2006 Minneapolis, MN- THE FALLS
Written by Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by Bill Rauch & Michael John Garcés
Commissioned by Guthrie Theater
Synopsis
Cornerstone Artistic Director Michael John Garcés and Cornerstone Founding Artistic Director Bill Rauch co-directed this new community-based play, written by Jeffrey Hatcher and inspired by Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner. Performed during the inaugural season of the new Dowling Studio at The Guthrie Theater. Set along the banks of the Mississippi River near St. Anthony Falls, Jeffrey Hatcher’s bittersweet comedy interweaves a half dozen storylines that follow a current of time that “flows forwards, backwards, and sometimes sideways.” Each of the stories was inspired by the people and histories of the six communities partnering on this project with the Guthrie and Cornerstone Theater Company. There are stories of students and families from Marcy Open School and Cedar-Riverside Community School; tales of business, tradition and change emerge from Nicollet Island, Kramarczuk’s Sausage Company and Our Lady of Lourdes Church; and the pleasure of tailgating parties for Vikings fans and picnics for everyone else through the centuries draw all the characters to the riverbanks where personal dramas unfold. Inspired by Thornton Wilder’s melancholic one-act, The Long Christmas Dinner, The Falls depicts the ongoing struggles of life in Minnesota as the play follows a course of life predicted by a Dakota chief at the signing of the first treaty at the falls: “People will come, people will go, bad will be replaced by good, good will be replaced by bad. Things will rise, and fall, and rise, and fall…and rise again".
Artistic Staff
Director - Bill Rauch
Co-Director - Michael John Garcés
Assistant Director - Vincent Tyser
Director's Rehearsal Assistant
Playwright - Jeffrey Hatcher
Mr. Hatcher's Assistant - Leigh Hvser
Dramaturg - Michael Bigelow Dixon
Set Designer - Christopher Acebo
Lighting Designer - Geoff Korf
Lighting Design Assistant - Ray Steveson
Costume Designer - Lynn Jeffries
Costume Design Assistant - Rebecca Ballas
Music Director - Andrew Cook
Sound Designer - Andrew Mayer
Sound Associate - Reid Rejsa
Voice and Dialect Coach - Lucinda Holshue
Movement - Marcela Lorca
Guthrie Artistic/Producing Staff
Artistic Director - Joe Dowling
Press Representative - Melodie Bahan
Production Services Manager - Mitch Baird
Production Director - Frank Butler
Artistic Administrator - Louise Chalfant
Stage Crwe Supervisor - Brian Crow
Costume Design Assistant - Amelia Cheever
Technical Director - Jeff Dennstaedt
Literary Director - Mihcael Bigellow Dixon
Sound Supervisor - Scott W. Edwards
House Management - Barbara Hesse
Production Office Coordinator - Sara L'Heureux
Costume Crew Supervisor - Susan Fick
Associate Prop Manager - Sarah Gullickson
Assistant Technical Director - Adriane Heflin
Literary Specialist/Librarian - Jo Holcomb
Scenic Artist - Michael Hoover
Production Stage Manager - Russell Johnson
Company Development Assistant - Jennifer LeGrand Reiter
Artistic Administrative Coordinator - Jennifer Liestman
Senior Dramaturg - Michael Lupu
Associate Artistic Director - John Miller-Stephany
Costume Design Assistant - Lynda Myers
Props Supervisor - Patricia Olive
Assistant Technical Director - Craig Pettigrew
Managing Director - Tom Proehl
Lighting Supervisor - Matt Reinert
Sound Associate - Reid Rejsa
Director of Theater Operations - David Russell
Costume Manager - Amy Schmidt
Assistant Production Director - James Scott
Director of Building Services - Dan Soltys
Publications Manager - Carla Steen
Director of Co-Development - Ken Washington
Stage Management, Company Management, Child Supervisors
Stage Manager - Christine Nelson
Assistant Stage Manager - Jody Gavin
Stage Management Intern - Julia Gallagher
Company Manager - Cindy Berg
Assistant Company Manager - Ben Olson
Company Management Intern - Jenna Bolland
Child Supervisor - Christine Webber
Cast
Sarah Agnew |
Mrs. Lindemann/Jasmine/Act 2 Tourist |
Leslie Ball |
Singer #1/Mrs. Vanstonling/Coll Artsy Woman |
Tamsen Brock |
Mrs. Janvier/Act One Tourist |
Antonia Brown |
Kitty (Marcy Student #2)/Viking Tailgater Kid/Cedar Riverside Student |
Chris Carlson |
Butcher/John (Viking Fan #3) |
Maggie Chestovich |
Mrs. Kramarczuk/Chelsea/Act Two Tourist |
Nicholas Christenson |
Max (Marcy Student #4)/Pioneer Boy/Viking Tailgater id |
Chango Cummings |
Addison (Marcy Student #5)/Native Boy/Engineer Boy |
DeAnna Cummings |
Cedar Riverside Teacher/Act One Tourist |
Nesra Cummings |
Sasha (March Student #1)/Viking Tailgater Kid/Cedar Riverside Student |
Michelle Gittens |
Singer #4/Mrs. Zelich |
Asma Haidara |
Aya/Pioneer Girl |
Shawn Hamilton |
The Preacher/Cop/Act Two Tourist |
Steve Hendrickson |
Father Hennepin/Priest/Doney |
Peter Howard |
Bill Kramarczuk/Viking Fan #1/Orest Kramarczuk/Act One Tourist |
Bishara Moallim |
Mariam at 18/Guthrie Hat Kid/Act One Tourist/Cedar Riverside Student |
Rokia Moallim |
Nimo at 18/Trapper Boy/Act One Tourist/Cedar Riverside Student |
Cole Nicholls |
Addison (Marcy Student #5)/Native Boy/Engineer Boy |
Clara Niiska |
Tour Guide/Native American Woman |
Arthur Noble |
Singer 3 |
Eleanor Noble |
Bronwyn (March Student #3)/Native Girl/Chelsea and John's Daughter |
Elizabeth O'Sullivan |
Lydia/Lisa/Act Two Tourist |
Jeany Park |
Chantha/Act One Tourist/Donkey |
Barbara June Patterson |
Mrs. Celargo/Act One Tourist |
Mykola Rieland |
Max (Marcy Student #4)/Pioneer Boy/Viking Tailgater Kid |
Isabel Rousmaniere |
Bronwyn (March Student #3)/Native Girl/Chelsea and John's Daughter |
Ned Rousmaniere |
Mr. Lindemann/Howard/Act Two Tourist |
Chris Steller |
Marcy School Teacher/Act Two Tourist |
Frannie Stoopes-Yoo |
Sasha (March Student #1)/Viking Tailgater Kid/Cedar Riverside Student |
Romanna Vasylevych |
Romanna, a bandura player |
Harry Waters Jr. |
Singer #2/Cool Artsy Man |
Regina Marie Williams |
Mariam/Mrs. Sinkford |
Robyn Ciera Williams |
Nimo/Robber Baron Boy |
Community Partners & Organizations
Guthrie Theater
Marcy Open School
Cedar Riverside Community School
Kramarczuk's Sausage Company
Our Ladies of Lourdes Church
Nicollet Island
Minnesota Viking's Fans
Press & Articles
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