White lined paper with red handwriting fills the background. In the foreground, there is a person look to the side, their face appearing 3 times. Above is a collage of ripped material coming out of their head like a thought. There is a black and white door with an arm coming out reaching towards them. The bottom of the image reads "Cerebral Caplan Studio Theater May 6, 8, 2022 7:30 p.m. and May 7, 2022 2 p.m."

Cerebral

White lined paper with red handwriting fills the background. In the foreground, there is a person look to the side, their face appearing 3 times. Above is a collage of ripped material coming out of their head like a thought. There is a black and white door with an arm coming out reaching towards them. The bottom of the image reads "Cerebral Caplan Studio Theater May 6, 8, 2022 7:30 p.m. and May 7, 2022 2 p.m."
Image By Amir-Gabriel Gad

Cerebral

Created By Sophia Snyder

Directed By Alice Yorke

 

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Cast

Fiona Hill (Briar)(she/her) is a Senior Theater major. Past UArts credits include Mother Courage and Bodies and Bones. Thank you to all the teachers at UArts and to my family for always supporting me.

Jordan Neff (Lou/Keeper)(she/her) is a Freshman Acting major. This is her UArts stage debut! Past credits include Into the Woods, Dog Sees God, and Almost Maine (CAPA High School). Thank you to my roommate for always running lines with me before bed, my professors for a wonderful first year, and my friends and family for their endless support!

 

Production Team

Sophia Snyder (Creator)(she/her) is a Senior Directing, Playwriting, and Production major. Her play Bodies and Bones, an examination of touch, isolation, and death, was included in the 2021 Equinox New Play Festival. Past dramaturgical work includes Hamlet and Fuenteovejuna. A thousand thank yous to the entire Cerebral team.

Alice Yorke (Director)(she/her) is a Philadelphia-based theatremaker. She is a Co-Director of Lightning Rod Special and the lead artist on their piece, The Appointment (Best of 2019 Theater, NYTimes, TimeOut New York, New York Magazine). Performance credits: The Gap (Azuka Theatre, Barrymore Award nomination), Down Past Passyunk (InterAct Theatre), Alex Bechtel's The West, Pig Iron Theatre Company’s 99 Breakups and Pay Up. In 2019 she was named the Best Theatre Talent in Philadelphia by Philadelphia Magazine.

Ava Kepple (Assistant Director) is a Junior Directing, Playwriting, and Production major. Past UArts credits include A Little Death (Director), Pippin (Assistant Choreographer), Men on Boats (Assistant Director) and An Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (Dramaturg). A million thanks to the cast,crew, friends and family! Much love!

Chris Crawford Jr. (Stage Manager)(he/him) is a Sophomore Directing, Playwriting, and Production major. Past UArts credits include Kill the Whale (ASM), We're Gonna Die (Assistant Director), and A Little Death (ASM). Huge thank you to Lindsay Cram, Amy Dugas Brown, and everyone who supported them during this process.

Alex Werthauer (Assistant Stage Manager)

Alex Cordaro (Fight Director)

Frank J Oliva (Set Design) is a Cuban-American Stage Designer, whose work has been seen Off-Broadway and throughout the US. He’s a recipient of the NY Innovative Theatre Award for Stage Design and the 2022 Opera America Director/Designer Prize. He's thrilled to be visiting Philadelphia and collaborating with the outstanding UArts students and faculty. www.frankjoliva.com Union: United Scenic Artists Local 829

Allison Freels (Props Head)(she/they) Allison is a current Junior Theater Design + Technology major focusing in props and costumes for the stage. With nearly 30 productions in eight years, some UArts credits include Overgrown, and the Equinox Festivals. Special thanks to those that have supported her in this process, it is one for the books!

Christine DiJoseph (Costume Design)

Allison Neiheiser (Assistant Costume Design) is a Sophomore Theater Design major. Past UArts credits include assistant set designer for Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea, assistant scenic designer for I Want a Country, and assistant props for Hot Spot.

Manny Garcia (Lighting Design)

Mike DeVito (Sound Design)

 

University of the Arts

David Yager, President and CEO 

Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 

Aanika Allen, Assistant Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 

Justin Luján, Program Director, Acting 

Amy Dugas Brown, Program Director, Directing, Playwriting, and Production 

Jacob Brent, Interim Program Director, Musical Theater 

Natalie Robin, Program Director, Theater Design and Technology 

Quinn Bauriedel, Program Director, Pig Iron School MFA in Devised Performance 

 

Krista Apple, Assistant Professor 

Nick Embree, Associate Professor 

Sarah Sanford, Assistant Professor 

Fadi Skeiker, Associate Professor 

Rob Tucker, Visiting Assistant Professor 

Leah Walton, Visiting Assistant Professor 

Madison Claus, Senior Administrative Assistant 

Lindsay Cram, Associate Producer 

  

Dalton Whiting, Technical Supervisor

Troy Martin-O’Shia, Production Electrician 

LeVonne Lindsay, Costume Shop Manager 

Larry Fowler, Sound Practicum Instructor

Susan Barras, Technical Practicum Instructor

Millie Hiibel, Costume Practicum Instructor

 

Content Disclosures: 

Gaslighting, Blood, Self-Injury, Memory Loss, Discussions of a Coma, Physical Altercations, and Abrupt Lighting Changes.