|
|
ABOUT GODSPELL
TOUR SCHEDULE
MEET THE CAST & CREW
READ OUR BLOG
PHOTO GALLERY
PUBLICITY/PRESS KITS
CHURCH RESOURCES
BOOKING: 260-359-4357
EMAIL
PAUL HIRSCHY
THE ARTS AT HU
BUILD-A-BROCHURE
FREE DVD ABOUT HU
VISIT OUR CAMPUS
SUPPORT OUR TOUR
|
Meet the Cast &
Crew
(Click on images for
high-resolution files)
|
|
Matthias Austin
(Jesus)
is a junior
theatre performance major from Wheaton, Illinois. He played
Jesus in the 2007 summer tour of Godspell. Matthias has
been seen on the HU stage as Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Professor Bhaer in Little Women: The Musical,
Tom in The Glass Menagerie, Arthur Roeder in Radium
Girls, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, the Royal
Cricket Keeper in The Royal Cricket of Japan, and the
Court Attorney in Trifles. In addition, he has been a
member of the ensemble in Shakesperience! Matthias is a
member of Alpha Psi Omega, the National Honorary Theatre
Society.
|
|
Phil Black
(Ensemble)
is a sophomore
theatre performance major from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has been
seen on the HU stage as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, Berry/Martland in Radium Girls, and Knight in
Little Women: The Musical. Phil is a pledge for Alpha Psi
Omega. |
|
Alicia Bonham (Ensemble)
is a junior
theatre performance major and film studies minor from Upland,
Indiana. She played Gilmer/Herb in the 2007 summer tour of
Godspell. She has been seen on the HU stage as Titania in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ms. Wiley/Mrs. Michaels in
Radium Girls, Margaret Fletcher in I’m Not Stupid,
Clarissa/Ensemble in Little Women: The Musical, the Royal
Ant in The Royal Cricket of Japan, Meg MaGrath in
Crimes of the Heart, and Della (understudy) in Gift of
the Magi. She served as director for Gift of the Magi
and assistant stage manager for Little Shop of Horrors.
Alicia is a member of Alpha Psi Omega. |
|
Nathan Capriglione
(Lighting
Engineer/Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Technical Director)
is a junior
theatre design and technology major from Auburn, Indiana. For HU
productions, he served as the master electrician for Little
Women: The Musical, The Glass Menagerie, and
Little Shop of Horrors. He was the props master for
Crimes of the Heart and the flyman for The Royal Cricket
of Japan. He has been seen on the HU stage as Theseus in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream and in the One-Act Play Festival.
Nathan is a pledge for Alpha Psi Omega. |
|
Bethany Edlund (Ensemble)
is a sophomore
theatre performance and theatre design and technology double
major from Roanoke, Indiana. She has been seen on the HU stage
as Bev Davies in Graceland, Hippolyta in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream and Mrs. Kirk in Little Women: The Musical.
She served as stage manager for Radium Girls and
assistant stage manager for The Glass Menagerie. As a
high school student, she played Miss Darbus in Disney’s High
School Musical. |
|
Andrew Edmonds (Technical
Director/Stage Manager/Sound Engineer)
is a junior
theatre design and technology major from Beloit, Wisconsin. His
roles in HU productions include sound engineer for the 2007
summer tour of Godspell, sound designer for A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Little Women: The Musical,
and Broken Wings; master electrician for Radium Girls;
props master for Little Shop of Horrors; assistant
lighting designer for Crimes of the Heart; and technical
director for The Royal Cricket of Japan. |
|
Eric Geders (Ensemble)
is a junior
broadcasting major from Huntington, Indiana. He performed
throughout high school as a singer/dancer in the highly regarded
Huntington North Varsity Singers show choir. As a child, he sang
the part of Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors and
appeared in HU’s production of Fiddler on the Roof. He
has performed in Charlie’s Aunt, The Wiz, and various
improvisational skits. He is currently the radio station manager
of HU’s WQHU FUSE FM where he is one of the creators of the
Captain Bitter and the Bitter Boat radio series. |
|
Patrick Harding (Band)
is a senior
music business major from Avilla, Indiana. His experience at HU
includes his role as a musician for the summer 2007 tour of
Godspell and in the pit orchestra for Little Women: The
Musical and Wheels of a Dream. At HU, he has been a
member of Joyful Noise, the Student Activities Board, Student
Admissions Staff, and he has served as a worship leader at Good
Shepherd Church. His past experience includes playing in the
Godspell band for Gaslight Playhouse. |
|
Lindsay Rae Hoops
(Ensemble) is
a sophomore theatre performance major from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
She has been seen on the HU stage as Moth the Fairy in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the summer of 2007, she
performed as a Milkmaid and Dancing Plate in the Fort Wayne
Civic Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast. In
high school, she played Aida in Aida, Jessie Mae Watts in
Trip to Bountiful, and Higgin’s Servant in My Fair
Lady. |
|
Pat Irick
(Music
Director)
is a freshman
music education major from Huntington, Indiana. His HU credits
include being a musician for the summer 2007 tour of Godspell
and being the voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors.
He serves as a keyboardist and guitarist in the worship band at
College Park United Brethren Church. In high school, he was a
vocal member of the highly regarded Huntington North Varsity
Singers show choir, a member of the Huntington North Varsity
Chamber Singers, and the Huntington North concert band. |
|
Kristen Lynne Kohaut (Ensemble/Dance
Captain/Assistant Choreographer)
is a 2008
theatre performance graduate from Mount Olive, New Jersey.
During her time at HU, she was involved in the summer 2006 tour
of Godspell as part of the ensemble, Crimes of the
Heart as Babe, Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey,
Radium Girls as Grace, The Glass Menagerie as Laura,
Little Women: The Musical as Amy, 1940s Radio Hour
as Ginger, The Curious Savage as Florence, Graceland
as Rootie, Suppressed Desires as Henrietta, and in
the ensembles of Shakesperience!, Pippin, and
I, Faustus. She is a member of Alpha Psi Omega.
|
|
Peter Owens (John
the Baptist/Judas)
is a junior
Bible and religion major with a religion studies concentration
and a biblical languages minor from Indianapolis, Indiana. He
was part of the ensemble cast for the 2007 summer tour of
Godspell. On the HU stage, he has played Jim in The Glass
Menagerie, Tom/Reporter/Chef/Salesman in Radium Girls,
Ahpoo/Tumble in The Royal Cricket of Japan, and Harry in
When God Comes for Breakfast. Peter is a pledge for Alpha
Psi Omega.
|
|
Rebekah Posegate
(Ensemble/Band)
is a senior
theatre performance major from Lake Villa, Illinois. She was
part of the ensemble cast for the 2006 summer tour of
Godspell. She has been seen on the HU stage as Helena in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Aunt March in Little Women:
The Musical, Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Mrs. Hale in
Trifles, and Bernarda in The House of Bernarda Alba.
She also has served as director of Shakesperience! and
Gift of the Magi as well as stage manager for Little Shop
of Horrors. Rebekah is a member of Alpha Psi Omega. |
|
Zechariah Reuter
(Band)
is a sophomore
economics and finance major from South Whitley, Indiana. During
the 2007-2008 academic year, he played drums for the worship
band Preeminence at HU.
In
high school, he was part of the orchestras for Oklahoma!
and The Sound of Music. In addition, he has played for
worship teams of various churches for five years. |
 |
Ted Stavrou (Band)
is a junior
music business major from Greencastle, Pennsylvania. His
experience at HU includes his role as a musician for the summer
2007 tour of Godspell and a member of the pit orchestra
for Little Shop of Horrors. In high school, he was a cast
member of Crazy for You and Oklahoma!
|
| |
|
|
|
Meet the Faculty &
Staff
(Click on images for
high-resolution files)
|
|
Joshua Ryan Dawes
(Assistant
Director/Company Manager)
is a
first-year graduate student at Louisiana State University
studying acting. He is a 2006 graduate of HU with a Bachelor of
Science degree in English education. He was part of the ensemble
cast for the 2006 summer tour of Godspell. His other
theatre credits include In the Beginning, The Miracle, Sure
Thing: A Night of David Ives, Do Over, Oklahoma!, Cotton Patch
Gospel, The Bald Soprano, Mister Roberts, Into the Woods, Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Anna Karenina, Fiddler on
the Roof, Brigadoon, Sonny DeRee’s Life Flashes Before His Eyes;
I, Faustus; Escanaba in Da Moonlight; You Can’t Take It with
You; Arsenic and Old Lace; and Mr. Periwinkle’s Christmas
Party.
|
|
Brad DeYoung (Scenic
and Lighting Designer) is a 2008 theatre design and technology
graduate from Lansing, Illinois. He served as a technician for
HU’s 2006 and 2007 summer tours of Godspell. At HU, he
has been the technical director for A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Radium Girls, Crimes of the Heart, and I,
Faustus; master electrician for The Compleat Works of Wm
Shkspr Abridged and The Curious Savage; lighting designer
for Little Women: The Musical; The Royal Cricket of
Japan; Sure Thing; The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe; and The House of Bernarda Alba; scenic designer
for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakesperience! and
Waiting for Godot; sound designer for 1940s Radio Hour;
assistant scenic designer for Pippin; and assistant
lighting designer for Little Shop of Horrors.
|
 |
David Shamburger
(Director)
has worked
professionally as both actor and director and has taught theatre
at Middle Georgia College and University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Professor Shamburger has been a resident member of the Grandbury
Opera House in Texas, the Horse Cave Repertory Theatre in
Kentucky, Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (CAST) in Iowa, McLeod
Summer Playhouse in Illinois, and Saint Michael’s Playhouse in
Vermont. Professor Shamburger holds a Master of Fine Arts in
Musical Theatre from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where
he gained extensive training in classical acting, building on an
already great interest in performing and teaching Shakespeare.
At HU, he has directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Little Women: The Musical, Crimes of the Heart, Little Shop of
Horrors, Pippin, Curious Savage, 1940s Radio Hour,
and Shakesperience!
|
|
Kristi Shamburger
(Choreographer)
holds a Master
of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
and a Bachelor of Music degree from Baldwin-Wallace College in
Berea, Ohio. Kristi has traveled and performed across the
country working for such companies as Lyric Opera Cleveland,
Skylight Opera Theatre, Cumberland County Playhouse, Carousel
Dinner Theatre, The Barn Dinner Theatre, McLeod Summer
Playhouse, Saint Michael's Playhouse, and Opryland U.S.A. Some of
her favorite roles include Cleo in Most Happy Fella,
Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Reno Sweeney in Anything
Goes and Constance in King John. She also performed
in the Bellhop Review at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. At HU
she has been choreographer for Little Women: The Musical,
Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, 1940s Radio Hour;
I, Faustus; and Shakesperience! She also served
as director and scenic designer for Radium Girls and
musical director for Little Shop of Horrors. |
| |
|
|
|
Back to GODSPELL home >>> |
|
|
 |
