Lys

By SAM MUELLER

Commissioned by WMU Theatre

Director KATE THOMSEN 

Scenic Designer DAVE NOFSINGER 

Costume Designer IAN WHISTLER

Lighting Designer GAVIN CASSEL 

Sound Designer MARY NARUSIS 

Stage Manager TAYLOR MATTHEWS 

Setting 

The ruins of a capitol building turned autonomous zone, 2030 

CREDIT: David Lang’s JUST (AFTER SONG OF SONGS) included by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., o/b/o G. Ricordi & Co. New York. 

Cast 

Lys: Chloe Davis  

Em: Audrey Geysbeek  

Riv: Mikaela Johnson  

Hal: Henry Lee  

Kleo: True Chin-Parker  

Kin: Zach Trent  

Myr: Ana Isabel Passero  

Cy: Luke James Cloherty  

CHORUS 

Brooke Candella 

Shanice Davis 

Joelle Denhof  

Miles Morris  

Victor Moss  

Zach Russell  

Da'Mon Savage  

Assistant Director: Yasir Muhammad 

Assistant Stage Manager: Kate Laqui 

Vocal Coach, Fight Choreographer, Intimacy Director: Elizabeth Terrel  

Dramaturg: Joan Herrington 

Cultural Competency Consultant: Ana Martinez 

Technical Director: Patrick Niemi 

Assistant Technical Director: Madison Solomon 

Lighting Programmer: Josh Karol 

Sound Board Operator: Skylar Haustein 

Followspot Operator: Dakota Fontes 

Properties Master: Camryn Pieknik 

Scenic Artists: William Berrand, Atlas Zager 

Carpenters: Joe Fleck, Isabel Hafner, Madison Solomon, Camryn Pieknik 

Run Crew: Libby Hardesty, Leo Hellar, Brett Mason, Sam Otten 

Master Electrician: Jimmy Mish 

Electricians: Gavin Cassel, Olivia Farley, Holly Pace, Benjamin Arnett, Jimmy Mish, Hannah Flones 

Costumer: Julia Kosanovich 

Stitchers: Ian Whistler, Chloe Ammond, True Chin-Parker, Ally Taylor, Micaela Johnson, Megan Myers, Alex Damm 

Costume Running Crew Head: Rachel Lohrberg 

Hair and Makeup Running Crew: Miranda Patterson

Loading Crew: Rylen Baker, Maggie Bengston, Morgan Bodie, James Jenuwine, Lexi Klapp, Mary Narusis, Charles St. George, Bryce Wanstead, Zachary Widner 

Arts Management Assistants: Gracie Niec, AJ Howard 

Bios 

Brooke Candella (Chorus) is a Sophomore from Rochester Hills, MI. Previous Credits: Rose, The Flick.

Gavin Cassel (Lighting Designer) is a Junior from Metro Detroit. WMU Debut. 

True Chin-Parker (Kleo) is a Junior from Granville, OH. Previous Credits: Marcy Park, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Celeste 1, Sunday in the Park with George. 

Luke James Cloherty (Cy) is a Junior from Kenosha, WI. Previous Credits: Choreographer, Spelling Bee; Ensemble/Dance Captain, All Shook Up (Clinton Area Showboat Theatre); Choreographer, Church Basement Ladies (Clinton Area Showboat Theatre).   

Chloe Marie Davis (Lys) is a Senior from Detroit, MI. Previous Credits: Earth, Dancing Granny; Raylynn, Blood at the Root; Ensemble, 1984; Mitch Mahoney, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. 

Mary Narusis (Sound Designer) is a Sophomore from Woodstock, IL. Previous Credits: Sound Designer/Board Operator, Timoramino; Assistant Master Electrician, Beginnings.  

Ana Isabel Passero (Myr) is a Junior from Daytona Beach, FL. Previous Credits: Sumner, Men on Boats; Cinderella, Into the Woods (Mez Theatre); Bird, The Birds (American University).

Da’Mon Savage (Chorus) is a Sophomore from Lansing, MI. WMU Debut. 

Zach Trent (Kin) is a Junior from Davison, MI. Previous Credits: Douglas Panch, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Understudy, Tribes; Swing, Sunday in the Park with George; Swing, Urinetown. 

Grace VanHorn (Chorus) is a Senior from Battle Creek, MI. Previous Credits: New Beginnings, A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Ian Whistler (Costume Designer) is a Senior from Clarkston, Michigan. Previous Credits: Scenic Designer, Timoramino; Scenic Charge Artist, Beginnings; Scenic Coordinator, Urinetown.