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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

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 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)

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)

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)

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)

The Lab Report, Volume 01, Issue 03, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Overnight Sensations at MMT
• Student Spotlight: Krista Knutsen
• Guest Profile: Melanie Joseph
• Campus Highlight: The Little Theatre at Hollins
• Area Highlight: Foamhenge
• From the Director: Submission Tips (reader's fees)

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

Lab Reports

• Overview of Required Texts
• Student Spotlight: Joshua Graves
• Guest Profile: Morgan Jenness
• CenterPieces Reading Series at MMT
• Campus Highlight: The Dance Institute
• From the Director: Submission Tips

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

Lab Reports

• Course Listings and Events Schedule
• Student Spotlight: Keith Bridges
• No Shame Theatre
• Guest Profile: Ruth Margraff
• Guest Profile: Patrick Benton
• From the Director: Program Ad

The Lab Report, Volume 00, Issue 01, Todd Ristau

Lab Reports

• Program Announcement
• Faculty Spotlight: Stephen Sossaman
• Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works at MMT
• Guest Profile: Naomi Wallace
• Guest Profile: David Gothard
• From the Director: Program Ad

How'd They Do That? Tips For Playwrights On Scoring A Debut At Humana, David Wohl

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Publications

An analysis of the logistics that go into the Humana Festival of New American Plays, produced annually by Actors Theatre of Louisville. The article interviews staff at Actors Theatre as well as playwrights who had work produced during the 2005 Festival.

Madame Mandze Goes To Niall: An Overview Of Responsibilities For The Creation And Execution Of A Children's Show, Molly Zupon

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

"Such Nonsense": Performance Art Parody, Ellen Mueller

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Great Gardens!, Joshua Brady

Inscape

No abstract provided.

Spaces Between Us: The Dialogues Of Il And Elle, Nicole M. Christensen

Inscape

No abstract provided.

Overcoats, Jennifer Leach

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

No abstract provided.

Monologue From The Play "Massaged", Steve Timm

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

No abstract provided.

The Absent One, Adam Blackwell

Inscape

No abstract provided.

No Working Title Yet, Becca Wahlquist

Inscape

Pages 72-73 have been excluded because they are works of art and can be found in Art: Lupe Niumeitolu.

Phantastes Chapter 14: Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare

German Romantic and Other Influences

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Winter’s Tale, published in 1623 in the First Folio.

Phantastes Chapter 24: The Honest Whore, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton

German Romantic and Other Influences

Thomas Dekker (1572-1632) was a dramatist and writer of popular pamphlets describing London life. This line comes from the play The Honest Whore, Part II (1605 or 1606). The Honest Whore, Part I, a collaboration between Dekker and Thomas Middleton, was performed in 1604.

Phantastes Chapter 15: Campaspe, John Lyly

German Romantic and Other Influences

Campaspe, an Elizabethan play by John Lyly (1584). The lines quoted are from Act 3, Scene 4, and they indicate the notion of a Platonic beauty, an ideal beauty that the artist can never capture perfectly