Something About a Bear
2013
Role: Co-Director and Producer
New play by Constance Congdon, commissioned by Theatre Novi Most.
Inspired by Russian writer Evgeny Shvartz’s play An Ordinary Miracle, Something About a Bear is a contemporary fairy tale featuring a mischievous wizard, a bear turned into a man, a cross-dressing princess, an epic snowstorm and a hysterical tyrant king; it is a play about the exquisite and terrifying power of love and will delight and inspire audiences of all ages with its magic, humor and heart.
Something About a Bear was a co-production of Theatre Novi Most and The University of Minnesota Department of Theatre and Dance, developed in collaboration with The Playwrights’ Center.
Funded with additional support from: Minnesota State Arts Board, Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Art.gov
Written by Constance Congdon
Theatre Novi Most (in residence at the University of Minnesota)
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Charles Campbell
Annie Enneking
Brant Miller
Luverne Seifert
Haley Carneol
Rex Davenport
Jack Dhein
Laura Hickey
CJ Holmes
Pauline Johnson
Jacob Mobley
Catherine Noble
Joseph Pyfferoen
Bree Schmidt
Alexander Stene
Jared Zeigler
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Costumes: Cole Bylander
Set: Patrick Koalska
Lights: Sarah Brandner
Sound: Devin Nee
Stage Manager: Courtney Sheffield
Bear Puppet by Christopher D. Lutter-Gardella
Composers and Musicians: Johanna Gorman Baer, Linda Breitag
Community Outreach: Anya Kremenatsky
Photos by Dan Norman.
Production Manager Carrie Van Hallgren, playwright Constance Congdon, Lisa Channer, and Vladimir Rovinsky at Something About a Bear.
Bear puppet by Christopher Lutter-Gardella.
