Perspectives

I am in a member of the Class of 2023. I have a Neuroscience and Psychology double major with a Dance minor. This was my first time choreographing a modern piece! Thank you everyone for working with me to make my piece better! Especially Katharine, thank you so much for creating beautiful music even though I had a very vague idea of what my music should be!

Lu (They/Them/Theirs) ’22 studies Psychology and Theater and Dance at Macalester. They are grateful for the cast and production team to keep them company during this very lonely time. Special thanks to Wynn Fricke and Darrius Strong for helping Lu build up the piece; also thank Poojah the bun and Keen the cat for keeping Lu sane. 

I’m a junior here at Macalester, majoring in Neuroscience, Theater and Dance, and minoring in English. This is my first time performing with Macalester Theater, and despite the challenges that come with this being a virtual show, it’s been a blast working on this unique project! Special thanks to my dad and my aunt Ashley for their patience and flexibility during the (sometimes difficult) process. 

Aela Morris (she/her) ’22, is an English and Theater and Dance double major with a Spanish minor. She is super excited to be a part of her first production at Macalester and this strange new world of virtual theater. Thanks to everyone who spent hours on Zoom making this unique show happen!

Adam is a senior Theater and Dance major, Music Minor, and WGSS minor. This is his first show at Mac! Creating this show has been like nothing else he’s ever experienced. He is grateful for everyone for all their hard work and collaboration. 

Em Friedman is a senior Theater and Dance and Political Science major. They would like to thank Darrius, Bob, Tumelo, Mai, Eliot, Katharine, Gretta, Asher, Mina, Alice, Olivia, and Tom for their incredible work on this show. It has been a very creative process and having to film it from home was really enjoyable with such clever and enthusiastic guidance.

Holiday O’Bryan is a prospective International Studies major and hopes to minor in Political Science, Geology, and Dance. This is her first performance at Macalester, and she hopes you will enjoy the show. She’d like to thank her family, her friends, and the rest of this wonderful team. 

Alice is glad for the chance to collaborate again! They thank the department, Bob, and Darrius for making this show happen despite the odds. Alice is a junior, majoring in Theater and Dance with minors in Performance Design/Technologies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 

For Perspectives, Alice designed the lights and setting for pieces by Aela Morris, Faith Milon, Em Friedman, Lu Chen, and co-designed lights for Holiday O’Bryan with Olivia Nyman.

Olivia Nyman (they/them/theirs) is a junior Theater & Dance major with a Performance Design & Technologies minor. Perspectives is the first show they’ve designed for, and they’re excited to design more for the virtual and in-person stage. They would like to personally thank the rolling carts in the scene shop for making several perilous trips to get props, lights, and other technology to cast members throughout this production.

For Perspectives, Olivia designed the lights, setting, and props for pieces by Maria Arreola,  Kanon Nakajima, and co-designed lights for Holiday O’Bryan with Alice Endo.

My name is Gretta Marston-Lari (she/they). I am a Theater and Dance and Latin American Studies double major with a concentration in Human Rights and Humanitarianism. I was the technical assistant for this production. I would like to thank my mom for her endless love and support. And I dedicate my work to my Peru, for whom I grieve and to whom I will return with all the skills I’ve acquired in my artistry.

Kiran Arquin is a theater major in his year junior at Macalester. Though normally joining shows on the stage, he worked on sound design for this production and hopes everyone has an amazing time watching the work.

Asher de Forest is a senior Theater and Dance/English (Creative Writing) major from Kirkland, WA. Perspectives is his first show as a stage manager, and he thanks the department for the opportunity. Virtual hugs and thank you’s also to the cast, assistant choreographers, production team, Bob, Darrius, and Mina.

Lynn Farrington began a professional career in costume design at the Chimera Theater. She has been Resident Costume Designer and Costumer at Macalester College for over thirty years, and has designed over sixty main stage productions, numerous studio productions, and in more recent years has overseen department dance concerts as well.

Eliot Gray Fisher is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of performance and technology and co-director of ARCOS. He has composed music and designed sound for short and feature film, as well as theater and dance, created documentary and animated shorts, built interactive installations, and written and directed several theatrical productions.

Katharine Horowitz is a theatrical sound designer, composer and teaching artist in Minneapolis, MN. She has designed critically-acclaimed and award-winning shows for the Guthrie Theater, The Jungle Theater, History Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, Great River Shakespeare Festival, Second City Theatricals, and many others. Katharine is a professional member of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association, and a 2017 McKnight Theatre Artist Fellow at the Playwrights’ Center.

Mina is a scenic designer and a member of the Macalester faculty. In Minnesota she has worked with local theatres such as the Jungle Theater, Penumbra Theatre, and Theater Mu. Nationally, she has worked with theatres such as East West Players, Cornerstone Theater Company, Denver Center Theatre Company, and Artists Repertory Theatre.

Tom has been Technical Director, guest designer and instructor at Macalester since 1990.  Tom works extensively throughout the Twin Cities as a scenic and lighting designer. Recent designs include Avenue Q and Caridad Svich/Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits at Mixed Blood Theatre. Tom also has designed for Skylark Opera, Stages Theatre Company, and Edge of the Wilderness Players in Big Fork, MN.

Darrius Strong is a Twin Cities based dancer, choreographer, and instructor. His dance company, STRONGmovement, uses the universal language of dance, blending styles such as Hip hop, Ballet, Modern, and West African to tell stories related to society and humanity. Strong is a graduate of University of Minnesota (BFA 2015) and is currently faculty at University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Macalester College, St. Paul Conservatory Performing Arts High School and the TU Dance Center where he focuses on teaching dancers how to connect their identity to movement.

Bob Rosen is a director, performer and educator. His early influences included street theatre and circus work in Europe. He was a founding member of the internationally acclaimed Theatre de la Jeune Lune theatre company in Paris and Minneapolis in 1979, and served as co-Artistic Director from 1985 through 2005. Bob is a multi-dimensional theatre artist, credited with acting, writing, directing and/or lighting over 100 productions, with Jeune Lune and other companies.