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Anton In Show Business
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2006-2007 Season - Fall Production
November 3, 4, 5, and
November 9, 10, 11
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Play Description
The fall production, Anton in Show Business, by Jane Martin, will be directed by newly-hired Assistant Professor of Theatre, Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson. Described as a “savvy, savage backstage comedy,” the play was a hit at the 24th Humana Festival of New American Plays in 2000, and the winner of the 2001 American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award. Anton… is a fast-paced and remorseless look into the world of theatre. A self-centered television actress, a jaded New Yorker, and an enthusiastic ingénue are brought together for an ill-fated production of Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters in San Antonio, Texas. The play proceeds to skewer incompetent producers, idiot directors, surgically beautified actors, crass sponsors, self-important critics, and even the sacred topic of multiculturalism, and satirizes, celebrates, and challenges the importance of theatre as an art form today. Production dates are: Nov. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 at 8pm, and Nov. 5 at 2pm.
Our sincere thanks to all who auditioned and/or indicated interest in backstage work.
Production Team
| Director | Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson2 | |
| Set Designer | Todd Meyers2 | |
| Costume Designer | Debi Iams3 | |
| Lighting Designer | Tommy Aiello2 | |
| Technical Director | Wes Abbott2 | |
| Stage Manager | Dale Vick1 | |
| ASM | Mary Kate Bansley1 | |
| ASM | Sarah Clinch1 | |
| Dramaturg | Rochelle Arjmand1 | |
| Assistant to Dramaturg | Vicky Knoke1 | |
| Sound Research | Amber David1 | |
| Dresser | Teresa Davenport1 | |
| Props Master | Ross Kelley2 | |
| Running Crew (scene changers) | Yadvinder Singh Bhullar1 Rodrigo Haro1 |
Cast
| T-Anne/Andwyneth | Myaa Fallon1 | |
| Actress #2 (Kate, Jackey) | Colleen Kabbes1 | |
| Actress #3 (Ralph, Wikewitch) | Meghan Askew | |
| Casey | Alicia Artner1 | |
| Lisabette | Heather Bean1 | |
| Holly | Gretchen Ross1 | |
| Joby | Elizabeth Bapst1 | |
| Ben | Joey Cruse1 | |
| Joe Bob | John Spencer1 | |
| Don Blount | Nick Teeter1 |
1UIS Student
2UIS Staff/Faculty
3Springfield Community Member
UIS Theatre
Communication Program
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University Hall Building, Room 3018
217/206-6613
ethib1@uis.edu
Mailing Address:
UIS Theatre
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza, MS UHB 3010
Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
