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Pictures, reviews, programs, posters, and whatever else has survived the past fifteen years. These pages have a lot of graphics, so download times may be long. The following descriptions may save you from having to wait for something that you really don't want to see.
- The Alcestiad
- Thornton Wilder's attempt at writing Greek tragedy. I played a guard/townsperson. No lines, but lots of cool costumes and makeup as well as
opportunities to look fierce, sad, or wretched. The only items on this page are a poster and a bad
Polaroid of me in age makeup.
- Magic Theatre
- This musical revue for children, written by Saundra Mathews-Deacon, was taken on a tour of local elementary schools. Items on this page include a newspaper clipping about Magic Theatre and a completely unrelated photograph of me made up as "Lee" from True West by Sam Shepard. I only did a scene from it in workshop but, hey, I have the photo and I'll never be that thin again.
- Bertha, The Beautiful Typewriter Girl
- I played the hero in this church production of an "Old-Time Mellerdrammer" written by Charles George. This page contains a newspaper clipping and poster from the show.
- Whose Life is it Anyway?
- Brian Clark's play about a
paralyzed sculptor's battle for the right to die. Includes the newspaper review and two small backstage photos.
- Nicholas Nickleby
- An adaptation of the Charles Dickens Novel by Tim Kelly. A golden opportunity to play a goofy character without having to memorize too many lines. This page includes a newspaper review and poster from the show and an unrelated photo of me receiving a Friends of Chaffey College Theatre Scholarship (see theatre arts Résumé).
- Impromptu
- I directed this one-act play by Tad Mosel. Contents of this page include a photo from Impromptu, as well as a poster advertising the Chaffey College Theatre Season from the same year.
- This is Our Night
- This massive student show included dance numbers from the
choreography class as well as several one-act plays by student directors. I stage-managed the thing (from the light booth, thankfully not backstage. I put Tim Curwick in charge of backstage (sorry Tim)). I also played guitar in Molly McCleod's Moliere play (don't ask). Items include the program and a photo of me in the booth.
- Carnival
- I played "Marco the Magnificent" in Bob Merrill and Michael Stewart's stage adaptation of the film Lili. The show was directed by George Reeder, a great dancer who once played the same role professionally (on Broadway, I think). I suspect it was very difficult for him to scale down all of his great ideas to fit a pathetically uncoordinated non-dancer like me. This page, the longest in the bunch, contains two divided-up newspaper clippings and two pictures of George that I didn't even know I had (one from a Chaffey student handbook and the other from a theatre history text).
- The Crucible
- I always wanted to play "Giles Corey" in this Arthur Miller play. In this UCR Theatre Department production I was cast as "Judge Hathorne" instead, which was good because it's a smaller part. I had not acted in many years and it took me awhile to remember how. Items include the program and a review from the school newspaper.
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Updated
August 2004
© 1999-2004 Tod Shacklett
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