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THE FELLOWSHIP HALL, a collection of short plays, including: DREAM BAKE, FIREFALL, THE CROSSROADS, CHASING VICTORY, and THE JEWEL OF OLYMPUS. The Fellowship Hall is a collection of five short plays written by Trinity faculty member Dr. John Sebestyen. Four of the plays were generated during Sebestyen’s recent sabbatical. These four plays are part of a larger group of 28 short plays, all of which were inspired by an alum of Trinity’s Theatre program.
Dr. John asked the alums to send him three photos they’ve taken (or were featured in), as well as three of their current favorite words or phrases. Sebestyen then selected one of the images and one of the phrases to inspire each play.
Dream Bake is about an amateur chef who has a fever dream that she is a contestant on three different cooking game shows. Firefall is about two former college soccer teammates who are on a road trip to Yosemite. The Crossroads is about a young woman who experiences support of her new community in their small-town diner. Chasing Victory is about a young married couple about to embark on a bike ride in a forest. The Jewel of Olympus is a fantastical adventure about a sea-faring captain, and his new clueless sidekick, in search of an elusive treasure.
These plays were inspired by Trinity alums Brooke (Wilson) Aernouts (’08, Dream Bake), Joshua Joachim Moore (’12, Firefall), Alisha Riepma (’12, The Crossroads), Chris DeWaard (’14, Chasing Victory), and current Trinity student Annika Biel in connection with last fall’s 24-Hour Theatre Project (The Jewel of Olympus).
Director:
John Sebestyen
Stage Manager:
Anika Wicker
Production Manager:
Annika Biel
Crew:
Scenic Designer: Hailey Piorek
Lighting Designer: Jared Peters
Costume Designer: Abigail Rhoda
Sound Designer: Hailey Sabido-Garcia
Actors:
Justine Andre-Jackson
Tyren Brown
Dez Buentello
Cristian Contreras
Evan Contreras
Olivia DeJong
Asaph Figueiredo
Carlie Jenkins
Morgan Meinders
Mikey Moore, Jr.
Mia Musick
Jared Peters
Sara Roozeboom
Tommy Welch
THE FELLOWSHIP HALL, a collection of short plays, including: DREAM BAKE, FIREFALL, THE CROSSROADS, CHASING VICTORY, and THE JEWEL OF OLYMPUS. The Fellowship Hall is a collection of five short plays written by Trinity faculty member Dr. John Sebestyen. Four of the plays were generated during Sebestyen’s recent sabbatical. These four plays are part of a larger group of 28 short plays, all of which were inspired by an alum of Trinity’s Theatre program.
Dr. John asked the alums to send him three photos they’ve taken (or were featured in), as well as three of their current favorite words or phrases. Sebestyen then selected one of the images and one of the phrases to inspire each play.
Dream Bake is about an amateur chef who has a fever dream that she is a contestant on three different cooking game shows. Firefall is about two former college soccer teammates who are on a road trip to Yosemite. The Crossroads is about a young woman who experiences support of her new community in their small-town diner. Chasing Victory is about a young married couple about to embark on a bike ride in a forest. The Jewel of Olympus is a fantastical adventure about a sea-faring captain, and his new clueless sidekick, in search of an elusive treasure.
These plays were inspired by Trinity alums Brooke (Wilson) Aernouts (’08, Dream Bake), Joshua Joachim Moore (’12, Firefall), Alisha Riepma (’12, The Crossroads), Chris DeWaard (’14, Chasing Victory), and current Trinity student Annika Biel in connection with last fall’s 24-Hour Theatre Project (The Jewel of Olympus).
Director:
John Sebestyen
Stage Manager:
Anika Wicker
Production Manager:
Annika Biel
Crew:
Scenic Designer: Hailey Piorek
Lighting Designer: Jared Peters
Costume Designer: Abigail Rhoda
Sound Designer: Hailey Sabido-Garcia
Actors:
Justine Andre-Jackson
Tyren Brown
Dez Buentello
Cristian Contreras
Evan Contreras
Olivia DeJong
Asaph Figueiredo
Carlie Jenkins
Morgan Meinders
Mikey Moore, Jr.
Mia Musick
Jared Peters
Sara Roozeboom
Tommy Welch
The spring semester’s mainstage production, Delirium’s Daughters, is a comedy written by Nicholas Korn and directed by Emma Schneider.
Ticket pricing is General Admission: $10, Student Admission: $5, and Senior Admission: $10.
Synopsis:
When four suitors arrive to ask for the hands of Signor Di Lirio’s three lovely daughters, the old gentleman agrees, as long as they have the approval of their mother. And that’s where the problems begin—the old man’s wife died three years ago, and he has gone so mad with grief that he still believes she is alive. However, one of the suitors is the town scoundrel, Giovio, who plays a series of kind-hearted but hilarious tricks that bring the father back to sanity and the intended couples together. Before all is done, the four men have been forced to dress up as their own mothers, and Giovio pretends to have died and appears as his own ghost to haunt to old man’s home.
Cast:
Di Lirio – Steven Polcyn
Giovio – MJ Huizenga
Pomposa – EJ Jones
Timidio – Joseph Gibson
Serio – AJ King
Celia – Nyla Bellamy
Marina – Amy Meyrick
Terresa – Alyssa Kuehl
Crew:
Stage Manager – Hailey Piorek
Assistant Stage Manager – Gabi Soerens
Production Manager – Nicholas Slana
Production Assistant – Annika Biel
Dramaturg – Lily Rucker
Scenic Designer – Katie Oomkes
Light Designer – Jared Peters
Sound Designer – Ethan Santema
Costume Designer – Mikey Moore, Jr.
Costume Assistants – Ely Peters & Abigail Rhoda
Hair & Makeup Designer – Morgan Meinders
The spring semester’s mainstage production, Delirium’s Daughters, is a comedy written by Nicholas Korn and directed by Emma Schneider.
Ticket pricing is General Admission: $10, Student Admission: $5, and Senior Admission: $10.
Synopsis:
When four suitors arrive to ask for the hands of Signor Di Lirio’s three lovely daughters, the old gentleman agrees, as long as they have the approval of their mother. And that’s where the problems begin—the old man’s wife died three years ago, and he has gone so mad with grief that he still believes she is alive. However, one of the suitors is the town scoundrel, Giovio, who plays a series of kind-hearted but hilarious tricks that bring the father back to sanity and the intended couples together. Before all is done, the four men have been forced to dress up as their own mothers, and Giovio pretends to have died and appears as his own ghost to haunt to old man’s home.
Cast:
Di Lirio – Steven Polcyn
Giovio – MJ Huizenga
Pomposa – EJ Jones
Timidio – Joseph Gibson
Serio – AJ King
Celia – Nyla Bellamy
Marina – Amy Meyrick
Terresa – Alyssa Kuehl
Crew:
Stage Manager – Hailey Piorek
Assistant Stage Manager – Gabi Soerens
Production Manager – Nicholas Slana
Production Assistant – Annika Biel
Dramaturg – Lily Rucker
Scenic Designer – Katie Oomkes
Light Designer – Jared Peters
Sound Designer – Ethan Santema
Costume Designer – Mikey Moore, Jr.
Costume Assistants – Ely Peters & Abigail Rhoda
Hair & Makeup Designer – Morgan Meinders
The spring semester’s mainstage production, Delirium’s Daughters, is a comedy written by Nicholas Korn and directed by Emma Schneider.
Ticket pricing is General Admission: $10, Student Admission: $5, and Senior Admission: $10.
Synopsis:
When four suitors arrive to ask for the hands of Signor Di Lirio’s three lovely daughters, the old gentleman agrees, as long as they have the approval of their mother. And that’s where the problems begin—the old man’s wife died three years ago, and he has gone so mad with grief that he still believes she is alive. However, one of the suitors is the town scoundrel, Giovio, who plays a series of kind-hearted but hilarious tricks that bring the father back to sanity and the intended couples together. Before all is done, the four men have been forced to dress up as their own mothers, and Giovio pretends to have died and appears as his own ghost to haunt to old man’s home.
Cast:
Di Lirio – Steven Polcyn
Giovio – MJ Huizenga
Pomposa – EJ Jones
Timidio – Joseph Gibson
Serio – AJ King
Celia – Nyla Bellamy
Marina – Amy Meyrick
Terresa – Alyssa Kuehl
Crew:
Stage Manager – Hailey Piorek
Assistant Stage Manager – Gabi Soerens
Production Manager – Nicholas Slana
Production Assistant – Annika Biel
Dramaturg – Lily Rucker
Scenic Designer – Katie Oomkes
Light Designer – Jared Peters
Sound Designer – Ethan Santema
Costume Designer – Mikey Moore, Jr.
Costume Assistants – Ely Peters & Abigail Rhoda
Hair & Makeup Designer – Morgan Meinders
The spring semester’s mainstage production, Delirium’s Daughters, is a comedy written by Nicholas Korn and directed by Emma Schneider.
Ticket pricing is General Admission: $10, Student Admission: $5, and Senior Admission: $10.
Synopsis:
When four suitors arrive to ask for the hands of Signor Di Lirio’s three lovely daughters, the old gentleman agrees, as long as they have the approval of their mother. And that’s where the problems begin—the old man’s wife died three years ago, and he has gone so mad with grief that he still believes she is alive. However, one of the suitors is the town scoundrel, Giovio, who plays a series of kind-hearted but hilarious tricks that bring the father back to sanity and the intended couples together. Before all is done, the four men have been forced to dress up as their own mothers, and Giovio pretends to have died and appears as his own ghost to haunt to old man’s home.
Cast:
Di Lirio – Steven Polcyn
Giovio – MJ Huizenga
Pomposa – EJ Jones
Timidio – Joseph Gibson
Serio – AJ King
Celia – Nyla Bellamy
Marina – Amy Meyrick
Terresa – Alyssa Kuehl
Crew:
Stage Manager – Hailey Piorek
Assistant Stage Manager – Gabi Soerens
Production Manager – Nicholas Slana
Production Assistant – Annika Biel
Dramaturg – Lily Rucker
Scenic Designer – Katie Oomkes
Light Designer – Jared Peters
Sound Designer – Ethan Santema
Costume Designer – Mikey Moore, Jr.
Costume Assistants – Ely Peters & Abigail Rhoda
Hair & Makeup Designer – Morgan Meinders
The spring production of On a Quiet Night in Suburbia is written and directed by MJ Huizenga, class of 2024.
Synopsis:
On a Quiet Night in Suburbia follows the stories of an ordinary family (maybe even extra-ordinary) living in suburbia. We see Schuyler, a caring teenager who’s navigating his understanding of himself and his parent’s expectations for him; Kimberly, a woman who’s struggling to find motivation for work that she no longer feels appreciated for; Stephany, an ambitious teenager who is eager for her future, she just doesn’t know what it is quite yet; and Hale, a man who has a lot of love in his heart but just doesn’t know how to show it.
Throughout the course of the play, we see these characters struggle with their individual burdens. They try different tactics to solve their issues, but ultimately their problems don’t begin to be resolved until they start to be honest with each other and themselves. Up until that point, they live in fear; fear of each other, fear of themselves, fear of the unknown. That fear is dissolved once they take down the walls they’ve built for themselves and choose to be vulnerable.”
Director & playwright: MJ Huizenga
Stage manager: Hailey Piorick
Production manager: Cassidy James
Production assistant: Lilli Bruxvoort
Crew:
Lightening designer: Jared Peters
Mural designer: Jonah Mudlaff
Sound designer: Halley Crossley
Hair and Makeup designer: Morgan Meinders
Costume designer: Ashley Yonkman
Hair and makeup crew: Emme Dyk, Abigail Rhoda
Stage crew: Hailey Sabido-Garcia, Leah Mathews, Ally Tillema
Cast:
Schuyler: Miles Williams
Dallas: Luke Rotman
Kimberly: Elizabeth Peterson
Amanda: Abby Tillema
Stephany: Ren Amador
Ashley: Gabby Mitchell
Jeremy: Tyren Brown
Hale: Jacob Contreras
The spring production of On a Quiet Night in Suburbia is written and directed by MJ Huizenga, class of 2024.
Synopsis:
On a Quiet Night in Suburbia follows the stories of an ordinary family (maybe even extra-ordinary) living in suburbia. We see Schuyler, a caring teenager who’s navigating his understanding of himself and his parent’s expectations for him; Kimberly, a woman who’s struggling to find motivation for work that she no longer feels appreciated for; Stephany, an ambitious teenager who is eager for her future, she just doesn’t know what it is quite yet; and Hale, a man who has a lot of love in his heart but just doesn’t know how to show it.
Throughout the course of the play, we see these characters struggle with their individual burdens. They try different tactics to solve their issues, but ultimately their problems don’t begin to be resolved until they start to be honest with each other and themselves. Up until that point, they live in fear; fear of each other, fear of themselves, fear of the unknown. That fear is dissolved once they take down the walls they’ve built for themselves and choose to be vulnerable.”
Director & playwright: MJ Huizenga
Stage manager: Hailey Piorick
Production manager: Cassidy James
Production assistant: Lilli Bruxvoort
Crew:
Lightening designer: Jared Peters
Mural designer: Jonah Mudlaff
Sound designer: Halley Crossley
Hair and Makeup designer: Morgan Meinders
Costume designer: Ashley Yonkman
Hair and makeup crew: Emme Dyk, Abigail Rhoda
Stage crew: Hailey Sabido-Garcia, Leah Mathews, Ally Tillema
Cast:
Schuyler: Miles Williams
Dallas: Luke Rotman
Kimberly: Elizabeth Peterson
Amanda: Abby Tillema
Stephany: Ren Amador
Ashley: Gabby Mitchell
Jeremy: Tyren Brown
Hale: Jacob Contreras
The new and improved Healthy Troll Challenge is back! No more points, just fun ways to move!
WHEN: Every Wednesday at 11:00 AM in Mitchell Gym
WHAT: We will meet to play fun games together – Dodgeball, pickleball, kickball, 4 square, scooter soccer, and more!
WHO: ALL ARE WELCOME – students, staff, and faculty!
WHY: because movement is good for us and it’s more fun to do it together!
Also – every week we will be having raffles for gift cards, t-shirts, and more.
It’s easy – just show up, pick up a raffle ticket, play some fun games, and win a prize!
COME JOIN US! YOU WON’T REGRET IT!
The new and improved Healthy Troll Challenge is back! No more points, just fun ways to move!
WHEN: Every Wednesday at 11:00 AM in Mitchell Gym
WHAT: We will meet to play fun games together – Dodgeball, pickleball, kickball, 4 square, scooter soccer, and more!
WHO: ALL ARE WELCOME – students, staff, and faculty!
WHY: because movement is good for us and it’s more fun to do it together!
Also – every week we will be having raffles for gift cards, t-shirts, and more.
It’s easy – just show up, pick up a raffle ticket, play some fun games, and win a prize!
COME JOIN US! YOU WON’T REGRET IT!