DCC Theatre Presents

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

A Play by Simon Stephens

Based on the Novel by Mark Haddon

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME was first presented by the National Theatre, London at the Cottesloe Theatre on August 2nd 2012 and transferred to the Gielgud Theatre, West End, London on March 12th 2013. The Play opened in the USA at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 5th 2014.

This Play is presented by kind permission of Warner Bros. Entertainment

Disclaimer:

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This production is rated PG-14 for scenes that depict or reference strong adult language, domestic violence, and animal abuse.

Additionally, there are scenes in the second act that contain flashing lights and fog effects.

Director’s NoteS:

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At times this past year has felt impossible. From the basics of learning how to teach theater virtually, to the only consistent—change (Virtual, Hybrid—no virtual again, no Hybrid—now everybody! Sort-of)

The one thing keeping me sane, making it all worthwhile is the kids. Being able to see them and rehearse with them in person has been such a blessing—a little slice of normal for those few hours where the rest of the world can disappear and we can just create together. And what a wonderful group to work with! They have been focused, attentive and hard-working. They have been fun, joyful and full of laughter. They have been OFF BOOK on time 😊! And… I haven’t had to fight the battle of the phones because everyone is sick of screens! I am grateful for this yearlong reminder of what is actually important in education….in life--the people you get to share it with, so thank you for sharing your lives with me.


And a note about the show itself. I chose this show to produce this year for several reasons. I wanted to share a different voice. The voice of someone who thinks uniquely. The voice of someone who has autism. In preparing, we learned more about autism from videos, from our Dean of Students—Joy Kovanda (who also happens to be an expert in Special Education) and from students with personal experience with autism. One of the most impactful things for me was Mrs. Kovanda saying, “If you’ve met one person with autism…you’ve met one person with autism.” In working with JD (Christopher), this really opened up my understanding for character development and allowed JD to discover who this person with autism is. We have all gained so much knowledge, understanding and empathy from this process.

Knowing that we would have to perform in masks as well as keep our cast and crew under 25 people, this was the perfect year to perform this show. It is a small cast and conceptually, my idea is that the audience is experiencing the story from Christopher’s point of view. Having characters masked, the grid on stage, the sequencing of scenes and sensory experiences we included in our storytelling hopefully allows the audience to experience the world from his viewpoint—at least in a small way.

Additionally, I felt the show dove-tailed nicely with our 10th grade Language and Literature curriculum because they read Curious Incident at the beginning of second semester. What an amazing opportunity to enrich the learning of our students! One of the discussions our 10th students have had is about Christopher as a reliable narrator and the use of adult language in the book and play. I did not cut much of the adult language, swearing or cursing. In order to represent Christopher as a reliable narrator, the story must be told accurately from his point of view. He does not filter out the language that the people around him use. Also, the story is set in England, which is a different culture than America. Though the English have the reputation of being uptight or repressed, they do not have the taboo around swearing that we do in America. I felt the culture and story needed to be accurately presented and therefore kept the language used largely intact.

Thank you for joining us on our journey—and welcome back to the theater!

Director

    • Amy Keating

Technical Director

    • Alex Hilborn

Choreography

  • Zoe Collins

  • Kamrynn Eddy

  • Serafina Regusci

Cast:

Christopher

  • JD Malkin

Siobhan

  • Mia Schaefer

Ed

  • Cole Listello

Judy

  • Zoe Collins

Chorus, Mrs. Shears, Mrs. Gascoyne, Woman on Train, Shopkeeper

  • Sarah Berry

Chorus, Roger, Duty Sergeant, Mr. Wise, Man Behind Counter, Drunk One

    • Chris Knight

Chorus, Policeman, Mr. Thompson, Drunk Two, Man With Socks, London Policeman

  • Ethan Homich

Chorus, Reverend Peters, Uncle Terry, Station Policeman, Station Guard

  • Will Harrell

Chorus, No. 40, Lady in Street, Information, Punk Girl

  • Kadyn Ballard

Chorus, Mrs. Alexander, Posh Woman

    • Kamrynn Eddy

Understudies

  • Serafina Regusci

  • Jack Field

CREW:

Stage Manager

    • Case Ragan

Assistant Stage Managers

  • Lexi Rowland

  • Will Sellmayer

Props Manager / Sound Design and Crew Trainee

  • Millie Bramschreiber

Props Crew

  • Tasha Mashek

  • Cooper Brush

Sound Designer / Board Operator

  • Noa Mabon

Lighting Designer / Board Operator

  • Liam Keating

Light Crew / Design Trainee

  • Taylor Kazan

Follow Spots

  • Taylor Kazan

  • William Norrie

Costume Design / Manager

  • Alexa Miller-Colman

Costume Crew

  • Payton Gibson

  • William Norrie

Stage, Prop, Costume, Run Crew

  • Mason Cox

  • Lauren Campbell

  • Sage McDuff

Construction Crew

  • Case Ragan

  • Lexi Rowland

  • Tasha Mashek

  • Noa Mabon

  • Millie Bramschreiber

  • Taylor Kazan

  • Liam Keating

  • Alexa Miller-Colman

Videography Crew

  • JD Malkin

  • Noa Mabon

  • William Norrie

  • Cooper Brush

Poster Design

  • Cooper Brush

Special Thanks:

  • Thank you to our families for your consistent and passionate love and support of the arts!

  • DCC Administration Team: Dr. Mark Wahlstrom, Mrs. Korina Bierman, Mrs. Krista Parnell, Mrs. Joy Kovanda, Mr. Ron Sukle and especially our admin liaison and fierce supporter Mr. David King who has fielded our questions, concerns, crackbrained ideas, hopes about getting performance back into the lives of our students—thank you for helping to make these performances happen!

  • HS Performing Arts Team: Justin Carpenter, Alyssa Miller and Chas Douthit—thank you for being my sounding board, my voices of reason, my team and my friend for this wild ride! I couldn’t ask for better people to work through a year like this (or any year!) with.

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