Linfield Theatre Podcast Productions

“Unearthing the Treasure” features interviews with the director, cast and designers. 

Linfield Theatre Program presents Bryony Lavery’s play adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, directed by Janet Gupton. “Lavery’s adaptation appealed to me because she writes the role of Jim Hawkins to be played by a young woman. Lavery says the desire for adventure lives in ‘each of us - girl or boy, grandma or granddad,’ who wants to board ships, fight pirates and find hidden treasure,” says Gupton. Treasure Islandwill offer audiences a rollicking fun escapade with its array of distinctive, yet recognizable characters - the bully, the malcontent, the turncoat, the overlooked, and the charismatic, but dangerous Long John Silver with his sidekick parrot, “Captain Flint.” “We decided to come back with ‘swords’ a blazing and reignite everyone’s passion for live theatre. We are going to launch our 102nd consecutive season with no island stone left unturned,” says Gupton.

Performance dates are Nov. 11-13 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m., Nov. 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m.in the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall. Tickets are $12 for full price; $10 for seniors (62+) and Linfield faculty and staff (two tickets per ID); and $8 for students (12+, any school, one ticket per ID). Seating is reserved. We encourage you to order online for safe, contactless ticketing with our E-ticket/print-at-home option, just click here for tickets. Please call 503.883.2292 for more information.

COVID Protocols: The health and safety of our audience members, students, faculty, and staff is our top priority. We will follow all of the recommended COVID-19 health guidelines and requirements set forth by the Oregon Health Authority and Linfield University. Face coverings are requiredand all audience members will need to be fully vaccinated with an FDA or WHO authorized vaccine in order to attend a performance and you must show proof of vaccination along with valid photo identification at the time of entry. Audience members unable to be vaccinated will be required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to the performance or a negative COVID-19 antigen test taken within 24 hours prior to the performance. Individuals who are unable to or decline to provide the documentation required above will not be admitted. Children under age 12 will not be admitted. Tickets will be sold up to full seating capacity without distancing between parties and the actors will be unmasked for these performances. The actors are following all safety protocols and get weekly COVID testing. Please read the full policy here.

On November 11, the Linfield Theatre Program will open Bryony Lavery’s play adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, directed by Janet Gupton. “Lavery’s adaptation appealed to me because she writes the role of Jim Hawkins to be played by a young woman. Lavery says the desire for adventure lives in ‘each of us - girl or boy, grandma or granddad,’ who wants to board ships, fight pirates and find hidden treasure,” says Gupton. Treasure Island will offer audiences a rollicking fun escapade with its array of distinctive, yet recognizable characters - the bully, the malcontent, the turncoat, the overlooked, and the charismatic, but dangerous Long John Silver with his sidekick parrot, “Captain Flint.” “We decided to come back with ‘swords’ a blazing and reignite everyone’s passion for live theatre. We are going to launch our 102nd consecutive season with no island stone left unturned,” says Gupton.

Performance dates are Nov. 11-13 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m., Nov. 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m.in the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall. Tickets are $12 for full price; $10 for seniors (62+) and Linfield faculty and staff (two tickets per ID); and $8 for students (12+, any school, one ticket per ID). Seating is reserved. We encourage you to order online for safe, contact-less ticketing with our E-ticket/print-at-home option, just click here for tickets. Please call 503.883.2292 for more information.

COVID Protocols: The health and safety of our audience members, students, faculty, and staff is our top priority. We will follow all of the recommended COVID-19 health guidelines and requirements set forth by the Oregon Health Authority and Linfield University. Face coverings are required and all audience members will need to be fully vaccinated with an FDA or WHO authorized vaccine in order to attend a performance and you must show proof of vaccination along with valid photo identification at the time of entry. Audience members unable to be vaccinated will be required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to the performance or a negative COVID-19 antigen test taken within 24 hours prior to the performance. Individuals who are unable to or decline to provide the documentation required above will not be admitted. Children under age 12 will not be admitted. Tickets will be sold up to full seating capacity without distancing between parties and the actors will be unmasked for these performances. The actors are following all safety protocols and get weekly COVID testing. Please read the full policy here.

Dramaturgs Lindsey Mantoan and Beatrice DeGraw do a deep dive into the themes and implications of Ground Zero 2021, interviewing three of its creators--guest director Justine Nakase, and students David Grey, and Rachel Goines.

The performance is on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 1-5 p.m., beginning in the Ford Hall courtyard. It may be raining but the show will go on! The event is free and open to the public. Face coverings are required.

Linfield Theatre is delighted to return to live, in-person performances for our 2021-22 season! We’ve missed you and we’ve missed the thrill that comes with gathering together to explore the human condition through art. Our season begins with Ground Zero: 2021, an original set of four performance art installations, from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 in the Ford Hall courtyard, rain or shine. The event is free and open to the public. Audience members may arrive at any time during the afternoon, moving at their own pace and revisiting any installations. Face coverings are required for this performance.

This podcast is a conversation with the director and co-creators as they discuss their thoughts, reflections, and creative process while devising this performance.

Ground Zero: 2021 reflects on the complicated geopolitical fallout surrounding the events of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Each installation, situated in the Arts Quad on the Keck campus, will reflect on a key theme of 9/11’s rhetoric, subsequent policy and ongoing legacy: “Borders,” “State Secrets,” “Terror” and “Surveillance.” The piece is directed by guest director Justine Nakase and collectively devised and curated by Linfield students Rachel Goines, Ellie Gossett and David Gray.

More information can be found here.

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Linfield Theatre’s first film, “A Night in New Orleans,” is a year-long project written and directed by Associate Professor Janet Gupton. Set during the pandemic a hundred years ago, the film investigates the interconnections between power, race, sex, and politics. In this podcast episode, dramaturgs Lindsey Mantoan and Beatrice DeGraw interview the creative minds behind the project. It features director and screenwriter Janet Gupton, consultant Kahlil Pedizisai, cinematographers and film editors David Gray and Hannah Curry, and actors Hailee Foster, Abigail Northrop, and Mara Youngren-Brown. This episode touches on the project’s inspiration and the process behind its creation.

“A Night in New Orleans” is the final production in the Linfield Theatre Program’s 2020-2021 “A Season Like No Other.”

Explore what it is like to change one’s major to theatre later in college and the accompanying challenges and successes that come in doing so. I Wanna Be in the (Class) Room Where it Happens was conceived and directed by Hannah Curry and Rachel Goines. They are also the sound designers and sound engineers, the podcast consultant is Kendall Harrison, and faculty support is provided by Prof. Janet Gupton and Prof. Kevin Curry.

Hannah and Rachel discussed their own experiences and interviewed current students in Episode 1 (Clementine Dorsey, Alea Tran, Hugh Hammons and Jordan Tate). Episode 2 features Linfield Theatre Program alumni Trish Everett ’07, Matt Loerke ’02, and Melory Mirashrafi ’19. They discuss their journeys after graduation and how theatre helped them get where they are today.

Podcast Productionsis part of the Linfield Theatre Program’s 2020-2021 “A Season Like No Other.”

Set in modern day, the play follows the trials and tribulations of seven people trapped in a small electronics store, while a monster of unimaginable horror lingers just outside the rolling gate. As the paranoia escalates so does the tension between the unlucky customers, causing them to turn on one another. The Deal of a Lifetime is a tale that depicts the lethality of capitalism and materialistic-dependent love, revealing the true monster to be far beyond the control of the characters themselves.

The podcast is directed by senior Theatre Arts major Alexandria Hunter, with Jordan Black serving as assistant director. Cast members include Joy Dean, Beatrice DeGraw, Elliot Montbriand, Abbie Northrop, Sarah Ornelas, Margo Stewart, and Robert Turner. Claire Harris is the stage manager, Alea Tran is sound designer, Abbie Northrop is sound engineer, Shayla Wacker is the dramaturg, the podcast consultant is Kendall Harrison, and faculty support is provided by Prof. Lindsey Mantoan and Prof. Kevin Curry.

Sound effects acknowledgements:

Knuckle cracking sound by Vlatko Blažek Varaždin, Croatia [email protected] http://www.freesound.org/people/VlatkoBlazek

Shattering Glass (small) by Czarcazas https://freesound.org/s/330800/

Whip Crack 01 by CGEffex https://freesound.org/s/93100/

All licensed under CC BY 3.0

Set in modern day, the play follows the trials and tribulations of seven people trapped in a small electronics store, while a monster of unimaginable horror lingers just outside the rolling gate. As the paranoia escalates so does the tension between the unlucky customers, causing them to turn on one another. The Deal of a Lifetime is a tale that depicts the lethality of capitalism and materialistic-dependent love, revealing the true monster to be far beyond the control of the characters themselves.

The podcast is directed by senior Theatre Arts major Alexandria Hunter, with Jordan Black serving as assistant director. Cast members include Joy Dean, Beatrice DeGraw, Elliot Montbriand, Abbie Northrop, Sarah Ornelas, Margo Stewart, and Robert Turner. Claire Harris is the stage manager, Alea Tran is sound designer, Abbie Northrop is sound engineer, Shayla Wacker is the dramaturg, the podcast consultant is Kendall Harrison, and faculty support is provided by Prof. Lindsey Mantoan and Prof. Kevin Curry.

Sound effects acknowledgements:

Knuckle cracking sound by Vlatko Blažek Varaždin, Croatia [email protected] http://www.freesound.org/people/VlatkoBlazek

Shattering Glass (small) by Czarcazas https://freesound.org/s/330800/

Whip Crack 01 by CGEffex https://freesound.org/s/93100/

All licensed under CC BY 3.0

The Button Man is an original three-act play written by Creative Writing major Caroline Calvano and directed by senior Theatre Arts major Robert Santos.

Cast members include Mara Cruz-Trapala, Elliot Curry, Beatrice DeGraw, David Gray, Sam Hannigan, Claire Harris, Katie Jones, Brielle Kromer, Weston Lawrence, Alexandra Newberger, Aiden Rictor, Robert Santos, Anthony Schaw, Robert Turner, and Avery Witty.

David Gray is also stage manager, Abbie Northrop is sound designer, Alea Tran is sound engineer, and the podcast consultant is Kendall Harrison, with Prof. Derek Lane and Prof. Kevin Curry serving as faculty mentors.

Sound file credits:

"Ambience, Night Wildlife, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

"UI Confirmation Alert, D1.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

"Ticking Clock, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

"Ambient Buttons, Btn006.wav" by jazzy.junggle.net of Freesound.org

The Button Man is an original three-act play written by Creative Writing major Caroline Calvano and directed by senior Theatre Arts major Robert Santos. 

Cast members include Mara Cruz-Trapala, Elliot Curry, Beatrice DeGraw, David Gray, Sam Hannigan, Claire Harris, Katie Jones, Brielle Kromer, Weston Lawrence, Alexandra Newberger, Aiden Rictor, Robert Santos, Anthony Schaw, Robert Turner, and Avery Witty. 

David Gray is also stage manager, Abbie Northrop is sound designer, Alea Tran is sound engineer, and the podcast consultant is Kendall Harrison, with Prof. Derek Lane and Prof. Kevin Curry serving as faculty mentors. 

Episode 3 will be released on March 19.

Sound file credits:

"Ambience, Night Wildlife, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

"UI Confirmation Alert, D1.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

"Ticking Clock, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

"Ambient Buttons, Btn006.wav" by jazzy.junggle.net of Freesound.org