Albee plays in production at Hastings College

As its final production of the 2012-2013 academic year, the Hastings College Theatre Arts Department will offer “The Sandbox and The American Dream – Two One-Act Plays” by Edward Albee. Students will perform these explorations of American society at 8 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, May 2-4 and at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 5 in Scott Studio Theatre (806 N. Turner Ave.).
The Box Office opens Thursday, April 25 and will remain open Monday-Friday from noon to 5 p.m.  Tickets are $8 general and $5 for seniors and non-HC students. To reserve tickets, call (402) 461-7380 or e-mail tickets@hastings.edu.
Hastings College Department of Theatre Arts presents
The Sandbox and The American Dream
By Edward Albee 
These classic dark comedies by one of America’s greatest playwrights are two of the most produced plays in theatre history.  Albee describes them as, “an examination of the American Scene, an attack on the substitution of artificial for real values in our society, a condemnation of complacency, cruelty, emasculation, and vacuity; it is a stand against the fiction that everything in this slipping land of ours is peachy-keen.”  
CAST AND CREW LIST 
 
THE SANDBOX
Directed by Annette M. Vargas
Stage Manager – Jasmine A. Radetski, Calhan, Colo. 
MOMMY – Sallie Myers, Thermopolis, Wyo.
DADDY – Kyle Bell, Julesburg, Colo.
GRANDMA – Emma Parrish, Sterling, Colo.
YOUNG MAN – Jacob Gilchrist, Colorado Springs, Colo.
MUSICIAN – Rachel Klopp, Omaha, Neb.
THE AMERICAN DREAM
Directed by Jim Fritzler
Stage Manager – Tyler Donovan, Thornton, Colo. 
MOMMY – Becca Holloway, Grand Island, Neb.
DADDY – Matt Cashoili, Doniphan, Neb.
GRANDMA – Emily Funkey, Hastings, Neb.
MRS. BARKER – Abby Phelps, Emporia, Kan.
YOUNG MAN – Johnny Johnson, Grand Island, Neb. 
Lighting Designer/Master Electrician – Beth Wilkins, Omaha, Neb.
Sound Designer – Patrick White, Omaha, Neb.
Props Designer – Alex Goerner, Longmont, Colo.
Note to Media: Press nights are at 7 p.m., Monday, April 29 or 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 30 in Scott Studio Theatre. For more information, contact Jim Fritzler at (402) 461-7348 or jfritzler@hastings.edu.
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