Something in the Living Room
UAF Department of Theatre & Film’s presents a Tuma Theatre production, Something In The Living Room, written and directed by UAF Associate Professor of Indigenous Media, Kavelina Torres. Multimedia Performances will take place in the Lee H. Salisbury Lab Theatre from March 29-April 7, 2024.
What do you do when the ‘ties that bind’ become too painful? Do you scream and punish others? Slice your way to freedom? Head to the Kuskokwim? Perhaps you allow yourself to get lost in a luscious rich slice of chocolate cake…
Come see this dark comedy, and find out what Cora Alice, the hired assassin, does.
WHAT:
Something in the Living Room by Kavelina Torres
WHO:
Theatre UAF, directed by Kavelina Torres
WHERE:
Lee H. Salisbury Lab Theatre, UAF Fine Arts Complex
Friday, March 29 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, March 30 @ 7:30pm
Sunday April 5 @ 2pm
Friday, April 6 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, April 7 @ 2:00pm
Rated PG-13
Content Warnings: images of gore and simulated violence
Running Time: 120 minutes
15 minute intermission
Cast
CORA ALICE JANE ...
JULES SMITH ...
SWEETY ...
THE PROFESSOR ...
EDWARD JIMMIE ...
FAT CAT ...
COWBOY ...
JOHNNY ...
TOK SMITH ...
OFFICER RAMSEY ...
CO-ED ...
YOUNG MAN ...
NATHANIEL ...
Production Crew
Director ...
Stage Manager ...
Set Designer ...
Assistant Set Designer &
Props Designer ...
Hannah Greene
Costume Designer ...
Costume Assistant ...
Lighting Designer ...
Lighting Associate ...
Sound Designer ...
Video Technician ...
Film Producer ...
Casting Associate &
Producer ...
Carrie Baker
The Story
An assassin for hire has arrived…at the wrong house! And this house is a doozy. She must complete the job but the place is overrun with visitors. Wait a minute –– she thought he was dead?! Between phone calls, reluctant clients, beaus and ex-beaus, everyone wants something from her, but what does she want?
The Director/Playwright
Kavelina Torres is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Media at UAF. They received their MFA in Creative Writing from The University of British Columbia where they studied scripts and scripting in addition to prose and graphic novels. They have a bachelor’s degree in Indigenous Filmmaking from UAF. Kavelina has been a part of many productions such as Growing Native, Boat Buyers, Christmas Crazier, Big Miracle, Messenger, Bodies of Water, Feels Good, Molly of Denali, and has made their own films, Yugumalleq and The Wild Witch. In addition to Something in the Living Room, Kavelina’s theatre production credits include Machinations and Little Bits, and Bob and Bones. Prose credits include Technician Qamaq North in CAROUSEL magazine (where Tor.com called it a must-read in January 2022), Kegg’ and Qiuq at medium.com plus Monologues from The Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Their film Yugumalleq was aired across the US on PBS and FNX. Professor Kavelina is a 2014 Sundance Indigenous Film Program Alum.
Information on cast/crew
The Cast
The cast is a talented mix of Film & Performing Arts majors, UAF students from departments
across campus, and Fairbanks community actors. Ditter Tritt, who made her Theatre
UAF debut last spring in Tumyaraq-qaa, leads the cast playing Cora Alice, along with senior FLPA major Flyn Ludington (Sweetie)
and Fairbanks actor Charlotte Gray (Jules). Fairbanks community actors Hank Nuwer
(The Professor), Neal Charlie, Jr. (Edward Jimmie), Tim Ott (Fat Cat), Skylar Davis
(Cowboy), Virginia Parr (Johnny), and Jacob Lawrence (Young Man) all make their Theatre
UAF debuts. FLPA majors Dey Van Acker (Officer Ramsey) and Jessica Wohlwend (Nathaniel),
alongside English Department Creative Writing graduate student, Nora McIntyre (Tok),
also make their Theatre UAF debuts. Veteran FLPA major, Hannah Greene, rounds out
the cast as Co-ed.
The Design Team
Leading our design team are Set Designer Alex Gagne-Hawes and Costume Designer Stephanie
Rivet. Seamus Knight (Lighting Designer) and Hannah Greene (Props Designer) are both
Film & Performing Arts majors in UAF’s Department of Theatre & Film who are working
on this production towards their degree completion. Jas Stokes (Stage Manager), Rori
Katnigg (Sound Designer), Zorissa James (Costume Assistant), and Alex Armstrong (Video
Technician) are all students at UAF. Stephanie Wright (Lighting Menor) is an Alaska
Fellow for Inspiring Girls Expeditions Alaska at the International Arctic Research Center at UAF.
Department Spotlights
Flyn Ludington (Actor: Sweetie)
Flyn is thrilled to help Kavelina Torres, in whatever capacity, launch Something in the Living Room to the stage and screen. Flyn is a seasoned performer. She had her first paid screen acting job at age 14, attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and locally has appeared in (and worked on) too many shows to count! She also co-founded and currently helps to manage a radical local community radio station, KWRK-LP 90.9 FM. Her parents are Megan McCarthy of Butte, Montana and Fairbanks, and Milton Ludington of Everson, WA and Fairbanks. They facilitate ALL SHE DOES! She is also a single-mother of two kids and she was born, and has lived the majority of her life, upon the stolen lands of the Indigenous Peoples of Alaska.
Stephanie Rivet (Costume Designer)
Stephanie is the Costume Shop Manager and Costume Designer for Something in the Living Room. She is a graduate of UAF with a B.A. in Film and Performing Arts. Previous costume design work includes Theatre UAF's Tumyaraq-qaa, Seminar, The Misanthrope, and Stop Kiss as well as FST's Titus Andronicus.
Photo Gallery
Publicity Photos
Cast & Crew Headshots
Rehearsal Photos
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
By Valentine, Department of Theatre and Film
907-474-6590 or vbvalentine@alaska.edu
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS:
Director – Kavelina Torres kander23@alaska.edu
Actor -Ditter Tritt donettamtritt@gmail.com
Costume Designer – Stephanie Rivet smsandberg@alaska.edu
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