Miscellaneous Projects
2012-2017
Here is a look into the various projects directed by Ward during his Undergraduate studies at K-State as well as small projects in the Kansas City area. These projects include several Playwright Festivals, 24-Hour Play Festivals, and Lunchbag Theatre productions.
In Lunchbag Theatre, a school extracurricular that allows additional lab hours for students to workshop productions, Ward directed A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and Completeness by Will Eno.
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Featuring
Ben Deghand as Stanley/Don
Cat Huck as Blanche/Lauren
Katherine Boulanger as Stella/
Cody O'Hare as Elliot
Sam Johnson as Harold Mitchell
Production Team
Director: Mitchell J. Ward
Lighting Design: Katie Helmer
Sound Op: Lauren Brown, Cody LaCrone
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The City Theatre of Independence hosted their 2017 annual Playwright Festival in the Kansas City suburb of Independence, Missouri. Ward directed a new, ten-minute play entitled Post Nora Stress Disorder by Hal Corley. This play is a spin-off of the famous works of the late Norwegian playwright, Henrick Ibsen.
Photo by Erin Brown
Photo by Erin Brown
Photo by Erin Brown
Photo by Erin Brown
Featuring
Matthew Hentges as Mr. Helmer
Larry Morris as Dr. Solness
Production Team
Director: Mitchell J. Ward
Playwright: Hal Corley
Stage Manager: Joyce Stone
Festival Coordinator: Ernest Williams
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Outdoor Playbox Theatre (Formerly entitled Theatre Alfresco) began as a way for theatre students at K-State to remain actively engaged in reading plays and performing during the less-active summer months in Manhattan, Kansas. Founded by Mitch and a few of his friends, this small project grew to be one of the most rewarding parts of his collegiate career. Every Sunday, students would read, cast, and perform selected plays in just one day, and every play was performed out doors in one of Manhattan's several outdoor theatres. Some of the plays performed include Neil Simon's The Star Spangled Girl, John Cariani's Almost, Maine, and Roberts Askin's Hand to God.
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Photo by Codie Van Meter
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Featuring
Cory Jennett
Joseph Sheppard
Danielle Levings
Angelica McKinnis
Clay Massingill
Mark Young
Drew George
Codie Van Meter
Mitchell J. Ward
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24-Hour Play Festivals at Kansas State were fun and engaging ways to create new plays in a very short amount of time. Students were assigned tasks of writing, directing, and acting in ten-minute plays created and performed all within a 24-hour time span.
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Photo by Mitchell J. Ward
Featuring
Darrington Clark
Ben Deghand
Chris Daniels
Sam Johnson
Alicia Monceaux
Clay Massingill
Elizabeth Cook
Mallory Diekmann
Mark Young
Willy Evans
See more production photos in Gallery.