College announces cast for upcoming production of 33 Variations!

September 11, 2016

Anoka-Ramsey Community College is proud to announce the student-actors recently cast in its fall production of 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman. The play is set to hit the Coon Rapids Performing Arts Center Oct. 28 and 29; Nov. 3, 4 and 5, 7:30 pm.

Congratulations to:
(student name, role) 

• Madeleine Worthington, Dr. Katherine Brandt
• Courtney Von Vett , Clara Brandt
• Lance Rohloff, Mike Clark
• Brandon Osero, Beethoven
• Collan Simmons, Anton Diabelli
• Jamie Costello, Dr. Gertrude Ladenburger
• Trenton Wyman, Anton Schindler

“This is a truly beautiful play about transforming music, relationships, stories and even the characters into ‘our better selves’ as they say in the script,” said Lisa Weaver, director and college Faculty member. “I am very excited to have Music Faculty member Liz Kuivinen play the 33 Variations on stage during the production. It gives us a window into Beethoven's genius and how music is composed. The play lets us be there and see, hear and understand ideas and theories about how he worked and created. I also love the back and forth between a contemporary setting and the early 1800s and how, in some scenes, the two time periods blend and flow together.”

More about 33 Variations by Moises Kaufman
33 Variations focuses on a mother coming to terms with her daughter and a composer coming to terms with his genius. Though they're separated by 200 years, the mother and composer share an obsession that might, even just for a moment, make time stand still. Drama, memory and music combine to transport the audience from present-day New York to 19th-century Austria in this extraordinary new American play about passion, parenthood and the moments of beauty that can transform a life.

For more information about the production or the Theatre Department at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, visit: AnokaRamsey.edu/academics/departments-faculty/theatre/

Event details:
33 Variations Play Performance
Oct. 28 and 29; Nov. 3, 4 and 5, 2016
7:30 pm
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Coon Rapids Campus
Performing Arts Center