Lys
By SAM MUELLER
Commissioned by WMU Theatre
Director KATE THOMSEN
Scenic Designer DAVE NOFSINGER
Costume Designer IAN WHISTLER
Lighting Designer GAVIN CASSEL
Sound Designer MARY NARUSIS
Stage Manager TAYLOR MATTHEWS
Setting
The ruins of a capitol building turned autonomous zone, 2030
CREDIT: David Lang’s JUST (AFTER SONG OF SONGS) included by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., o/b/o G. Ricordi & Co. New York.
Cast
Lys: Chloe Davis
Em: Audrey Geysbeek
Riv: Mikaela Johnson
Hal: Henry Lee
Kleo: True Chin-Parker
Kin: Zach Trent
Myr: Ana Isabel Passero
Cy: Luke James Cloherty
CHORUS
Brooke Candella
Shanice Davis
Joelle Denhof
Miles Morris
Victor Moss
Zach Russell
Da'Mon Savage
Grace VanHorn
Production Staff
Assistant Director: Yasir Muhammad
Assistant Stage Manager: Kate Laqui
Vocal Coach, Fight Choreographer, Intimacy Director: Elizabeth Terrel
Dramaturg: Joan Herrington
Cultural Competency Consultant: Ana Martinez
Technical Director: Patrick Niemi
Assistant Technical Director: Madison Solomon
Lighting Programmer: Josh Karol
Sound Board Operator: Skylar Haustein
Followspot Operator: Dakota Fontes
Properties Master: Camryn Pieknik
Scenic Artists: William Berrand, Atlas Zager
Carpenters: Joe Fleck, Isabel Hafner, Madison Solomon, Camryn Pieknik
Run Crew: Libby Hardesty, Leo Hellar, Brett Mason, Sam Otten
Master Electrician: Jimmy Mish
Electricians: Gavin Cassel, Olivia Farley, Holly Pace, Benjamin Arnett, Jimmy Mish, Hannah Flones
Costumer: Julia Kosanovich
Stitchers: Ian Whistler, Chloe Ammond, True Chin-Parker, Ally Taylor, Micaela Johnson, Megan Myers, Alex Damm
Costume Running Crew Head: Rachel Lohrberg
Hair and Makeup Running Crew: Miranda Patterson
Loading Crew: Rylen Baker, Maggie Bengston, Morgan Bodie, James Jenuwine, Lexi Klapp, Mary Narusis, Charles St. George, Bryce Wanstead, Zachary Widner
Arts Management Assistants: Gracie Niec, AJ Howard
Bios
Brooke Candella (Chorus) is a Sophomore from Rochester Hills, MI. Previous Credits: Rose, The Flick.
Gavin Cassel (Lighting Designer) is a Junior from Metro Detroit. WMU Debut.
True Chin-Parker (Kleo) is a Junior from Granville, OH. Previous Credits: Marcy Park, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Celeste 1, Sunday in the Park with George.
Luke James Cloherty (Cy) is a Junior from Kenosha, WI. Previous Credits: Choreographer, Spelling Bee; Ensemble/Dance Captain, All Shook Up (Clinton Area Showboat Theatre); Choreographer, Church Basement Ladies (Clinton Area Showboat Theatre).
Chloe Marie Davis (Lys) is a Senior from Detroit, MI. Previous Credits: Earth, Dancing Granny; Raylynn, Blood at the Root; Ensemble, 1984; Mitch Mahoney, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Shanice Davis (Chorus) is a Junior from Ferndale, MI. Previous Credits: Faye, Skeleton Crew.
Joelle Denhof (Chorus) is a Sophomore from Royal Oak, MI. Previous Credits: Grace Fryer, Radium Girls; Jo March, Little Women; Iris, Fame. WMU Debut.
Audrey Geysbeek (Em) is a Senior from Grand Rapids, MI. Previous Credits: Helen, Women of Troy; #8, The Wolves; Venticelli 2, Amadeus; Fistula, Restoration Comedy; John Dunn, Men On Boats; Hermia, A Midsummer’s Night Dream.
Mikaela Johnson (Riv) is a Junior from Detroit, MI. Previous Credits: Jasmine, Pipeline; Ensemble, A Midsummer Night's Dream; William Robert Hawkins, Men on Boats.
Henry Lee (Hal) is a Junior from Vancouver, Canada & Hong Kong. Previous Credits: Sunday in the Park with George (WMU), Tuck Everlasting (Southeastern Summer Theatre); exhibition Brick by Brick, Putting It Together: The Broadway Set Miniatures of Henry Lee (LPA @ Lincoln Center 9/27-12/20/21)
Taylor Matthews (Stage Manager) is a Junior from Port Huron, MI. Previous Credits: Stage Manager, Timoramino, Assistant Stage Manager, Tribes
Miles Morris (Chorus) is a Junior from Milford, MI. Previous Credits: Timoranimo, Beginnings.
Victor Moss (Chorus) is a Junior from Kalamazoo, MI. Previous Credits: Principle/Ensemble, Blood at the Root.
Mary Narusis (Sound Designer) is a Sophomore from Woodstock, IL. Previous Credits: Sound Designer/Board Operator, Timoramino; Assistant Master Electrician, Beginnings.
Ana Isabel Passero (Myr) is a Junior from Daytona Beach, FL. Previous Credits: Sumner, Men on Boats; Cinderella, Into the Woods (Mez Theatre); Bird, The Birds (American University).
Zachary Russell (Chorus) is a Junior from Milford, MI. Previous Credits: Snug/Moth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Sam, The Flick; Production Understudy, Restoration Comedy.
Da’Mon Savage (Chorus) is a Sophomore from Lansing, MI. WMU Debut.
Zach Trent (Kin) is a Junior from Davison, MI. Previous Credits: Douglas Panch, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Understudy, Tribes; Swing, Sunday in the Park with George; Swing, Urinetown.
Grace VanHorn (Chorus) is a Senior from Battle Creek, MI. Previous Credits: New Beginnings, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Ian Whistler (Costume Designer) is a Senior from Clarkston, Michigan. Previous Credits: Scenic Designer, Timoramino; Scenic Charge Artist, Beginnings; Scenic Coordinator, Urinetown.
The Playwright
Sam would like to thank Ana Martinez, without whom Laced and LYS would not exist. Many thanks to this cast and team for their unwavering support and bravery, especially Joan and Kate for trusting there would be a play by opening night. Sam believes quite strongly that the theater is one of the last places for true communal healing. The plays (and Sam) are all very queer.
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