Season 18 Retrospective — The Rogue Theatre

Our Eighteenth Season
2022–2023
Retrospective

We hope you'll enjoy this look back at our 2022–2023 Season, featuring video footage of the five plays and four play-readings we staged this year.

To see any of our shorter videos from the year, check out our YouTube page.

Sweat

September 2022

Riveting.
—Eloise Gore, Audience Member

Powerful! It is the only word I can think of to describe Sweat:
the play, the performance of the ensemble, the direction.
—Laura Kosakowsky, Audience Member

Wow, last night reminded me why I love theatre.
I was inspired and reminded of the true power of theatre when done right.
—Marc David Pinate, Producing Artistic Director, Borderlands Theater

It’s one of my favorite plays I’ve EVER seen. OutSTANDING.
—Angela Orlando, Audience Member

The plot is riveting, and the acting, direction and setting just superb.
You'll leave with lots to think about.
—Denice Blake, Audience Member

Hunter Hnat as Jason, Lance Guzman as Chris, Lucas Gonzales as Oscar, Chelsea Bowdren as Jessie, Cynthia Jeffery as Tracey, Matt Walley as Stan and Carley Elizabeth Preston as Cynthia.

Lance Guzman as Chris and Steve Waite as Brucie

Matt Walley as Stan and Carley Elizabeth Preston as Cynthia.

Lance Guzman as Chris, Lucas Gonzales as Oscar, Hunter Hnat as Jason and Matt Walley as Stan.

Chelsea Bowdren as Jessie, Cynthia Jeffery as Tracey, Matt Walley as Stan and Carley Elizabeth Preston as Cynthia.

Photos by Tim Fuller

Complete information on Sweat

Great Expectations

November 2022

…A magical moment of creative theatre.
—Jean Nerenberg, Audience Member

We sit entranced as the Rogue cast carries on.
—Chuck Graham, Review at Let The Show Begin! and TucsonStage.com

The production, insightfully directed by Christopher Johnson, is dark and funny and disturbing.
—Arizona Daily Star review

Matt Walley as Joe, Joseph McGrath as Jaggers, Bryn Booth as Estella, Cynthia Meier as Miss Havisham and Hunter Hnat as Pip.

Joseph McGrath as Magwitch and Hunter Hnat as Pip.

Hunter Hnat as Pip, Dennis O’Dell as Wemmick, and Matt Walley and Aaron Shand as Death Masks.

Hunter Hnat as Pip, Christopher Pankratz as the Judge and Joseph McGrath as Magwitch.

Bryn Booth as Estella and Hunter Hnat as Pip.

Photos by Tim Fuller

Complete information on Great Expectations

Babette's Feast

January 2023

Quite remarkable is how this story – when it is told by actual people on a stage setting mostly made of bare wood, enhanced by the concert grand piano accompaniment of Russell Ronnebaum – grows deeper, more endearing and intimate as we watch how a true artistic spirit comes to stand for truth facing down the artificial values of religious rigidity that insists on making its own demands.
—Chuck Graham, Review at Let The Show Begin! and TucsonStage.com

Snowfall over the town of Berlevaag. Hunter Hant, Kate Scally, Carley Elizabeth Preston, Bryn Booth and Dennis Tamblyn.

Babette’s Feast. Hunter Hnat, Kate Scally, Carley Elizabeth Preston, Shannon Elias, Cynthia Meier, David Greenwood, Bryn Booth, Dennis Tamblyn and Jim Fye.

Bryn Booth as Martine, Carley Elizabeth Preston as Babette and Kate Scally as Philippa.

David Greenwood as General Loewenheilm and Bryn Booth as Martine.

Singing Lesson No. 3. Kate Scally as Philippa and Dennis Tamblyn as Achille Papin.

Photos by Tim Fuller

Complete information on Babette’s Feast

The Seafarer

February-March
2023

Each and every performance is perfection...a master class in acting,
subtle physical humor, and stage craft.
—S. Tiss, Audience Member

Five phenomenal performances melded together into one brilliant ensemble
—D. O’Dell, Audience Member

Walley gives the performance of his life...
—Chuck Graham, Review at Let The Show Begin! and TucsonStage.com

...an impeccable Joseph McGrath...
—Arizona Daily Star review

This was one of my favorites.
—K. Higgins, Audience Member

Good, provocative play. It woke me up at 2:30 with all kinds of thoughts
about isolation, guilt, self-image, rebirth, redemption...
—J. Pernet, Audience Member

Wow, what can I say! Brilliant performance!
—H. Yao, Audience Member

Matt Walley as Richard, Robert Anthony Peters as Nicky, Ryan Parker Knox as Ivan, Aaron Shand as Sharkey and Joseph McGrath as Mr. Lockhart.

Robert Anthony Peters as Nicky, Ryan Parker Knox as Ivan, Aaron Shand as Sharkey and Joseph McGrath as Mr. Lockhart.

Matt Walley as Richard, Ryan Parker Knox as Ivan, Aaron Shand as Sharkey, Robert Anthony Peters as Nicky and Joseph McGrath as Mr. Lockhart.

Matt Walley as Richard, Aaron Shand as Sharkey and Ryan Parker Knox as Ivan.

Matt Walley as Richard, Ryan Parker Knox as Ivan, Aaron Shand as Sharkey, Robert Anthony Peters as Nicky and Joseph McGrath as Mr. Lockhart.

Photos by Tim Fuller

Complete information on The Seafarer

A Midsummer Night's Dream

April-May 2023

The most lively and imaginative production of a Shakespeare play you will likely ever see...
—Chuck Graham, Review at Let The Show Begin! and TucsonStage.com

Such a delightful show! The music added a great deal of mood and placed the magic in earshot.
—Nancy Wilkinson, Audience Member

…superb in every category of drama: the acting, the agility of the actors,
the costumes, the music and dancing.
—Denice Blake and John Blackwell, Audience Members

…delicious and gorgeous and so very funny…
tears streaming down your face, gasping for breath funny…
—Susan Tiss, Audience Member

…the show was beautiful. The coconuts were inspired…
—Michael Bailey, Audience Member

Puck and the Fairies. Jeffrey Baden as Peaseblossom, Julia Balestracci as Moth, Hunter Hnat as Puck, Kate Scally as Mustard Seed and Evan Werner as Cobweb.

Julia Balestracci as Moth, Jeffrey Baden as Peaseblossom, Joseph McGrath as Nick Bottom, Carley Elizabeth Preston as Titania, Evan Werner as Cobweb, Kate Scally as Mustard Seed.

The Mechanicals: Lucas Gonzales as Starveling, David Greenwood as Quince, Matt Walley as Flute, Joseph McGrath as Bottom, Christopher Pankratz as Snout and Jim Fye as Snug.

Oberon and Titania dance. Christopher Johnson as Oberon and Carley Elizabeth Preston as Titania.

The Fairy Lullaby. Carley Elizabeth Preston as Titania with Julia Balestracci, Evan Werner, Jeffrey Baden and Kate Scally as the Fairies.

Puck and the Fairies. Jeffrey Baden as Peaseblossom, Julia Balestracci as Moth, Hunter Hnat as Puck, Kate Scally as Mustard Seed and Evan Werner as Cobweb.

Photos by Tim Fuller

Complete information on A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Our Eighteenth Season2022–2023Retrospective

Our Eighteenth Season
2022–2023
Retrospective