A Combination of Firsts for The LATE WEDDING

THE LATE WEDDING opens on Oct. 29 at 8pm in LeFevre Theatre. It runs for one weekend only. For many involved in the show, this is a "first" at Saint Mary's College. For example, five of the nine cast members are first year students. So, this is their first time performing on Saint Mary's LeFevre Theatre stage. It has been a great experience for them to feel like they belong to a close-knit community during their first few months at college. Although actor Rose Wong is an MFA in Creative Writing candidate, it is her first time performing at Saint Mary's College, too. It's been a challenge to balance graduate work as well as nightly rehearsals, but she's figuring out how to fit it all in. Since this is an ensemble cast, all actors were called for almost every rehearsal. 

Assistant Stage Manager Kenny Rosenblum (also a first year) came to Saint Mary's with a passion for Technical Theatre, and is simultaneously taking a class on stage management while learning how stage management is done at Saint Mary's. Sophomore Aubrey Bonham is co-stage managing for the first time and realizing the amount of time and effort that goes into that role. Even Theatre Professor Javier Luis Hurtado, PhD, is directing at Saint Mary's for the first time with Kathryn Gubler, '20, stepping in as the Production Manager at Saint Mary's for the first time!  

So, come on out and support THE LATE WEDDING cast and crew in this bold endeavor. It took the hard work of many people to make this show happen. See the cast, crew, and artistic/production team (as of 10/23) below:

CREATIVE/PRODUCTION TEAM & CREW

Director Javier Luis Hurtado
Scenic Designer Kiki Hood
Lighting Designer Mitchell Jakubka
Asst. Lighting Designer Espen Garner
Sound Designer Bianca Langlois
Costume Designer Ashley Renee
Props Manager Carolyn Gersten
Asst Props Manager Erin Colville
Technical Director Ernie Ernstrom
Production Electrician Danielle Ferguson
Production Manager Kathryn Gubler
Stage Managers Aubrey Bonham, Nox Lassett-Egbert
Assistant Stage Manager Kenny Rosenblum
Rehearsal Production Asst. Maya Boorman
Lighting Board Op Michaela Dickert
Sound Board Op Liz Hansen
Deck Crew Adrian Santiago, Alejandro Castellon
Stage Right Deck Lead Coco Vaz
Wardrobe Crew Mia Terra
Wardrobe Crew/Scenic Painter Olivia Beal
Props Asst/Scenic Painter/Usher Kate Conti
Usher/Marketing Asst Sonia Lakshmanan, Sruthi Kumar
Additional Marketing Assistants Andrew Martinez-Cabrera, Aubrey Bonham
Electrician/Usher Max Lundberg
Videographer GaelMedia (Carolyn Gersten)
Promo Videographer Bianca Langlois
Department Coordinator/Events Manager Tara Sundy
 

CAST

Kate Barker………………Narrator/Interviewer/Innkeeper/Mrs. Weatherby
Keira Lewis……………..Mrs. Weatherby,  Casen, General
Rosanna Wong…………………….…Kel, Elenor, Captain 
Liliana Canchola……………….…….…Lee, Patron 2, Ali 
Bruno……………………………..…….Fen, Patron 1, Han
Lance Fiss…………………Curtis, Stranger 4, Sailor, Terry
Dana Paulson………………..……Adama, Stranger 3, Jean
Juno Burtin……….Evelyn, Patron 3, Stranger 2, Spy/Raya
Aidan Kiernan………………………Jamie, Stranger, Jorda

Special thanks to Theatre Program Director Deanna Zibello, former SMC Technical Director Beckett Finn, ACT’s Production Team, GaelMedia, Seminar Enrichment Series, the Anthropology Department, and the Kinesiology Department and the Women's Soccer Team for the donation of soccer balls for rehearsal exercises!

Performances in LeFevre Theatre:
Wed., Oct. 29 8pm (6:30pm FREE pre-show talk with SF playwright Christopher Chen interviewed by Prof. Javier Luis Hurtado, PhD, across the way at the Intercultural Center with light refreshments)
Thurs., Oct. 30 at 8pm
Sat., Nov. 1 at 2pm & 8pm
Sun., Nov. 2 at 2pm

Tickets limited — reserve early

E-tickets: $10 SMC students; $15 SMC faculty and staff, non-SMC students; $20 general (plus a nominal ticketing fee both at the door and online). Purchase tickets online at stmarys-ca.edu/latewedding at least 24 hours prior to performance. 

A limited number of tickets are available at the Box Office 30 minutes before curtain, via cash/check only, for the same price. Tickets may be exchanged by giving your name at Will Call (no need to notify the Box Office ahead of time), but refunds are not allowed. 

Information: 925-631-4670 or tms8@stmarys-ca.edu

Description:
Christopher Chen's THE LATE WEDDING
directed by Javier Luis Hurtado
Inspired by the writings of Italo Calvino (Invisible Cities and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler), The Late Wedding is a fractured portrait of a fractured marriage, as told through a series of interconnected fables, including an anthropological tour of fantastical tribes and their marital customs. Christopher Chen's winking second-person narrative, delivered by a nine-person shape-shifting cast, deftly guides you on a wild and delightful examination of love and longing. At once an anthropological tour through marriage customs, a spy thriller, and a sci-fi love story, the mind-bending The Late Wedding is an inventive and surprising theatrical experience.