SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS Program
SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS
written by Bess Wohl
Directed by Casey Seymour Kim
DIRECTOR'S NOTE:
Thank you for attending Rhode Island College’s production of Small Mouth Sounds, by Bess Wohl.
“In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound and absurd, their vows of silence collide with the achingly human need to connect.” (synopsis)
Small Mouth Sounds is an unusual play that asks us to heighten our powers of observation – to pay attention to people who are struggling, observing the ridiculous ways in which we misunderstand each other, as well as the limited cultural vocabulary we have for mourning, grief, and healing.
Our team of student artists – both onstage and off – are doing a beautiful job of bringing Bess Wohl’s characters and their challenges to life. Their work allows us to follow these broken people as they search for answers to the pain that traps them, as well as struggle with the silence mandate that is meant to help them.
Many of us can appreciate a complicated relationship to silence. As we continue to stumble our way out of pandemic limitations, we may find ourselves avoiding silence, and its association with isolation. Or we may find ourselves choosing to stay in quiet and solitude in order to escape the noise and static that exist in our current public arena.
While poking gentle fun at the trappings of the silent retreat and the Zen-master instructor who guides the participants through this week, Wohl also asks us to consider what happens, what is revealed, when we take away speech? What boundaries are crossed, what space is violated? But also, what connections can be forged? What are the limitations of these connections? How do we find the patience and quiet to understand the struggles of other people as we figure out solutions to our own problems and fears?
Thank you again, for coming to see this show, and for celebrating the work of our theatre arts students, both cast and crew!
~ Casey SK
THE CAST: (in order of appearance)
- Jan - Perry Barkett
- Rodney - Chris DePina
- Ned - Nick Corsi
- Joan - Colleen Farrell
- Judy - Ashley L. Aldarondo Martinez
- Alicia - Sammy Schleifer
- Teacher - Mackenzie Richard
- Fred / Understudy - Matt Macy
- Voicemail Prompts / Understudy - Eliza Vecchiarelli
THE CREW:
- Technical Director - Alan Pickart
- Assistant Lighting Designer - Drew Bebko
- Intimacy Coordinator - Susie Schutt
- Stage Carpenter - Dustin Keenan
- Prop Master & Scenic Artist - Katryne Hecht
- Assistant Stage Managers - Lola Cassino & Jasmin Dowling
- Light Board Operator - Sara Almeida
- Sound Board Operator - Eliza Vecchiarelli
- Wardrobe & Make-up Crew - Elizabeth Seastrom
- Production Manager / SM Mentor - Nicole Brown Frechette Shaw
- Costume Shop Manager - Kerry Delagarza
- Assistant Costume Shop Manager - Leslie Ford
- Assistant Costume Shop Manager - Charlotte Burgess
- Costume Shop Workers - Aida Menacho Aliaga, Rachel Curti, Samantha Urbaez
- Costume Shop Lab Students - Aida Menacho Aliaga
- Poster Design - Elisha Iozzi
- Poster Printing - Red Blue Digital Imaging
- Managing Director of RIC Theatre - Nicole Brown Frechette Shaw
- Operations Manager - Robert M. Ferland Jr.
- Technical Director - Jonathan Rosa
- Event Manager and Video Content Producer - David B. Connors
- Administrative Assistant - Mak Holahan
- Box Office Sales and Marketing Manager - Paul Cotter
- Front of House Managers - Tyler Dorothy, Krissy Lemoi, Jenna Tremblay
- Box Office Student Assistants - Ashley Hein, Olivia Lancellotta, Abby McGough, Mackenzie Richard, Myranda Silva
- Technical/Front of House Assistants - Sara Almeida, Perry Barkett, Drew Bebko, Tessa Bellotti, Reegan Camire, Joseph Campasano, Sierra Candeias, Nicholas Corsi, Rebecca Devivo, Jasmin Dowling, Zee Garcia, Anthony Jimenez, Neil Lilley, Sara Mulligan, Madison Perez, Sofia Rosa, Shawn Simmons, Eliza Vecchiarelli
COMING ON THE MAINSTAGE....
- Songs by the Go-Go’s
- Based on the ‘The Arcadia’ by Sir Philip Sidney
- Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty / Adapted by James Mamgruder
- Directed by Bill Wilson
- Choreography by Angelica Vessella
- Music Direction by Scott Morency
ON THE GROWING STAGE...
Nothing is the End of the World (except for the end of the world)
by Bekah Brunstetter
- Directed by Eliza Vecchiarelli
- April 28th & 29th at 7:30pm
- April 30th at 1:00pm
In the near-distant future, an NYC charter school becomes the first to welcome artificially intelligent students. However, new AI students Olive and Godfrey receive a chilly welcome from the already self-conscious and stressed-out members of the Junior class. When a reality show swoops in to capture this social experiment on camera, the priorities and moralities of the student body are turned inside-out. At turns both droll and touching, this dark new play questions how we reconcile the thin line between our ever-improving technologies and what it means to be human.
Content warning: Explicit language
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
2022-2023 FULL-TIME THEATRE FACULTY
ALAN PICKART
Professor of Theatre
Technical Director/Designer
CASEY SEYMOUR KIM
Professor of Theatre
BILL WILSON
Assistant Chair of the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance
Professor of Theatre
Director of Musical Theatre
THEATRE ADJUNCT FACULTY
MATTHEW BRETSCHNEIDER
JEFF CHURCH
RENE CSIGAY
LESLIE FORD
PATRICIA HAWKRIDGE
KATRYNE HECHT
LILA KANE
STEPHEN PENNELL
ALEXANDRA RICKOFF
NICOLE BROWN FRECHETTE SHAW
FRANK TOTI
RIC VOICE TEACHERS
LINDA BARBIERI
VAUGHAN BRYNER
TERESA COFFMAN
RENE DE LA GARZA
GEORGETTE HUTCHINS
DON ST. JEAN
FLO ST. JEAN
STANLEY WILSON
RIC DANCE TEACHERS
JESSICA PEARSON
NICOLE SPEAR
JOSHUA TAUSON
ANGELICA VESSELLA
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