Radical Joy Project

Radical

Joy Project

Freeing the Creative Spirit

the

A theatrical

performance project

that confronts our

past, breathes into our

present moment, and

envisions our future

A full company

collaboration

A three-part project:

The Past Thu, Apr 8, 8 pm ET

The Present & Future Fri, Apr 9, 8 pm ET

On the Hopkins Center Hop@Home YouTube Channel

Post-performance discussion, Fri, Apr 9https://dartgo.org/joy

Co-directors:

Jarvis Green

Rebecca Martínez

Carol Dunne

Kevin Smith, music director

Production design collaborators:

Laurie Churba, Michael Ganio, Dan Kotlowitz

Students of THEA 41, stage management

CAST

Alex Bramsen '22

Isaiah Brown '23

Kate Budney '21

Jacqui Byrne '22

Ellie Hackett '23

Lila Hovey '23

Min Hur '24

Madeline Levangie ''21

Dawn Lim '24

Edward Lu '21

Chara Lyons '23

Melissa MacDonald GR

Jelinda Metelus '22

Riley Schofner '24

Isabel Wallace '21

Lexi Warden '21

Isabella Yu '23

STAGE MANAGEMENT TEAM

Lucy Biberman '23

Isaiah Brown '23

Sara Cavrel '23

Melyanet Espinal '24

Thomas Latta '18

Matt Law '23

Dawn Lim '24

Elle Muller '24

Nat Stornelli '21

Nitin Venkatdas '23

Tori Dozier Wilson '20

Part I

Carol Dunne, director

Christian Williams '19, video editor

Anthony Robles '20, assistant video editor

Sam West '20, sound design

A Keen for a Newspaper ......................................Melissa MacDonald GR

soundscape Kean Haunt

ﬁlm design Melissa McDonald GR

Unprecedented Shit .............................Isaiah Brown '23, Jacqui Byrne '22,

Ellie Hackett '23, Edward Lu '21

music and lyrics Ani DiFranco

music production Jamie Hackett

guitar Seth Eliser

We Conclude 2020 ..............Alex Bramsen '22, Isaiah Brown '23, Min Hur '23,

Edward Lu '21, Jelinda Metelus '22, Lexi Warden '21

written by Alex Bramsen '22

Hongyeon 홍연 ............................................................. Min Hur '23, soloist

with Alex Bramsen '22, Isaiah Brown '23

music and lyrics Ahn Ye Eun

I Miss the Mountains.........................................................Kate Budney '21

from the musical 'Next to Normal'

lyrics Brian Yorkey, music Tom Kitt

The Secret Ingredient ....................................................Jacqui Byrne '22

written by Marisa Smith

Out Here On My Own ...........................Ellie Hackett '23, Isabel Wallace '21

from the muscial 'Fame'

lyrics Leslie Gore, music Michael Gore

Legacy ..........................................written and performed by Lexi Warden '21

creative collaborator Jarvis Green

media design Christian Williams '19

Easy To Be Hard ..........................................................Jelinda Metelus '22

from the musical 'Hair'

by Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni

animation Jael J. Campbell '22, animation advisor Jodie Mack

guitar Seth Eliser

Reﬂective Joy................................................Isaiah Brown '23, Min Hur '23,

Edward Lu '21, Jelinda Metelus '22, Lexi Warden '21

written by Alex Bramsen '22

Ironclad ...................................................................soloist Kate Budney '21

quartet: Isaiah Brown '23, Lila Hovey '23,

Maddy Levangie '21, Isabel Wallace '21

with Alex Bramsen '22, Jacqui Byrne '22, Ellie Hackett '23,

Min Hur '24, Edward Lu '21, Jelinda Metelus '22, Lexi Warden '21

music and lyrics César Alvarez

drone photography Rob Strong

drone assistant Robert Alter '21

Part II

Breathing Into The Present

Rebecca Martínez, director & video editor

Julián Mesri, composer

Christopher Dillon, video editing consultant

Questions .........................Lila Hovey '23, Maddy Levangie '21, Dawn Lim '24,

Riley Schofner '24, Nat Stornelli '21, Isabella Yu '23

written by the ensemble

Isolation Dance................Lila Hovey '23, Maddy Levangie '21, Dawn Lim '24,

Riley Schofner '24, Nat Stornelli '21, Isabella Yu '23

devised by the ensemble

The Heart and the Sun ...........written and performed by Riley Schofner '24

Simple Joys......................Lila Hovey '23, Maddy Levangie '21, Dawn Lim '24,

Riley Schofner '24, Nat Stornelli '21, Isabella Yu '23

written by the ensemble

Perfect Day 平凡的一天 by 毛不易 .....................................Isabella Yu '23

additional vocals Thomas Latta '18

music and lyrics Mao Bu Yi

english translation Isabella Yu '23

Ode I.XI .................................................................................Lila Hovey '23

written by Horace, english translation Burton Raei

Part III

A Digital Divinity Circle

Jarvis Green, director

Olivia Powell, video editor

Sam West '20, sound design

Matthew Everingham, music transposition/instrumental recording

Raven Cassell, writer

Sunday School ....................... Isaiah Brown '23, Min Hur '24, Dawn Lim '24,

Edward Lu '21, Chara Lyons '23, Jelinda Metelus '22,

Lexi Warden '21, Isabella Yu '23

A Breakout Room .................. Isaiah Brown '23, Min Hur '24, Dawn Lim '24,

Edward Lu '21, Chara Lyons '23, Jelinda Metelus '22,

Lexi Warden '21, Isabella Yu '23

inspired by the poem by Zoe Leonard

Forever is

Composed of Nows ...................spoken text Lila Hovey '23, Nat Stornelli '21

vocals Min Hur '24

written by Emily Dickinson

Mountain Hymn .......................Ellie Hackett '23, Lila Hovey '23, Min Hur '24

music and lyrics Rhiannon Giddens

vocal arrangement Lila Hovey '23

Joy Is.................................Lila Hovey '23, Maddy Levangie '21, Dawn Lim '24,

Riley Schofner '24, Nat Stornelli '21, Isabella Yu '23

written by the ensemble

I Am Mine..................................................................................Lila Hovey '23

music and lyrics, Brooke Waggoner

ukulele Caitlin McCarthy '23

I Believe.............................Lila Hovey '23, Maddy Levangie '21, Dawn Lim '24,

Riley Schofner '24, Nat Stornelli '21, Isabella Yu '23

written by the ensemble

Joy Through Shadow..........................................................Dawn Lim '24

choreographer and performer

Praise and Worship ............... Isaiah Brown '23, Min Hur '24, Dawn Lim '24,

Edward Lu '21, Chara Lyons '23, Jelinda Metelus '22,

Lexi Warden '21, Isabella Yu '23

Boxes and Squares .....................................................Jelinda Metelus '22

music and lyrics Tank and the Bangas

drums Seth Eliser

Around My Heart ................................................................Edward Lu '21

composer and performer

Fly .......................................................................performer Isaiah Brown '23

music and lyrics Isaiah Brown '23 and Edward Lu '21

Sermon and Altar Call.....................................................Chara Lyons '23

A NOTE FROM THE COMPANY

Welcome to The Radical Joy Project, a creative collaboration of Dartmouth

students, faculty, and professional guest artists, led by directors Jarvis

Green, Rebecca Martínez and Carol Dunne.

The project began with this prompt: that now, at this critical moment,

we examine our past, present, and future in order to explore and embrace

JOY. Students were invited to propose projects, create original works of

art, and allow their imagination and creative spirits to soar.

The Radical Joy team is grateful to all of you for joining us on this creative

journey.

We have been inspired by this collaboration...and hope you will be as well.

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM

Carol Dunne (director, part I) Carol Dunne is a senior lecturer of theater

at Dartmouth and the producing artistic director of Northern Stage, a

professional theater in White River Junction, Vermont. At Dartmouth,

Dunne has directed Cabaret, Chicago, Hairspray, Angels in America,

Eurydice, Hair and The Rocky Horror Show. In 2010, she was awarded

Dartmouth's Distinguished Lecturer Award. She runs the Northern

Stage/Dartmouth Experiential Term, which was launched in 2013 to give

Dartmouth theater students a professional residency with Northern

Stage. Since then, 25 students have taken part, with 15 becoming either

full or part time company members of the theater after graduating.

Dunne received the Helen Gurley Brown Genius Award in 2017 and is the

director of the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, a $1.75 million

annual program to propel women to artistic leadership in the theater. She

was recently honored as one of three ﬁnalists for the Zelda Fichandler

Award. She holds a B.A. from Princeton and an M.F.A. in Acting from the

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She teaches Acting I, II, and Acting for

Musical Theater.

Jarvis Green (director, part III) Jarvis Antonio Green is the Founding

Artistic Director of JAG Productions, a Vermont and NYC-based Black

theater company founded in 2016. He is the recipient of the New England

Theatre Conference Regional Award for Outstanding Achievement in

the American Theatre for his work with JAG in its inaugural year. Every

year he produces ﬁve new plays, nurturing the work of ﬁve budding

playwrights at JAGfest, one of the nation's leading incubators of new

works by Black playwrights. In 2020 he launched the Black Joy Project,

a three-tiered project: a Black Theatre methodology, a play embodying

the method, and a documentary ﬁlm capturing its inception. Jarvis was

acknowledged by Native Son as a Black queer man who impacted the

world in 2020 and sees himself playing a key role in bringing actors and

stories from all over the diaspora to stages worldwide. He has a robust

artistic resume having directed and performed in numerous professional

productions all over the country. As an educator and scholar, he created

a Black Theatre curriculum for Northwestern University, Notre Dame, and

Northern Vermont University. Green is a New England Foundation for the

Arts National Theatre Project Advisor and is a founding member of the

Black Theatre Artist Council at the Roundabout Theatre Company in New

York. He is thrilled to be making his Dartmouth Department of Theater

directing debut!

Rebecca Martínez (director, part II) Rebecca Martínez is a director,

choreographer, deviser, facilitator and ensemble member of Sojourn

Theatre and the BOLD Associate Artistic Director at WP Theater. Originally

from Denver, Colorado with deep ancestral roots in the Southwest, she's

now based in Brooklyn, New York. Recent projects include: Sanctuary: A

Soundwalk (Working Theater); Here We Are: Pandemic Fight (Theater for

One - NY Times "Critics Pick"); I Am My Own Wife (Long Wharf Theatre);

Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Miss

You Like Hell (Baltimore Center Stage); Wolf at the Door (Milagro Theatre,

NNPN rolling world premiere); Anna in the Tropics (Fine Arts Center,

Colorado Springs, Henry Award for Outstanding Direction). Rebecca

has worked with INTAR, Working Theater, Signature Theatre, Manhattan

Theatre Club, the Lark, The Playwrights Realm, New Dramatists, the 52nd

Street Project, Radical Evolution, Milagro Theatre, Oregon Children's

Theatre and Brave New World Repertory Theatre among others. Member

of: Sol Project Collective, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, INTAR's

Unit52, SDCF Observer, Latinx Theatre Commons Advisory Committee,

2019 Audrey Resident, New Georges Aliated Artist, 2018-2020 WP Lab,

2017 Drama League Directing Fellow, Member of SDC. She is the recipient

of four Portland, Oregon Drammy Awards and the Lilla Jewel Award for

Women Artists. Rebecca is an artist with the Center for Performance and

Civic Practice where her work focuses on co-designed, cross-disciplinary

social and civic practice engagement and invitation strategies.

Rebeccamartinez.org

Kevin A. Smith (Musical Director) Kevin is native of Omaha, Nebraska

and holds degrees from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Southern

Illinois University. Musical Supervisor at McLeod Summer Playhouse,

Carbondale, Illinois. New York City credits include: Romeo & Bernadette

(Amas); A Little Night Music (Theater 2020); Next to Normal (Three Act

Theater). National Tours: Miss Nelson is Missing, Miss Nelson Had a Field

Day, Stinky Cheese Man, The Little Engine That Could. Regional credits:

The Sound of Music, Mamma Mia (Northern Stage); Gypsy, The Drowsy

Chaperone, 9 to 5, Into the Woods, Sister Act, Singin’ in the Rain, Bring It

On, Hairspray, Spamalot, The Sound of Music, Chicago, Annie (McLeod

Summer Playhouse). At Dartmouth College: Into the Woods, Cabaret,

Urinetown. At Columbia University: Ragtime.

Laurie Churba (Production Design Collaborator) has worked extensively

in New York City and throughout the regional theater circuit as a costume

designer in theater, television and ﬁlm for over twenty-ﬁve years. She was

on the design team at Saturday Night Live for eleven seasons, where she

designed costumes for live skits, commercial parodies, short ﬁlms and

celebrity photo shoots. She has also designed various independent ﬁlms.

Broadway credits: The Price. Regional theaters worked: Mark Taper Forum,

Huntington Theater, Old Globe, Williamstown Theater Festival, Berkshire

Theater Festival, Arena Stage, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theater, Westport

Country Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Goodspeed Opera House,

Northern Stage. Churba teaches costume design and contemporary

theater practice at Dartmouth. lauriechurba.com

Michael Ganio (Production Design Collaborator) serves on the faculty

at Dartmouth while maintaining a professional career in the American

theater. Most recently he designed Only Yesterday for Northern Stage at

59E59 Street Theatre in New York City, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

for American Players Theatre, Hamlet for the Clarence Brown Theatre/

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and Oslo for The Repertory Theatre of

Saint Louis. He is currently preparing designs for A Midsummer’s Night

Dream, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, and The Million

Dollar Quartet for Northern Stage. His work has been seen nationally

at Milwaukee Repertory, The Denver Center, The Center Theatre Group,

Chicago Opera Theatre and Portland Opera, among other American

performing arts companies. A member of the United Scenic Artists Union

Local 829, his work can be seen at MichaelGanio.com.

Dan Kotlowitz (Production Design Collaborator) the Leon E. Williams

Professor of Theater, was chair of the Theater Department from 2011–

2016 and Director of Theater from 2003–2011. He has also been a Melville

Strauss and Petit Family Fellow. In 2008 he was awarded the John M.

Manley Huntington Memorial Award for outstanding teaching and

research. He has designed lights for over 250 professional productions

in New York and at regional theaters across the country, most recently

Macbeth and Heisenberg at Shakespeare and Company, Skin of Our

Teeth at Berkshire Theatre Group, and Only Yesterday in New York. He

most recently designed projections on Esai’s Table for JAG Productions

and the Cherry Lane. His design work for performance artist Diamanda

Galas has been seen nationally and internationally. At Dartmouth, he

teaches Lighting Design, Composition and Design, and Creativity and

Collaboration. He is the very proud father of Dylan and Izzy.

This performance and related programming

are made possible in part through generous support from

the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL)

and the

SPECIAL THANKS

César Alvarez, Department of Music

Eli Burakian

Vania Ding

Jodie Mack, Department of Film & Media Studies

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director of Theater ..............................................................Jamie Horton

Stage Management Advisor/Lecturer ...........................Kathleen Cunneen

Production Manager .............................................................Brianna Parry

Technical Director ...............................................................Jason Merwin

Audio Engineer.......................................................Stephen Rochet Lopez

Hopkins Center Production ................................................Todd Campbell

Video Consultant........................................................................Alek Deva

Department Administrator ...............................................Milena Zuccotti

Oce/Marketing Assistant ..................................Millenah Nascimento '21

POST SHOW DISCUSSION

Join the company of The Radical Joy project

for a post-performance conversation

immediately following the Saturday April 9 performance.

Via Zoom

Meeting ID: 967 3446 9917

Password: 789409

DEPARTMENT OF THEATER

SPRING 2021 UPCOMING EVENTS

HONORS THESIS PROJECT

BULRUSHER

a radio play performance directed by Lexi Warden '21

Saturday, April 17 at 7:30pm

HONORS THESIS PROJECT

ASYNCHRONOUS MISSION #6

an original devised work initially conceived by Kate Budney '21

Friday, April 23 at 7:00pm

HONORS THESIS PROJECT

JANE

an original work written by Savannah Miller '21

Sunday, May 2 at 5:00pm

HONORS THESIS PROJECT

FLOURTOWN

books, music, and lyrics by Matt Haughey '21

Friday, May 14 at 8:00pm

HONORS THESIS PROJECT

RATRACE

an original work written by Naomi Lam '21

Friday, May 28 at 8:00pm

Visit theater.dartmouth.edu

for more information about our

Spring 2021 performances.