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The Lab Report, Volume 02, Issue 08, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Roanoke Regional Writer’s Conference
• Devil Sedan by Kenley Smith opens in Omaha
• Mill Mountain Theatre Closing
• Dramatists Guild of America
• Area Highlight: Arts Council of the Blue Ridge
• From the Director: Letters of Reference

Josep M. Benet I Jornet (Panorama Crític De La Literatura Catalana), Sharon G. Feldman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

L'aportació de Josep M. Benet i Jornet (Barcelona 1940) al renaixement del teatre de text és indiscutible. Es podria afirmar que Benet i Jornet és el dramaturg en vida més reconegut i estrenat de Catalunya; tanmateix, els estudis crítics a l’entorn de la seva obra han demostrat que la seva trajectòria creativa consisteix també en una història àrdua de lluita constant per defensar i reivindicar la literatura dramàtica en català i la figura de l'autor teatral en general. Com passa sovint amb els autors teatrals catalans contemporanis, gran part dels estudis dedicats al teatre de Benet es concentren en diversos …

Introduction (Special Cluster On The Catalan Stage, Modern And Contemporary), Sharon G. Feldman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

At an international symposium devoted to the contemporary Catalan stage, which was held at the Institut del Teatre de la Diputació de Barcelona in 2005, director Toni Casares observed how the Catalan theater scene in its post-Franco evolution had, already endured a decade aimed at clarifying its cultural politics. "És l'epoca del teatre institucionalitzat o en vies d'institucionalització," he declared, referring to the decade comprising the years 1985 to 1995. It seemed an almost ironic observation at the time, as any attempt at institutionalization was certainly not a new endeavor for the Catalan theater scene; yet, Casares was also quick …

Rodolf Sirera (Panorama Crític De La Literatura Catalana), Sharon G. Feldman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

En aquest clima de revulsió cosmopolita, Rodolf Sirera (València 1948) és el màxim representant de la dramatúrgia textual del País Valencia. De fet hi ha una relació molt notable entre, per una banda, el desenvolupament contemporani del teatre valencià i, per l'altra, els esforços i temptatives de Rodolf Sirera i el seu germà Josep Lluís de promoure, valorar i sostenir les arts escèniques en aquest país (Bou 1988d). Com assenyala John London al seu resum detallat de l'activitat teatral dels germans Sirera, si l'autor teatral català a Barcelona es trobava obligat a enfrontar-se amb nombroses dificultats, la situació a València …

December 2008 - Volume Viii, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume VIII Number 1 includes articles on Mammoth Follies, Second City, and a Makeup Workshop.

The Lab Report, Volume 02, Issue 07, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Resource: WordBRIDGE Playwright's Laboratory
• Guest Profile: Michael Kerry Williams
• Area Highlight: Jefferson Center
• Resource: InSIGHT for Playwrights
• From the Director: Your Application Package

The Lab Report, Volume 02, Issue 06, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Mellon Foundation gives $10 Million to Promote New Plays
• Student Spotlight: Nicole B. Adkins (Nikki)
• Guest Profile: Bonnie Metzgar
• Roanoke and No Shame Get International Press
• Area Highlight: Taubman Museum of Art
• From the Director: Picking the right program for you

The Lab Report, Volume 02, Issue 05, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Call for Actor and Director Headshots/Resumes
• Student Spotlight: Peter Sapienza
• Guest Profile: Celise Kalke
• Deal by Neeley Gossett
• NaPlWriMo
• From the Director: Vote for the Arts in 2008!

Johnson, Erleen (Sc 1771), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1771. Scripts written by Erleen Johnson of programs related to Stephen Collins Foster and the Rowan family presented at Federal Hill, Bardstown, Kentucky. Includes lyrics, to be sung to the tune of "My Old Kentucky Home," which promote the beauties and attractions of the state of Kentucky.

The Lab Report, Volume 02, Issue 04, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Guest Profile: Annaliese Moyer
• Student Spotlight: Jayne Benjulian
• Guest Profile: Lucy Thurber
• Area Highlight: Barter Theatre
• Playwright’s Lab Multi-Media: Online archive of back issues, podcasts, email list
• From the Director: Studio Roanoke Artistic Directorship

The Lab Report, Volume 02, Issue 03, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Rosalee Was Here by Maura Campbell
• Student Spotlight: Andrew McGinn
• Guest Profile: Randy Rollison
• Reading of new Keith Bridges play in Los Angeles
• Devil Sedan and Shade of the Trees by Kenley Smith
• From the Director: If you write plays, go see plays

The Lab Report, Volume 02, Issue 02, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Overnight Sensations
• Guest Profile: Paul Meshejian
• Affiliated Organizations: PlayPenn
• Area Highlight: Blackfriars Theatre, Staunton
• From the Director: Thanking the people and businesses that support the arts

The Lab Report, Volume 02, Issue 01, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Love Loves a Pornographer
• Student Spotlight: Neeley Gossett
• Guest Profile: Jeff Goode
• Toby Thelin directing a reading at Theatre for the New City
• Guest Profile: Toby Huss
• From the Director: Economic Stimulus for the Arts

June 2008 - Volume Vii, Number 2, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume VII Number 2 features articles on the closing of the Village Theatre and welcoming new faculty Nicholas Shaw.

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 12, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Guest Artist Confirmations for 2008
• Student Spotlight: Timothy Cochran
• Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works
• New Works Initiative
• Kenley Smith attends Great Plains Theatre Conference
• From the Director: Submission Tips # 10 (multiple submissions)

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 11, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Barhoppers Featured Short Play by Kenley Smith
• Student Spotlight: Samantha Macher
• Courses and Events for Summer 2008
• Guest Profile: Cheryl Snodgrass
• Lab Listed in Theatre Resource Directory
• Area Highlight: Pop's Ice Cream Shop
• From the Director: Submission Tips #9 (SASE)

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 10, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Am I Black Enough Yet? by Clinton Johnston
• Student Spotlight: Clinton Johnston
• Studio Roanoke Announcement
• Dreamtime, by Maura Campbell, to get staged reading
• Faculty Profile: Jonathan Dorf
• Area Highlight: Virginia Festival of the Book
• From the Director: Submission Tips # 8 (tape and what not to send)

The Hobbit

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 2008 performance of The Hobbit based on the book by J. R. R. Tolkien adapted for theater by Patricia Gray.

The Hobbit is the story of hobbit Bilbo Baggins who is enlisted by the wizard Gandalf to aid a band of dwarves reclaim their mountain home from a great dragon.

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 09, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• FU (Forgive Us) at Charter Theatre
• Student Spotlight: Erin Allen
• Dumas Arts Festival
• What Do I Know About War?
• Guest Profile: Margo Lee Sherman
• From the Director: Submission Tips #7 (don’t e-submit)

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 08, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Playwriting Luncheon in NYC
• Student Spotlight: Maura Campbell
• Dramaturgy Summit at KCACTF in Pittsburgh
• What Is Dramaturgy?
• Faculty Profile: Lenora Inez Brown
• Roanoke Regional Writer's Conference
• From the Director: Submission Tips #6 (standard format)

Contemporary African American Women Playwrights: A Casebook Edited By Philip C. Kolin (Review), Jocelyn Buckner

Theatre Faculty Articles and Research

Buckner provides a review of Kolin's "Contemporary African American Women Playwrights."

Manuel Molins: Una Altra Ofèlia I Els Fantasmes De Shakespeare, Sharon G. Feldman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

L'apropiació i reinscripció que de Hamlet ha fet Manuel Molins, titulada Una altra Ofèlia (2001, estrenada al Teatre Rialto de València el 2004), comença, com a l'obra de Shakespeare, amb l'aparició d'un fantasma. A la primera de les nou escenes, el personatge d'Ofèlia explica a la falstaffiana I pitonissa I herborista Dida (personatge síntesi que és el resum de molts personatges shakespearians) un somni que ha tingut i en el transcurs del qual ha presenciat la manifestació d'un espectre en l'esplanada del castell. D'alguna manera, des del moment que comença l’obra, Ofèlia sembla haver usurpat el paper de Hamlet, ja …

The Young Lady's Consent, Christopher O. Kidder

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This play is a translation and adaptation of a Spanish play originally written in 1806 by Leandro Fernández de Moratín, El sí de las niñas. Because that play was not available to English-speaking actors, I translated the work directly from the original Spanish. The resulting manuscript was not the finished product of this play, however. Through a series of workshops with actors trained in a physical method of theatre I devised in order to modernize classic works to a more modern audience's tastes, the script morphed and grew into the play that follows.

December 2007 - Volume Vii, Number 1, Theatre Arts Department

Sides (Newsletter)

SIDES Volume VII Number 1 includes articles on the new Doudna Fine Arts Center and also an obituary of Ernest Glendon Gabbard.

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 07, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Paper Cup Ocean at Mill Mountain Theatre
• Student Spotlight: Toby Thelin
• Campus Highlight: Wyndham Robertson Library
• Faculty Profile: Ernie Zulia
• Area Highlight: Miniature Graceland
• From the Director: Submission Tips #5 (be selective)

«American Awakenings» Dos Nous Musicals, Sharon G. Feldman

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

A Nova York, la temporada teatral 2006-2007 ha estat marcada per la presència de dos nous musicals que han tingut un gran èxit de públic i que han rebut diversos premis i distincions: Grey Gardens (música de Scott Frankel, llibret de Doug Wright i lletres de Michael Korie), basat en el documental epònim d’Albert i David Maysles, de 1975; i Spring awakening (música de Duncan Sheik, llibret i lletres de Steven Sater), basat en una obra de teatre de Franz Wedekind de 1891. La premsa ha elogiat a bastament aquestes dues produccions, que han estat considerades les «estrelles» de la …

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 06, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Sarnia 19, by Adam Hahn, in CenterPieces
• Student Spotlight: Adam Hahn
• Area Highlight: Dumas Center
• Faculty Profile: Todd Ristau
• Wild Geese, by Maura Campbell, opens in NYC
• From the Director: Submission Tips (following guidelines)

John, His Story, Taylor

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The Playbill for the Taylor University Touring Theatre Company's 2007 production of John, His Story.

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 05, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Best of No Shame
• Student Spotlight: Sunny da Silva
• Studio Theatre Space Renovated
• John Forsman, Technical Director
• Crossing the Threshold, by Maura Campbell
• From the Director: Submission Tips (page numbers)

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 04, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• The First Chapter: Coming to Jamestown
• Student Spotlight: Kenley Smith
• Guest Profile: Mac Wellman
• MySpace Page (went active 9-27-2007)
• Area Highlight: The Mill Mountain Star
• From the Director: Submission Tips (contact information)