Voices in the Air (2005)

Our theatrical production of five original performance poems: Concrete Hearts, Ms. Negativity, Amputation, A Winter’s Harvest, and Making Sense of Scents and Cents. Because they were no stage directions written in the poems, the directors had complete creative control with the pieces. This was staged September 28-29, 2005.

Program Director – Michael Verderber
Lights and Sound by Michael Verderber, Vanessa Vargas, Kyle Hampton

Set Design by Michael Verderber

CONCRETE HEARTS
by Melissa Anne Scott DIRECTOR – Aurelia “Ro” Guzman
CAST:
Honor – Vanessa Vargas Reader – Lyn Sanchez
Greek God – O’Ryan White
Greek Goddess – Brandie Santiago Ren – Renato Regalado
Party Girls – Griselda Gonzales, Felicia Morin

MS. NEGATIVITY
by Gabriel Ruiz DIRECTOR – Melissa Anne Scott
CAST:
Ms. Negativity – Christina Garcia Reader – Felicia Morin
Boyfriend – James Taylor Maupin IV

AMPUTATION
by Michael Verderber DIRECTOR – Rick Saenz
CAST:
GI – James Taylor Maupin IV Uyen – Elisa Llaralde
VC/Reader – Heraclio Gonzales, Jr. VC/Girl/Reader – Jannah Morales
Boss/Reader – Philip Anderson

A WINTER’S HARVEST
by Michael Verderber
DIRECTOR – Gabriel Ruiz
CAST:
Pawn #1 – Stephanie Wright Pawn #2 – Edgar Torres
Pawn #3 – Ron Garza Pawn #4 – Jessica Cuellar
Pawn #5 – Cindy Gutierrez / Gabriel Ruiz

MAKING SENSE OF SCENTS AND CENTS
by O’Ryan White DIRECTOR – Michael Verderber
CAST:
The Poet – David Gutierrez The Mathematician – Michael Leimon
The Lover – Kyle Hampton Ms. Random – Pearl Garza
The Direkter – Michael Verderber

THANKS TO
The Language and Literature Department

HIGHLIGHT: Watching the creativity flowing from the directors as all of the pieces were written with no preconceived notion of their production.