Performance Programs
About the Production
Creative Team
Director
Malcolm Tulip
Costume Designer
Ellie Van Engen‡
Lighting Designer
Gabriela Ribeiro Znamensky‡
Properties Designer
Dallas Fadul‡
Student Dramaturg
Katy Dawson‡
Intimacy and Cultural Consultant
Raja Benz
Production Stage Manager
Frannie Walton
Cast
Hlestakov
Sam O’Neill
Osip
Vanessa Dominguez
Anton Antonovich
Fabian Rihl
Anna Andreyevna
Nova Brown
Marya Antonovna
Kristabel Kenta-Bibi
Dobchinsky
Nicola Troschinetz
Bobchinsky
Stephanie Reuning-Scherer
Grusha
Lyd Herrera
Judge
Drey’von Simmons
School Principal
Ty Lam
Hospital Director
Christine Chupailo
Postmaster
Sofía Maldonado Bojórquez
Doctor
Gabriel Sanchez
Inkeeper’s Wife/Grusha Understudy
Avery Ramsey
Ensemble
Chase Ra’Mel Phillips, Charlie Reyes, Mia Rivera, Giancarlo Santiago, Bennett Smith, Ben Van Dijk, Emmett Victorson, Jayden White, Sarah Zampella
Assistants to the Creative Team
Assistant Director
Gonzalo Delgado‡
Assistant Dramaturgs
Elianna Kruskal‡, Tate Zeleznik‡
Production & Running Crew
1st ASM Lindsay Robert
2nd ASMs Hannah Kryzhan, Benjamin Mehta, Gretchen Steever
Performance & Studio Manager Arie Shaw
Wardrobe & Light Board Operator Mackenzie Crawford
Department of Musical Theatre
SMTD LEADERSHIP
David Gier, Dean
Paul Boylan Collegiate Professor of Music
Department Chair
Cynthia Kortman Westphal
Department Manager/Artistic Administrator
Kathryn Pamula
Walgreen Events Manager
Nickie Smith
Studio and Performance Manager
Arie Shaw
Walgreen Office Coordinator
Tyler Brunsman
Faculty
Raja Benz, Jessica Bogart, Matt Bogart, Tyler Brunsman, Vincent J. Cardinal, Jason DeBord, Ron De Jesús, Maurice Draughn, Tyler Driskill, André Garner, Caroline Helton, Lisa Mayer, Eiji Miura, Sydney Morton, Chelsea Packard, Sara Randazzo, Lynne Shankel, Catherine A. Walker, Ann Evans Watson, Cynthia Kortman Westphal
University Productions Administrative Staff
Executive Director
Jeffrey Kuras
Administrative Specialist
Christine Eccleston
Administrative Assistant
Eli Stefanacci
Information Systems Manager
Henry Reynolds
Facilities Manager
Shannon Rice
Performance Halls House Manager
Kelley Krahn
Lead Backstage Operations Manager
Dane Racicot
Senior Backstage Operations Manager
David Pickell
Backstage Operations Managers
Tiff Crutchfield, Yvette Kashmer, Robbie Kozub
University Productions Production Staff
Interim Production Manager
Michelle Williams-Elias
Production Management Assistant
Briana Barker
Lead Technical Director (Walgreen)
Richard W. Lindsay Jr.
Theatrical Scenery Manager (Power)
Chad Hain
Lead Scenic Carpenter
Devin Miller
Scenic Carpenter
Heather Udowitz
Charge Scenic Artist
Beth Sandmaier
Associate Theatrical Paint Manager
Madison Stinemetz
Lead Prop Studio Manager
Patrick A. Drone
Associate Theatrical Properties Manager
Danielle Keys
Senior Properties Artisan
Dan Erickson
Properties Stock and Tech Coordinator
Kat Kreutz
Theatrical Lighting Manager
Heather Hunter
Associate Theatrical Lighting Manager
Jorrey Calvo
Sound Designer/Engineer
Henry Reynolds
Senior Costume Shop Manager
Laura Brinker
Assistant Costume Shop Manager
Leslie Ann Smith
Wardrobe Manager
Alli Switalski
Lead Cutter/Draper
Tj Williamson
Cutter/Drapers
Sarah Havens, Lani Tortoriello
Stitchers
Mag Grace, Rene Plante
Lead Costume Crafts Artisan
Elizabeth Gunderson
Costume Stock Manager
Theresa Hartman
Theatrical Hair and Makeup Manager
Brittany Crinson
Staff Mentors
Staff Mentors Laura Brinker, Brittany Crinson, Patrick Drone, Chad Hain, Heather Hunter, Richard W. Lindsay, Beth Sandmaier
Faculty Advisors
Costume Design Advisor
Sarah M Oliver
Lighting Design Advisor
Jess Fialko
Stage Management Advisor
Jenn Rae Moore
Resources
Premiered May 1836 at the Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Government Inspector will be presented with one intermission.
Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break. As a courtesy to others, please turn off cellular phones and pagers and refrain from texting during the performance. Photography, audio recording, and videotaping of any kind are not permitted.
The performers in this production are students in the Department of Musical Theatre. The designers for this production are students, faculty, and/or guests of SMTD. Scenery, costumes, properties, sound, and lighting were realized by the students and staff of University Productions, the producing unit of SMTD. Thank you for supporting our educational mission.
Anishinaabeg gaa bi dinokiiwaad temigad manda Michigan Kichi Kinoomaagegamig. Mdaaswi nshwaaswaak shi mdaaswi shi niizhawaaswi gii-sababoonagak, Ojibweg, Odawaag, minwaa Bodwe’aadamiig wiiba gii-miigwenaa’aa maamoonjiniibina Kichi Kinoomaagegamigoong wi pii-gaa aanjibiigaadeg Kichi-Naakonigewinning, debendang manda aki, mampii Niisaajiwan, gewiinwaa niijaansiwaan ji kinoomaagaazinid. Daapanaming ninda kidwinan, megwaa minwaa gaa bi aankoosejig zhinda akiing minwaa gii-miigwewaad Kichi-Kinoomaagegamigoong aanji-daapinanigaade minwaa mshkowenjigaade.
The University of Michigan is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people. In 1817, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadami Nations made the largest single land transfer to the University of Michigan. This was offered ceremonially as a gift through the Treaty at the Foot of the Rapids so that their children could be educated. Through these words of acknowledgment, their contemporary and ancestral ties to the land and their contributions to the University are renewed and reaffirmed.