF
Technical Director
Production Coordinator
David L. Hereford
Mike Wise
Theater Manager
Matt Reynolds
Scene Shop Foreman
James Jaworski
Costume Shop Manager
Guenevere McMahon
Assistant DirectorTiffany Tyson
Co-Movement Director
Caitlin Artrip
Scenic ArtistArianna Swinson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Madison Miller
Master Electricians
Ashley Barrera, Drew Kelley,
Brandon McCormick
Assistant Master Electrician
Shay Harris
Lighting Electricans
THTR 347 students
Light Board Operator
Alex Wheeler
Sound Board Operator
Pari Cox
Sound Microphone Operator
Luke Null
Stage Crew
Jacob Darmata, Dena Hurab, Aylin White, Kenny Williams
Set Construction
Jared Van Natta, CharliRay Rael, and THTR 141L & THTR 346
students
Costume Crew
Nichole Holguin, Robby Sciortino, Erica Valtierra
Costume Construction
Nichole Holguin, Dena Hurab,
Emily Romero, Maggie Jane
Simpson and THTR 142L Stu
dents & THTR 345 Students.
House Manager
Aidan Viscarra
House Crew
Pari Cox, Jacob Darmata, Dena
Aylin White, Kenny Williams
RESIDENT COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES
Claudia Billings holds a B.S. in Theatre and Dance from the University of Wyoming and
an M.A. in English Literature from NMSU. She currently teaches Introduction to Theatre
and Acting. She also acts and directs for ASTC at NMSU.
Jim Billings received an M.F.A. in Scenic Design from the California Institute of the Arts.
He has worked as a freelance designer around the country, and came to NMSU in 1985.
Design credits include design for dance, theatre, opera, industrials and museums. Jim was
awarded the Ralph B Crouch Award for “Outstanding contributions to the life of the NMSU
community.”
Deborah Brunson received a B.F.A. in Costume Design from The University of Alabama
in 1977, and an M.F.A. in Costume Design from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980.
She has been Resident Costume Designer at NMSU since 1988. She designs and fabricates for a variety of artistic areas.
Josh Chenard teaches Acting and Vocal Production at NMSU. A Certified Instructor of the
Michael Chekhov Technique and an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Josh
teaches workshops and Master Classes all over the country, including in New York City,
Boston, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. As a director, Josh has worked in a variety of educational and professional settings, most recently directing Our Town for ASTC at NMSU and
the Chicago premiere of Michael Lluberes’ Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers.
David L. Hereford received his B.F.A. in Theatre from UNM in 1978. He spent five summers at the Santa Fe Opera and a summer in the props shop at the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival in Ashland, Oregon, as well as being the Props Master at the Manitoba Theatre
Centre in Winnipeg, and a scenic carpenter at the Denver Center Theatre Company.
Wil Kilroy joins NMSU from Maine where he was Chair and Professor of Theatre at the
University of Southern Maine. At USM he directed dozens of plays and musicals including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Laramie Project which were invited to Kennedy
Center regional festivals. Wil has worked nationally as an actor, with roles ranging from
Steve in Becky’s New Car to Laertes in Hamlet, and on TV productions such as All My
Children and Babylon Five, and is an annual alumni guest artist with The State Ballet of
Rhode Island. As the co-founder of the National Michael Chekhov Association, Wil has
taught nationally and internationally. Wil was awarded the Kennedy Center bronze medallion for achievement in Theatre Education in 2014.
Larissa Lury is a director, actor, acrobat, and teacher. At NMSU, in addition to teaching and directing, she heads the American Southwest Children’s Theatre Company. She
directs and workshops plays in NYC and regionally, focusing primarily on the development
of new plays, two of which were nominated for (and one of which won) Best Play from the
San Diego Critics Circle following the productions she directed. She was recently selected
to be one of the inaugural recipients of the National Directors Fellowship. She was a
Resident Director at Ensemble Studio Theatre from 2008-09, is a member of the Lincoln
Center Theater Directors Lab, and an Affiliated Artist with New Georges. MFA, UC San
Diego. BS, Northwestern University.
RESIDENT COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES
James Jaworski comes from Buffalo, NY. Jim is a regionally-recognized artist and
bowl maker and spends his “free time” making bowls and finding lumber.
Guenevere McMahon has worked as an independent artist and craftsperson in the
areas of fine art, art-to-wear garments for galleries and private clients, and designed
and produced her own line of handbags. She holds a B.A. in Government and a Master of Public Administration, both from NMSU.
Megan McQueen is a proud graduate of NMSU, earning a Bachelor of Music degree
with a minor in theater and a Master of Arts in Education. During her undergraduate
studies, she began professional work for various theater companies and arts organizations as an actress, producer, director, stage manager, and arts administrator in
New Mexico, Texas, and Pennsylvania. After graduating, she continued this work,
largely in Massachusetts. Megan has been teaching music and theater in Las Cruces
since 2004, notably at Alma d’arte Charter High School and Centennial High School.
Matt Reynolds designs lighting and sound for theatres around the country. In addition to his alma maters, Indiana University (B.A. ’08) and Michigan State University
(M.F.A. ’12), his work has been enjoyed at Phoenix Theatre, Cardinal Theatre, and
Brown County Playhouse, among others. He has taught theatrical practices for
Indiana University, Michigan State University, Michigan Educational Theatre Association, Lansing Media Theatre Project, and Kennedy Center American College Theatre
Festival. Outside of teaching and design, Matt dedicates his time to his loving wife
of thirteen years, Mollie, his 7-year-old daughter, Lucy, and to his two year old son,
Hugo Craig Reynolds.
Tom Smith received his B.A. from Whitman College and his M.F.A. from University
of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the author of numerous plays produced nationally and
internationally, and has directed plays from New York to Walla Walla, Washington.
He is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild.
William Storm teaches theatre history, dramatic literature, and theory. He is the
author of After Dionysus: A Theory of the Tragic and Irony and the Modern Theatre,
along with plays and essays in literary criticism and drama theory. He is co-director
and dramaturg for the High Desert Play Development Workshop and was literary
manager of the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
Michael Wise received his B.A. from UC-Santa Barbara, and has been working
professionally in theatre for the past 35 years. He has worked for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Bathhouse Theatre Company, A Contemporary Theatre, The
Seattle Group Theatre, Intiman, lo-fi productions, The Las Cruces Community Theater, The Empty Space Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Mt. Hood Repertory Theater, The Player’s Guild, New City Theater and the Seattle Childrens Theatre.
He is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
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ASTC at NMSU
2015 – 2016 SEASON
THE EFFECTS OF GAMMA RAYS ON
MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS
By Paul Zindel
Sept. 25 - Oct. 11, 2015
A WRINKLE IN TIME
Adapted by John Glore from the book by
Madeleine L’Engle
Oct. 30 & 31, 2015
Director’s Circle ($3,499 - $2,000)
FRANKENSTEIN by R.N. Sandberg
Nov. 20 - Dec. 6, 2015
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PURPLE BREASTS by Daryl Lindstrom
Jan. 22 - 23, 2016
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IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
By Caridad Svich based on the novel by
Julia Alvarez
Feb. 26 - March 812 2016
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert
and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
April 22 - May 8, 2015
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From the ASTC Board President
Now is a very special moment for the American Southwest Theatre Company. The current
season marks the thirty-year anniversary of the
founding of ASTC and we are honoring the occasion throughout the year. On January 30, 2016
please join us for a grand celebration that will
salute the legacy of the Company and the Board
of Trustees. You will not want to miss this evening of theatrical entertainments with invited guests who founded and have been part of
ASTC productions over these past three decades. From Crimes of
the Heart, produced by ASTC to begin the 1984-85 season, right up
through this fall’s Marigolds, A Wrinkle in Time, and Frankenstein,
there will be plenty of opportunities to remember favorite shows from
past seasons while saluting the Company’s legacy.
A primary mission of the ASTC Board is to raise funds for hiring professional guest artists to direct, design, or perform alongside our
students. The guest artist program has been fundamental from the
beginning. During this anniversary year, however, ASTC is expanding
its range of support for NMSU Theatre Arts in significant ways. First,
the Board will fund the residency of one of the two playwrights who will
be with us in March to develop a new play under the auspices of the
department’s High Desert Play Development Workshop. Second, the
Board is initiating a competitive program for assisting with educational
student travel for theatre arts majors who wish to attend a conference,
audition for a graduate program, or, in cases where a Theatre Arts
production is chosen for national competition, have help with transportation to regional judging.
Please do join us for the 30 Year Anniversary Celebration on January
30 and for the popular Broadway Today musical performance on February 12, 2016. If you are interested in being part of the ASTC Board
of Trustees, by all means give us a call or join with me and other
Board members at a meeting this fall.
William Storm, Board President, ASTC
ASTC Board of Trustees
President:
Dr. William Storm
Managing Director/
Treasurer: Wil Kilroy
Vice President:
Denise Welsh
Producing Director:
Tiffini Reimann
Secretary:
Megan McQueen
Donna Alden
Bill Brogan
Mike Cook
Gina Eidel
James Gerwels
Roanna St. Clair
Dr. Jennifer Hodges Deborah Storm
Barb Elliot Ross Caroline Williams
ASTC RESIDENT COMPANY / NMSU
THEATRE ARTS FACULTY / STAFF
Wil Kilroy
Professor/Department Head/Managing Director
Claudia Billings
College Associate Professor
Jim Billings
Scenic and Lighting Designer
Deborah Brunson
Costume Designer
Josh Chenard
Assistant Professor
Cumy Gower
Fiscal Assistant
David Hereford
Technical Director
Jim Jaworski
Scene Shop Foreman
Larissa Lury
Assistant Professor
Guenevere McMahon
Costume Designer
Megan McQueen
College Assistant Professor
Tiffini Reimann
Administrative Assistant/Producing Director
Matt Reynolds
Theater Manager/Sound and Lighting Designer
Tom Smith
Professor/High Desert Co-Director
Dr. William Storm
Professor/High Desert Co-Director
Michael Wise
Production Manager
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Mark and Stephanie
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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Caitlin Artrip
Veronica Bissell
Parigrynne Cox
Heather Hosford
Josh Horton
Torrie Hughes
Megan Thompson
Cameron Lang
Ashley Vargas
Madison Miller Stephanie Vasquez
Austin Parrish
Fonseca
Robby Sciortino
Alex Wheeler
Palma Tavenner
OTHER LOCAL PRODUCTIONS
Las Cruces
Community Theatre
Shrek the Musical
December 4-20
No Strings
Theatre Company
On Golden Pond
Nov. 20-Dev 6
Please join us for this special fundraiser for
American Southwest Theatre Company
and Breast Cancer Awareness
Purple Breasts:
One Woman’s Journey
Through Breast Cancer
A play directed by Wil Kilroy
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January 22 & 23, 2016
ASNMSU Center for the Arts
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