Playbill | Program
UNIVERSITY THEATRE
presents
TELETYPE
by Wyat Hamilton
Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre, Frank Thompson Hall
Creative Team
MIA SELF*
Director
DANICA JANELLE JACKSON
Fight Director
DANIEL DE LEON
Lighting Designer
ROBYN WARFIELD
Sound Designer
DAVID JENSEN
Technical Director
THEO STEWART
Stage Manager
*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary
Theatre Society
Professional Staff
Program Director
JOSHUA REAVES
Acting Coach
DANICA JANELLE JACKSON
Costume Shop Manager
LAURA J. PARKER
Costume Technician
ADRIENNE McKENZIE
Assistant Technical Director
MICHAEL WHITE
Scenic Charge Artist & Props Head
JAYME MELLEMA*
Sound & Lighting
ROBYN WARFIELD
Finance & Business
EMILIE WOOD
Marketing & Playbill
RONALD A. FOREMAN*
*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary
Theatre Society
Setting
The play takes place in Charleston, West Virginia on the campus of Charleston State Technical University during the 1969-1970 academic year.
TELETYPE is performed without intermission.
PROLOGUE — News Radio I
SCENE 1 — The First Day of Class
A University Lecture Hall
SCENE II TRANSITION — President Boreman’s Address
SCENE 2 — The Canary’s First Meeting
The Press Room
SCENE 3 — The Discovery
The Press Room
SCENE IV TRANSITION — Thriller!
SCENE 4 — After Class
A University Lecture Hall
SCENE V TRANSITION — News Radio II
SCENE 5 — Arguments
The Press Room
SCENE VI TRANSITION — A Time of Plenty
SCENE 6 — Entrance of the Bureaucrats
Thayles’s Office, A Meeting Room, Bureaucrat’s Office
SCENE VII TRANSITION — News Radio III
SCENE 7 — A Realization
The University Library
SCENE VIII TRANSITION — Christmas & the New Year
SCENE 8 — Financial Ethics
A University Lecture Hall
SCENE IX TRANSITION — A Student’s Article
SCENE 9 — Sam’s Confrontation
The Press Room
SCENE X TRANSITION — Compilation
SCENE 10 — Thayles’s Confrontation
Thayles’s Office
SCENE XI TRANSITION — Radio News IV
SCENE 11 — The Teletype
The Press Room
SCENE XII TRANSITION — The Reports & A Veteran’s Article
SCENE 12 — The Meeting
A Meeting Room
EPILOGUE — News Radio V
Cast
In order of appearance
DASHA ROYAL
Broadcaster, Student, Dr. Morgan
RYAN BYUNG-HOON LIM
Dr. Thayles
MACKENZIE CAYCO
Student, Alex Wheeler
TANNER MOORE
Student, President Boreman, Bureaucrat 2, Reporter 1
ANDREY UREÑA-SECEÑA
Student, Bureaucrat 1, Reporter 2, Broadcaster
JOHN HENRY HACKETT
Sam Hatter
JACEN YABROFF
Ed Thomas
LUKE PATRICK MORAN
Lindsey Neely
KAT O’NEIL CUPP
Jim Blizzard
SAGE CASTRO
Swing
JACK MERRITT
Swing
LILLY BRUFFEY
Swing
*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary
Theatre Society
Production Crew
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Brianne Crawford*
FIGHT CAPTAIN
Brianne Crawford*
VOICE CAPTAIN
Kat O’Neil Cupp
LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR
Mark Oey
LIGHTING — STUDENT WORKER
Daniel de Leon
LIGHTING — VOLUNTEERS
Sydney Buchsbaum – Emma Alderman
Galen Cooper – Owen Dorso
Kaarthika Veluchamy – Luca Collins
Gordon Wilson – Casey Griffin
Andrew Jackson – Brayden Davis
Mark Oey – Neha Parthasarathy
Brianne Crawford* – Alyssa Stellavia
Micah – Carson – Lily Driver
Mackenzie Hurst
LIGHTING – THE 103 STUDENTS
Alana Brown – William Baur
Jackson Pittman – Omar Dillahunt
Hunter Gates – Landon Knauss
Oviya NagarajPrema – Mia Knobloch
Sage Castro – Joey Sports
LIGHTING — THE 223 STUDENTS
Duncan Myers – Graham McPhail
Jocelyn Roush
SOUND BOARD OPERATOR
Nicole Cooper-Williams
SUPERTITLE OPERATOR
Chloe Dexter
HOUSE MANAGER & USHERS
University Theatre House Crew
*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary
Theatre Society
Please silence all cell phones. No photography, video or texting during the performance. Thank you!