The cast of the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson and Josh Campbell in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill and Josh Campbell in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain and Logan 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ilbaker in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson and Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill and Bennett Strain in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton and Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson and Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain and Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
The cast of the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Logan 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ilbaker and Bennett Strain in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Logan 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ilbaker and Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell, Elizabeth Hutson, and Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Logan 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ilbaker in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson and Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton, Alex Schmidt, and Josh Campbell in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson and Bennett Strain in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Alex Schmidt and Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton, Josh Campbell, and Alex Schmidt in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell and Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Logan 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ilbaker in the Wabash College Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill and Bennett Strain in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Logan 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ilbaker in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Elizabeth Hutson in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Alex Schmidt in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Kelli O'Neill in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Josh Campbell and Alex Schmidt in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Jeremiah Clayton in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
Bennett Strain in the Wabash Theater Department's production of Airness.
The Wabash Theater Department will be concluding its musically inclined season with an electric play about competition, completion, and finding the “airness” inside yourself.
“Airness” opens 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@dnesday, April 17, and runs through Saturday, April 20, with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. and performances at 8 p.m. each evening in the Experimental Theater located in the basement of the Fine Arts Center.
Tickets are free and can be reserved through the Fine Arts Center Box Office.
Written by Chelsea Marcantel, “Airness” follows the journey of Nina who enters her first air guitar competition thinking a win will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to the art form than playing pretend.
The comedy premiered at the 2017 Humana Festival at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, where it was described as “hands down the most fun you will have at the theatre this year” by Insider Louisville.
“It’s about a niche, largely unknown subculture that can be difficult for people from the outside to understand, but people from the inside take very seriously and have a lot of fun with,” explained Director and Theater Professor Jim Cherry. “Air guitar is a lot like Wabash. It sounds strange but once you get into it, you find camaraderie, compassion, and creativity.”
The cast includes Josh Campbell ’25 as Ed “Shreddy Eddy” Leary; Jeremiah Clayton ’26 as Gabe “Golden Thunder” Partridge; Alex Schmidt ’27 as Mark “Facebender” Lender; Elizabeth Hutson as Astrid “Cannibal Queen” Anderson; Kelli O’Neil as Nina “The Nina” O’Neal; Bennett Strain ’26 as David “D Vicious” Cooper; and Logan 皇冠足球比分_澳门皇冠体育-在线|平台@ilbaker ’25 as the announcer, sprite exec, and hooded figure.
The production includes stage manager Carson Wirtz ’26, assistant stage manager Xavier Cienfuegos ’27, air guitar routine consultant Kathleen Hickey, scenic designer and technical director David BW Vogel, lighting designer Bailey L. Rosa, and costume designer Andrea Bear. “Airness” will also feature original music by Theater Professor Michael Abbott ’85.
Cherry said the cast—composed of a mix of Wabash Theater veterans and newcomers—have spent the last several weeks of rehearsals perfecting their quirky characters while also diving into the world of air guitar.
The group got the opportunity to connect via Zoom with Air Guitar World Champion Justin “Nordic Thunder” Howard, who has been performing as a professional air guitarist since 2006. Howard educated the group on the history of