Wednesday, March 3, 2004
"Torba" brings Balkan refugees' stories to life at GC March 19-20, 26-28
GOSHEN, Ind. -- Imagine having to flee your home and, as a refugee, seek a safe place with your possessions collected in one bag.
The GC cast and crew will be only the second group to work with this innovative script. The production will include live folk music from the Balkans, arranged and composed by former Goshen College student Frances Miller of Goshen, large screen projections of Gopp's photography and a choreographed dance sequence.
As the cast and crew have worked with the play and rehearsed, "it continues to profoundly affect our lives as artists, collaborators, peacemakers, students and members of the human race," Brubaker said. "I think that Goshen College and the community are in for an intense theatrical experience. But more importantly, I think that this play offers us a chance to explore the world of the war torn Balkans, and our own increasingly violent and fragmented world in new and exciting ways."
In the cast: Cody Bailey (Fr., Goshen), Derek Bontreger (Sr., Goshen), Ben Friesen (Sr., Goshen), Cassie Greer (So., South Bend, Ind.), Jessica Iverson (So., Evanston, Ill.), Nicole Miazgowicz (Jr., Hudson, Mich.), Lindsay Nance (So., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Kyle Reinford (Jr., Goshen), Adam Roth (Jr., Akron, Pa.) and Anna Yoder (Fr., Goshen).
In the crew: Production Manager Jodie Baker, Media Designer Luke Bishop (Fr., Conifer, Colo.), Costume Designer Sophie Charles (Sr., Goshen), Set Designer Will Eichelberger, 2002 GC graduate, Technical Director Jerry Peters, Assistant Technical Director Erin Bontrager (Sr., Goshen), Assistant Stage Manager and Props Master Hillary Knox (So., Gibson City, Ill.), Stage Manager Laura Landis (Fr., Orrville, Ohio), Lighting Designer Eric Meyer (Sr., Millersburg, Ind.), Make-up Designer Sarah Miller (Jr., Goshen), Assistant Director Anika Roth (Fr., Des Moines, Iowa).
Umble Center is accessible to wheelchairs and people with other physical limitations.
Tickets cost $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens over 65 years old. They can be ordered by calling the Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566 or e-mailing joannp@goshen.edu.
Goshen College, established in 1894, is a four-year residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college's Christ-centered core values -- passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership -- prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron's Best Buys in Education, Kaplan's "Most Interesting Colleges" guide and U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition, which named Goshen a "least debt college." Visit https://www.goshen.edu/.
Editors: Photos will be available after March 11 or can be arranged by calling director Phoebe Brubaker at work 535-5260 or home 533-5524. For more information, contact Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.
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