Current Students

They Alone Know

Spring 2016
Project Type: Senior Capstone Project
Student Contributors:

• Daniel Maseda ’16 — Adapted and performed

• Russell Goldman ’17 — Director

• Nola Werlinich ’17 — Scenic Designer

• Sofie Somoroff ’18 — Costume Designer

• Maia Nelles-Sager ’17 — Lighting Designer

• Miranda Gohh ’17 — Sound Designer

Ida

Spring 2015
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Katherine Malczewski ’15 — Adapted and performed

• Cicily Clare Gruber — Animation Designer

• Hanako Rodriguez — Costume Designer

• Maia Nelles-Sager — Lighting Designer

The Visiting Room

Spring 2015
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Sara Guernsey ’15 — Created and performed

• Melanie Parziale — Scenic and Props Designer

• Miranda Haymon — Costume Designer

• Tawni Stoop — Lighting Designer

• Michael Edwards — Sound Designer

Starfall

Spring 2015
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Grace Herman-Holland ’15 — Director

• Max Luton — Music Director

• Silas Newman — Set Designer

• Brendan Coakley — Lighting Designer

• Addie McDowell — Costume Designer

• Jason Wangsadinata — Sound Designer

The Serpent

Fall 2014
Project Type: Senior Capstone Project
Student Contributors:

• Sivan Battat ’15 — Director

• Cara Sunberg — Set Designer

• Sofie Somoroff — Costume Designer

• Ben Zucker — Sound Design / Music Direction

• Rachel Leicher — Lighting Designer

Until We Get It Right

Spring 2014
Project Type: Senior Thesis Staged Reading
Student Contributors:

• Natalie Sacks ’14 — Writer and Director

A La Ronda / To the Circle

Spring 2014
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Claire Whitehouse ’14 — Adapter and Director

• Hanako Rodriguez ’15 — Scenic Designer

• Addison McDowell ’16 — Costume Designer

• Ariella Axelbank ’14 — Lighting Designer

Fire + Bone

Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Lily Haje ’13 — Director

• Strattor Coffman — Lead Space Designer

• Aaron Khandros — Space Designer

• Angela Goldman — Space Designer

• Ariella Axelbank — Space Designer

• Bennett Kirshner — Space Designer

• Paulie Lowther — Space Designer

• Jenna Weinstein — Costume Designer

• Ben Zucker — Sound Designer

Super Frog Saves Tokyo

Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Tessa Young ’13

The Kindness of Strangers

Project Type: Senior Thesis Production — Solo Performance
Student Contributors:

• Emily A. Hunt ’13

• Dominique Moore ’14 — Scenic Designer

• Ariella Axelbank ’14 — Lighting Designer

• Paulie Lowther ’13 — Costume Designer

The Tempest

Fall 2012
Project Type: Senior Thesis Project
Student Contributors:

• Nicholas Orvis ’13 — Writer / Director

• Emeline Finckel ’14 — Scenic Designer

• Rachel Leicher ’15 — Lighting Designer

• Tessa Young ’13 — Mask Designer

• Christine Treuhold ’13 — Sound Designer

Lift Your Head

Fall 2011
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Sarah Wolfe ’12

• Tessa Young ’13 — Designer

• Sarah Corey ’15 — Costume Construction

• Ross Firestone ’12 — Assistant Lighting Designer

Devotedly, Sincerely Yours: The Story of the USO

Spring 2011
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Samantha Joy Pearlman ’11 — Writer / Director / Choreographer

• Ian Coss ’11 — Music Director

• Kimberly Prosise ’11 — Costume Designer

• Dakota Gardner ’11 — Lighting Designer

Our Day Will Come

Fall 2009
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Ariela Rotenberg ’10

• David B. Jaffe — Director

• Dakota Gardner ’11 — Scenic Designer

• Dakota Gardner ’11 — Lighting Designer

Have At You Now!

Spring 2009
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Sean Chin ’09 — Conceived and choreographed

Fefu and Her Friends

Spring 2009
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Gedney Barclay ’09 — Director

• Greg Soros ’10 — Set Designer

• Elizabeth Collector ’09 — Costume Designer

• Anna Martin ’09 — Lighting Designer

Happy Days

Fall 2008
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Annie Palladino ’09

• Gedney Barclay ’09 — Director

• Ian Agoos ’10 — Scenic Designer

• Ian Agoos ’10 — Lighting Designer

Ghost Vaudevillians on the Summerland Circuit

Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Kieran Kredell ’08 — Writer / Director

• Ian Agoos ’10 — Scenery

• Silvie Deutsch ’09 — Costumes

• Matt Bush ’09 — Lighting Designer

A Journey Around My Room

Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Emmalee Riegler ’08 — Director

• Emily Gallivan ’08 — Scenic Designer

• Lindsay Wright ’10 — Costume Designer

• Danica Pantic ’09 — Lighting Designer

We Can’t Reach You, Hartford

Spring 2007
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Jess Chayes ’07 — Director

• Nick Benacerraf ’08 — Scenic Designer

• Andrea Lipsky-Karasz ’08 — Costume Designer

• Greg Malen ’07 — Lighting Designer

Bridge of San Luis Rey

Spring 2006
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Rebecca Josue ’06 — Director

• Michael Kerns ’06 — Scenic Designer

• Jessica Lane ’06 — Costume Designer

• Francesca Geiger ’07 — Lighting Designer

• David Haan ’06 — Lighting Designer

Labyrinths

Spring 2006
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Lillian Whitsitt ’06 — Director

• Zachary Bruner ’08 — Scenic Designer

• Sara Ross ’06 — Scenic Designer

• Andrea Lipsky-Karasz ’08 — Costume Designer

• Greg Malen ’07 — Lighting Designer

Peripeteia

Fall 2005
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Joshua Lubin-Levy ’06

• Kaneza Schaal ’06

The Terrible Parable of Leni Reifenstahl

Fall 2004
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Christopher E. Kaminstein ’05 — Director

• Benh Zeitlin ’04 — Music and Lyrics

• Ray Tintori ’06 — Set Designer

• Rob Leitzell ’06 — Set Designer

• Rebecca Lipman ’06 — Lighting Designer

• Charlie Morris ’06 — Costume Designer

Natalida Notebook

Spring 2003
Project Type: Senior Thesis Production
Student Contributors:

• Andrea Wilson ’03 — Director

• Mikey Feinberg ’03 — Scenic Designer

• Zoe Levy ’03 — Costume Designer

• Ata Suanda ’03 — Lighting Designer

Awarded annually to the student who, in the estimation of the theater faculty, has contributed most to theater at Wesleyan over the course of their undergraduate career.

Awarded to the senior theater major who, through their work in the Theater Department, has done a significant service in the community.

Established in 1997 with gifts from family and friends in memory of J.Peter Adler ’90, the J.Peter Adler Memorial Fund provides two awards per year to support a student theater production: one in the fall and one in the spring semester. An avid theater lover, J.P. participated in Second Stage while at Wesleyan as a non-theater major. He died suddenly in 1995. The Adler Fund is awarded with preference to first-time directors of non-academic theater productions and, whenever possible, to non-theater majors. The fund may also support student theater productions associated with the Theater Department or other entities, such as senior thesis productions.