Uncle Vanya - October 2018
An adaptation by David Mamet of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Direction and production design were handled by Brenda Lynn Bynum. The stellar cast included Nicholas Ballas, Jody Durham, Joey Beth Gilbert, Armando Hernandez, James Jenner, Argos MaCallum, Steven Oakey, Juliet Salazar, and JoJo Sena-Tarnoff. Lights were designed by Jeff Tarnoff. Performances were at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe, NM in October 2018.
Mamet Mania
After converting the Studio space (next door to Teatro Paraguas) in August 2018, The Oasis produced a series of plays and staged readings by David Mamet. An evening of two one-acts, The Sanctity of Marriage (cast included Zoe Burke and Noah Segard) and The Shawl (cast included Lisa Foster, Marty Madden, and Tristan Van Cleave), took place in November 2018.
Staged Readings of Plays by David Mamet
The Woods (Readers were Veronica Everett & Jonathan Harrell), Reunion (Readers were Zoe Burke and James Jenner, A Life in The Theater (Readers were James Jenner and Noah Segard).
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
In Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, a tyrannous leader becomes jealous of his best friend and envious of his virtuous pregnant wife. A false accusation of infidelity, the story is set in motion causing loyal friends to flee; chaos at the court; and an assumed death. With blasphemous defiance, the king is repaid for his insolence with the death of his first born and the loss of his second. But with the healing powers of the passage of time, the play finds a soulful resolution. This innovative production designed and directed by Brenda Lynn Bynum was updated to the 1950s during the height of McCarthyism and then 16 years later in 1971. The cast included Miles Blitch, Eibhlin Brennan, Zoe Burke, Kathi Collins, Joey Beth Gilbert, Anika Heinonen, Vaughn Irving, James Jenner, Abram Klaassen, Howard Miller, Yannig Morin, Steven Oakey, Sarah Runyan, Noah Segard, and Alexander Shicoff.
The Miser by Molière with a new translation by David Carter
The plot concerns the classic conflict of love and money. Harpagon (the Miser) wishes his daughter Elise to marry a wealthy old man, Anselme, because he will accept her without a dowry, but she loves the penniless Valère (Harpagon’s valet). Harpagon himself has set his eye on young, impoverished Mariane, who is in love with his son, Cléante . Love and family as only Molière could create.
Directed by Brenda Lynn Bynum, the cast was as follows: Jeanne Boyles, Zoe Burke, Brenda Lynn Bynum, David Carter, Joey Beth Gilbert, James Jenner, Yannig Morin, Steven Oakey, Noah Segard, B.J. Stokey, and Mark Westberg.
