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Stories For Today: A Contemporary Artist Brings New Life To A Moribund Indonesian Theatre Genre, Margaret Chan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Dani Iswardana is single-minded about his mission to inject new life into wayang beber, perhaps the oldest form of Indonesian narrative theatre, but now described as a dying art. The intensity of his purpose buoys Dani through long stretches of painting when food is forgotten and his work, fuelled by coffee and cigarettes, is all that he cares for. However Dani has gone for years without producing anything, because he will work only when the creative spirit possesses him. Painting for money means nothing to him, and the everyday demands of making a living have no place in his creative …

2010 Cave Run Storytelling Festival Poster, Cave Run Storytelling Festival Committee (Morehead, Ky.), Morehead Tourism Commission (Morehead, Ky.)

Cave Run Storytelling Festival Posters

Promotional development poster for the Cave Run Storytelling Festival held on September 24 to September 25, 2010. Those performing included: Robert Jones, Regi Carpenter, Bill Lepp, Elizabeth Ellis, Kevin Kling, Ernie Sites, and Dan Keding.

Jet Lag, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2010-2011 PEAK Explores the Answer: Experiments in Arts & Technology

In 1998 Marianne Weems and The Builders Association, in collaboration with the architects/media artists Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, presented JET LAG, a cross-media project that was ahead of its time. JET LAG is based on two overlapping true stories about eccentric individuals who manipulated time and space, turning their travels into a new kind of escape. In 1969 an ambitious sailor set out on a round-the-world sailboat race only to discover that he could “win” by simply sending radio reports of his false travel times while sailing in circles off the coast of South America. Then, over the course …

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

By Mitch Albom

Director: Thom Schnarre
Scenic and Lighting Designer: Thomas V. Korder
Costume Designer: Robert Charles Hatfield
Sound Designer: Joshua D. Stewart
Technical Director: David G. Dillman
Stage Manager: Breelyn Mehrtens*

September 22, 24, 25, 30 at 7:30pm
October 1, 2 at 7:30pm
October 3 at 3pm
Fall 2010

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

To view images from this production, visit Duck Hunter Shoots Angel (2010).

Email From Vendini Marketing To Susan Werner: Prov College's Tdf Season Is Here!, Vendini Marketing

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Email from Vendini Marketing to Susan Werner: Prov College's TDF Season is Here!

Monday, September 13, 2010

Shanghai Quartet With Guest Artist Wu Man, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2010-2011 PEAK Explores the Answer: Experiments in Arts & Technology

Does Montclair State’s resident string quartet ever rest on its laurels? Banish the thought. The Shanghai Quartet and celebrated pipa virtuoso Wu Man perform the world premiere of Lei Liang’s Five Seasons, commissioned by the Quartet. The program also includes Beethoven’s Quartet op. 18, no. 3; Schumann’s Quartet op. 41, no.1; and Wang Huiran’s “Dance of the Yi People,” performed on the pipa.

Everywhere Is The Best Seat: Disembodied Instruments, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2010-2011 PEAK Explores the Answer: Experiments in Arts & Technology

This 60-minute performance set within Christopher Janney’s 36-column sound and light installation Everywhere Is the Best Seat will be a unique experiment in live and MIDI-triggered sounds. Moving from environmental music to R&B and jazz, Janney and friends create an immersive musical experience, exploring the “hidden music” of sound as part of and detached from the instruments and performers who make them. Special guests include Dave Revels and Jimmy Hayes of The Persuasions, Stan Strickland, Wes Wirth, Jerry Leake, and Eddie Grenga.

Here There Be Dragons, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2010-2011 PEAK Explores the Answer: Experiments in Arts & Technology

What makes a “new classical” band stand out? C omposition chops and entrepreneurial hustle. Missy Mazzoli’s all-female quintet Victoire personifies a dreamy post-rock sensibility. William Brittelle’s Television Landscape embraces a big-band sonic eclecticism. And the aggressively creative NOW Ensemble, featuring compositions by Judd Greenstein, defines 21st-century chamber music. These bands have their act together!

Steel Magnolias (September 9-11, 16-18, 2010), Robert Harling

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Steel Magnolias (September 9-11, 16-18, 2010).

To view the photos from this production of Steel Magnolias, please click here.

Hedda Gabler Media Release, Susan Werner

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Hedda Gabler media release

September 2010

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

Lab Reports

• Her Mother Was Imagination by Elizabeth Heffron given world premiere at Annex Theatre in Seattle
• Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Heffron
• Guest Profile: Performers Exchange Project
• Flower Duet by Maura Campbell
• Living Between the Lines, by Todd Ristau and Joan Ruelle
• From the Director: The Importance of Keeping a Portfolio

Dead Man's Cell Phone Production Produced By Theatre Arts Department September 2010, Carrie D. Applegate

Department of Theatre Arts Posters

Poster for Theatre Arts Department production of Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl. Produced in the Danny Peterson Theatre in the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts September 2010.

Doubt

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2010 performance of Doubt by John Patrick Shanley.

Doubt: A Parable is the story of a fictional Catholic school in Bronx and the clash between the parish priest, Father Flynn, and school’s principal, Sister Aloysius, over the suspicion that Flynn molested an alter boy.

This play is performed by the faculty and staff of Taylor University.

The Roads Are Bumpy Ones: A Study Of Body Image Through Abstract Performance, Alexis Goldstein

Theses and Dissertations

An overwhelming number of contemporary adolescents struggle with difficult issues. Many of these problems are socially related whereas others can be directly related to the degradation of the family unit. Among the most damaging of issues is distorted body image, which infect youth, often causing them to communicate aggressively, and even landing them in compromising situations. I have sought to challenge my students to redefine themselves through expressive movement and the creation of abstract rhythmic sounds. In teaching these techniques, I have given my former students the means to combat negative thoughts and actions, as well as an excellent tool …

A Midsummer Night's Dream On The Radio: Technology In Voice And Speech, David Becker

Theses and Dissertations

Recent advances in sound technology have had significant implications for the teaching of voice and speech that are only now becoming apparent. As more students become “plugged in” it becomes more difficult, both for the instructor and the student, to communicate, let alone find a voice. We are becoming increasingly addicted to communicating through our devices, rather than through the traditional and accepted modes of the past: using the human voice. In light of these rapid and various new developments, voice training, especially at the introductory level, needs to be examined anew. A number of traditional approaches and teaching methods …

Don't Dress For Dinner, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2010 Summer Theatre

Don’t Dress For Dinner centers around Bernard and Jacqueline, a not-so-happily married couple, both of whom are having extramarital affairs. As Jacqueline prepares to go out of town to visit her mother, Bernard invites his mistress and Robert, his best friend (and also Jacqueline’s lover, unbeknownst to Bernard), over for the weekend. He’s even hired a Cordon Bleu chef to cater the evening. Jacqueline discovers Robert is coming to town and cancels her trip, causing Bernard to panic. When Robert arrives, Bernard asks him to pretend Suzanne is Robert’s mistress. Robert mistakes the chef (Suzette), for Bernard’s mistress (Suzanne), producing …

2010 - 2011 Season Brochure, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.

A Descriptive Study Of A Building-Based Team Problem-Solving Process, Alexander B. Brewer

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to empirically evaluate Building-Based Teams for General Education Intervention or BBT for GEI. BBT for GEI is a team problem-solving process designed to assist schools in conducting research-based interventions in the general education setting. Problem-solving teams are part of general education and provide support to students with academic or behavioral concerns by creating individualized interventions that teachers can use in the classroom. Historically, problem-solving teams’ two primary goals were to reduce referrals to special education and improve student performance on academic or behavioral concerns. This study examined the effectiveness of BBT for GEI by …

Making Connections: Improving Movement Skills By Integrating Knowledge From Dance Disciplines, Amy D. Howton

Faculty Articles

Dance specialist Rebecca Enghauser (2003) has emphasized that, in the dance class, motor learning begins when the student replicates the movements presented. Demonstration is usually a necessary accompaniment to verbal instructions, suggesting that dancers routinely engage in multiple learning styles, including visual, auditor/, and kinesthetic. Enghauser also addressed "random practice," where movement appears in different combinations that then produce better and longer-lasting skill learning. Therefore, relating similar movement from different disciplines should help produce long-term learning. The analysis required when processing these similar, although perhaps outwardly different, movements provides additional and more enduring learning opportunities. Enghauser also addressed "random practice," …

Transgenic Manipulation In Zebra Fish By Combination Of Cre-Loxp Recombinant System, Tol2 Transposon System, And Rnai Technique, Yang Bai

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The overall goal of this research is to make precisely controlled transgene constructs to target genes in zebrafish and facilitate their functional studies. Many of the previous transgenic techniques (e.g. morpholino) can only produce transient gene expression or inhibition, which is not good for long-term studies. Also, transgenes that randomly integrate into the chromosomes are typically difficult to control and are poorly regulated. Thus, it would be of great benefit to develop a reversibly controlled transgenic tool to help study gene function. Here, we propose to combine three distinct techniques to generate a stable transgenic tool to facilitate gene functional …

The Lab Report, Volume 04, Issue 03, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• ·Up From the Lunar Surface by Nicole B. Adkins
• ·Student Spotlight: Anna Gardner
• Guest Profile: Joe Gilford
• Student readings in New York (David Schwingle, Sean Engard, Royal Shiree)
• Kenley Smith and Sunny da Silva featured at Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights
• A Christmas Carol, by Clinton Johnston, Read at Hamner Theatre
• From the Director: Actor and Director Database

2010-2011 Season Poster For The Theatre Arts Department, Carrie D. Applegate

Department of Theatre Arts Posters

2010-2011 Season Poster for Theatre Arts Department. Plays produced, Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennesse Williams, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (Produced with the Music Department), Play Reading for Champagne Breakfast by Evan Sesek. Performed in either the Danny Peterson Theatre or the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts. Poster design by Carrie Applegate.

The Scene Design For Macbeth, Michael Leonard

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film: Theses, Student Research, and Creative Work

This thesis presents the scenic design for Macbeth written by William Shakespeare. The play was produced by the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and performed in the Howell Theatre on April 17, 2003 through April 26, 2003. The written portion of the thesis is divided into sections: The Play and Synopsis, Scene Deisgn Analysis including Time, Place, and Physical Needs, Design Concept, The Design Process, The Process of Realization, Reviews and Comments on the Scenic Design, and Self Evaluation.

The final portion of the thesis is a collection of sketches, drafting, paint elevations, and …

Vaudeville: A How To Guide, Evan Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

At the turn of the twentieth century vaudeville was the most prevalent form of theatrical entertainment. With more than 1,500 houses across the country, vaudeville reached in excess of 30 million audience members each year. It directly led to the advent of film and radio. Yet barely one hundred years later vaudeville has been forgotten by the once loyal masses. This guide is meant to help counter vaudeville’s fall. By adding together a basic script consisting of comedy and dramatic sketches, original works and classic vaudeville acts with music and information on the how and whys of vaudeville, this guide …

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2010 Summer Theatre

An eclectic group of sixth-graders arrives at the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, each eager to win for very different reasons. Sweet and shy Olive brings only her best friend (the dictionary) with her to the bee; bold and hyperallergic speller William Barfee uses his “magic foot” to propel him to greatness; former champion Chip is struggling with his burgeoning puberty; easily distracted Leaf is unconvinced that he’s smart enough to be a challenger; overachiever Marcy is disappointed by her consistent success; and politically aware Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre only wants to impress her gay dads. In hilarious, touching, and catchy …

Physicians, Society, And The Science Fiction Genre In The Film Versions Of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers: Or Doctors With A Serious Pod Complex, Brett S. Stifflemire

Theses and Dissertations

Close textual analysis of the four extant film versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers reveals that each film modifies the original story such that it reflects changing societal attitudes toward physicians and the medical profession, as well as depictions of military and government in the science fiction genre. The changing depictions of characters and events in these films respond to changes in medical history, social history, and the science fiction genre across five decades. Each film reflects the contemporary anxieties of its time and the perceived ability of physicians to relieve those anxieties. Doctors are important semantic elements of …

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

Lab Reports

• Guest Faculty Profile: Kate Bredeson
• Robert Plowman’s The Common: for as long as you have so far
• Overnight Sensations at Mill Mountain Theatre
• Festival of Student Readings
• Guest Profile: Naomi Wallace
• From the Director: Summer Session Recap

Biloxi Blues (July 16-17, 23-24 2010), Neil Simon

Student Theatre Programs

Program for Biloxi Blues (July 16-17, 23-24 2010).

The Fight Master, Spring/Summer 2010, Vol. 32 Issue 1, The Society Of American Fight Directors

Fight Master Magazine

No abstract provided.

Monstrous!: Actors, Audiences, Inmates, And The Politics Of Reading Shakespeare, Matt Kozusko

English and Creative Writing Faculty Publications

This essay considers the use of Shakespeare as marker of authenticity and as a therapeutic space for performers and audiences across a number of genres, from professional actors in training literature to prison inmates in radio and film documentaries. It argues that in the wake of recent academic trends—the critique of "Shakespeare" as an author figure; the privileging of the text as a source of multiple, potentially conflicting readings—Shakespeare's function as cultural capital has shifted sites, from "Shakespeare" to the playtexts themselves.