CALL ME ERIS

All Photos by Justin Barbin Photography

Production/Artistic Information

In the fantasy world of Treha, Eris is a Divilic, the last surviving member of a people with innate powers over sorcery and magic, having lost access to their abilities after witnessing the murder of their family and the devastation of Treha at the hands of a being known only as The Hunter. Upon learning that The Hunter has returned, Eris must join with an unlikely group of heroes and embark on a journey of self-discovery to save their world and avenge their fallen family once and for all.

Created as the accompanying production to a senior honors thesis, Call Me Eris was born from the elaborate and experimental designs of its eight characters. The project centered around taking complex makeup and wig techniques usually reserved for high-budget film and television projects, and figuring out how to transfer those to smaller-scale theatrical productions. As a rare project where almost all of our costumes were constructed from scratch, we provided an educational and artistic opportunity to student designers and artisans that they usually wouldn’t get until working at a larger theater significantly later in their professional careers.

My role on this process was equal parts artistic producer, line producer, and production manager. Due to our design needs and the limitations typically placed on senior thesis productions, we ended up producing this show outside most usual avenues for student projects at Northwestern. As a result, most of the structure and supervision that would be a given for most student shows ended up being constructed by me from scratch throughout the process. For eighteen months, from the project’s early conception to its final execution, I was responsible for all matters financial and logistical, in addition to overseeing script development, building and leading a full production team that spanned Northwestern students, DePaul students, and industry professionals, and ensuring the safety of all team members throughout the build, load-in, tech, and production process.

Cast

Eris – Lexi Yoon Kim
Aster – Ella Waffner
The Hunter – Arran Kennedy Orive
Sage – Brynae Hall
Number 5 – Klax Kirsammer
Rift – Alex Rice
Creature & Demon – Tyler Yoon

Creative & Production Team

Playwright – Mark Park
Director – Kaitlyn Fields
Producer – Philip Cullen
Production Stage Manager – Sienna Laurent
Stage Managers – TaLea Carter, Jillian Dudley
Movement Director – Amanda Elena de la Fuente
Dramaturg – Emry Sotille
Violence and Intimacy Coordinator – Charlie Baker
Script Consultant – Angel Jordan

Costume Designer – Mark Park
Wigs, Hair, & Makeup Designer – Mark Park
Co-Scenic Designers – Mark Park, Kaitlyn Fields
Lighting Designer – Sam Bessler
Co-Sound Designers – Arran Kennedy Orive, Alex Rice
Props Designer – Mark Park
Original Scenic Design Concepts – Avelina Sanchez

Technical Director – Philip Cullen
Costume and Wigs, Hair, & Makeup Supervisor – Mark Park
Costume Coordinator – Poseybelle Stoeffler

Marketing Director – Jasmine Jenkins
Fundraising & Outreach Director – Tallulah Sarig

Assistant Director – Juliana Fukui
Assistant Producer – Brooks Lansana
Associate Makeup Designer – Marilena Kolokotsa
Associate Costume Designer – Lem Nguyen
Assistant Costume Designer – Jasmine Jenkins
Assistant Lighting Designer – Tyler Reif
Assistant Sound Designer – Duyen Millon
Assistant Marketing Director – Brynae Hall

Costume Design Consultant – Elias Fan
Scenic & Props Consultant – Leo Bassow
Technical Consultant – Juan Barerra Lopez
Scenic Carpenter – Tracy Ferrell

Costume Artisans – Yolanda Chen, AJ Dickerson, Milena Elias-Reyes, Jasmine Jenkins, Lem Nguyen, Rose Peters, Poseybelle Stoeffler
Drapers – Mark Park, Eli Hunstead, Beth Uber
Costume Construction Assistants – Leo Bassow, Mengnan He, Stephania Kontopanos, Piper Miller, Holly Simon, Lina Morhai, Shepherd Lee Williams, Julianne Zane
Makeup Artists – Jackie Acosta, Ethann Brewer, AJ Dickerson, Marilena Kolokotsa, Araceli Sias, Alan Silva
Prosthetic Makers – Mark Park, Ethann Brewer, Araceli Sias
Wig Artisans – Mark Park, Finnegan Chu, Megan Pirtle
Wig Stylists – Jackie Acosta, Shahmeer Mirza
Wig Runners – Jackie Acosta, Ethann Brewer, AJ Dickerson
Nail Technicians – Jackie Acosta, Piper Miller
Props Artisans – Leo Bassow, Genesis Castro, Mengnan He, Klax Kirsammer, Rose Peters, Maelea Tan, Shepherd Lee Williams
Additional Design & Construction Assistants – Brian D’Amore, Jillian Dudley, Brooks Lansana, Cailyn Murray, Tyler Yoon