Don Juan in Chicago
David Ives
Opening Date:
May 9, 2003
Closing Date:
May 31, 2003
David Ives reinvents the legendary lover as an immortal philosopher whose bargain with the Devil forces him into four centuries of romantic misadventures and a comic chase to modern Chicago.
Cast & Crew
Don Juan — Matt Cheek
Leporello — Terry Veal
Mephistopheles — Shane Brown
Dona Elvira — Tiffany Montgomery
Sandy — Amanda Weisenthal
Todd — Chris Rodgers
Mike — Brady Ayala
Zoey — Julie Sledge
CREW
Director / Set Design / Sound Design / Set Painting — Rhonda Clark
Set Design / Lighting Design / Technical Direction / Set Construction — Rick Cheek
Costume Design & Construction — Corey Martin
Sound Design — Joe Daleo
Stage Manager / Running Crew / Set Construction — Bob Bates
Light Operator — Bob Cross
Sound Operator — Mona Cross
Technical Assistants / Dressers — Emily Etherton, Shane Schnetzler
Running Crew — Tom Gibson, Genger Gibson
Set Construction — Rockne Gillen, Kim Davis
Set Painting — Kim Davis, Emily Etherton, Doobie Potter, Nick Backes
Costume Assistant — Carol Welch
Massage Therapist — Roger Oxford
Production Notes
Production Details
Oklahoma premiere of David Ives’ Don Juan in Chicago, directed by Rhonda Clark. Beginning in Seville in 1599 and ending in modern Chicago, the comedy follows the consequences of incompatible bargains made by Don Juan and Dona Elvira with Mephistopheles.
CST Connections
Terry Veal previously appeared as Porter Milgrim in CST’s 1987 Deathtrap. Julie Sledge also portrayed Vicki Smith in Caught in the Net.
Press Coverage
“Morality Triumphant in Don Juan Comedy” — The Oklahoman, May 16, 2003
Special Thanks
Spivey’s Antiques; Joe Daleo; Angela Marks; Tom Harrington; Classen School of Advanced Studies Drama Department; Ron Martin; Don Lusk; UCO Department of Theatre, Dance, and Media Arts; Jon Thompson; Sue Ellen Reiman; Shane McClure; Lance Garrett; Catherine Pongratz.
Licensing
Licensed through Dramatists Play Service, Inc.