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An Evening With Christopher Durang Program, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Programs 2014-2015 Season

One act comedies by Christopher Durang

Directed by William Steele

This production was a Participating entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

Winter Dance Concert (February 5-7, 2015), Lindenwood University

Student Dance Programs & Brochures

Program for the Winter Dance Concert (February 5-7, 2015).

Neoliberal Dystopias: Postmodern Aesthetics And A Modern Ethic In Four Pairs Of Plays By Argentine And Irish Playwrights (1990-2003), Noelia Diaz

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This project is an exploration of eight plays, four from Argentina, four from Ireland, comprehending the period between 1990 and 2003. Both countries share a strong tradition of national theatre that, from its beginnings, was closely intertwined with the development of the nation state. Theatre functions in Argentina and Ireland as a medium through which representations of what it means to be Irish or Argentine have been explored, questioned, and contested. It is the aim of this project to examine how the apparently non-political and ahistorical theater of the playwrights I will examine is indeed a response to a contextualized …

"Beyond Chingones And Chingados: Performing Masculinities In Contemporary Mexican Theatre", Zaida Godoy Navarro

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The present investigation focuses on how masculinities are conformed and represented in the plays of two generations of Mexican playwrights, the New Dramatists of Mexico and the younger Sixth Generation in an attempt to reflect upon recent conceptualizations of gender as well as contemporary changes in society mainly due to globalization and the impact of feminism and gay movements. The limited literature focused on Mexican masculinities has overlooked the importance of theatre as a privileged and productive setting for the study of gender. Another common factor in studies dedicated to the representation of Mexican men in literature is the focus …

The Finales Of Robert Shumann's Piano Sonatas And Fantasie, Emiko Sato

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation sets out to examine the finales of Robert Schumann's Piano Sonatas (opp. 11, 14, 22 [original finale]), and Fantasie (op. 17), with an especial focus on their form, which can be broadly categorized as parallel form. The introduction examines historical criticisms of Schumann's large-scale works, pointing out some of the idiosyncratic features found in Schumann's finales. Each chapter will present a comprehensive analysis of one of the finales. I make use of color diagrams in the formal analyses, which expeditiously and efficiently elucidate the repeating patterns of thematic and transitional materials; they also visually reflect the actual …

Upbeat, Feb. 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Music And Dance

Upbeat (School of Music and Dance)

No abstract provided.

Economies Of Touring In American Theatre Culture, 1835-1861, Nicole Berkin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Employing methods from print and material culture studies, this dissertation explores the economic, social, and cultural dynamics of theatrical touring during a period, 1835-1861, when the ultimate symbols of anxiety over rising industrialization, migration, and urbanization--con artists and prostitutes or "confidence men and painted women"- were associated with both theatre and transportation. I argue that touring was central to the spread of theatre culture and is therefore critical to understanding U.S. popular culture. This project examines how geographic movements, as well as the circulation of extra-theatrical materials like newspapers and photographs, were instrumental not only for performers who attempted to …

Staging Quakerism In American Theatre And Film, James Emmett Ryan

Quaker Studies

Arguing that Quakers have been used as influential stock characters in American performance culture, this essay profiles several examples of Quakers as represented in American theater and film: John Murdock's play The Triumphs of Love (1795), Harry F. Millarde's lost silent film The Quack Quakers (1916), and the Academy Award winning film High Noon (1952). Paradoxically, in each of these productions, which range from farce to serious drama, Friends are shown as either claiming or as striving for unattainable moral and religious human ideals, but also as an exemplary community of individuals against which other Americans might and should be …

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater (Archived)

• Race; a Play Earns Performance at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festiva

Blithe Spirit Open Auditions Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Blithe Spirit open auditions

Saturday, January 24, 2015, 2pm

At The Same Time We Were Pointing A Finger At You..., Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2014-2015 Discover the Heartbeat of Creative Life

Provocative South African choreographer Robyn Orlin returns to Peak Performances after the success of 2011’s exuberant Walking next to our shoes… For her latest work, she joins forces with Germaine Acogny’s famed Compagnie Jant-Bi, a touchstone of new and traditional African dance in Dakar, to investigate the charged and often taboo issue of the human body itself. Questioning standards of ugliness and beauty, illness and health, Orlin places the body itself at the heart of the debate, revealing the range of pressures to which it is subjected, especially in the African context.

Marie Antoinette Playbill, Providence College

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh

By Joel Gross

January 23 – 25 & January 30 – February 1

Directed by Joe Short

Scenic Design: Cheryl de Wardener

Lighting Design: Tim Cryan

Costume Design: Elisabetta Polito

Vocal Coach: Megan Chang

Musician: Jen Langevin

The Cast: ELISA – Courteney Olenzak; ALEXIS – Ben Williams; MARIE ANTOINETTE – Katcy Stephan; ENSEMBLE – Gabriella Sanchez & Logan Serabian; VIOLINIST – Jen Langevin

Marie Antoinette Poster, Providence College, Coyote Hill

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh

By Joel Gross

January 23 - 25 & January 30 - February 1

Poster Design: Coyote Hill

Marie Antoinette Box Office Sign Up Sheet, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Marie Antoinette box office sign up sheet

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Letter From The Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film To The Dominican Fathers And Sisters, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Letter from the Department of Theatre, Dance & Film to the Dominican Fathers and Sisters inviting them to productions of Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, and What Dreams May Come: A Musical Revue.

January 14, 2015

Letter From The Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film To The Dominican Fathers And Sisters, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Letter from the Department of Theatre, Dance & Film to the Dominican Fathers and Sisters inviting them to productions of both Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh, and What Dreams May Come: A Musical Revue.

January 14, 2015

Center For Art & Theater News, Georgia Southern University

Center for Art & Theater (Archived)

• Continuum: Alumni Biennial Exhibition Opens In Gallery

Laundry And Bourbon, Tanner O'Neal

SFA School of Theatre

This production was directed by Tanner O'Neal

The Arabian Nights, Scott Shattuck

SFA School of Theatre

This production was directed by Scott Shattuck

Direction Of The Play: White Christmas, Shannon Ruiz

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, musical analysis, casting, direction, vocal coaching, and post-production analysis of Shannon Ruiz's production of White Christmas, produced at A.C. Davis High School. Documentation included research and analysis of the play, its music, and an evaluation of the play as a production vehicle for A.C. Davis High School The analysis also includes a discussion as to the directorial vision of this production.