Season 49
Future productions will be announced when we are confident it is safe to gather in Station’s intimate theater space. Watch for workshops and play reading opportunities in fall 2021!
Stay well, and keep celebrating theatre!
March 6th & 7th, 2021
TOGETHER/APART
The Celebration Company at the Station Theatre presents “TOGETHER/APART,” a live Zoom performance which will include a variety of duet scenes, monologues, poems and songs presented by a diverse group of longtime and newer members of the Celebration Company.
This event is a celebration of love (romantic, platonic, familial, etc.), laughter and hope, as a tribute to the one-year anniversary of sheltering-in-place. The Station hopes to entertain and uplift the members of our community by coming together for a joyful evening of performances, aiming to ease some of the pain that being forced to live apart from one another has caused.
March 6th performance Program: http://bit.ly/StationProgram
Performance: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1045888779236290
March 7th performance Program: http://bit.ly/StationProgramSunday
Performance: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=224297136092902
Emily Albert-Stauning (Loaded Language) is grateful to be a part of the #Enough play series. Emily is a 3rd year Chancellor Scholar studying Acting and Neuroscience at University of Illinois. Emily has appeared in over 40 plays, musicals, commercials, and films. She is a Midwest Emmy Award Winning Actress for Best Children's Educational Series (2016), a Rock the Cause Records Recording Artist, and founder of Hope For a Better Day fundraising vehicle. Emily speaks nationally on the human impact of gun violence. In 2018, she received national recognition for her speeches. She is incredibly proud of the Loaded Language cast for using their voices to say #ENOUGH.
Loaded Language
By Elizabeth Shannon
Directed by Emily Albert-Stauning
Cast
Will: Marshawn Bingham
Logan: Jordan Rinkenberger
Kiersha: Anna Ginsburg-Sullivan
Amira: Amala Willenbrock
JJ: Noreen Adoni
Excellence Onalundula (Malcolm) is a student at Parkland College. Previously was the Assistant Director for Parkland College's production of Machinal this past February. Malcom is Excellence's directing debut. He would first like to thank Station Theatre for the opportunity as well as June Clark Eubanks, his stage manager, and of course the whole cast for their hard work and for bringing this story to life.
Malcolm
By Debkanya Mita
Directed by Excellence Onalundula
Stage Manager: June Clark Eubanks
Cast
College Friend: Kayla Smith
Bandmate: Cedric Jones
Sister: Dominique Allen
Driver: Melissa Goldman
Chevonne Dixon (Ms. Martin’s Malaise) is a senior at Centennial High School, where she has worked on lighting crew for two years. She is passionate about theatre and grateful for this opportunity to direct while being an activist. Thank you to Carolyn Kodes for her support as stage manager.
Ms. Martin’s Malaise
By Adelaide Fisher
Directed by Chevonne Dixon
Stage Manager & Stage Directions: Carolyn Kodes
Cast
Ms. Martin: Cara Maurizi
Oscar: Alex Noa
Maria: Lin Gilbertz
Fate # 1: Paulina Angrave
Fate #2: Suhani Garg
Fate # 3: Madelyn Childress
Leslie Smith (Togetha) is the Founder and CEO of Black Voices Theater Production which has recently showcased artists in the first annual series "Can You Hear Me Now" targeting the underrepresented by using the cultural arts as a platform to help alleviate violence.
Togetha
By Azya Lyons
Directed by Leslie Smith
Stage Manager/Sound Design: Jaime Tiger
Stage Directions: Shakura Bramley
Cast
Chayenne: Danyla Nash
Aiyanna: Britney Christman
Imani: Kayla Smith
Aaliyah: Loréal Allen
Shawn Rodriguez [he/him] (Hullabaloo) is a recent transplant to Champaign-Urbana from Chicago, where he worked as a theater director and lighting technician. He last worked with the Station Theatre as the assistant director for I Hate Hamlet.
Hullabaloo
By Sarah Schecter
Directed by Shawn Rodriguez
Stage Directions: Misty Martin
Cast
Hunter: Tyler Cook
Homer: Matthew Christman
Mel: William Kanter
Leojaé Payton (Ghost Gun) is a senior BFA Acting student at the University of Illinois, where he does community work with his organization People Over Profit (POPC-U). After graduation, he plans to relocate to Los Angeles to pursue an MFA in Producing at the New York Film Academy.
Ghost Gun
By Olivia Ridley
Directed by Leojaé Payton
Cast
Black Boy: Jaylon Muchison
Prince Robertson (Guns in Dragonland) frequently volunteers his time to important causes in his community. He is no stranger to community theatre, but this production serves as his directing debut.
Guns in Dragonland
By Eislinn Gracen
Directed by Prince Robertson
Stage Directions: Prince Robertson
Stage Manager: Monique Arabie
Sound Editor: Michael Wallace
Cast
Lilah Gordon: Tyler Cobb
Toucan: Isis Rose
April 4, 2020
It’s A Wonderful Life : Zoom Reunion
From a story by Philip Van Doren adapted by Ed Pierce
Directed by Ed Pierce
Cast
David Butler Pam Christman
Chelsea Collier
Jake Carl Fava
Joi Hoffsommer
David Katz
Dave Krostal
David E. Laker Katie Baldwin Prosise John Tilford
Story
The beloved Christmas classic is brought to life as a 1940s radio broadcast, including live sound effects, music, advertisements, and featuring an ensemble of actors playing over two dozen roles. It’s a feast for the eyes and ears as idealistic George Bailey sees Bedford Falls in a way he never has before.