DECISION HEIGHT


By
MEREDITH DAYNA LEVY

Directed by

Alexis Black

CAST

Ava Ballagh
Ciara Dalton
Keana Dong
Zoe Dorst
Dide Karaboga
Tessa Littleworth
Akilah Moore
Jessica Pollok
Cecelia Powers
Destiny Rodney
Ritu Singhal
Alex Spevetz

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

SPECIAL THANKS

RUNNING TIME

The show runs ….

PRODUCTION TEAM

Department of Theatre Chairperson
Stephen Di Benedetto
Storefront Theatre Artistic Director
Alexis Black
Office Operations
Kath Clark
Publicity

Promotional Photography

Production Photography

Fiscal Officer
Sara Allison

CAST & CREW BIOS

AVA BALLAGH (Assistant Director/Trainer) Las Vegas, NV; Junior, BA Theatre and BA Broadcast Journalism. Some of her favorite performances within the Department of Theatre are Love is the Greater Labyrinth (Laura) and Charlotte’s Web (Edith). She also recently worked on Horse Girls (Fight Choreographer), Apricus (Stage Manager), and The STEAM Plays (Assistant Choreographer). She is so super excited to be working on this show and sends her love to her friends and family near and far.

ZOE DORST (Fran) Charleston, WV; Junior, BFA Acting for Screen, Stage, and New Media, Minor in Dance. This is Zoe’s fourth show with the MSU Department of Theatre, but her first storefront production. She recently just completed understudying for Second Stage’s Horse Girls (Ashleigh/Camille). You may – or may not – recognize her from her most recent performance in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mitch Mahoney). She would like to give many thanks to Rob for giving her another opportunity to perform in a department production.

Michigan State University Land Acknowledgement

We collectively acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize, support, and advocate for the sovereignty of Michigan’s twelve federally-recognized Indian nations, for historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, for Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and for those who were forcibly removed from their Homelands. By offering this Land Acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold Michigan State University more accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.

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Friends of Theatre is a membership organization promoting, encouraging and enhancing activities of the MSU Department of Theatre. We organize events and programs that expand the community experience of theatre. We also create fund-raising opportunities and promote improvements in the programs and facilities of the MSU Department of Theatre. How can you join?  Make a donation to the Michigan State University Department of Theatre and you will become a most welcome member. Click here to learn more.

We would like to express our gratitude to the following friends who have generously supported the MSU Department of Theatre during the past year. If we have inadvertently left your name off this list, please accept our apologies and contact us so that we may make the correction. This list is current as of 12/31/23.

Named Summer Circle Courtyard Donors
Sam and Mary Austin
Selma Hollander
Linda Nelson
Gretel Geist Rutledge
Jane K. Vieth and Alan P. Suits

Diamond ($2,500+, Season Sponsors)
Ms. Barbara B. Free
Mr. Craig J. Gunn
Dr. Lauren J. Harris
Ms. Hari E. Kern
Mr. Richard Kief and Ms. Andrea S. Rutledge
Mr. Robert W. Matson
Patricia R. Paulsell, Ph.D. and Mr. C. D. Paulsell
Mrs. Rosmarie I. Peters
Ms. Diana G. Somerton
Linda C. Stone, M.D.
Prof. Blake J. Williams
Richard J. Williams, Jr. and Karen B. Williams

Gold ($500-$1,000)
Mrs. Margaret W. Bird
Bruce F. Brown and Derrick A. Carter
Mr. Greg W. Checketts
Mr. George B. Conger, IV
Prof. Kirk A. Domer
Mrs. Dolores K. Fitzgerald and
Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Kami Frankel
Mr. David A. Gift and Mrs. Debra R. Gift
Prof. Paul S. Kotula
Ms. Jean Lyle Lepard
Mark R. Skibbe
Robert L. Stephenson
Ralph E. Taggart, Ph.D.
Mr. Mark E. Van Faussien and
Mrs. Patricia Storen Van Faussien
Mr. James L. Zacks and Rose T. Zacks, Ph.D.

Silver ($250 – $500)
Mr. Robert M. Andrews
Mrs. Marilyn A. Baird
Charlotte Barvinok
Mr. John F. Baumgart
Christine R. Birdwell, Ph.D.
Mrs. Dana E. Brazil
Michael G. Burry, D.O. and Mrs. Tina M. Burry
Mrs. Barbara L. Bursian and
Dr. Steven J. Bursian
Mr. Lee E. Henry
Dr. David D. Horner
Dr. Gerald A. Jennings and
Ms. Karen A. Jennings
Mrs. Karen N. Moellenberg and
Mr. Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr.
Ms. Patricia K. Munshaw
Mr. Mark S. Sobieski and Ms. Joanne Sobieski
Ms. Barbara S. Wepman
Mr. David W. Wolski and Jean K. Wolski, Ph.D.

Bronze ($100-$250)
Etta C. Abrahams, Ph.D. and
Herbert S. Greenberg, Ph.D.
Dr. Thomas G. Berding and
Dr. Alisa R. Henriquez
Joseph G. Bonsall, J.D. and Ms. Beth A. Bonsall
Mr. Adam Chau
Ms. Lisa A. Corbin
Mrs. Karen E. Couf-Cohen and
Mr. Gerald I. Cohen
Mr. Robert J. DeWaal and
Ms. Christine A. Aiello
Manisha Dostert
Mrs. Karen T. Gilluly
Steven M. Godfrey
Prof. Jacquelynn C. Gould and
Mr. Samuel Gould
Kimberly E. Greene
Mrs. Leonore C. Helder
Mrs. Linda D. Howard and Mr. Ross Howard
Mrs. Katherine L. King and Dr. Larry M. King
Mr. William M. King and Mrs. Susan E. King
Mr. John L. Lepard and
Ms. Emily C. Sutton-Smith
Mr. Thomas L. Lynch
Ms. Lois P. Lynch-Blosser
Ms. Julie M. Matway
Mr. Michael B. McKenney and
Mrs. Rebekah J. McKenney
Ms. Monica M. McMurtry
Mrs. Janice L. Mernitz
Wolfgang J. Mittig, Ph.D. and
Mrs. Odile B. Mittig
Jennifer S. Ortwein
Edward A. Oxer, Ph.D. and Mrs. Tina S. Oxer
Mrs. Frana K. Potter
Kimberly Price
Ms. Cathy S. Roth
Prof. Kelly S. Salchow MacArthur
Karen F. Sheridan
Ms. Rosanne Singer and Mr. Steve Mencher
Mrs. Beth A. Smith and Mr. Thomas M. Smith
Mrs. Sylvia S. Stevens and
Mr. Robert A. Stevens
Ms. Mary L. Terrien
Mrs. Katja S. Thomakos and
Mr. Jeffrey D. Thomakos
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Thomas
Mr. Richard K. Thomas
Dr. Ewen C. Todd and Mrs. Zora I. Todd
Mr. Donald K. Topliff
Mrs. Lisa S. Truax
Ms. Dorothy R. Van Looy
Prof. Ann E. White and Mr. Marc White

Pewter ($50-$100)
Mr. Dennis P. Allen, III and
Mrs. Michelle K. Allen
Ms. Barbara E. Atkinson
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Baker Newell and
Mr. Robert H. Newell
Norman J. Beauchamp, Jr., M.D. and
Ms. Kristina L. Beauchamp
Mrs. Laura J. DeGuire and Mr. Peter J. DeGuire
Mr. Thomas J. Ferris and Mrs. Carol A. Ferris
Mr. William H. Foster and Mrs. Connie J. Foster
Ms. Malinda L. Funk
Mr. Dean O. Haney and Mrs. Nancy E. Haney
Brian Harper
Mrs. Stacey T. Ingram and
Mr. Daniel P. Ingram
Dr. Stan A. Kaplowitz and Mrs. Toba Kaplowitz
Mrs. Amy G. Kilbridge and
Mr. Robert E. Kilbridge
Mr. Geoffrey C. Kimmerly
Debbie Kupinsky
Mr. Jeff S. Lambert
Mrs. Marla K. Lambert and Mr. Dale Lambert
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Lepak
Ms. Mary T. Meierfrankenfeld and
Dr. Ulrich Meierfrankenfeld
Ms. Susan M. Pierson
Prof. Jaideep T. Singh and
Mrs. Elisabeth R. Singh
Mr. Alexander J. Talsma
Mr. Joseph S. Tuchinsky and
Mrs. Cele F. Tuchinsky
Ms. Mary Kay Wolfe
Mr. Frederick P. Zirm and
Mrs. Robinwyn D. Lewis

Distinguished Department of Theatre Scholarship Donors

Dixie Durr
The Dixie Durr Scholarship Fund

Virginia E. Albright
The Virginia Albright Acting Scholarship Fund

Gretel Greist Rutledge
The Frank C. Rutledge Scholarship in Theatre
The Gretel Geist Rutledge Annual Student Awards for Design Excellence in Theatre Production

Selma Hollander
The Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowed Graduate Fellowship In Theatre

Mary Culpepper
The Barbara Hacker Baldwin Theatre Scholarship