Playing the Other

#TheBallantineDays onstage

 #TheBallantineDays - written by Heather May. Co-written by Izzy Ingram, Tom Perry, and #TheBallantineDays Cast - Hobart and William Smith Colleges (February 28-March 2, 2019)

Photos courtesy of the HWS Office of Communications and taken by Chris Jenco

Cast of Characters

The Ballantine Days Reboot Cast

Mary (One of the roommates and Danny’s sister. Grew up in Seneca Glen.) – Maria Perez

Theresa (One of the roommates. Dating Mary.) – Claudia O’Connell

Gloria (One of the roommates.) – Dom Marshall

Danny (Mary’s brother. Attends Upstate Community College. Grew up in Seneca Glen) – Sarim Karim

Raymond (Ballantine College maintenance man) – Kevin Johnson

The Ballantine Days Reboot Production Team

Xio Acevedo (actor playing Mary) – Maria Perez

Scarlett Bradshaw (actor playing Theresa) – Claudia O’Connell

Angelica Reinolds (actor playing Gloria) – Dom Marshall

Yusuf “Jo” Abdul (actor playing Danny) – Sarim Karim

Armstead Thelonius Hightower (actor playing Raymond) – Kevin Johnson

Olivia Lewis (Director) – Isabel Ingram

Evelyn “Evie” Park (Production Assistant) – Grace Ruble

Kyle Cook, Jr. (Production Assistant) – Tom Perry

Louise O’Hare (Lead Writer) – Emily Briggs

The Ballantine Days Original Cast

Mary (One of the roommates and Danny’s sister. Grew up in Seneca Glen.) – Emily Briggs

Theresa (One of the roommates.) – Gianna DeVita

Gloria / Evie (One of the roommates.) – Grace Ruble

Danny / Kyle (Mary’s brother. Attends Upstate Community College. Grew up in Seneca Glen) – Tom Perry

Raymond (Ballantine College maintenance man) – Sal Fabio

Mrs. Bodie / Scarlett – Claudia O’Connell 

Setting

The soundstage and associated rooms (green room, dressing room) for the live-shooting of a contemporary sit-com, The Ballantine Days, as well as on the set for the original 70’s version of a sit-com by the same name. The Ballantine Days is set in a dorm room at a small private liberal arts campus, Ballantine College, located in upstate New York in Seneca Glen.

 #TheBallantineDays Production Staff

Director – Heather May

Playwright – Heather May

Co-written by – Izzy Ingram, Tom Perry, and #TheBallantineDays cast

Set and Lighting Designer – Ed Hallborg

Costume Designer – Dixon Reynolds

Sound and Projection Designer – Kelly Walker

Assistant Projection Designer – Alex Kerai

Technical Director – Ed Hallborg

Stage Manager – Austin Jennings

Assistant Stage Managers – Em Bernstein, Margaret “Gretty” Hollister, Madeline Riester, Kels Veeder

Social Media Coordinator – Kelly Walker

Social Media Assistant – Sydney Gomez

Run Crew – Adrian Bayless-Marr and Kels Veeder

House Manager – Sydney Gomez

Box Office Managers – Wren Andrews and Eros Cabrera

Light Board Operator – Em Bernstein

Projections Operator – Margaret “Gretty” Hollister

Sound Board Operator – Madeline Riester

Set Construction – Katelin Crabtree, Carlos Cruz, Xiaonan Geng, Gabby Guervara, Reed Herter, Margaret “Gretty” Hollister, Isabel Ingram, Jack Koch, Jennifer Lin, Katherine Marino, Veronica Rogers, Emma Rosser, Troy Tedeschi

Original Music by Shrimps and The Lipker Sisters

Inspired by “#TBD” written by the students in Fall 2018 THTR 340: Advanced Acting Styles Devising for Performance: Jack Canniff, Bailey DiSanto, Kevin Goltz, Jessica Hariprasad, Isabel Ingram, Jamal Lucas, Tom Perry

#TheBallantineDays Special Thanks

Tony Bolante, Joe Calabrese, Paul Ciaccia, Kathy Collins, Pat Collins, Kevin Colton, Denise Cosentino, Renee Grant and Residential Life, Stephanie Hesler, Gail Hoesterey, HWS Print Services, Peggy Kowalik, Mary LeClair, Rob Neill, Natalia St. Lawrence, Brady Leo, The Office of Communications, The Red Dove, Alessio Summerfield, Jason Welch, Cathy Williams, Chris Woodworth.