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Dancing For The Actor: A Proposal For Actor Training, Anne Marie Gay-Baradic

Theses

Many college and universities across the United States offer programs in theater and dance. Training often exists to facilitate the actor or the dancer in becoming separate participants in a similar art. For the college actor, movement training typically incorporates traditional approaches as developed by Matthias Alexander, Tadashi Suzuki, or Sanford Meisener. Although these lessons in movement training hold merit, alternative strategies exist. The development of the Dancing/or the Actor program utilizes the principles of dance as the primary tools in actor movement training. By experiencing the components, theories, and techniques of dance, the college actor will focus on physical …

The Mikado, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2001-2002 Season

Since its premiere in 1885 at the Savoy Theatre in London, The Mikado (or The Town of Titipu) has become one of the most-performed pieces of musical theatre in history. As with many of Gilbert and Sullivan’s productions, the show satirizes aspects of Victorian Britain’s politics and aristocracy; in The Mikado, however, the duo cleverly cloaked these criticisms behind a charming story set not in Britain, but in exotic Japan. Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado (the Japanese emperor), has fled in disguise to avoid marrying a much older suitor, and to find and marry his own beloved, the …

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Director: J.W. Morrissette
Musical Director: Tim Schirmer
Scenic Designer: Lee M. Boyer
Lighting Designer: Sean Murphy
Costume Designer: Barbara T. Schoenoff

February 27 and March 1, 2, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 at 8pm
March 10 at 3pm
Parkland College Theatre 2002

Presented by special arrangement with and all authorized materials supplied by Music Theatre International

Never The Sinner Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Never the Sinner, by John Logan

Friday & Saturday, February 22-23, 2002, 8pm

Sunday, February 24, 2002, 2pm

Never The Sinner Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Theatre

Never the Sinner, by John Logan

February 22-24, 2002

Director, Mary G. Farrell

Set Design, Jeremy Woodward

Costume Design, Deb Newhall

Lighting Design, Holly Ratafia

Cast: Ryan Matthew Brown - Nathan Leopold, Jr.; Francis Poulin - Richard Loeb; Megan Peters - Helen Crowe; Mark Peckham - Clarence Darrow; Daniel Janeiro - Reporter 1; Betsey Jensen - Reporter 2; Conor Tansey - Reporter 3; Daniel Janeiro - Bailiff; Betsey Jensen - Germain Rheinhardt, Dr. Hulbert; Conor Tansey - Dr. Bowman; Daniel Janeiro - Dr. White, Sergeant …

Peter Pan

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 2002 performance of Peter Pan.

Peter Pan

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 2002 performance of Peter Pan based on the play by J. M. Barrie with music by Jule Styne, Mark Charlap, and Trude Rittmann, and lyrics by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Carolyn Leigh.

Peter Pan tells the story of the Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, and their adventures with Peter Pan, the boy who never grows older and lives in the fantastical land of Neverland.

Blood Wedding (2002), Federico García Lorca

Season 2001-2002

No abstract provided.

Mixed Media Febraury 15, 2002, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The February 15, 2002 issue includes articles on the need for student submissions to Mixed Media, Brown students insulting RISD students, alcohol thefts in Barstow House, the band Sum 41, and film reviews, satirical articles on pimps and the dangers of crits, along with the comics "Cliff" by Adam Sacks, "Astrolad and Cosmonette" by Matt Westervelt, "MWM," "Atlas" by Heino and Sarah Brown, "Salsa!" by Andrew Kaiko, event notices, and other announcements.

Old Times (2002), Harold Pinter

Season 2001-2002

No abstract provided.

The Caucasian Chalk Circle Audition, Providence College

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Siena Hall, Room 212

The Caucasian Chalk Circle audition

Sunday, February 10, 2002, 7pm

Some Of Our Best! A Showcase Of Student Performers Poster, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Posters 2001-2002 Season

Dimensions: 11" x 17"

Postcard included, dimensions 5.5" x 8.5"

Never The Sinner Press Release, Production Assistant

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Never the Sinner press release

February 1, 2002

Africa/Portland Poster, University Of Southern Maine Department Of Theatre

Posters 2001-2002 Season

Directed by Emmanuelle Chaulet

Dimensions: 11" x 17"

Postcard included, dimensions 5.5" x 8.5"

The Laramie Project, February 14-16, 2002, Theatre Arts Discipline

Theatre Programs

University of Minnesota, Morris production of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and directed by Ray Schultz.

Synopsis: In October 1998 in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming, Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old student at the University of Wyoming, was tied to a fence post, severely beaten, robbed, , tortured and left, alone, to die. His body -- battered, bloody, barely clinging to life -- was discovered eighteen hours later. He was rushed to the hospital and put on life support. He died five days later. The reason for this brutal crime? Matthew Shepard was gay.

The …

Book Of Days, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2001-2002 Season

When murder roars through a small Missouri town, Ruth Hoch begins her own quest to find truth and honesty amid small town jealousies, religion, greed and lies. This tornado of a play propels you through its events like a page-turning mystery.

https://www.samuelfrench.com/s/13099/book-of-days

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

Compiled by Kent Redmon

Director: Randi Jennifer Collins Hard
Musical Director/Original Music: Tim Schirmer
Scenic and Lighting Designer: Jeff Peltz
Costume Designer: Jeri Corso
Technical Director: David G. Dillman

January 30, 31 and February 1, 2 at 8pm
February 3 at 3pm
Parkland College Theatre 2002

Memo From David Sullivan, Managing Director, To The Cast And Crew Of Never The Sinner & Theatre Faculty, David Sullivan

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Memo from David Sullivan, Managing Director, to the cast and crew of Never the Sinner & theatre faculty.

January 29, 2002

The Piano Lesson, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

By August Wilson

Director: Robert Homer-Drummond
Scenic and Lighting Designer: Jeff Peltz
Costume Designer: Lyn Leithliter
Music Coordinator: Philip J. Rogers, D.M.A.
Technical Director: David G. Dillman

January 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 8pm
January 20 at 3pm
Parkland College Theatre 2002

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Follies, C.W. Bahs, Alan Nielsen

SFA School of Theatre

No abstract provided.

Direction Of The Musical Production "Little Shop Of Horrors", William Alva Lytle

Graduate Student Projects

This thesis production includes pre-production research and documentation, auditions, casting of actors, direction, and post-production evaluation of The Dalles High School's winter production of "Little Shop of Horrors." This documentation also includes analysis of the play and its origins, evaluation of the play as a production vehicle, the history of the play, research of the playwright, lyricist, and composer, and the vision the director anticipates for the production.

Direction Of The Play: You Can't Take It With You, Diana Lynn Maylett

Graduate Student Projects

This project encompasses background research, documentation, casting, directing, and post-production evaluation of Newport High School's 2002 spring production of You Can't Take it With You. The production thesis documentation includes research and analysis of the play and its literary origins, evaluation of the play as a production vehicle, and a discussion of the directorial vision for the actors, set, lighting, sound, costumes, makeup, and performance of the play.

Direction Of The Play: Steel Magnolias, Jana Shea Petersdorf

Graduate Student Projects

Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling, is a poignant tragicomedy set in the fictional town of Chinquapin, Louisiana from 1983 to 1985. The play's setting is a beauty salon that serves as psychiatrist's office, confessional and home away from home for several women of the town. This play reflects the strong sisterhood needed by women as they struggle through life's tragedies and rejoice during life's triumphs. The play presents characters that learn to grow stronger as they face each new obstacle. They are able to persevere because of the strong community of women to which they belong.

Direction Of The Musical: Quilters, Elizabeth A. Madsen

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed background research and documentation, casting, direction, and post-production evaluation of Roosevelt High School's winter 2002 musical production of Quilters. The production thesis documentation includes research and analysis on the play and its literary origins, evaluation of the play as a production vehicle, and a discussion of the directorial vision for this production.

Taylor Theatre 2002-2003, Taylor University

Season Announcements

The 2002-2003 Taylor Theatre season announcement.

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 1, Moulinet Staff

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly

No abstract provided.

A Co-Curriculuar Theatre Arts Handbook: Tips And Techniques To Use When Directing A Production At The High School Level, Paul Vernon Wickline

All Graduate Projects

This project is a handbook of techniques and strategies for beginning directors of high school drama programs. Included in this handbook are sections on selecting the best productions for your actors, strategies for directing the young actor, helpful hints on how to build a successful extra-curricular drama program, and more. This project was based on a review ofliterature (including extant curriculum guides and articles and textbooks on directing and acting) and the author's fifteen years experience as an actor, director, and theatre arts educator.

Iconography: A Checklist Of Some Useful Sources For Scholars And Students Of Medieval Art And Drama, Clifford Davidson

Early Drama, Art, and Music

A classified bibliography of scholarship on medieval drama, art, and music compiled by Clifford Davidson in 2002. This reprint was created in 2014 for ScholarWorks at WMU, with some corrections to the content and the formatting of the 2002 version.

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 2, Moulinet Staff

Moulinet: An Action Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Horizons, Volume 19, 2002, Sacred Heart University

Vistas (Horizons)

No abstract provided.