Category: Feature Productions

Feature Productions

Anxiety! The Musical

Original Production Date: Spring 2017

Anxiety! is a comedy musical about one woman’s struggles with the ever-present depression and social anxiety one-two punch. In the heart of the city, we meet Sandy who is always accompanied by a pesky Anxiety, who is content to control Sandy’s every waking moment. Set to an original score of upbeat toe-tapping showtunes, we watch how Sandy’s job, relationships, and solitude are colored by Anxiety’s presence.

Cast and Crew

Producer: Becci Schmidt
Writers: Bob Alberti, Jason Kruger, Cara White, and John Youker
Director: Susanne Becker
Stage Manager: Matthew Alto
Sound/Lights: Jared Baker and Jason Edstrom
Music: Joseph Yé
Choreography: Erin Sheppard

Amy Klausen Burge
Jason Kruger
Sarah Lanners
Joshua Nite
Dylan Olmsted
Heather Jeanne Rand
Becci Schmidt
Phillip Schramm
Boo Segersin
Tom S Tea

Feature Productions

Masquerade at Bernard’s: The Shakespearean Weekend at Bernie’s

Original Production Date: Autumn 2016

When two lowly bookkeepers are invited to their lord’s lavish estate over a holiday they leap at the chance, only to discover that the would-be host has died. But why should any of that get in the way of having a merry time? Richard and Lawrence put on a ridiculous charade convincing everyone their boss is still alive in hopes that they can find merriment, love, celebration, and perchance keep from being murdered themselves. Inspired by the 80’s comedy Weekend at Bernie’s, Masquerade at Bernard’s gives a classical Shakespearean update to this quasi-modern farce.

Cast and Crew

Writers: Duck Washington and Brian Watson-Jones
Director: Duck Washington
Stage Managers: Jessi Goins and Tess Kean
Costume Designer: Carla Mantel
Set/Prop Designer: Scott Gilbert and Corinna Knepper Troth
Lighting Designer: Ariel Leaf
Sound Designer: Duck Washington

Matt Allex
Dan Britt
Rachel Flynn
Trevor Hartman
Lauren Haven
Phil Henry
Matt Kelly
Tara Lucchino
Mickaylee Shaughnessy

Feature Productions

Schrödinger’s Apocalypse

Original Production Date: Summer 2016

Schrödinger’s Apocalypse is about three people trapped in a bunker waiting out a zombie outbreak. They don’t have any contact with the outside world so they don’t know what is happening outside. All they know is: they are getting really tired of each other.

Cast and Crew

Writer: Tim Wick
Director: Bill Stiteler

Dawn Krosnowski
Tim Uren
John Zeiler

Feature Productions

Build Your Own Inferno

Original Production Date: Spring 2016

Join Dante and Virgil as they go on a tour of hell – decided by the audience! Part improv and part scripted, Build Your Own Inferno puts the comedy back into the Divine Comedy, combining social commentary and ridiculousness in a way that would make Dante himself proud. This show is one hell of a comedy and missing it would be a sin!

Cast and Crew

Writers: Matt Allex and Megan Slawson
Director: Matt Allex
Stage Manager: Kirsten Wade
Light and Sound Tech: Steffen Moeller

Kyle Dekker
David Elwyn
Ted Femrite
Nathan Gerber
Lauren Haven
Isaak Sunleaf
John Youker

Feature Productions

Hard Wired

Original Production Date: Winter 2016

Online dating profiles can help people connect. For Noel and Jesse, what was supposed to help them bounce back from their real-life break-up unwittingly became the glue needed to piece them back together. This is a fast-paced comedy about miscommunication, misapprehension and the irresistible power of love that simply cannot be denied.

Cast and Crew

Writers: Bob Alberti and Susanne Becker
Director: Susanne Becker
Stage Manager: Mary Rohe

Matt Allex
Suzanne Cross
Jakey Emmert
Spencer Faust

Feature Productions

Caucasian-Aggressive Pandas and Other Mulatto Tales

Original Production Date: Autumn 2015
Remounts in Summer 2016 and Summer 2018

Caucasian-Aggressive Pandas and Other Mulatto Tales is a humorous exploration of what it’s like to be mixed raced, deal with stereotypes, and find your place in the world. Written by Duck Washington, the show comprises both story-telling and sketch comedy in a blend of black-and-white concepts. Racism will be mocked, racists shunned, and stereotypes exposed.

Cast and Crew

Producer: Duck Washington
Writer: Duck Washington
Director: Jena Young
Stage Manager: Kyle Dekker
Sound Designer: Duck Washington

Suzanne Cross
Ted Femrite
Matthew Kessen
Kirsten Wade
Duck Washington

cast and crew – 2016 remount

Producer: Duck Washington
Writer: Duck Washington
Director: Jena Young
Sound Designer: Duck Washington

Suzanne Cross
Ted Femrite
Matthew Kessen
Kirsten Wade
Duck Washington

cast and crew – 2018 remount

Producer: Duck Washington
Writer: Duck Washington
Director: Jena Young
Stage Manager: Kyle Dekker
Sound Designer: Duck Washington
Set Design: Sadie Ward
Lighting Design: Andrew Troth

Alison Anderson
Suzanne Cross
Matthew Kessen
Jason Kruger
Duck Washington

Feature Productions

Jenny Bandage vs. The Unpronounceable A.K.R.O.N.Y.M.

Original Production Date: Summer 2015

The play tells the story of Jenny Bandage, scientist secret agent. Together with her intern who is also, confusingly, named Jenny, she fights to rid the world of bad research and junk science. The Jennys will have their hands full as they face off against the dastardly Professor A.K.R.O.N.Y.M. and his assistant Travis.

cast and crew

Writer: Tim Wick
Director: Andy Wilkins
Stage Managers: Susanne Becker and Eric Thompson
Music and SFX: Chad Dutton and Stan O’Daffer

Dawn Krosnowski as Jenny Bandage
Haley Sisler as Jenny Plato
John Kunik as Professor A.K.R.O.N.Y.M.
Jon Gershberg as Travis Holcomb
And Matt Allex & Lauren Haven as everyone else!

Feature Productions

The Secret of Gravethwait Manor

Original Production Date: Autumn 2014

When Iris, Troy, and Kevin, the eager team of ghost hunters at Ghost Grabbers, LLC, get a call from the residents of the 500-year old Gravethwait Manor, they are sure to be on the verge of discovering the center of the spirit world in the Upper Midwest. But by helping to catch the “ghosts” that haunt Count Gravethwait and his lovely wife Lilly, our heroes may have bitten off more than they can chew…

cast and crew

Writer: Joshua Nite
Director: Courtney McClean
Stage Manager: Susanne Becker

Bob Alberti
Ted Femrite
Jill Damske Iverson
Ron Lamprecht
Cynthia Uhrich