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January 23, 24 & 25, 2009
at the Fr. Frank Krische Student and Alumni Center
Directed and designed by
Mark Radziejeski
Assistant Director
Travis Lamb 
Fight Coach
Doug Roach
THE CAST
(in order of appearance) 
Partridge—Andy Grollmes
Bridget Allworthy—Margeaux Seymour
Squire Allworthy—Ben Deghand*
Deborah—Mary Gootee-Schafers*
Jenny Jones (Mrs. Waters) - Sara Stueve
Captain Blifil—Aaron Broxterman
Blifil—Matt Hamel
Tom Jones—Collin Huerter
Thwackum—Brian Rethman
Square—Dylan Kadlicek
Mr. Western—Eric Lynch*
Sophia Western—Bailey Ossello*
Miss Western—Kathleen Minton
Honour—Paige Anderson
Justice Dowling—Josh Witt*
Doctor—Jackson Sittenauer
Highwayman—Brendan Crowley
Harriet Fitzpatrick—Brie Carter
Fitzpatrick—Conor Milne
Mrs. Whitefield—Emily Schmar
Susan—Sara Spicer
Lady Bellaston—Becky Schieferecke*
Nancy—Sarah Fletcher
Constable—Jordan Maxwell
Servants & Townspeople:  Kayla Colvin, Anne Gardiner, Joseph Gootee-Schafers, Lauren Grimes, Jorden Tetuan & Becky Schieferecke*
* indicates member of International Thespian Troupe #7275
PRODUCTION STAFF 
Stage Manager
Abby Hamel
Set Construction and Painting
Brock Sheern
and
Aaron Broxterman, Brendan Crowley, Sarah Fletcher, Anne Gardiner, Joseph Gootee-Schafers, Mary Gootee-Schafers*, Abby Hamel, Matt Hamel, Collin Huerter, Soren Lamb, Jordan Maxwell, Conor Milne, Kathleen Minton, Bailey Ossello*, Will Quaney, Margeaux Seymour, Becky Schieferecke*, Emily Schmar, Laura Stadler, Sara Stueve, Tyler Toelkes, Rob Wintle
 
Lighting and Projection Control
Sarah Keffer and Will Quaney
Sound
Lauren Spain and Tyler Toelkes
Makeup
Lauren Grimes
Costumes
Anne Gardiner
Program Cover
Joseph Gootee-Schafers
Dramaturge
Mary Gootee-Schafers*
House Staff
Laura Stadler 
* indicates member of International Thespian Troupe #7275
DIRECTOR’S NOTE 
Tom Jones is a sort of “everyman” who is innocently born into history.  Like each of us, Tom has no control over the circumstances of his birth, nor the times into which he is born.  And Tom, like each of us, has to learn to deal with the circumstances that life deals to him.  Tom cannot change the fact that he is a foundling yet he is judged by others simply by that fact of his birth.  Tom finds himself facing temptations, at times succumbing to them, but he always maintains his sense of right and wrong.  In fact, he is far more aware of his shortcomings than many of the other people in this story who have given themselves to selfishness and the evils of the world.
At the end of this play, Partridge tells us that there is a moral to this story but admits he doesn’t know what it is.  I would suggest that rather than a bawdy tale, which is often how this story is regarded, “Tom Jones” is actually a morality play that shows us that it is possible to live a virtuous life in a wicked and licentious world.  We are all Tom Jones, trying to remain true to our moral compass in a world that seems to have lost its direction.
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