Presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater.
Lost Girl by Kimberly Belflower
Lost Girl is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
Run Time
Approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission.
Content Warnings
Depiction of depression and mental illness, mention of kidnapping.
Special Notes
Please silence all electronic devices including cellular phones and watches, and refrain from text messaging for the duration of the performance.
The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author(s)’s rights and actionable under United States Copyright Law. Learn more from Concord Theatricals
Cast
Wendy: Alexis Maze ’23*
Cora/A: Fatima Diallo ’25
Callie/B: Jacquelynn Lin ’25
Krista/C: Kate Stewart ’25
Nina: Melanie Garcia ’26
Mother: Layla Williams ’25
Slightly: Dominic Dominguez ’25
Toodles/Detective: Liam Wang ’26
Nibs/Doctor: Ayushmaan Aashish Kher ’26
Curly/Therapist: Elena Milliken ’26
Boy: Matthew Cooperberg ’26
Peter: Solomon Bergquist ’24
Production Team
Director: Sabina Jafri ’24*
Choreographer: Vincent Gerardi ’25*
Set Designer: Sabina Jafri ’24*
Costume Designer: Eunice Takahaya Slanwa GS, Michael Lee GS
Lighting Designer: Kat McLaughlin ’25*
Sound Designer: Alexis Maze ’23*
Stage Manager: Nicabec Casido ’23
Assistant Stage Manager: Joshua Wells ’24
*denotes a certificate student in the Program in Theater
Faculty Advisors
Shariffa Ali, Thesis Advisor
Tess James, Production Advisor
Program Note
I could talk about why I chose this show and how the process has been incredibly impactful for me. However, during some of our earliest rehearsals, we talked as a cast about why this show resonates for all of us. We talked about where we saw ourselves, where we saw our histories, where we were frustrated with our characters, and where the moments hit deep. This show was able to become personal to each of us, but each for incredibly different reasons.
So, I don’t want to tell you why this show is meaningful to me. What matters so much more, is that you- the audience- are able to discover why it’s meaningful to you. So I hope you find it beautiful and frustrating. I hope you laugh and I hope you cry. But really, after this next hour and a half, I hope you feel something, anything, all things. I hope you think. And most of all: I hope you enjoy the show.
I want to thank every person who helped make this show what it is. Every single actor, collaborator, production member, tech team, and mentor made this show what it is. I could not have asked for better people. Thank you all for your talent, passion, funny jokes, random singing, many laughs, and just for being the incredible people that you all are.
And I want to give special thanks to my director, Sabina. You have made this show better than I ever dreamed it could be. You were the first person I asked to collaborate with me on this project, and I have never made a smarter decision. I could not have asked for a better director. None of this could have happened without you. I will forever be grateful.
Thank you all,
Alexis Maze ’23
Land Acknowledgement
An estimated 10 million Native Americans lived in North America before the arrival of European colonizers. Many thousands lived in Lenapehoking, the vast homeland of the Lenni-Lenape, who were the first inhabitants of what is now called eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.
Princeton stands on part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. In 1756, the College of New Jersey erected Nassau Hall with no recorded consultation with the Lenni-Lenape peoples.
Treaties and forced relocation dispersed Lenape-Delaware to Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma. We acknowledge the violence of settler colonialism and pay respect to Lenape peoples past, present, and future and their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Lenape diaspora.
For more information, see the websites of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton (NAISIP), Natives at Princeton and Princeton Indigenous Advocacy Coalition.
Lewis Center for the Arts
Chair: Judith Hamera
Executive Director: Marion Friedman Young
Director of Program in Theater: Jane Cox
Producing Artistic Director, Theater And Music Theater Season: Elena Araoz
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