The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Performance Dates: March 1-2, 7-8
Performance Times: 7:30 pm
Performance Location: Tremper Studio Theater (Room 120)
Synopsis: Frowzy, acid-tongued Beatrice Hunsdorfer, supporting herself and her two daughters by taking in a decrepit old boarder, wreaks a petty vengeance on everybody around her. One daughter, Ruth, is a pretty but highly strung girl subject to convulsions, while the younger daughter, Matilda ("Tillie"), plain and almost pathologically shy, has an intuitive gift for science. Encouraged by her teacher, Tillie undertakes a gamma ray experiment with marigolds that wins a prize at her high school—and also brings on the play’s shattering climax. Proud and yet jealous, too filled with her own hurts to accept her daughter’s success, Beatrice can only maim when she needs to love and deride when she wants to praise. Tortured, acerbic, slatternly, she is as much a victim of her own nature as of the cruel lot that has been hers. And yet, as Tillie’s experiment proves, something beautiful and full of promise can emerge from even the most barren, afflicted soil. This is the timeless lesson of the play and the root of its moving power and truth.
Cast
Alexa Zakutansky
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Beatrice Hunsdorfer
Becca Borchardt
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Tillie Hunsdorfer
Gabriella Gulbranson
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Ruth Hunsdorfer
Rachel Fischer
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Janice Vickery
Kendra Richter
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Nanny
Crew
Julie Erickson
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Director
Luke Walaszek
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Assistant Director and Building Crew
Caleb Young
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Assistant Director and Lighting Technician
Brad Neu
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Technical Director
Jacob Dorst
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Stage Manager
Taylor Sandahl
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Properties Master and Costume Changer
Nina Zand
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Sound Technician
Shawn Dorr
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Running Crew and Building Crew
Justin Gordon
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Running Crew
Cristian Gomez
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Building Crew
Kevin Landgraf
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Building Crew
Benjamin Lee
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Building Crew
Matt Vorwald
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Building Crew