Stage Works
Left: Gabriel
Center: God [Kerns]
Right: Michael
An Act of God
David Javerbaum
The One with the first and last word on everything has finally arrived to set the record straight. After many millennia, and in just 90 minutes, God (assisted by His devoted angels) answers some of the deepest questions that have plagued mankind since Creation.
A Play that began as a "series of tweets" inspired by the book, The Last Testament: A Memoir By God.
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Produced in partnership with St Lou Fringe and Myriad Theatre Company as part of St Lou Fringe's PRIDE Series.
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Annie
Thomas Meehan
Annie is a musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. It is based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray.
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Directed by Matthew R. Kerns, MFA for a local Title I high School.
Left: Annie
Right: The NYC Starlette
Dracula
Tim Kelle
When Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist in obscure maladies, discovers that beautiful Lucy Westenra is the victim of a vampire, suspicion falls on a mysterious neighbor, Count Dracula, and his frighteningly beautiful wives, who receive special emphasis. Inspired from the book by Bram Stoker.
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Directed by Matthew R. Kerns, MFA for a local college.
Left: Dracula
Center: Pre-show look featuring Dracula's Coffin
Right: Lucy
1984
Robert Icke & Duncan Macmillian
Based on the iconic novel by George Orwell, 1984 brings us the story of Winston Smith, a cog in the giant machine state of Oceania.
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Directed by Matthew R. Kerns, MFA for a local university.
Above: Winston
For Colored Girls...
Ntozake Shange
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide... When the Rainbow is enuf is a 1976 consists of a series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance movements and music, a form which Shange coined the word choreopoem to describe.
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Matthew R. Kerns, MFA Choreographed this show for a midwestern theatre company.
Above: The Cast of For Colored Girls...
Above: Duckling Smith
Our Country's Good
Timberlake Wertenbaker
In June 1789 in the penal colony that was later to become the city of Sydney, a marine lieutenant decides to put on a play to celebrate the king's birthday. He casts the play with the English convicts who populate this distant Australian prison camp.
Matthew R. Kerns, MFA directed this show at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.
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Above: Workout Instructor
Workout
Wendy Wasserstein
In the course of a single WORKOUT, an exercise instructor writes on a novel, opens a chain of departments stores, learns to unravel the double helix, and announces her hus-band’s candidacy for governor.
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Matthew R. Kerns, MFA produced this show at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.
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Above: The Cast of Company
Company
Stephen Sondheim
Company is the story of Robert, a confirmed bachelor who, on the night of his 35th birthday, contemplates his unmarried status. Throughout a series of scenes his friends explain to him the pros and cons of taking on a spouse.
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Matthew R. Kerns, MFA produced & directed this show at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.
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My Country
Inspired by the poem written by Sam Beadle, My Country, delves into how we view our country as citizens of different races, creeds, religions, gender, etc. And through it all, how do you define your country, how do you maintain empathy and your own humanity?
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Matthew R. Kerns, MFA devised & directed this show for a local university.
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