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Teletype poster. Text in brown on yellow background. Cut out circle contains a teletype machine and university institution building.

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!