The­ater De­part­ment Un­der­go­ing Staff Changes

MISHAWAKA—There have been many staffing changes this year all across the school and even the The­ater De­part­ment has not been im­mune. Just re­cently Jo­han God­walt, As­so­ci­ate Pro­fes­sor of The­ater Arts, chose to re­sign. This res­ig­na­tion came as a sur­prise and much scram­bling was re­quired in or­der to fill his re­cently va­cated roles for the rest of the se­mes­ter.  

One an­swer to those needs was to re­hire Der­rick Null, a for­mer fac­ulty mem­ber. Mr. Null had re­signed this Au­gust to pur­sue free­lance work in the area but was re­hired to lend a hand.  Don Hunter, The­ater De­part­ment Chair said, “He’s been free­lanc­ing in the area and so I hired him to free­lance some of the de­signs and [tech­ni­cal di­rec­tor] work and he’s teach­ing the stage­craft class.”  

Though there have been many changes, but the show must go on! As such, the The­ater De­part­ment looks for­ward to “Sense and Sen­si­bil­ity” an adap­ta­tion of the fa­mous Jane Austen work writ­ten by Kate Hamill. The pro­gram will run No­vem­ber 14 through No­vem­ber 16 and the tick­ets are cur­rently on sale. In ad­di­tion, au­di­tions for this year’s up­com­ing mu­si­cal will be held No­vem­ber 25 and 26, in­struc­tions for what to pre­pare will be given closer to the au­di­tion dates.