A Bright Room Called Day
by Tony Kushner
Directed by Maureen
Ryan
May 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 at 8 PM
May 21 at 3 PM
Thurber
Theatre
A Bright Room Called Day, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, is a powerful portrayal of individual resolution, irresolution and dissolution in the face of political catastrophe. OSU Theatre invites you to follow a group of artists and political activists that are struggling to preserve themselves in 1930s Berlin as the Weimar Republic surrenders to the seduction of fascism. The poetic world of the play moves beyond the bounds of historical reality with the morally outraged outpourings of a contemporary expatriate woman living in Berlin. Her fury at the current administration brings into stark relief the discomfiting similarities between then and now, and challenges us to remember that although evil may seem inevitable, it is never irresistible.
Cast
| Zillah Katz | Tanya Chu McBride |
| Agnes Eggling | Bonnie Milligan |
| Vealtninc Husz | Anotnio Disla |
| Gregor Bazwald | Tyler Seiple |
| Paulinka Erdnuss | Elizabeth Yerian |
| Anabella Gotchling | Robin Post |
| Roland | Joshua Andrews |
| Die Alte | Megan Faye Schutt |
| Rosa Malek | Jillian Larson |
| Emil Traum | G. Clark Finfrock |
| Gottfried Swetts | Adrian Brown |
Production Staff
| Chair/Producer | Mark Shanda |
| Director | Maureen Ryan |
| Scenic and Costume Designer | Jacqueline Seals |
| Lighting Designer | Jason Banks |
| Slide Designer | Adam Rex |
| Sound Designer | Curtis "Nitz" Brown |
| Technical Director/Production Coor. | Jim Knapp |
| Stage Manager | Emily Thiel |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Veronica Heer |
Laura Jack |
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| Movement Coach | Jeanine Thompson |
| Voice/Speech and Dialect Coach | Amanda Fox |
| Assistant Director | Adrian Brown |
| Assistant Costume Designer | Lindsay Simon |
| Dramaturg | Anita Saha |
| Box Office Manager | Rachel E. Barnes |
| Box Office Graduate Associate | Jayson Morrison |
| Poster and Program Design | Damian Bowerman |
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