APO Student-Directed Productions

directed by Cole Shoemaker

A play that contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people as they consider the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murder. The 12 jurors bring their own histories, prejudices, and biases to the jury room as they work through this life or death decision. In Fall of 2023, APO's 12 ANGRY JURORS will open in the Mitchell Hall Studio Blackbox.

CAST...
Ian Wehrenberg as THE FOREMAN
Red Chronsiter as JUROR TWO
Dalten Hall as JUROR THREE
Madison Grant as JUROR FOUR
Belle Kaufman as JUROR FIVE
Maggie Lawson as JUROR SIX
Emery Font as JUROR SEVEN
Laila Farmer as JUROR EIGHT
Nathan Rogers as JUROR NINE
Ethan Sparks as JUROR TEN
Yeni Jang as JUROR ELEVEN
Liberty Welch as JUROR TWELVE
Naomi Martinez as THE JUDGE
Tarun Joseph as GUARD

SWINGS...
Gia Brown, Ella Howard and Serenity Dial

directed by Cole Shoemaker

A play that contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people as they consider the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murder. The 12 jurors bring their own histories, prejudices, and biases to the jury room as they work through this life or death decision. In Fall of 2023, APO's 12 ANGRY JURORS will open in the Mitchell Hall Studio Blackbox.

CAST...
Ian Wehrenberg as THE FOREMAN
Red Chronsiter as JUROR TWO
Dalten Hall as JUROR THREE
Madison Grant as JUROR FOUR
Belle Kaufman as JUROR FIVE
Maggie Lawson as JUROR SIX
Emery Font as JUROR SEVEN
Laila Farmer as JUROR EIGHT
Nathan Rogers as JUROR NINE
Ethan Sparks as JUROR TEN
Yeni Jang as JUROR ELEVEN
Liberty Welch as JUROR TWELVE
Naomi Martinez as THE JUDGE
Tarun Joseph as GUARD

SWINGS...
Gia Brown, Ella Howard and Serenity Dial

directed by Cutter Acker

This epochal drama of marriage and the individual portrays a controlling husband, Torvald Helmer, and his wife, Nora, a submissive young woman who, when their idealized home life collapses, comes to the realization that she must finally close the door on her husband, children, and life in "a doll's house" in order to find and live as her true self. APO is bringing this influential and historic work by Henrik Ibsen to the Studio Blackbox in Spring of 2024.

CAST...
TBD

directed by Ian Wehrenberg

In this play by Joshua Harmon; Jordan, a young advertising agent is searching for "Mr. Right" in the complex dating landscape of the 21st century. As singles' nights with his friends slowly become bachelorette parties and wedding ceremonies, he is forced to come to the realization that perhaps the only thing more difficult than finding love is supporting those around him when they do, SIGNIFICANT OTHER ran November 10-13, 2022 in the Mitchell Hall Studio Blackbox.

CAST...
Tyler Abbott as JORDAN BERMAN
Bellah Crawford as LAURA
Alejandra Carnero as KIKI
Felicity Branson as VANESSA
Renda Schroeder as HELENE
Riley Samuel as WILL / CONRAD / TONY
Nom Martinez as EVAN / ZACH / ROGER

directed by Sara Benab

A modern Frankenstein story by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames about Gus, a white, gay artist who wants to be presented in a major art exhibition meant to showcase artists of color. When he hires a black actress, Vanessa, to be the face of his art in order to be shown in the exhibit, things get out of control and through the chaos we are able to explore today's realities of race, gender, sexuality, and art. Stereotypes get turned inside out and hard truths are brought to light. WHITE ran March 9-12, 2023 in the Mitchell Hall Studio Blackbox.

CAST...
Ian Wehrenberg as GUS
Laila Farmer as VANESSA / BALKONAÉ TOWNSEND
Kaia Crawford as ST. DIANA ROSS
Juan Aceves / Nom Marinez as TANNER**
Maegan Klusman as JANE

**For this production of White, the role of Tanner was double-cast with both performers receiving two performances a piece.

directed by Bellah Crawford

Michael Cristofer's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama serves as an examination of grief through the perspectives of three families grappling with terminal illness during a tumultuous twenty-four hours in cottages at a hospice retreat. THE SHADOW BOX ran in the Mitchell Hall Studio Blackbox in November 11-14, 2021.

CAST...
Kate Adams as INTERVIEWER
Maddie Loury as MAGGIE
Josiah Campbell as JOE
Ryder-Tvshka Trayah as STEVE
Nathan Rogers as BRIAN
Cutter Acker as MARK
Rainey Denison as BEVERLY
Annie Rhyne as FELICITY
Izabella Stout as AGNES

directed by Tyler Abbott

In Kait Kerrigan and Bree Loudermilk's musical-drama, 18-year-old Samantha Brown balances on the edge of her future, car keys clutched in her hand. As she sits in the driver's seat, she faces a choice: will she follow in her mother's footsteps, or take the dare of her impetuous best friend and chart a new path? THE MAD ONES ran in the Radke Theatre in the Center for Transformative Learning in March 9-12, 2022.

CAST...
Hannah Dedmon / Ashlynn Stewart as SAMANTHA BROWN**
Annie Ryhne / Maddy Young as KELLY MANNING**
Lindsey Duffin / Jenna Gaston as BEVERLY BROWN**
Jake Chapmond as ADAM

**For this production of The Mad Ones, the roles of Samantha, Kelly and Beverly were double-cast with both sets of actresses receiving two performances a piece.