CLU asked to stage play at regional fest

The Anton Chekhov play about a quirky family in early 20th-century Russia will be presented at 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat., Feb. 4 and 5 in the college’s Blackbox Studio in the theater arts building, north side of Memorial Parkway near Pioneer Avenue on the Thousand Oaks campus.
Only 10 productions from Southern California, Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah were invited to fully mount their shows at the festival. This is the second time a CLU mainstage theater production has been selected.
Judges will choose four to six of the productions from the eight regional conferences to showcase at the national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The CLU production was originally staged in November under the direction of theater arts professor Michael J. Arndt. Assistant professor Nate Sinnott designed the set and lighting. The costume designer was Val Miller, a new lecturer at CLU. Professional composer Chris Hoag provided the score and sound design. Barbara Wegher- Thompson coached the performers on movement.
The cast features the following local students: senior music major Kayla Bailey of Moorpark, junior theater arts major Alex Greene of Westlake Village, sophomore theater arts major Jeremy Hanna of Newbury Park, sophomore Karolina Keach of Calabasas and sophomore multimedia major Jordan Stidham of Westlake Village. Junior theater arts major Anne Sherman of Agoura Hills is stage manager.