Secrets from the Borne Sattlee
THE ACTORS
JADAV CYR
JINESS HELLAND
AVERY HUNT
KELSEY JONES
MICHAELSON MUSA
La Llorona (Mexican Folk Song)
performed by ..................... TRIANA HERNADEZ CASTI LLO
Sound Composition .............................. DR. HUGO SOLIS
Drums .......................................... CARLOS BISCHOFF
(Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City )
The poem "Courtney Love" by Robert L. Pen ick is
used with the author 's permission . Please check out his
web site at: https://www.theartofmercy.net/
THE DESIGN TEAM
Director ...................................................... ...... Kathryn Bracht
Production Manager ......... .................................... William Hales
Design Coordination ... ........... ............ ....... ......... Wes D. Pearce
Scenic Carpenter - Props Builder .. ......................... Mason Roth
Design Coordination - Head of Wardrobe ..... ... ... Cathy Mearns
Lighting Designer .................. ................ ..... Kennedy Sembaliuk
Fight Choreography ............... ............. ........... Ryland Alexander
THE CREW
Stage Manager ....... ..................... ....... .... ... .............. Rachel Butt
Assistant Stage Manager ............ ..... Triana Hernandez Castillo
Assistant Stage Manager ....... ....... .... ....... ... ... ...... Karlee Rabby
Lighting Technician ............ ................. ................. Oscar Burdick
Lighting Technician ......... ... .. ...... .... ..... .... .......... ...... Teddy Bison
THE ONSTAGE FILM CREW
Camera Direction - Mr. Cameraman ............ Thomas Gallagher
Camera Wrangler ....................... .... .......... .... ... . Rachel Walliser
THE PRODUCTION STAFF
Theatre Department Head ............... ................... William Hales
Production Administrative Assistant ... ................... Rita Racette
Publicity ... .. ..... ..... ............... ..... .... ......... .. ... Hannah MacMurchy
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
SECRETS FROM THE BORNE SETTEE began as an exploration of famous
love stories, and evolved into a work-in-progress that investigates the
impact fame, money, art, history and politics can have on the human heart.
As we rehearsed, it continued to evolve into an inquiry around how relationships
can be monetized and shaped by the media. Rather than celebrating
romance, SECRETS FROM THE BORNE SETTEE peeks into the lives of the
famous and highlights moments that have led us to investigate these ideas.
For the Theatre Department, this is the first time a devised piece of theatre
has been taken out of the classroom and presented as part of our theatre
season. This has been both challenging and exhilarating, as it's an organic
process that requires flexibility, the risk of failure, and the opportunity to create
a theatre experience that is dynamic and new. For this, I owe my colleagues
and students a huge debt of gratitude for saying yes to this creative
journey into the unknown.
The process of creating this show is loosely based on the creative practice of
the American theatre company Tectonic Theatre. Actor, writer, and company
member Andy Paris describes the work of devising and creating theatre as a
series of 'moments'. These moments can be anywhere from a few seconds
long to several minutes or longer and are not restricted to a traditional narrative
with a beginning, middle, and end. More often than not, these devised
moments seek to reach us in other ways - metaphorically, poetically, through
images - and often engage the audience as participants, helping to define the
meaning-making of the production. The moments are then framed with a post
-modern approach rather than following a traditional storyline. After an extremely
truncated process of creating and devising, the moments you will see
tonight are those we felt best supported the themes we're exploring.
We've also been very fortunate to collaborate in two areas - with digital artist
Dr. Hugo Solis, who will be live-streaming the sound for the show from Mexico
City, and with fourth year film student Thomas Gallagher, who is filming
the action live onstage and will be streaming the show live online on closing
night. This international and inter-departmental collaboration is also a first for
our department.
SECRETS FROM THE BORNE SETTEE is not finished. We see this as a
wonderful artistic opportunity to expand and move forward with some solid
creative ideas, and to begin to train our students as critical thinkers and creative
theatre artists. We've provided several opportunities to receive your feedback
on our work thus far, so we can return to the studio to revise, devise,
and develop the project further in the future. After our final performance the
cast and crew will be responding on twitter to those from afar who have
viewed it online. Please visit thebomesettee.com for more information!
We look forward to hearing from you,
Kathryn Bracht
