2/21/23 Staged Reading of Pulitzer Prize Winning Play at Ripon College
21 February 2023 News
RIPON — A staged reading of the play “The Flick,” by Annie Baker, will be presented March 1-4 at Ripon College. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission will be free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended by calling 920-748-8791 or sending an email to boxoffice@ripon.edu.
A staged reading is a rehearsed read-through of the script with minimal movement. It is comparable to an audiobook or a radio play.
Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “The Flick” is set in a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts. Three underpaid movie theater employees struggle to not only make a living, but to define their lives, their values and identities as they attend to one of the last 35mm film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen.
With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, “The Flick” is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.
Members of the cast are Connor Elliot ’26 of Ripon, Wisconsin, as Sam; Alexander Herrera ’24 of Ripon, Wisconsin, as Avery; Rachel Siems ’23 of Round Lake Beach, Illinois, as Rose; and Amalia Santos ’24 of Kenosha, Wisconsin, as Skylar/The Dreaming Man.
The artistic staff include Assistant Professor of Theatre Lillian Brown, director; Kylie Zenz ’23 of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, assistant director; Alan Kopischke, intimacy director; Professor of Theatre John Dalziel, scenic/sound designer and lighting designer; and Andrea Williams ’04, costume, makeup and hair designer.
The technical staff includes Dalziel, technical director; Williams, costumer; Rebecca Steinkamp ’23 of Vesper, Wisconsin, stage manager; Maricarmen Dorantes ’25 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Emma Sagartz ’23 of Chicago, Illinois, assistant stage managers; Rick Veltstra ’24 of Sherrill, Iowa, light board operator; Corinna Torres ’26 of Ripon, Wisconsin, sound board operator; Sophie Walheim of Ripon, Wisconsin, costume shop manager; Dorantes and Steinkamp, costume construction crew; and Veltstra and Zenz, scenery, construction and lighting crew.
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