A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes

October 10-October 20, 2024
Oscar G. Brockett Theatre

Written by Kate Benson

Directed by Caley Chase

Brittney Barton – Assistant Scenic Designer / Kate Benson – Playwright / Caley Chase – Director / Alik B. Clay – Assistant Scenic Designer / Violet Clemons – Costume Designer / Layla Crear – Assistant Costume Designer / Michelle “Midge” Ferguson – Stage Manager / Allison Normin Johnson – Assistant Costume Designer / Jacqueline Mai – Assistant Stage Manager / Joshua Martin – Scenic and Projection Designer / Hannah Nelson – Dramaturg / KP Pierce – Assistant Lighting Designer / Ellenor Riley-Condit – Movement Director / Olivia Saldaña -Assistant Director / Cooper Smither – Sound and Foley Designer / Laura Soares – Assistant Stage Manager / Gavin Strawnato – Lighting Designer / David Tolin – Technical Director / Kyle Trehern – Assistant Sound Designer / Desne P. Wharton – Assistant Projection Designer

CAST

@...Natalie Tran
#...Jake Wilson
Cheesecake...Emerson Hartman
Cherry Pie...Esmeralda Treviño
Trifle...Oyin Ojomo
SnapDragon...Carlise Rosa
GrandDada...Ellenor Riley-Condit
Trainer/Trainer’s Partner/Smilesinger/The Twins/The Wives of the Twins...Mackenzie Mann
Runnerman/Smilesinger’s Husband/The Twins/The Wives of the Twins/Republican...Emilio Mejia
Republican’s Wife...Mia Hsiung Nguyen
Fred/Ed/Ned...Adam Flores Jr.
Gumbo...Penny Lou Zimmerman


Foley Performer...Jax Schuck

Photos by Thomas Allison.

The three sisters played by Trevino, Hartman and Ojomo respectively are pictured building a table, or rather pictured depicting the sport of building a table. Behind them sits the announcers perched and ready to call the action.
Legs in the air in high kicks, the cast of Great Lakes is pictured mid-jazzercise sequence
The oldest sister, Trifle, played by Oyin Ojomo swings her arms from side to side, sticking her tongue out. She is depicting the sport of cleaning up dishes.
The two announcers played by Natalie Tran and Jake Wilson stand on their perch pointing and presenting a power pose, overlooking the action at Wemberly Kitchen
Trainer's Partner, played by Mackenzie Mann, points to herself, feeling left out of the action here at Wemberly stadium
Ned, played by Adam Flores Jr., turns the bird, depicted by he, himself, becoming a turkey and turning around while lifted up by his family of castmates. The announcers are going haywire in the background of this photo.
Snapdragon brutually coaches Cheesecake, Carlise Rosa and Emerson Hartman respectively. The rest of the family crawls on eggshells around the two.
Snapdragon, Carlise Rosa, relives the birthing of each of the children through simulated birth on stage with the aid of Grandada, Ellenor Riley-Condit. Yes, birth is a sport.
Cheesecake, Emerson Hartman, is on the ground after running for her life from the herd of uncountable great-grandbabies. Her husband, Ned, Adam Flores Jr., and her sister Trifle, Oyin Ojomo, bend down to help her up.
Snapdragon and Grandada, played by Carlise Rosa and Ellenor Riley-Condit respectively, stand with the weight of all their children and grandchildren upon their shoulders in the form of hefty jackets

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