Celebrating 50 Years of Theatre for Young People • 1954 - 2004
Still Life with Iris
A fantasy from the Land of Nocturno
by Steven Dietz
Director: Jeanne Klein (KU ‘87)
Scenic Designer: Sandy Appleoff
Costume Designer: Brandt Huseby (KU ‘92)
Lighting Designer: Nicholas C. Mosher
The first play for young audiences to receive the Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays Award, this fantastical adventure centers on a little girl’s search for the simplest of things: home. Still Life With Iris is based on Caretakers of Wonder, a 1980 children’s book written and illustrated by Cooper Edens. In the play, Iris lives with her Mother in the land of Nocturno, a magical place where every night the workers make all the things we see by day. In Nocturno, memories are not in people’s minds, but rather are kept in their coats. The rulers of Nocturno, the Great Goods, are determined to have the best of everything on their private island so, since Iris is so delightful, they take her to be their “best daughter”.
Cast
(In Order of Appearance)
Iris Erika Danielle Crane
Mister Matternot Marland Chang
Hazel Lauren Arnold
Elmer Jon Matteson
Memory Mender Robert Steele
Flower Painter Dale Buchheister
Leaf Monitor Wendy Fossum
Bolt Bender Ian Stark
Iris’ Mom/Miss Overlook Larissa Ejzak
Grotto Good Jon Matteson
Gretta Good Lauren Arnold
Mister Otherguy Ian Stark
Annabel Lee Wendy Fossum
Mozart (age 11) Dale Buchheister
Mister Himtoo Robert Steele
Performance Dates & Times
October 2nd at 2:30 p.m. Crafton-Preyer Theatre 
Costume Renderings by Brandt Huseby
Iris 
Memory Mender |
Grotto Good |
Annabel Lee |
