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Dramaturgy

Squirrel Girl 2021-2022

Images

Photo Descriptions:

Slide 1: Poster Art for Squirrel Girl in comic style. The background is green. There are 5 comic squares with red and yellow abstract graphics. Squirrel Girls stands center in silhouette. 

Slide 2: The actor playing Squirrel Girl stands, wearing brown leggings, yellow shorts, a white t-shirt with a brown hoodie-vest. She has on a large fuzzy tail and matching squirrel ears with an orange mask. The background is yellow and red.

Slide 3: Three actors playing squirrels stand holding red pom-poms. They each have large tails and matching squirrel ears. They wear street clothes.

Slide 4: The ensemble sits on red stairs. There are three actors playing students and three actors playing squirrels. An actor in a green button up with glasses stands in the lower left corner.

Slide 5: Three actors playing students and three actors playing squirrels sit on the red stairs. Above them is an actor playing a squirrel kneeling on a blue walkway. TO the left is an actor in yellow and purple standing. To the right is an actor in green and black, standing. 

Photos by Michael Brosilow

Process

As an advocate for arts education, much of my training has centered around theatre for young audiences. The TTS production of Squirrel Girl at the Merele Reskin Theatre welcomed CPS students to learn how to solve hard problems and make new friends. 

The Dramaturgy team created an virtual educational package for students and teachers to work with pre and post show. This packet has information including themes and morals, descriptions of characters, theatrical elements, and in class activities. 

The show doesn't end when you leave the theatre!

Project Description

Doreen arrives at Empire State University to make new friends - and protect them from super villains - by keeping her superhero identity a secret. But when a beloved computer science professor suddenly disappears, can Doreen trust her friends with her inner squirrel so she can save the day?

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Credits

Play by Karen Zacarías
based on the Marvel Comics by Will Murray & Steve Ditko
directed by Michelle Lopez-Rios

The cast featured Ryan Adams (U/S: Brightmind, Good Teacher, MODOC, Doctor Doom), Alexander Amaya (Smartnoggin/Mean Teacher), John Duncan (Chorus 1, Little Tomás), Zoe Foster (Chorus 3/Chipmunk/Georgie), Ivy Sloane Harris (Doctor Doom), Rich Adrian Lazatin (Brightmind/Good Teacher), Madeline Meyer (Doreen Green), Maeve Mollaghan (Chorus 2/Little Nancy), Leslie Sophia Perez (Nancy Whitehead), Kaitlyn Piotroski (MODOC), Alexander Patterson (Freak), Israel Terrell (Tomás Lara-Perez), Casey Whisler (Tippy-Toe), and Stuart Williams (U/S: Freak/Smartnoggin/Mean Teacher).

The production team included scenic design by Kat Hasanov, costume design by Grace Gilbreath, lighting design by Brian Gallagher, sound design by Emily Hayman, projection design by Parker Molacek, technical direction by Sara Johnson, dramaturgy by Josephine Clark, stage management by Kristina Heiden-Lundberg, and production stage management by Morgan Ramoth.

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