{"id":1933,"date":"2019-09-27T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-theater-and-dance\/?page_id=1933"},"modified":"2024-07-29T17:40:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:40:54","slug":"2019-student-productions-for-family-fest-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/events\/pastseasons\/2019-student-productions-for-family-fest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Productions for Family Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>I&#8217;m Going to Go Back There Someday&nbsp;<\/em> by Asher de Forest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-26-at-3.33.44-PM-300x165.png\" alt=\"Clipart image of a car in the belly of a whale\" class=\"wp-image-1942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-26-at-3.33.44-PM-300x165.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-26-at-3.33.44-PM-768x422.png 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-26-at-3.33.44-PM-1024x562.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m Going to Go Back There Someday<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by <strong>Asher de Forest &#8217;21<\/strong> is a comedy about grief. Garry, a young man grieving his father\u2019s recent passing, embarks on a road trip to meet his sperm donor. Garry is accompanied by his younger sister Rachel, his girlfriend Joni, and his best friend and ex-boyfriend Mohammed, each navigating relationships, grief, and the road. Interspersed with this narrative are scenes from Mohammed\u2019s in-progress graphic novel, in which Pinocchio, the biblical Jonah, and Kipling\u2019s shipwrecked mariner&nbsp;kibitz inside the belly of a whale.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This performance will be a half hour selected reading. Content Warning: Death of a parent and comic violence.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 11-12, 2019<br>Huber-Seikaly Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kiran Arquin<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Garry Feldman<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ruby Rich<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rachel Feldman<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kalala Kiwanuka-Woernle<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joni Johnson<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ndunzi Kunsunga<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mohammed Ben Halim<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jennings Mergenthal<\/span><\/td><td>Puppet<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rachel Warshaw<\/span><\/td><td>Prophet<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jesse Claire<\/span><\/td><td>Mariner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asher de Forest<\/span><\/td><td>Stage Directions<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selected Scenes from <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Naomi Wallace<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-26-at-3.33.29-PM-300x154.png\" alt=\"Image of bridge with title over it\" class=\"wp-image-1943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-26-at-3.33.29-PM-300x154.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-26-at-3.33.29-PM-768x394.png 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/theater-and-dance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-26-at-3.33.29-PM-1024x526.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dalton and Pace are two teenagers exploring their sexuality in a tragedy-struck, desolate rural town during the Great Depression. The play is a surreal exploration of the intersection of rural working-class identity and sexual discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Content Warning: contains vivid descriptions of violence and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 11-12, 2019<br>Huber-Seikaly Theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast &amp; Crew:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Alexandra Whitman<\/td><td>Director, choreographer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alice Endo<\/td><td>Designer, technical director<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anna Schloerb<\/td><td>Sound board operator<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rachel Kan<\/td><td>Light board operator<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jessica Yates<\/td><td>Pace Creagan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eleanor Grinnell<\/td><td>Dalton Chance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alex Poletti<\/td><td>Chas Weaver<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Going to Go Back There Someday&nbsp; by Asher de Forest I\u2019m Going to Go Back There Someday by Asher de Forest &#8217;21 is a comedy about grief. 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