THE PROFESSION
Non-required
1) Walt Disney World, Open Auditions /Vocalists
Seeking:
Open call seeking future replacements for all roles and all shows. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and authorized to work in the United States.
2) Rock of Ages - Open Singers Call
Call Type
Non-Required Chorus
Seeking Dancers, Singers, Comedians for National Tour
Required
1) A Little Night Music –Equity Chorus Call / Singers
Call Type
Equity Chorus
Contract Production (League)
Seeking possible future replacements in the Broadway company’s ensemble.
RENT – Equity Chorus Calls / Singers
Westchester Broadway Theatre
Elmsford, NY
Call Type
Equity Chorus
Ensemble Singers (F):
Hip, authentic singers of all ethnicities to play various characters. Characters are 18-late 20s. Understudies will also be cast from these calls.
GRADUATE SCHOOL
1. MA in Theatre at the University of Central Florida
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Master of Arts in Theatre program is intended to provide high school teachers, community college teachers, and developing theatre scholars with the opportunity to strengthen skills and knowledge beyond the undergraduate level.
Application Requirements
In addition to the general UCF graduate application requirements, applicants to this program must provide:
• One official transcript (in a sealed envelope) from each college/university attended.
• BA or BFA in Theatre or equivalent.
• A 3.0 Theatre GPA (with at least a 2.5 overall).
• Official, competitive GRE score taken within the last five years.
• An interview is required.
• 5-10 page academic paper.
• Goals statement.
• An 8 X 10 headshot.
• Three letters of recommendation.
• Complete the general entrance prerequisites.
2. M.F.A. in Drama and Theatre for Youth at the University of Texas at Austin
How to Apply
Application Requirements and Procedures:
To the Department of Theatre and Dance (in one packet):
• One official transcript (this is in addition to the one required by the admissions office)
• Three letters of recommendation
• A résumé of all your practical theatre work
• Personal statement of goals
• Supporting materials: creative drama curricula or an essay detailing concept and approach for a children's theatre production.
The M.F.A. in Drama and Theatre for Youth is a program of study for students preparing for careers in regional or professional children's theatres or youth theatres, secondary or elementary education, as teaching artists in schools and communities, or in colleges. This degree provides advanced training for those specializing in theatre arts. It is an appropriate terminal degree for this area of study. The M.F.A. degree is a three-year (sixty-hour) program which stresses flexibility and encourages participation in classes throughout the Department and the University as a whole. The program culminates in a written thesis based on research and/or execution and analysis in a wide range of subjects including ¬ Applied Theatre and Drama, Theatre for Young Audiences, Youth Theatre, Educational Outreach, the creation or production of original plays for young audiences, or other appropriate projects. The M.F.A. degree does not include Teacher Certification. Students interested in certification must take additional classes to supplement this goal.
3. M.A. in Theatre at Florida State University
http://theatre.fsu.edu/Graduate/MA
Admission Requirements:
• A Bachelor's Degree in Theatre from an accredited college or university. (Students who do not hold a Theatre degree must show evidence of substantial course work and/or experience in theatre to indicate probability of achieving success in advanced theatre studies);
• A grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) during the last two years of study for a bachelor's degree;
• A minimum score of 1000 on the combined verbal and quantitative portions of the Graduate Record Examination taken within the last 5 years;
• Specific approval of the faculty and program director within the School of Theatre;
• Applicants must submit a completed School of Theatre Graduate Application, three current letters of recommendation, current resume, statement of purpose, and writing samples indicating research and analytical skills.
Professional Training Objectives:
The Theatre Studies faculty assumes that we are preparing students to work professionally. Specifically, the MA is designed for students interested in pursuing doctoral studies, teaching in secondary schools or junior colleges, or in strengthening their academic preparation for professions such as literary management and dramaturgy.
TEACHING
SECONDARY LEVEL
Basic Requirements for Becoming a Teacher:
You must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Texas institutions do not offer a degree in education. Every teacher must have an academic major, as well as teacher training courses.
You must complete teacher training through an approved program. These programs are offered through colleges and universities, school districts, regional service centers, community colleges, and other entities.
You must successfully complete the appropriate teacher certification tests for the subject and grade level you wish to teach.
Programs for those who do not yet have a college degree. Colleges and universities offer programs for training teachers. You will receive a degree in an academic major, as well as the training you would need to be an effective teacher.
Teaching Field Major/Education Minor at Sam Houston State University
Leading to Certification in Grades 8-12
Candidates for teaching certificates in grades 8-12 will major in the teaching field of their choice. The certification advisor, usually a professor in the major department, will provide guidance regarding the degree plan and other requirements.
Within the College of Education, the secondary education advisor, in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction will provide guidance regarding securing certification and professional education coursework. Courses and requirements for secondary certification are shown below:
Professional Education Courses
SED 374, 383, 394, 464, 480, 496, 497, RDG 392
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Drama Instructor
Institution: Coastal Bend College
Location: Beeville, TX
Requirements:
Masters degree in Theatre or Drama or a Masters degree with 18 graduate hours in Theatre or Drama
In order to be considered for this position, your application packet must include the following:
1. A CBC application for employment, completed in its entirety
2. Resume with cover letter (optional)
3. Copies of all required licenses, if applicable
4. Copies of transcripts from all institutions attended
SENIOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Assistant Professor of Theatre: Large Class Specialist/Theatre Generalist
Institution: Texas Tech University
Location: Lubbock, TX
Category: Faculty - Fine and Applied Arts - Theatre and Dance
Texas Tech University Department of Theatre and Dance seeks applications for a tenure track appointment, at rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August, 2010. Primary responsibilities include teaching courses in Theatre Appreciation and Intro to Cinema in large lecture and distance learning formats, as well as supervising graduate teaching assistants. Experience with Blackboard, Turnitin.com, or other on-line and distance learning format is important. Familiarity with a smart room environment and digital playback technology is highly desirable. Position requires service on departmental and university committees as assigned. Successful candidate will conduct scholarly and/or creative research and serve professional organizations as appropriate. Qualifications: terminal degree (MFA or PhD) in Theatre, or Ed.D. with an MA or MFA (or equivalent professional experience) in Theatre; evidence of excellent teaching skills and collegiality. An interest in working with a diverse population of students and developing and implementing courses that address multicultural issues is desirable.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Project #3: Too Hot to Handle
1. NYC Today
What: Naked Boys Singing!
Who: Nine men
When: Now
Where: New World Stages
The cast of Naked Boys Singing!
Naked Boys Singing! is stirring up controversy because this play has nudity or partial nudity throughout the entire duration of the show. The main focus is celebrating male nudity, however, there are also gay themes throughout, and this is a big problem for those who are conservative in nature.
2. Naked Broadway
What: Equus
Who: Daniele Radcliffe
When: 2007 and 2008
Where: West End, 2007 and Broadhurst Theatre, 2008
Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Strang in Equus
Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Strang in Peter Shaffer's Equus created quite a controversy in 2007 and 2008 because there is a nude sex scene within the play. There was a wave of controversy because for six years, Radcliffe had been famously known for his role as Harry Potter, a more family friendly character. Many parents who did not understand the art of theatre were horrified that Radcliffe would take on a project like Equus and refused to take their kids to see any more of the "Harry Potter" movies. However, the critics were more than pleased with Radcliffe's ability to break away from the character of the young wizard.
3. Gay Broadway
What: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Who: Director, George Wolfe; Writer, Tony Kushner
When: May 1993
Where: Walter Kerr Theater
“Mr. Kushner's convictions about power and justice are matched by his conviction that the stage, and perhaps the stage alone, is a space large enough to accommodate everything from precise realism to surrealistic hallucination, from black comedy to religious revelation.”
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches was controversial because of the time it came out. Homosexuality was still very much so closeted and not nearly as accepted as it is today. Audiences would have felt uncomfortable with a play being openly gay, especially with the brief nude scene where the nurse is counting the lesions on Prior Walters’ body.
4. Racist Broadway
What: Show Boat
Who: Producer, Garth Drabinsky
When: July 1993 (Show produced in October of 1993)
Where: North York Performing Arts Center in Toronto
“The classic 1927 American musical “Show Boat” is steaming toward Toronto under heavy fire from the city’s blacks, who consider it racist, insulting and dangerous.”
Garth Drabinsky’s production of Show Boat was controversial because the musical itself is controversial. The black population felt that the stereotyping was deep and dangerous, and they felt like they were being portrayed as irresponsible and devoid of any “human characteristics.” Another major problem was that Drabinsky is Jewish and the blacks took this to mean that the Jewish people were demeaning them, and so this caused animosity to arise between the two groups.
5. Busted
What: Pleasure Man
Who: Mae West
When: 1928
Where: New York
"When the show was raided, police arrested 52 members of the cast, several of whom were men in drag."
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/bway101/5.html
Pleasure Man was too hot to handle because it depicted drag culture and female impersonation, topics that were more taboo during that time. It had a heterosexual male who experimented with prominently gay males in the play, many of whom were in drag.
6. NEA 4
Who: Holly Hughes, Tim Miller, John Fleck, Karen Finley
When: 1990
“Labeled by Right-wing politicians as too dirty to be funded, the NEA four spearheaded a national campaign against artistic repression and won their Supreme Court case against the National Endowment for the Arts.”
http://www.johnfleck.net/bio.htm
The NEA 4 were too hot to handle for similar reasons. In the early 1990s, these four performers were given a solo grant and then had them taken away because their work was too obscene. Tim Miller’s work has gay themes throughout them. Holly Hughes’s work has been called pornography by many, and some have said they are oppressive to women. Karen Finley’s performances caused so much trouble because usually at the end, she would take off her clothes and smear chocolate or other substances on herself.
7. Regional Theatre
What: Corpus Christi
Who: Manhattan Theatre Club
When: 1998
Where: New York
“On May 21 the Manhattan Theater Club announced that it was canceling its production of the play due to their concern for security, after anonymous threats of violence to the theater and its staff.”
http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/368
Corpus Christi was too hot to handle because the play portrayed Jesus and his disciples as gay men. The play included wife-beating, loveless sex, and clerical humiliations. The play was insulting to Christians and protests were held by many Christian communities, especially the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
8. College/University
What: Quills
Who: The Company
When: April 2009
Where: George Washington University
Mark Amoroso and Michael Weiss in "Quills"
George Washington University told the Company that they could not perform the play “Quills” because it included full frontal nudity. The play also included the themes of sex, pornography, and censorship. The director went through a series of meetings with the Students Activities Center, and after six months, was given the green light to produce it.
9. High School
What: Rent
Who: Ron Martin, theater teacher and director
When: February 2009
Where: Corona del Mar High School
“…“Rent: School Edition,” a modified version of the hit Broadway musical that, while toned down a bit, remains provocative by traditional drama club standards…At least three of the planned high school productions, in California, Texas and West Virginia, have been canceled after administrators or parents raised objections about the show’s morality, its portrayals of homosexuality and theft, and its frank discussions of drug use and H.I.V., according to administrators, teachers and parents involved in those cases.”
“Rent: School Edition” was controversial because it has adult themes incorporated in it. Although many of the issues mentioned are present in the world today, many high school students are too young or immature to deal with them. Another issue raised, though, was how the community would handle it. Although this new generation of teenagers are growing up faster and feel that they can deal with the themes, many of the people in the area prefer the older, classic musicals.
10. Wild Card
What: Spring Awakening
Who: The cast
When: March 2009
Where: Washington College
"Allegedly, one of the cast members was approached by two other students who proceeded to taunt and mock him for portraying a homosexual character in the play. This led up to a physical fight which resulted in the administration suspending the actor and consequently barring him from performing in the production."
http://elm.washcoll.edu/past/081/20/spri.php
Spring Awakening is a controversial play because it includes many controversial subjects and puts them out there bluntly. It includes sex, pregnancy, abortion, suicide, religion, and rape, to name a few. In this particular case, homosexuality, just the portrayal of it, was proved to be too much for this college campus.
What: Naked Boys Singing!
Who: Nine men
When: Now
Where: New World Stages
The cast of Naked Boys Singing!
Naked Boys Singing! is stirring up controversy because this play has nudity or partial nudity throughout the entire duration of the show. The main focus is celebrating male nudity, however, there are also gay themes throughout, and this is a big problem for those who are conservative in nature.
2. Naked Broadway
What: Equus
Who: Daniele Radcliffe
When: 2007 and 2008
Where: West End, 2007 and Broadhurst Theatre, 2008
Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Strang in Equus
Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Strang in Peter Shaffer's Equus created quite a controversy in 2007 and 2008 because there is a nude sex scene within the play. There was a wave of controversy because for six years, Radcliffe had been famously known for his role as Harry Potter, a more family friendly character. Many parents who did not understand the art of theatre were horrified that Radcliffe would take on a project like Equus and refused to take their kids to see any more of the "Harry Potter" movies. However, the critics were more than pleased with Radcliffe's ability to break away from the character of the young wizard.
3. Gay Broadway
What: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Who: Director, George Wolfe; Writer, Tony Kushner
When: May 1993
Where: Walter Kerr Theater
“Mr. Kushner's convictions about power and justice are matched by his conviction that the stage, and perhaps the stage alone, is a space large enough to accommodate everything from precise realism to surrealistic hallucination, from black comedy to religious revelation.”
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches was controversial because of the time it came out. Homosexuality was still very much so closeted and not nearly as accepted as it is today. Audiences would have felt uncomfortable with a play being openly gay, especially with the brief nude scene where the nurse is counting the lesions on Prior Walters’ body.
4. Racist Broadway
What: Show Boat
Who: Producer, Garth Drabinsky
When: July 1993 (Show produced in October of 1993)
Where: North York Performing Arts Center in Toronto
“The classic 1927 American musical “Show Boat” is steaming toward Toronto under heavy fire from the city’s blacks, who consider it racist, insulting and dangerous.”
Garth Drabinsky’s production of Show Boat was controversial because the musical itself is controversial. The black population felt that the stereotyping was deep and dangerous, and they felt like they were being portrayed as irresponsible and devoid of any “human characteristics.” Another major problem was that Drabinsky is Jewish and the blacks took this to mean that the Jewish people were demeaning them, and so this caused animosity to arise between the two groups.
5. Busted
What: Pleasure Man
Who: Mae West
When: 1928
Where: New York
"When the show was raided, police arrested 52 members of the cast, several of whom were men in drag."
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/bway101/5.html
Pleasure Man was too hot to handle because it depicted drag culture and female impersonation, topics that were more taboo during that time. It had a heterosexual male who experimented with prominently gay males in the play, many of whom were in drag.
6. NEA 4
Who: Holly Hughes, Tim Miller, John Fleck, Karen Finley
When: 1990
“Labeled by Right-wing politicians as too dirty to be funded, the NEA four spearheaded a national campaign against artistic repression and won their Supreme Court case against the National Endowment for the Arts.”
http://www.johnfleck.net/bio.htm
The NEA 4 were too hot to handle for similar reasons. In the early 1990s, these four performers were given a solo grant and then had them taken away because their work was too obscene. Tim Miller’s work has gay themes throughout them. Holly Hughes’s work has been called pornography by many, and some have said they are oppressive to women. Karen Finley’s performances caused so much trouble because usually at the end, she would take off her clothes and smear chocolate or other substances on herself.
7. Regional Theatre
What: Corpus Christi
Who: Manhattan Theatre Club
When: 1998
Where: New York
“On May 21 the Manhattan Theater Club announced that it was canceling its production of the play due to their concern for security, after anonymous threats of violence to the theater and its staff.”
http://www.thefileroom.org/documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/368
Corpus Christi was too hot to handle because the play portrayed Jesus and his disciples as gay men. The play included wife-beating, loveless sex, and clerical humiliations. The play was insulting to Christians and protests were held by many Christian communities, especially the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
8. College/University
What: Quills
Who: The Company
When: April 2009
Where: George Washington University
Mark Amoroso and Michael Weiss in "Quills"
George Washington University told the Company that they could not perform the play “Quills” because it included full frontal nudity. The play also included the themes of sex, pornography, and censorship. The director went through a series of meetings with the Students Activities Center, and after six months, was given the green light to produce it.
9. High School
What: Rent
Who: Ron Martin, theater teacher and director
When: February 2009
Where: Corona del Mar High School
“…“Rent: School Edition,” a modified version of the hit Broadway musical that, while toned down a bit, remains provocative by traditional drama club standards…At least three of the planned high school productions, in California, Texas and West Virginia, have been canceled after administrators or parents raised objections about the show’s morality, its portrayals of homosexuality and theft, and its frank discussions of drug use and H.I.V., according to administrators, teachers and parents involved in those cases.”
“Rent: School Edition” was controversial because it has adult themes incorporated in it. Although many of the issues mentioned are present in the world today, many high school students are too young or immature to deal with them. Another issue raised, though, was how the community would handle it. Although this new generation of teenagers are growing up faster and feel that they can deal with the themes, many of the people in the area prefer the older, classic musicals.
10. Wild Card
What: Spring Awakening
Who: The cast
When: March 2009
Where: Washington College
"Allegedly, one of the cast members was approached by two other students who proceeded to taunt and mock him for portraying a homosexual character in the play. This led up to a physical fight which resulted in the administration suspending the actor and consequently barring him from performing in the production."
http://elm.washcoll.edu/past/081/20/spri.php
Spring Awakening is a controversial play because it includes many controversial subjects and puts them out there bluntly. It includes sex, pregnancy, abortion, suicide, religion, and rape, to name a few. In this particular case, homosexuality, just the portrayal of it, was proved to be too much for this college campus.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Project #2: Unconventional Theatre
Title of Production: Faust
Producing Theatre Company: Majak Theatre Group and Jezek and Cizek Theatre Group
Performance Dates: 8/15/07-8/19/07
Director: Jakub Capka
Jakub Capka, director and devil for Faust.
This production of Faust was unique because it was staged in an unused reservoir. Also unique is the production company themselves because they are comprised of currently homeless people or people who have been homeless in the past. This production included the use of projections, video clips, and live music from a band called The New Kids Underground.
Title of Production: Romeo and Juliet
Producing Theatre Company: Theater Breaking Through Barriers
Performance Dates: 3/17/08-4/6/08
Director: Ike Schambelan
Costumer: Chloe Chapin
Gregg Mozgala and Emily Young as Romeo and Juliet.
Theater Breaking Through Barriers’ production of Romeo and Juliet was different because the cast was comprised of four actors, three men and one woman. The script was not shortened in any way, but the play was set in New York City in 2007. Even more impressive about this production was that at least two of the cast members had disabilities and still performed very well. Gregg Mozgala, who played Romeo, had cerebral palsy and George Ashiotis, who played the Nurse, was blind.
Title of Production: The Tempest
Producing Theatre Company: The Independent Eye and Sonoma County Repertory Theatre
Performance Dates: 9/18/09-10/18/09
Director/Puppets/Set/Lighting: Conrad Bishop
Music: Elizabeth Fuller
Costumes: David Romesburg
The Independent Eye’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is an inspired, inspiring, and deeply moving evening of theater. The puppets are extraordinary, the music is brilliant, the design is beautiful, and most of all, the acting is superb and illuminating of every nuance of Shakespeare’s immortal text. Conrad Bishop’s direction, design, and performance as Prospero are sheer genius!
—Fred Curchack, Theater Artist/Professor of Aesthetic Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas
What made this production unique was the use of five actors for the entire play and the use of almost life-size puppets. The puppets were comprised of elegant masks and costumes. The actors wore all black and masks so they could blend in with their puppets. The set was a series of swooping fabric that had Shakespeare’s text on it and came together to resemble ship sails.
Title of Production: Pippin
Producing Theatre Company: Deaf West Theatre
Performance Dates: 1/15/09-3/15/09
Director: Jeff Calhoun
Illusions: Jim Steinmeyer
ASL Masters: Linda Bove and Alan Champion
Tyrone Giordano and Michael Arden in Pippin
http://www.deafwest.org/press/TheatreMania.pdf
In Deaf West’s productions, many of the actors are deaf and have speaking actors providing their voice. In the opening number of Pippin, hands pop up from rabbit holes on the stage and sign to the audience to the beat of the music. Deaf West used two Pippins; the hearing actor started off as an interpreter and later on became part of the play and taught the deaf actor’s Pippin his greatest lesson.
Title of Production: The Bacchae
Producing Theatre Company: Screaming Weenie Productions
Performance Dates: 1/18/05-1/29/05
Director: Ilene Lee Cramer
Lighting and Visual Design: Nathan Whitford
Sound Design: Noah Drew
“The audience, gyrating to Draper’s tribal beats, responded with fervour to the vocalizations. As the dialogue moved from performer to performer, the dancing attendees rotated their boucing bodies to face the singing; this made choral sections that involved two or more of the performers extra powerful, sometimes inciting a spontaneous atmosphere of festival among the suddenly directionally liberated dancers (audience).”
--Colin Thomas, The Georgia Straight
http://www.screamingweenie.com/media/bacchae_media/Bacchae_Straight_05.pdf
Screaming Weenie’s production of The Bacchae took place in a large room above a bakery. Six scaffolds were set around the room that provided acting space, and a seventh scaffold was for the composer, Tracey Draper, who conducted and drove beats with all of her gear. The actors ranged from underground MC’s, to R&B and spoken performers.
Producing Theatre Company: Majak Theatre Group and Jezek and Cizek Theatre Group
Performance Dates: 8/15/07-8/19/07
Director: Jakub Capka
Jakub Capka, director and devil for Faust.
This production of Faust was unique because it was staged in an unused reservoir. Also unique is the production company themselves because they are comprised of currently homeless people or people who have been homeless in the past. This production included the use of projections, video clips, and live music from a band called The New Kids Underground.
Title of Production: Romeo and Juliet
Producing Theatre Company: Theater Breaking Through Barriers
Performance Dates: 3/17/08-4/6/08
Director: Ike Schambelan
Costumer: Chloe Chapin
Gregg Mozgala and Emily Young as Romeo and Juliet.
Theater Breaking Through Barriers’ production of Romeo and Juliet was different because the cast was comprised of four actors, three men and one woman. The script was not shortened in any way, but the play was set in New York City in 2007. Even more impressive about this production was that at least two of the cast members had disabilities and still performed very well. Gregg Mozgala, who played Romeo, had cerebral palsy and George Ashiotis, who played the Nurse, was blind.
Title of Production: The Tempest
Producing Theatre Company: The Independent Eye and Sonoma County Repertory Theatre
Performance Dates: 9/18/09-10/18/09
Director/Puppets/Set/Lighting: Conrad Bishop
Music: Elizabeth Fuller
Costumes: David Romesburg
The Independent Eye’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is an inspired, inspiring, and deeply moving evening of theater. The puppets are extraordinary, the music is brilliant, the design is beautiful, and most of all, the acting is superb and illuminating of every nuance of Shakespeare’s immortal text. Conrad Bishop’s direction, design, and performance as Prospero are sheer genius!
—Fred Curchack, Theater Artist/Professor of Aesthetic Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas
What made this production unique was the use of five actors for the entire play and the use of almost life-size puppets. The puppets were comprised of elegant masks and costumes. The actors wore all black and masks so they could blend in with their puppets. The set was a series of swooping fabric that had Shakespeare’s text on it and came together to resemble ship sails.
Title of Production: Pippin
Producing Theatre Company: Deaf West Theatre
Performance Dates: 1/15/09-3/15/09
Director: Jeff Calhoun
Illusions: Jim Steinmeyer
ASL Masters: Linda Bove and Alan Champion
Tyrone Giordano and Michael Arden in Pippin
http://www.deafwest.org/press/TheatreMania.pdf
In Deaf West’s productions, many of the actors are deaf and have speaking actors providing their voice. In the opening number of Pippin, hands pop up from rabbit holes on the stage and sign to the audience to the beat of the music. Deaf West used two Pippins; the hearing actor started off as an interpreter and later on became part of the play and taught the deaf actor’s Pippin his greatest lesson.
Title of Production: The Bacchae
Producing Theatre Company: Screaming Weenie Productions
Performance Dates: 1/18/05-1/29/05
Director: Ilene Lee Cramer
Lighting and Visual Design: Nathan Whitford
Sound Design: Noah Drew
“The audience, gyrating to Draper’s tribal beats, responded with fervour to the vocalizations. As the dialogue moved from performer to performer, the dancing attendees rotated their boucing bodies to face the singing; this made choral sections that involved two or more of the performers extra powerful, sometimes inciting a spontaneous atmosphere of festival among the suddenly directionally liberated dancers (audience).”
--Colin Thomas, The Georgia Straight
http://www.screamingweenie.com/media/bacchae_media/Bacchae_Straight_05.pdf
Screaming Weenie’s production of The Bacchae took place in a large room above a bakery. Six scaffolds were set around the room that provided acting space, and a seventh scaffold was for the composer, Tracey Draper, who conducted and drove beats with all of her gear. The actors ranged from underground MC’s, to R&B and spoken performers.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Project #1: Genres
Seattle Professional Theatre: Intiman Theatre
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne adapted by Naomi Iizuka (will be produced 2010)
"Originally written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850, this American romance…"
http://www.intiman.org/2010season/scarlet/
“Drama”
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1090
A Doctor In Spite Of Himself by Moliere (will be produced in 2010)
"A Doctor" combines wicked satire with the virtuosic playfulness of Commedia dell'Arte."
http://www.intiman.org/2010season/doctor/
"This ribald comedy"
http://www.curtainup.com/doctorinspiteofhimself.html
Ruined by Lynn Nottage (will be produced in 2010)
"Ruined…is a stirring, complex drama"
http://www.intiman.org/2010season/ruined/
“Ruined is a swift, urgent, and cannily plotted melodrama”
http://criticometer.blogspot.com/2009/02/ruined.html
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes (produced in 2009)
"Langston Hughes's free-flowing musical"
"As they do, they succeed at blurring the lines between musical revue, floor show, and revival meeting."
http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/12-2007/black-nativity_12245.html
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (produced in 2009)
“Drama”
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/7036
“Tragic, compassionate memoir”
https://lyricstage.com/main_stage/the_year_of_magical_thinking/
Othello by William Shakespeare (produced in 2009)
“Shakespeare’s great tragedy”
http://www.curtainup.com/othellonewaud09.html
“Shakespeare’s drama”
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review_Othello_Is_Life_Worth_Living_20090928
A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner (produced in 2009)
“Comedy”
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/893
“Gardner’s precious, middle-of-the-road comedy”
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/12/theater/theater-review-back-when-oddballs-roamed-the-earth.html
Crime and Punishment adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus (produced in 2009)
“Full length, Drama”
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/6088
“Portrayed by only three actors, this morality tale…”
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (produced in 2008)
“Drama”
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/5209
“Tennessee Williams’ acclaimed melodrama”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec97/streetcar_11-11a.html
The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (produced in 2008)
“Drama”
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/5278
“While the play is a tragedy…”
http://www.curtainup.com/annfrank.html
Seattle Academic Theatre: University of Washington
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (will be produced in 2010)
“Comedy”
“Midsummer is a complex farce”
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-a-midsummer-nights-dream.htm
Bat Boy: The Musical by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming (will be produced in 2010)
“Bat Boy is a quirky, tragic-comedy”
http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama/performances/index.shtml
“Comedy. Musical”
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3013
Translations by Brian Friel (will be produced in 2010)
“Drama”
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1753
“Still, though the play is a tragedy…”
http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/tran-rev.html
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis (currently in production)
“Drama”
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3629
“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, a 2005 trial drama/comedy/fantasy”
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera (produced in 2009)
“…the whimsical yet absorbing romantic drama…”
http://www.rorschachtheatre.com/default.aspx?webpage=dali
“Jose Rivera’s surreal romance”
http://www.broadwayplaypubl.com/ref.htm
The Two Orphans by Adolphe D'Ennery and Eugene Cormon (produced in 2009)
“The melodrama is an actor-driven style.”
http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama/performances/docs/programs/2008-09_TwoOrphans.pdf
“Drama”
http://www.ibdb.com/show.php?id=8962
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (produced in 2009)
“a romantic comedy…”
http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrama/performances/docs/programs/2008-09_BlitheSpirit.pdf
“An improbable farce”
http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?ID=482340
Big Love by Charles Mee (produced in 2009)
“Comedies and romances”
http://www.panix.com/userdirs/meejr/html/plays.html
“In this serious farce”
http://chancetheater.com/season_2005/4b_love/press.php
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (produced in 2008)
“Shakespeare’s romantic comedy”
http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/theater/reviews/26night.html
“Shakespeare’s gender-bending, romantic farce”
http://www.raleighlittletheatre.org/press/060407-twelfthnight.html
The Misanthrope by Jean Baptiste Moliere (produced in 2008)
“Comedy”
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1607
“Moliere’s comedy of manners”
http://www.curtainup.com/misanthropelon09.html
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