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Playbill

A Performance by the Ron and Sheilah Gates Department of Theatre

Summer Dinner Theatre
Love, Sex and the I.R.S.

By William VanZandt and Jane Milmore
Sponsored by Joel and Linda Black

DWU Black Box Theatre
Friday and Saturday Show Dates
June: 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27
July Dates: 3, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25  
Dinner: 6:30 p.m., Curtain: 7:30 p.m. 

Sunday Show Dates
July Dates: 5, 12, 19, 26
Dinner: 1 p.m., Curtain: 2 p.m. 

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Setting

Set in a small bachelor apartment in New York City, this story unfolds circa 1974. There will be one fifteen-minute intermission. 

Cast

(In order of appearance)
Leslie Arthur: Troy Thompson
Kate Dennis: Rian Douvier
Mrs. Jansen: Kamryn Boettcher
Jon Trachtman: Paul Thompson
Floyd Spinner: Devin Carey
Vivian Trachtman: KayLee Door
Connie Winthrop: Stacy Ruelas-Hertz
Arnold Grunion: Daniel L. Miller

Production Team

Director: Daniel L. Miller
Scenic Design & Construction: Daniel L. Miller
Costume Design: Melissa A. Vatter-Miller
Stage Manager: Robert E. Winthrop III
Sound & Light Board Operator: Jude Miller

Special thanks to Joel and Linda Black, Steve and Jen Hirsch, and DWU faculty and staff members for providing evening meals for the actors. Love, Sex and the I.R.S. is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

Meet The Director

Daniel L. Miller is the chair for the Ron and Sheilah Gates Department of Theatre and is professor of the theatre at Dakota Wesleyan University. 

Dan Miller, MFA

Professor of Theatre | Chair of the Ron and Sheilah Gates Department of Theatre

Want to be a theatre major at DWU? 

Friends of The Performing Arts

The Dakota Wesleyan University Friends of The Performing Arts is a society of music and theatre supporters organized to raise funds for music and theatre scholarships. These funds aid the DWU directors to offer scholarship opportunities to music and theatre students, as well as provide opportunities to purchase new instruments and equipment.

Donor List

Impresario: $2,500 and Up
James Cochrane Estate, Ron and Sheilah Gates, George and Deb Kuhler, Terry and Diana Nebelsick, Brad and Teresa Pratt

Director: $1,000-$2,499
Joel and Linda Black, George and Pat Breidenbach, Tom and Charlys Dice, Jim and Roxane Follett, Phil and Lisa Gates, John Jacoway and Linda Kropenske, Dan and Ashley Kittle, Terry and Lori Kueker, Steve and Carmen Mach, Milo Pietz, Lesta and Mike Turchen

Patron: $500-$999
Joel and Kitty Allen, Steve and Tammy Bamberg, Jacquelyn and Dusty Johnson, Daniel Miller and Melissa Vatter-Miller, Rowena Nebelsick, Thomas and Sherri Patzer, Puetz Design + Build, Tom and Jacque Schumacher, Fredel and Jason Thomas

Artist: $250-$499
Clinton and Erin Desmond, Derek and Rebecca Driedger, Carol Grode-Hanks and Eric Hanks, Jason Grof, Mary Puetz, Julie Hart Schutte and Brett Schutte, Jason and Noelle Stoebner, Melissa and Steven Weber, Lori and Curt Wehlander, Jackie and Jim Wentworth

Ensemble: $100-$249
Dar Berkenpas, Julie Brookbank and Philip Picha, Katherine Caldwell, Doug and Bonnie Carlson, Mike and Pam Catalano, Ashley and Jared Digmann, Dan and Trudy Gabel, Bill and Brenda Gran, Bruce and Gail Heimbuck, Melvin and Charlene Juran, Corbin and Syd Kramer, Laurie Langland, Joan and Tim Lubben, Steve and Carmen Mach, Mark Puetz and Katie Murphy, Anthony and Emile Purcell, Ashlee Reck and Grace Villa, Kathy and Ryan Riedy, Tammie Ruffle, Lori and John Solberg, Margaret Zard and Mary Kay Jorgensen, Tim Ziegenhagen and Pat Gott

Prodigy: Up to $99
Caleb Breuer, Randi and Charlie Christensen, Amanda Dixon, Lindsay Grace, Kyle and Ashley Herges, Richard and Penny Kimball, Jan and Tate Larson, John Larson, Jane Lawson, Renae Lehman, Leah and Corey Mellegaard, Rita and Kurt Phillips, S&M Printing, Dorothy Schurrer, Angie Sewell, Lisa Thompson, Rosalie Wehlander

Want to join the Friends of Performing Arts?

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