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The first feature this evening:
This is our first feature tonight, beginning at 7PM in the Elizabeth Cheney Studio Theatre.
After the first event, please return to the lobby while we prepare our second feature.
“Nothing retains its form; but Nature, the great renewer, ever makes up forms from other forms.” — Ovid
The Designers for Wearable Art
| Nicholas Bailey | Angelia Labrecque |
| Abigail Evans | Nate LaPorte |
| Leif Ford | Dillon Lorden |
| Samm Johnson | Colton Stergue |
| James Kirichok | Vivian Yee |
Additional Runway Models
| Thomas Fifield | Kevin O’Dell |
Production Team
| Stage Manager: | Beck Leininger |
| Set Design: | Connor Lavertu |
| Lighting Design: | Elliot Colby |
| Sound Design: | James Kirichok |
| Production Technical Director: | Tyler McCarthy |
| Light Board Operator: | Desiree Almodovar |
| Sound Board Operator: | Bradley Cepeck |
Hosted by Danee Gosselin and Matt Kizer
Designing is finding the best solution to a problem within a given set of circumstances. For this project, design students were given a very narrow set of circumstances to work within. We flipped the formula on how we pursue design. Instead of providing a script, we provided limited resources and a single concept. On day one, we presented a huge pile of trash. The students came into the theatre where we had a mountain of garbage and debris. Once they had looked through the offerings for a bit, we provided a two word concept: “Greek Mythology.” Students were permitted to add other reclaimed or reused material that they acquired on their own, so long as nothing new was included in the costumes.
Company Bios
Abby Evans
Abby is a senior theatre tech and design major with a focus in costume design and scenic painting. This past semester she was the costume designer for Noises Off! and has been heavily involved with the scenic painting this year. She is excited to present her design for Wearable Art as she had a lot of fun making it.
Thomas Fifield is a graduating Art and Design student with a minor in Art History. He has experience with sound engineering and design, visual design, welding, and agriculture. If you would like to know more feel free to ask him! He most likely will not bite.
Leif Ford
Leif Ford is a Freshman, majoring in Theatre Tech and Design. Some of their recent credits include Passages (ASM), Dungeons and Drama: Pirates (Puppet Designer), and Noises Off (Lighting Board Operator). They are so glad to have been able to participate in this distinctive creative process.
Daneé Gosselin has been a member of the PSU theatre faculty and design team since 2007. Favorite past PSU costume designs include Into The Woods (2022), The Addams Family (2019), Dracula (2014), The Pleasure Men (2013), Orpheus in the Underworld (2013), and Marat/Sade (2010). She was most recently the Scenic Designer for Urinetown (2023). Daneé teaches classes relating to costume design, costume construction, and stage makeup at Plymouth State, and maintains order and purpose in the Costume Shop on the second floor.
Samm Johnson
Samm is a senior Theatre Design and Technologies major with a focus in costume design. She is excited to showcase her wearable art creation on the runway today! At Plymouth State, she works in the costume shop as a stitcher, where she has contributed to productions including Noises Off, Just So, Twelfth Night, Eurydice, and Lucky Stiff. Most recently, Samm Co-Designed Clue: The Musical here at PSU. She would like to thank her Pookie, EFC, for being her number one supporter since the day they met and for making her smallest accomplishments feel big.
James Kirichok
James is a senior technical theatre major and the creator of Icarus as well as the sound designer for wearable art. He is proud to produce this costume and glad he could do something like this before the end of his college years.
Matt Kizer has been resident designer for Plymouth State since 1996. He has presented workshops on projections for performance nationally and internationally, including the Prague Quadrennial, the National Opera Association in New York, and The Cyprus Theatre Organization in Nicosia. His work has been presented at the Kennedy Center in D.C., and with A-Fortiorni dance company in Germany. He designed for two years with Operafestival Di Roma in Italy with the Orchestra Sinfonica dell’ International Chamber Ensemble at Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza in central Rome. His projection media and virtual education tools for theatre are used by institutions around the world. He has a B.A. from Purdue University, and an M.F.A. from The Ohio State University.
Nate LaPorte
Nate is a Junior Musical Theatre Performance major with a strong interest in costuming and costume technology. Nate is very excited to be involved with this project. Nate has been acting for over 8 years now and singing for 2 years. His recent roles include Professor Plum in Clue the Musical, Orsino in PSU’s Twelfth Night, Luigi Gaudi in PSU’s Lucky Stiff, and Herb in PSU’s Godspell. He wants to thank his friends and family, especially his Mom, who has shown him infinite support throughout his career. Enjoy the show!
Angelia Labrecque
Angelia is a third year Theatre Design and Technology student with a focus in costumes and makeup. She designed hair and makeup for Noises Off and ran a workshop on makeup for the New Hampshire Educational Theatre Guild. Angelia is currently the assistant costume designer for the upcoming production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
Beck Leininger
Beck is a senior Theatrical Tech and Design major with a focus in stage management. Previous work includes Clue: The Musical (SM), Lucky Stiff (SM), and Secret in the Wings (ASM). They currently are employed at the Silver Center for the Arts’ scene shop as a theatre technician, and recently worked for RB Productions as master carpenter. Most importantly, they would like to thank their girlfriend, Ky, for her loving support, and their parents, for continually supporting their theatre journey!
Dillon Lorden
Dillon is a senior Theatre Design and Technologies major from Chichester, NH. He currently serves as a Shop Supervisor at the Silver Center for the Arts and was the Scenic Designer for Clue: The Musical. This past summer, Dillon worked as a Scenic Carpenter with the Ohio Light Opera, where he strengthened his skills in scenic construction. Passionate about design, carpentry, and painting, Dillon continues to expand his creative and technical expertise in every production. He thanks his family and friends for their endless support—they are what inspire him to keep reaching for the stars.
Kevin O’Dell is a senior Adventure education major and will be Modeling Icarus for this production. this is their first time in a production at PSU and they look forward to being a part of the process and hope that everyone enjoys the performance!
Colton Stergue is a fifth-year student at Plymouth State University, majoring in Performing Arts and minoring in Standardized Patient Training. Colton is also appearing in Passages in the second feature this evening. Past roles include King Sextimus in Once Upon a Mattress, Harry Haywood in War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast, and The Whisper in the premiere of Midnite.
Vivian Yee is a second-year student at Plymouth State University, majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her scholarhip centers around Art History with an interest in textiles. As a hobby, Vivian crafts for cosplay: styling wigs, making clothes, foam smithing – the works! She has never worked with just “trash,” and she found Wearable Art to be a definite challenge!
Silver Center for the Arts
| Director | Stuart Crowell |
| Events Coordinator / House Manager | Tracey Dickson |
| Assistant Front of House Manager | Devin Guild |
| Technical Directors | Heather Manfredi & Tyler McCarthy |
| Costume Shop Manager | Daneé Gosselin |
| Assistant House Managers | Cassidy Sturgeon, Claire McIver, Riley Smith, Sarah Moon |
| Front of House Student Workers | Amber Keiran, Kevin ODell, Logan Aleksonis, Malith Yor, Marissa Kibbe, Saleo Gallant, Taylor Hurley, Taylor Weisenborn |
| Ushers | Logan Aleksoni, Maddie Anderson , Amber Keiran, Kevin ODell, Marissa Kibbe, Saleo G |
