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From UofL News, September 18 2009
They come to the University of Louisville from all over the country and, once here, go all over town.
The theatre arts department’s Repertory Company takes its shows on the road, providing many young students with their first experience in the performing arts. Since professor Bert Harris founded the company in 1975, it has performed to more than 150,000 young people throughout Louisville and southern Indiana.
This year’s troupe of four graduate students is about to hit the road with two 30-minute plays: “The Seven Labors of Arlecchino,” a folk tale adapted and directed by professor James Tompkins, and “How Vulture Saved the Earth,” a Yoruba poem that professor Nefertiti Burton adapted for the stage.
More... UofL News, September 18, 2009
About the Repertory Company
Every year, a troupe of graduate students from the University of Louisville performs two plays in rotating repertory for thousands of children, teachers, and other members of our community. Since its first performance on January 20, 1975, the Repertory Company has become one of the most visible aspects of the theatre program at UofL, having performed for more than 100,000 people. The Repertory Company performances are free of charge for any school or non-profit organization in the Louisville metropolitan area, a unique service made possible by the generous support of the University of Louisville, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the Department of Theatre Arts. Through projects such as this, an urban university can serve its community as no other type of institution can.
Although area schools now schedule the vast majority of Rep Company performances, the Company’s tours have taken it to a remarkable variety of venues: classrooms, nursing homes, chapels and outdoor amphitheatres, the Governor’s Mansion, and the state prison. The Rep Company’s production of The Glass Menagerie was performed at the international Avignon Theatre Festival in France. It seldom, if ever, performs in a traditional theatre.
103 performers have been members of the Repertory Company to date. Alumni of the Company are working as actors throughout the country or as teachers, lawyers, carpenters, or in other professions.
Repertory Company Production History
2011-2012
The Seven Labors of Arlecchino
Who Needs a Habitat Anyway?
Company: Billy Flood, Jocelyn Matsuo, Conrad Newman, Beth Tantanella
2010-2011
A Helping Hoof
The Magic Tree
Company: Gary Brice, Obadiah Ewing-Roush, Ebony Jordan, Beth Tantanella
2009-2010
The Seven Labors of Arlecchino
How Vulture Saved the Earth
Company: Obadiah Ewing-Roush, Tiffany Gist, Melony Tisdale, DeAldon Watson
2008-2009
Who Needs a Habitat Anyway?
The Dancing Turtle
Company: Sarah Carleton, Tiffany Gist, Melony Tisdale, DeAldon Watson
2007-2008
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Who Needs a Habitat Anyway?
Company: Sarah Carleton, Erik DeCicco, Mary Holt, Gerry Rose
2006-2007
Teens Sound Off
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Company: Erik DeCicco, Robert Grenne, Mary Holt, Raven Railey
2005-2006
The Dancing Turtle
School Play
Company: Nyoka Boswell, Amy Grant, Robert Grenne, April Spears, Pacey Walker
2004-2005
How Orisanmi Chose His Head
The Women of Will's World
Company: Nyoka Boswell, Laura Early, April Spears, Pacey Walker
2003-2004
Antigone
The Musicians of Moskva
Company: Kia Fisher, Brian Jefferson, Shawn Knight, Stacey Smith
2002-2003
The Glass Menagerie
The Magic Tree
Company: Kia Fisher, Shawn Knight, Cedric Rembert, Stacey Smith
2001-2002
The Flying Doctor
Why Vulture Has A Bald Head
Company: Dee Bell, Gavin Doyle, Tasha Hawthorne, Elizabeth McKnight, Cedric Rembert
2000-2001
Oedipus Rex
How Orisanmi Chose His Head
Company: Gavin Doyle, Tasha Hawthorne, Elizabeth McKnight, Antonio Morton, Cedric Rembert
1999-2000
The Glass Menagerie
Story Theatre
Company: Scot Atkinson, Mike Aulick, Annette Grevious, Leonard House, Beth Jugenheimer
1998-1999
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Mike Aulick, Leonard House, Melissa Kenney, Tim Matheny, Allison Wedell
1997-1998
Macbeth
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Laurence Blackwell, Jennifer Hunt, Tim Matheny, Heather Nahas, Laura Scott
1996-1997
A Doll's House
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Greg Carlisle, Kevin Crain, Julie Dingman, Tim Matheny, Donetta Riley, Eric Soderstrom
1995-1996
Antigone
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Greg Carlisle, Julie Dingman, Alice Lentz, Derek Mudd, Todd Norris, Anne Tullis
1994-1995
Antigone
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Lyn Berg, Alice Lentz, Todd Norris, Lori Schlatweiler, Anne Swedberg
1993-1994 (Avignon Festival)
Oedipus Rex
The Good Woman of Setzuan
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Anne Bean, Steve Hudson, Robin Jones, Michelle Radke, David Sturdevant
1992-1993
The Miser
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Steve Hudson, Georgette Kleier, Charles Loflin, Paul Najjir, Michelle Radke
1991-1992
Oedipus Rex
The Good Woman of Setzuan
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Angie Dortch, Phoebe Hall, Jim Hesselman, Charles Loflin, Paul Najjir
1990-1991
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Keith Best, Phoebe Hall, Jim Hesselman, Megan Shaw, Mike Shaw
1989-1990
Antigone
The Good Woman of Setzuan
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Ginny Auer, Tim Groover, Betty Potaczek, Megan Shaw, Mike Shaw, John Thornberry
1988-1989
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Ginny, Auer, Mark Briggs, David Kortemeier, Alicia Springer, Sam Wallace
1987-1988
Oedipus Rex
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Story Theatre
Company: David Kortemeier, Jean Miller, Dru Pilmer, Mark Schultz, Sam Wallace
1986-1987
Antigone
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Suzanne Dunlap, David Kortemeier, John Kovac, Jean Miller, Dru Pilmer, Sam Wallace
1985-1986
Antigone
The Glass Menagerie
Company: Be Boyd, Tony Evans, Nancy Griggs, Charlotte Hammett, George Jack
1984-1985
Oedipus Rex
The Good Woman of Setzuan
The Glass Menagerie
Story Theatre
Company: Jeanne Becker, Tony Evans, Nancy Griggs, George Jack, Mark Moore
1983-1984
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Glass Menagerie
Story Theatre
Company: Jeanne Becker, Alan Edwards, Janet Hanson, Mark Moore, Simon Reynolds
1982-1983
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Glass Menagerie
Story Theatre
Company: Alan Edwards, Janet Hanson, Amy Hunter, David Lewis, Simon Reynolds
1981-1982
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Skip Hamra, Janet Hanson, David Lewis, Kris Mowrey, Gary Wadley
1980-1981
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Jon Cohill, Jon Huffman, David Lewis, Kris Mowrey, Eileen Smith, Mimi Walsh, Gary Wadley
1979-1980
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Rick Delaney, Nancy Emme, Ted Giles, Vince Manfredi, Eileen Smith
1978-1979
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Jerry Dickey, Nancy Emme, Ted Giles, Christy Hauber, Vince Manfredi
1977-1978
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Steve Cowie, Jane Kennedy, Mike Morgan, Jim Mosiej, Linda Parsons
1976-1977
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Jan Gray, Mark Hegele, Jon Huffman, Mike Morgan, Linda Parsons
1975-1976
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Mark Hegele, Jon Huffman, Anne Majors, Monte Priddy, Janine Saxe
Spring 1975
Oedipus Rex
The Miser
The Good Woman of Setzuan
Company: Anne Majors, Kevin McClarnon, Jere O'Donnell, Monte Priddy, Janine Saxe
