scsu theatre dept. active in region

Tue., Jun 30

Larry Nye, assistant professor of theatre, is the director and choreographer of a production of The Full Monty at The Ivoryton Playhouse that will run July 1-26, 2009.  Southern's Theatre Department has a large presence in the production: along with Nye, several alumni and a faculty member are on stage and behind the scenes, including Bobby Schultz, '08, playing "Dave"; Victoria Church, '09, playing "Pam"; Bethany Fitzgerald, '09, playing "Joanie"; Paul Falzone, a former Southern student,  playing "Teddy"; Judy Lenzi-Magoveny, adjunct theater faculty member, playing "Jeanette," and Matthew Griffith, '09, assistant director. Nye says he took the job as director and choreographer with the intention of "including as many people from SCSU as I could."

The book is by Terrence McNally, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek. Performances are Wednesday and Sunday at 2 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. For information call (860) 767-7318 or visit www.ivorytonplayhouse.org.  The theater is located at 103 Main Street in Ivoryton, Conn. 

Nye reports that in addition to the Southern alumni working at Ivoryton this summer, other Southern theater grads are performing and working for many other theaters across New England. He says that Jenna Sisson, '08, is playing "Amber" in Hairspray at The Weathervane Theatre in Whitefield, N.H., and Josh Wills, '09, is playing Sebastian in The Tempest for Capital Classics Theatre Company, based in West Hartford. The show takes place on the campus of St. Joseph College in West Hartford, July 9-26, with shows Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5:30 p.m. Other students are working as stage managers and technicians throughout the region as well. "Our students are using their degrees professionally," Nye says.