Lead Production Team
Director
Cody Hurm*
Stage Manager
Juliana Campos-Taylor*
*Denotes student
Cast List
Leslie
Abby Bonham
Amy
Monica Ammendola
Brian
Kale Cortez
Wes
Virgil Kornuth
Peter
Eli LaVergne
Gabriella
Zoey Koeling
Talo
Emilio de Anda Acosta
A house in Winter will be performed without an intermission.
Cast Bios
ABBY BONHAM (Leslie) is a fourth-year student with a double-major in History and Theatre Arts. Previously credits at UW-Parkside include Our Town (Rebecca, U/S Emily), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Dramaturg), and When We Dead Awaken (U/S Maja).
MONICA AMMENDOLA (Amy) is a first-year Theatre Arts major with concentrations in Musical Theatre and Acting. This is their first production at UW-Parkside.
KALE CORTEZ (Brian) is a first-year Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Acting. Prior credits include Spongebob: the Musical Jr. (Old Man Jenkins) and Judy Bee’s Essential Survival Guide (Assistant Stage Manager) at the Racine Theatre Guild.
VIRGIL KORNUTH (Bobby / Gorilla / Emcee U/S) is a third-year Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Musical Theatre. Prior credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Issachar) at the Sunset Playhouse, and Cabaret (Bobby / Gorilla / Emcee U/S), Our Town (Assistant Costume Designer), Spain (Ernest Hemingway), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Asst. Costume Designer & Wardrobe/Makeup Crew), Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Asst. Costume Designer & Wardrobe/Makeup Crew), Waiting for Godot (Estragon) and Carrie: the Musical (Freddy) at UW-Parkside.
ELI LAVERGNE (Peter) is a first-year Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Musical Theatre and a minor in Dance. Previously, Eli performed as Kevin McKeon in Stargirl at the Racine Theatre Guild.
ZOEY KOELING (Gabriela) is a first-year Theatre Arts Major with concentrations in Musical Theatre and Stage Management. This is her first production at UW-Parkside.
EMILIO DE ANDA ACOSTA (Kit Kat Swing) is a third-year Theatre Arts major with concentrations in Musical Theatre and Acting. Previous credits include Mamma Mia! (Ensemble, U/S Sam, U/S Bill), Britmas (Isaías), and Dreams (Aladdin, Hades, Ensemble) at Britstudio Entertainment in Mexico City, Mexico, and Cabaret (Kit Kat Swing), and Carrie: the Musical (Mr. Stephens) at UW-Parkside.
Production Personnel
Directing Faculty Advisor
Mary Macdonald Kerr
Stage Management Faculty Advisor
Misti Bradford
Marketing
Ainsley KcKellips *, Jody Sekas
Program Layout
Catherine Mantuano
Poster Design
Catherine Mantuano
Theatre Arts Department Chair
Brian Gill
Production Team Bios
CODY HURM (Director) is a fourth-year Theatre Arts major with a concentration in Stage Management. Previous credits at UW-Parkside include Our Town (Wally Webb / Joe Stoddard), Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Asst. Director), The Effect (Stage Manager), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Asst. Stage Manager), Macbeth (Assistant Stage Manager), Hand to God (Deck Crew), and The Altruists (U/S Ethan, Ronald, Lance). They will next be the assistant director for our upcoming production of RENT this semester.
JULIANA CAMPOS-TAYLOR (Stage Manager) is a fourth-year Theatre Arts major with concentrations in Musical Theatre and Stage Management. Previous roles at UW-Parkside include Cabaret (Frenchie), Our Town (Emily), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Lydia Wickham), Mr. Burns (Stage Manager), Macbeth (Donaldbain/Lord), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Assistant Stage Manager), Hand to God (Jessica/Jolene), Carrie: the Musical (Assistant Stage Manager), Peter & the Starcatcher (Ensemble, U/S Grempkin/Fighting Prawn/Mack/Sanchez/Bill Slank/Hawking Clam), and The Laramie Project (Ensemble).
About UW-Parkside
Since 1968, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside has continued to build a reputation as an outstanding liberal arts institution with particularly strong fine arts programs. With The Rita Tallent Picken Center for Arts & Humanities, our state-of-the-art instructional facilities and stunning performance venues match our award-winning academic programs and provide even greater community access. UW-Parkside offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as specialized online programs. Each year, more than 100 College of Lake County graduates transfer to UW-Parkside to pursue a four-year degree. The award-winning Theatre Arts program is a popular destination for transfer students.