St. Norbert College's Theatre Program Announces its Fall Production

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From St. Norbert College, October 13, 2022
by Mike Counter, mike.counter@snc.edu, 920-403-3089

The St. Norbert College's theatre program will present Bertolt Brecht’s play, “Caucasian Chalk Circle,” beginning Friday, November 4, and running through Saturday, Nov. 12, in the Webb Theatre, inside Abbot Penning’s Hall of Fine Arts (315 Third Street), on the St. Norbert College campus.


The Nov. 6 performance will be a 2 p.m. matinee, followed by a discussion with the cast and crew. All other performances will be held at 7:30 p.m.

In Brecht’s classic folk tale of love and justice, the governor’s son Michael is left behind as war erupts in the city. Grusha, a servant, escapes with the child and carries him into the Caucasus Mountains. Chased by soldiers and struggling to feed the boy, she finds relative safety at her brother’s farm. Meanwhile, Azdak, the scribe and poacher, is appointed judge and dispenses rough and drunken justice across the land. Michael’s mother comes back to demand the return of the child. Azdak must decide who deserves to keep the child and uses the chalk circle to prove who loves him more, the mother who bore him or the mother who raised him.


The show is directed by visiting assistant professor of theatre studies, Noah Simon. Designers for the show are associate professor of theatre, scenographer and director of theatre studies, April Beiswenger; Sound design and composition by Bruce Glasso (Little Chute, Wis.) and assistant lighting design by Daphne Johnson (Green Bay, Wis.). Brittney Fritz is the technical director; stage manager is Jacinta Maslanka (Crestwood, Ill.); Maria Miller (De Pere, Wis.) is the master carpenter; Molly Kubica (Appleton, Wis.) is the puppet and mask designer; Maddy Brisbane (De Pere, Wis.) is a graphic designer.


Students in the cast and crew include: Nathan Birch (West Bend, Wis.), Valerie Cohen (Greenleaf, Wis.), Graham Dunbar (Green Bay, Wis.), Natalie Elfner (Homewood, Ill.), Fiona Laffey (Chicago), Chris Gureski (Mukwonago, Wis.), Violet Hagen (Lac Du Flambeau, Wis.), Kimberly Jaimes (Chicago), Peter Lim (Houston), William Mlenar (Greendale, Wis.), Jordan Otradovec (Cumberland, Wis.), Benjamin Petropoulos (Sobieski, Wis.), Janny Robertson (Green Bay, Wis.), Kit Sanders-Mikkelson (Onalaska, Wis.), Jackie Stumpf (Superior, Wis.), Lily Wangler (Hartland, Wis.), Keenan Wylie (Appleton, Wis.) and Steve Westergan, instructor of humanities.

Tickets are on sale now. Prices are $15 for adults and $5 for students (including fees). To purchase tickets online, visit http://www.tickets.snc.edu. This production contains adult language and themes.


For more information, contact the St. Norbert College ticket office at (920) 403-3950, or visit http://www.snc.edu/performingarts.