Pushing Into The Blue Program

Department of
Theatre & Dance

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE

David Popalisky, Chair

PUSHING INTO
THE BLUE

Written and Devised by
Isaac Addai, Kyler Juarez,
Maggie Keane, Juliet Kulusic,
Ana Rosales, Brian Thorstenson
Lead Writer: Kyler Juarez

April 30, 2021 7:00 p.m.
May 1, 2021 7:00 p.m.
May 2, 2021 2:00 p.m.

Live Streamed Performances

Directed By Brian Thorstenson
Costume Design By Patt Ness
Jerry Enos
Scene Design By SCU•Presents
Sound Design By Derek Duarte
Projection Design By

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Isaac Addai
Maggie Keane
Juliet Kulusic
Ana Rosales

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES

We started with a blank page. A blank screen. We started with a ques-
tion: What is happening to our home? We added other questions: What
is happening now? And now? A time constraint. During the winter
quarter we met twice a week to write, to talk, to find the next question.
The We: Ana, Isaac, Juliet, Kyler, Maggie, Brian. We looked in and wrote
from the personal. We looked out and wrote from the world. We at-
tempted to navigate the space between, what the poet Carolyn Forche
calls ‘the social.’ We wrote directly into the climate crisis, and around,
and through. We made a first draft week seven. It didn’t work. We went
back to writing, to talking, to finding questions. We made another draft
week nine and ten. Better? In the spring we took this draft into rehears-
al. The ‘we’ expanded to include Carolyn, our OBS Goddess, who moved
our words from the page to the screen. This piece would not have been
possible without the expertise, patience, time, and insight that Carolyn
brought to the project. A deep bow. Patt, Jerry, Derek, Chris and Heath-
er joined our conversation, blessing us with their magic. New folx, new
ideas, new conversations.’ A momentary shift to the ‘I’: Ana, Isaac, Juliet,
Maggie and Kyler have made directing a never ending joy. A second
deep bow. Over the course of the past five weeks we’ve gathered the
disparate elements – the words, the sounds, the visuals – and put them in
conversation. That conversation became pushing into the blue. We’re still
talking as you read this note.

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PRODUCTION STAFF

Production Manager/Technical Heather Kenyon
Director
Patt Ness
Costume Shop Supervisor Ashley Cook
Performance Stage Manager William Webb
Derek Duarte
Rehearsal Stage Manager
Lighting Design under the SCU•Presents

Supervision of Demetrio Donzelli
Sound Design under the Jerry Enos
Jerry Enos
Supervision of James Republicano
Film Editor Justin Buchs
Carolyn Guggemos
Scenic Artist SCU•Presents
Properties Artisan
Properties Assistant
Multimedia Technical Support

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Kegan Marling (for the orange sky)
Kristin Kusanovich (for leading the way)
The SCU Faculty and Staff Climate Change Research Group
Ruth Mikusko (for always planning two steps ahead)

SCU•Presents

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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE

David J. Popalisky Pauline Locsin-Kanter
Department Chair Lecturer, Jazz/Tap
Assoc. Professor, Modern/ Ruth E. Mikusko
Choreography/Dance History
Department Manager
Aldo Billingslea
Professor, Kimberly Mohne Hill
Associate Professor,
Acting/Performance Studies
Jeffrey Bracco Acting/Voice
Lecturer, Virginia Munday
Adjunct Lecturer,
Directing/Acting/History Modern Dance
Karyn Connell Barbara Murray

Lecturer, Ballet/Pilates Professor,
Derek Duarte Costume Design/
Sr. Lecturer, Musical Theatre
Lighting Design
Jerald Enos Patt Ness
Lecturer,
Assoc. Professor, Costume Shop Manager
Scene Design David Sword
Barbara Fraser Sr. Lecturer,
Technical Director/
Professor, History/Directing Production Manager
Brian Thorstenson
Karina Gutiérrez Lecturer,
Assistant Professor Playwriting/
Multicultural Theatre History and Devised Theater
Performance Studies
Kristin Kusanovich
Sr. Lecturer, Modern Dance/
Theatre/Pedagogy

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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE DONORS

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ASSOCIATE ALAN OAKES
CAROLYN SILBERMAN* & TED BIAGINI KARYN CONNELL JENN PORET*
ANNE ROSENTHAL
CORTLAND & PUJA BOHACEK THU LU* TRICIA EATON-SAVITT
ROBERT DE MATTEI* MARY JEANNE OLIVA* & STEPHEN ESTES MIKE & COLLEEN SEXTON
BEN HEMMEN* DIANA STAHLNECKER
MARTIN KEANE SPONSOR
BARBARA MURRAY* PAULINE COLE DONOR
WICK MUSSON SUSAN CONNELLY ROBERT & PATRICE STEINER
DEBBIE CUCALON*
MICHAEL & VICKIE POITEVIN* DYLAN DELLA MAGGIORA* FRIEND
JUDY GILLETTE & JOHN PRICE HAROUT DIMIJIAN* SONYA VENUGOPAL
DEREK DUARTE
SCU PRESENTS JULIE C. FRICKLETON* *DENOTES ALUMN
BENEFACTOR LYDIA GREEN
LAUREN BAINES* JENNIFER JACOBS*
MELANIE BRACE TENNYSON JONES*
DAVID CONGDON* GAURAV KRIPALANI*
AMBER DE BUIZER* MANJU KUMAR
JERALD ENOS & CLEMENT STASI KRISTIN KUSANOVICH*
STEPHEN PARKS* RUSSELL MANGAN*
KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL

SCU•PRESENTS DONORS

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE KEITH INOUYE JUDY BOCCIGNONE DAVE LAND
MELANIE BRACE LAUREN JOHN ALINA BORCHARDT LAURA LENZA
JANET KLEINHOFER LISA BOWDEN BRUCE LESCHER
SPONSOR BETTE LINDERMAN CHRISTELLA BURTON MAUREEN LOCKE
ANDRE ABRAHAMIANS MARIA LONGSWORTH GREG CALLAGHAN TED LORRAINE
CHARLES BARKIS IAN MCCAMEY PATRICIA CARGNONI ASHLEY LUCAS
MONA-LISA BLOUIN ERICA MIKESH KAREN CARTER HANNAH LUSCHER
PUJA BOHACEK TULLY MOXNESS LOYACE CLEGG ROSLYN LYONS
KRISTEN BROWN SUSANNE MULCAHY JENNIFER COUTURE JAMES MAR
PATRICIA CAIN DARRYL NODA PATRICIA CURIA KATHY MATTINGLY
DEBRA DEMARTINI CHARLES NOYA SHARON DAHNERT MIKE METCALF
ANN DIGIOIA KRYS JEFF & PENNY OSORIO SANDRA DE ALCUAZ RUTH MIKUSKO
CHRIS. ESTEBAN KATIE PEUVRELLE OCTAVIO DE LEON MARY MILLER
CLAIRE HAWLEY MARIANNE POBLENZ HENRY DEARBORN
THERESA HRUBY-PERCELL JENN PORET JACK DUBIN CARL MIYA
ANN KRYS HENRY & CATHERINE RICARDO ERIC EKLUND JOANNE MIYAHARA
JOHN LEWIS ANNA RUTTER SEIKO FUJII
PAMELA ALLSTON MADDEN ANTHONY SAMPSON ELLYN GAICH LAN NGUYEN
BARBARA MURRAY PATTI SIMONE GREGORY GALATI RONALD OGI
CRAIG NAIRN DIANNE STAUFFER JULIE GARCIA LORETTE PIRIO
LAWRENCE NELSON NICK STEINER BONNIE GEORGE LIISA REYES
LAURIE POE LESLIE STOBBE CATHERINE GIBERSON KATHERINE SAMPSON
HUDSON WASHBURN JILL STOLARIK BARBARA GREEN-AJUFO WILLIAM SANTOS
LIZABETH YEE PATRICIA TENNANT SUSAN GRIFFIN PAM SAUNDERS
RICHARD UPTON DJUWITA HARJADI CINDIE SIMMS
DONOR BARBARA WADORS DIANE HEERWAGEN TOBIE SMITH
KATHERINE ALMAZOL JULEY YAKOMINICH JUDY HODKIEWICZ ANNE MARIE STARR
JAYNE BOOKER JASON YEE SANDRA HOWARD TARA STEELE
PHYLLIS BROWN ] VIKI INOUYE JULIA SULLIVAN
DAWN BURTON FRIEND PATRICIA IRWIN WESTON TIERNEY
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LEANA DALTON BEVERLY ACUNA WENDY JOLLES NORMA WELLES
MICHAEL DIGIOIA MOLLY AUFDERMAUER TRACEY KAHAN TAMARA WELSH
LOTTIE ESTEBAN ROBERT BAINES WAYNE KAMIYA J WENTWORTH
FRANK FARRIS NICOLE BANKS JOEY KIPP KIMBER WOOD
JUDY FOOT
TUYET GILES JANE WU
ESTHER GOES JILLIAN YAKOMINICH
JULIE HENRIQUES
ERICA YEE
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING! BARBARA ZINICOLA

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