Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Dance Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Acting

Institution
Keyword
Publication Year
Publication
Publication Type

Articles 241 - 270 of 1034

Full-Text Articles in Dance

Work Study Behind The Scenes: Erin Fusco '13 Flyer, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film Oct 2012

Work Study Behind The Scenes: Erin Fusco '13 Flyer, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Work Study Behind the Scenes: Erin Fusco '13


Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2012-2013 Season Program, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film Oct 2012

Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2012-2013 Season Program, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

2012-2013 season program


Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2012-2013 Performance Schedule, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film Oct 2012

Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2012-2013 Performance Schedule, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

2012-2013 Performance Schedule


Work Study Behind The Scenes: Patrick Saunders '13 Flyer, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film Oct 2012

Work Study Behind The Scenes: Patrick Saunders '13 Flyer, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Work Study Behind the Scenes: Patrick Saunders '13


Work Study Behind The Scenes: Claire Chambers '15 Flyer, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film Oct 2012

Work Study Behind The Scenes: Claire Chambers '15 Flyer, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Work Study Behind the Scenes: Claire Chambers '15


But Not Destroyed: The Story Of Calvin Fairbank Oct 2012

But Not Destroyed: The Story Of Calvin Fairbank

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2012 performance of But Not Destroyed: The Story of Calvin Fairbank by William Gebby.

But Not Destroyed tells the story of Calvin Fairbank who was among forty-four persons imprisoned in the Kentucky State Penitentiary for the crime of helping African-Americans escape from slavery.

Performed by the Taylor Touring Company.


Waiting For Godot Oct 2012

Waiting For Godot

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2012 performance of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

Waiting for Gadot is the story of two men and their conversations as they wait for someone named Gadot, who never arrives.


Noises Off, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Sep 2012

Noises Off, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2012-2013 Season

Michael Frayn's Noises Off takes a fond look at the follies of theatre folk, whose susceptibility to out-of-control egos, memory loss, and passionate affairs turn every performance into a high-risk adventure. This play-within-a-play captures a touring theatre troupe’s production of Nothing On in three stages: dress rehearsal, the opening performance, and a performance towards the end of a debilitating run. Frayne gives us a window into the inner workings of theatre behind the scenes, progressing from flubbed lines and missed cues in the dress rehearsal to mounting friction between cast members in the final performance. Brimming with slapstick comedy, Noises …


Something's Afoot: A New Murder Mystery Musical, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Jul 2012

Something's Afoot: A New Murder Mystery Musical, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2012 Summer Theatre

Something's Afoot is a murder mystery musical that spoofs detective stories, mainly the works of Agatha Christie, and especially her detective novel And Then There Were None (a.k.a. Ten Little Indians). The play involves a group of people who are invited to the lake estate of Lord Dudley Rancour, When the wealthy lord is found dead, it's a race against the clock to find out whodunnit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something%27s_Afoot


Noises Off May 2012

Noises Off

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 2012 performance of Noises Off by Michael Frayn.

Noises Off is a farce involving the small cast of a play and how their offstage drama impacts their onstage drama.


Carnival!, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Nov 2011

Carnival!, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2011-2012 Season

Lili, a lonely orphan, is enchanted with a traveling carnival troupe. She finally gets to join the troupe and ends up working with the puppet act. Meanwhile, both the puppeteer, Paul, and the magician, Marco the Magnificent, have fallen in love with Lili. The two men engage in a fierce rivalry for Lili’s affections. In the end, Lili chooses Paul and they live happily ever after.

https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/2440/carnival


A Christmas Carol: The Musical Nov 2011

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2011 performance of A Christmas Carol, based on the story by Charles Dickens. Music by Alan Menken, book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.

A Christmas Carol tells the story of elderly miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Through the encounters Scrooge is transformed into a kinder man.


Vendini Ad For The Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2011-2012 Season, Vendini Marketing Oct 2011

Vendini Ad For The Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2011-2012 Season, Vendini Marketing

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

2011-2012 Season advertisement


August: Osage County, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Sep 2011

August: Osage County, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2011-2012 Season

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best New Play, August: Osage County centers around the Weston family, brought together after their patriarch, world-class poet and alcoholic Beverly Weston, disappears. The matriarch, Violet, depressed and addicted to pain pills and “truth-telling,” is joined by her three daughters and their problematic lovers, who harbor their own deep secrets, her sister Mattie Fae and her family, well-trained in the Weston family art of cruelty, and finally, the observer of the chaos, the young Cheyenne housekeeper Johnna, who was hired by Beverly just before his disappearance. Holed up in the …


The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Sep 2011

The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2011 performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is a parody in which all of Shakespeare’s plays are performed in merged and/or condensed form by three actors. The actors use their real names, interact with the audience, and at times improvise as they go through the plays.


Witness For The Prosecution Apr 2011

Witness For The Prosecution

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 2011 performance of Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie.

Witness for the Prosecution tells the story of a trial of a man named Leonard Vole for the murder of a wealthy older woman who made him her principle heir. During the trial his wife, Romaine, comes to testify not in his defense, but on the side of the prosecution.


A Doll's House, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Feb 2011

A Doll's House, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2010-2011 Season

Ibsen's A Doll's House is a revolutionary classic. The play was integral in establishing realism as a theatrical form, and continues to be a provocative portrayal of a woman suffering in a man's world.

https://stageagent.com/shows/play/2344/a-dolls-house


The Count Of Monte Cristo Feb 2011

The Count Of Monte Cristo

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 2011 performance of The Count of Monte Cristo, adapted by Charles Morey from the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

The Count of Monte Cristo is the story of Edmond Dantès, who is falsely accused of treason and is sent to prison. He and a fellow prisoner escape and discover a treasure, he returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to take revenge on the men who framed him.


A Streetcar Named Desire Nov 2010

A Streetcar Named Desire

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2010 performance of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.

A Streetcar Named Desire follows the story of southern belle, Blanche DuBois, who has gone through a series of personal losses and moves in with her sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley in a dilapidated New Orleans tenement.


Born Yesterday, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Oct 2010

Born Yesterday, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2010-2011 Season

In Garson Kanin’s pointed and hilarious Born Yesterday, personal and political oppression is exposed and outwitted in the intellectual rebirth of the iconic “dumb blonde”, Billie Dawn, who ultimately stands up to Harry Brock’s violent intimidation and shuts down his shady bid for governmental cooperation. https://stageagent.com/shows/play/4838/born-yesterday


We Will Not Be Silent Oct 2010

We Will Not Be Silent

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s October 2010 performance of We Will Not Be Silent. by William Gebby.

During the darkest days of WWII, a handful of German college students distributed thousands of anti-Nazi leaflets and worked toward unifying resistance across Germany. They called themselves the White Rose, and their faith drew them to engage in a fight that would cost them their lives. William Gebby’s brand new play celebrates the lives of these brave young people who would not and will not be silent.

Performed by the Taylor Touring Company.


Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2010-2011 Program, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film Oct 2010

Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film 2010-2011 Program, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

2010-2011 program


The Bald Soprano Oct 2010

The Bald Soprano

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2010 performance of The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco.

The Bald Soprano: An Anti-Play follows the events of a traditional couple who invite over another couple, and are later joined by their maid and the maid’s lover. The characters engage in meaningless banter that becomes even more nonsensical as time goes on.

In this adaptation the actors play the actresses’ roles and the actresses play the actor’s roles.


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


Doubt Sep 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.


Don't Dress For Dinner, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Aug 2010

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 Aug 2010

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

Theatre and Dance Annual Brochures

Annual promotional piece of the upcoming season's shows.


The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Jul 2010

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 …


Pippin, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department May 2010

Pippin, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2009-2010 Season

As told by a traveling troupe of actors led by the cunning and charming Leading Player, Pippin is the story of a young prince, heir to the throne, who is searching for his own “corner of the sky.” Pippin returns from university certain that he will find a fulfilling purpose in life. As encouraged by the Leading Player, Pippin dabbles in bloody battle, licentious and lusty sexual entanglements, and saavy political maneuvers, only to discover that true happiness is more complicated than he thought. With infectious tunes by Stephen Schwartz and classic choreography from Bob Fosse, Pippin is both …


Dead Man's Cell Phone, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department Apr 2010

Dead Man's Cell Phone, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2009-2010 Season

While at a café, a man dies. But his cell phone will not stop ringing. The woman at the next table, Jean, picks up the cell phone and ends up stuck in the middle of all his troubles, meeting his widow Hermia, his mother Mrs. Gottlieb, and his mistress. In the course of meeting all these people, she ends up falling in love with the dead man’s brother, Dwight. The dead man himself, Gordon Gottlieb, eventually tells his last moments himself.

https://stageagent.com/shows/play/1810/dead-mans-cell-phone