Melancholy Play - November 04 - November 06, 2016

The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
Alpha Psi Omega
 
PRESENTS
 
MELANCHOLY PLAY

 

 

with

 

 Brian Nguyen

Brynna Abel

 

Gabe Williamson

Abby Riley

Janie Macklin 

Katie Janner

 

 

Stage Manager

Matthew Hernandez

 

Lighting Designer

Oscar De La Garza

Asst. Director

David Estes

 

Production Manager

Jacob Caire

 

Costume Designer

Renee Wooley

Scenic Designer

Liam Henderson

 

Asst. Stage Manager

Tori Husting

 

 

 

 

Directed by

Natalie Laboda

 

 Alpha Psi Omega Officers 2016 -17

Marliza Mendez

Kennedy Paris

Roxanna Taylor 

Hannah Winkler

George J Villegas III

Wyatt Kaiser

JJ Cortez

Jacob Caire

 
 

 Music by:

Michael Roth

 
 

From Robert Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, 1632:

 

“Amongst its many inconveniences, some comforts are annexed to Melancholy:First, it is not catching...”

 

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Mandorla, Italian for almond, was an ancient symbol comprised of two overlapping circles, which become an almond shape when a line is drawn around the two circles, like so: