Audiences have four opportunities to watch the Slippery Rock University’s production of the Tony Award-winning play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Based on the popular novel by Mark Haddon, the play is about a brilliant yet socially challenged 15-year-old. The SRU Theatre Department will host shows April 18, 19, 21 and 22 at the Miller Theater in the Performing Arts Center.
Show times and dates are 7:30 p.m., April 18, 21 and 22, and noon, April 19. Tickets are $12 for SRU students and $15 for general admission. Tickets can be purchased online at sru.edu/tickets or in person at the Performing Arts Center ticket counter up to one hour before each performance.
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” follows 15-year-old Christopher, a mathematical genius with difficulties navigating everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. Now it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.
The play, adapted by Simon Stephens, is directed by Burton Tedesco, SRU assistant professor of theatre.
The cast includes:
- Conor McAleer, a sophomore acting major from Plano, Texas, as Chrisopher John Francis Boone.
- Jack Lloyd, a senior acting major from Oak Ridge, Tennesse, as Ed Boone.
- Sophia Condit, a senior acting major from Bonita Springs, Florida, as Siobhan.
- Logan Andres, a senior acting major from Butler, as Judy Boone.
- Heath Chase, a junior acting major from Monroeville, as Roger Shears/Policeman/Others.
The movement ensemble includes:
- Lydia Alkinburgh, a sophomore acting major from Marietta, as Mrs. Gascoyne/Others.
- Madelyn Buffone, a sophomore acting major from Ernest, as Posh Woman/Others.
- Thorn Fitzgerald, a sophomore acting major from Clifton Park, New York, as Duty Segreant/Others.
- Daniel Haubenreich, a senior acting major from Lindenhurst, New York, as Reverend Peters/Others.
- Jes Holliday, a junior acting major from Annandale, New Jersey, as Mrs. Alexander/Others.
- Julia Nurenberg, a freshman dual acting and strategic communication and media major, from Granger, Indiana, as Punk Girl/Others.
- Cam Sims, a sophomore acting major from Williamsport, as Mr. Thompson/Others.
- Jake Taylor, a sophomore acting major from Collegeville, as Uncle Terry/Others.
- Zoey Case, a senior acting major from Pittsburgh, as Mrs. Eileen Shears/Others.
The creative team includes:
- Brittany Walsh, a senior theatre major from Waterford, as stage manager.
- Alyssa Starkey, a sophomore biology major from Apollo, as assistant stage manager.
- Lisa Ann Goldsmith, an SRU instructor of theatre, as accent/dialect work coordinator.
- Aaron Galligan-Stierle, an SRU assistant professor of theatre, as intimacy director.
- Kari-Anne Innes, an SRU assistant professor of theatre, as box office coordinator.
- Austyn Acker, a senior acting major from Brandon, Florida, as a box office student.
- Cordelia Jenkins, a freshman dual English literature and acting major from Glen Rock, as a box office student.
- Lily Connor, a sophomore secondary education major from Canonsburg, as a box office student and production assistant
- David McGrogan, a senior acting major from Carnegie, as a box office student.
- Maggie Mitchell, a sophomore theatre major from Ambridge, as the house manager.
- Rory Squires, a senior English writing major from Hellertown, as the head usher.
- Kaitlyn Daugherty, a senior English writing major from Moon Township, as the head usher.
- Gabriel Isaac, a senior acting major from Easton, as the dramaturg.
- Sam Kuchta, a SRU assistant professor of theatre, as the scenic designer and photo/video/projections coordinator.
- Mikayla Petrosky, a junior theatre major from North Versailles, as the assistant scenic designer and costume shop assistant.
- Isaac Smith, a junior theatre major from Edinboro, as the lighting designer.
- Rebecca Morrice, an SRU professor of theatre, as the costume designer.
- Mary Hodson, SRU costumer coordinator.
- Kadence Storms, a sophomore theatre major from Shohola, as the assistant costume designer
- Michael Boone, SRU technical director.
- Alex Barnhart, SRU assistant technical director, as the assistant technical director and sound designer.
- Lee Spark, a junior theatre major from Cranberry Township, as the assistant sound designer and propmaster.
- Mackenzie Hook, a senior theatre from Brockport, as the master electrician
- Avery Dunn, a senior exercise major from Swarthmore, as the master carpenter.
- Kat Larrick, a sophomore dual acting and theatre major from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, as a carpenter and the stagecraft shop assistant.
- Veronique Chayer, a senior acting major from Irmo, South Carolina, as a carpenter and production assistant.
- Spencer Clifford, a senior environmental geoscience major from Leetsdale, as a carpenter.
- Daniel Haubenreich, a senior acting major from Lindenhurst, New York, as a carpenter.
- Katelynn Handa, a junior acting major from Pittsburgh, as a carpenter.
- Tyler Pritts, a freshman physics major from Prospect, as a carpenter.
- Julia Nurenberg, a freshman dual acting and strategic communication and media major, as a production assistant, public relations student staff and costume shop assistant.
- Maya Gensler, a senior acting major from Germantown, Maryland, as a public relations student staff.
- Sydney Korpusik, a sophomore acting major from Dayton, Ohio, as a public relations student staff.
- Miriam Shrivastava, a senior acting major from Mason, Ohio, as a costume shop assistant.
- Lily Joseph, a junior acting major from Oviedo, Florida, as a costume shop assistant.
- Julian Patterson, a graduate student majoring in social work from Slippery Rock, as a costume shop assistant.
Understudies/swings include:
- Lee Short, freshman acting major from Pikeville, North Carolina, as an understudy.
- Hailey Rodgers, a freshman acting major from Aurora, Colorado, as an understudy.
- Kamaria Barnard, a sophomore dual acting and modern languages and culture major from Pittsburgh, as an understudy.
- Cameron Custer, a sophomore acting major from Aurora, Ohio, as an understudy.
- AF Fisher, a freshman acting major from Pittsburgh, as an understudy.
For more information about theatre programs at SRU, visit the Theatre Departments webpage.
