SHSU UTC'S PRODUCTION OF THE SECRET GARDEN
The Secret Garden is a musical that has beautiful music and despite its dark tone in the beginning, ends in being an overall “feel-good” musical. The musical is about love, perseverance and memories. While I was unable to physically watch the production due to my own responsibilities within the show, I had the opportunity to read the script during each rehearsal and performance as the actors were saying the lines and singing the music. I felt that while I was unable to see what was happening on stage, I was able to experience the show. While my experience was different than a person who was able to watch the show, I still feel that I can review the show.
The music in this musical is different than what most people may expect to hear in a musical, as it has more of a classic sound and is not quite as bouncy as one would expect. With that said, the music is among the most beautiful music I have ever heard in a play.
This musical allowed me to drop in my feminist lens for criticism, as I felt that the script gives a great deal of power within the women’s roles. Some women are clearly more powerful than others, but nonetheless there is power within the women roles.
The character Mary is a ten year-old girl who has been displaced by the epidemic of cholera in India. The outbreak caused the death of both of her parents so she is sent to England to live with her Uncle Archibald. Mary’s curious, stubborn and somewhat demanding demeanor manages to get Mary the things she wants, which is what gives her a great source of power. Mary arrives at Misselthwaite, the home of her Uncle Archibald and is greeted by the housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock, at the train station. Mrs. Medlock tells her that her Aunt Lily had died years ago and that her Uncle Archibald is rarely home and will not be giving Mary a warm welcome. Mrs. Medlock gives Mary several limits to what she is able to do while staying at Misselthwaite, but Mary chooses to explore and do things her way. The scene in Act II when Mary performs a chant to heal her crippled cousin, Colin shows her strength again. When the charm works a few scenes later, it is a reminder to the audience the power that Mary has within her.
Mrs. Medlock, an overall ‘evil’ antagonist in the script does carry her own source of power in the beginning. As she brings Mary home, the audience feels that Mrs. Medlock’s hand is over the house, controlling every move that happens within Misselthwaite, which is true. She is in control over the house, orchestrating everything that happens. However, as the play progresses and Mary is growing in strength and power, we see Mrs. Medlock’s power and control diminish.
Even the supportive character, Martha, who is Mary’s maid-turned-friend stands as a small power-house as well. Martha is the one who sends Mary outside to get fresh air, which leads Mary to finding the garden. Martha’s brother is Dickon, and Dickon helps Mary in getting the garden to come to life. Martha also convinces Mary to write the letter to Uncle Archibald to ask him to return from Paris to Misselthwaite. Though Martha is a smaller character in comparison to other characters, she is written as a character of strength and power, which contributes to giving women the upper-hand in this musical.
The final strong female role in this musical is Lily, the deceased aunt of Mary, who was not only Lily’s twin, but the mother of Colin and the wife of Uncle Archibald. Though dead, Lily’s spirit is ever-present in Misselthewaite. Uncle Archibald is always on-the-go because when at Misselthwaite, she is the only thing he can think of, as she is always in his dreams. Throughout the play, the audience often sees Lily standing in the background, watching over Colin or Archibald. Though her spoken dialogue in the play is limited, she appears often in songs, singing to Colin or Archibald. This is an example of how powerful she is, despite the fact that she is dead. She continues to watch over Colin and Archibald.
The Secret Garden is definitely a musical that portrays women to be strong and powerful instead of meek and mild. The casting done by Ms. Maureen McIntyre for this musical may have contributed to my opinions of the strength of women, as the females she chose to cast in this musical were not only perfect for the roles, but all are individually strong women. I feel that Ms. McIntyre also may have been directing it with the overall theme that women are powerful and strong. Regardless of the set, costumes, lights, sound and directing, the script itself should speak loudly to a person viewing this play from the feminist perspective.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Project #5: After SHSU
THE PROFESSION
NON-REQUIRED
SCENIC DESIGNER - Midland, TX
Job posted on March 17, 2009
Midland Community Theatre, one of the largest community theatres in the USA, seeks talented and creative candidates for fall opening. MCT produces 12 shows per year in 3 performance spaces. This year-round, full-time position includes salary, health insurance, pension and paid vacations. Send cover letter, resume, sample of work and references to: Timothy Jebsen, MIDLAND COMMUNITY THEATRE, 2000 W. Wadley, Midland, TX 79705. Email: Tim@mctmidland.org.
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy - Projection Designer (found at backstagejobs.com. Search>All Regions>Projections>No Internships. Toward bottom of page)
Job Dates
Jan-April 2009
Pay
800.00 (includes projector rental ) flat fee
CIC is seeking production staff for our upcoming production of Cartoon, set to open in April.Info on the show:Join the exploits of a band of mismatched cartoon stereotypes on a wild ride through this animated world, Presented in the style of a Commedia dell’Arte scenario gone berserk, Cartoon is a devilishly violent social commentary that explores the rapid coalescence of media, politics and consumer giants. A young, idealistic upstart named Trouble steals the giant hammer that Esther, the bratty dictator, uses to maintain a monotonous but peaceful order. Chaos ensues. Bombs explode. Puppets are set free. Anime girls fight. And as the bodies pile up, the violence begins to creep off the stage and into the audience. There’s nothing like a punch in the face to really get the blood moving.
Seeking:Projection Design (animation a plus but if you can drop swf files into your design than no problem) we will also need projector.
Production staff currently in place:Director: Angie McMahonComposer: Jay GishSound Design: Mark BeersFight Choreoghrapher/blood design: Missy Styles and Nathan PettsPlease email resume and letter of intent to angie (at) cicomedy.comThanks for the support
REQUIRED
TCISD
Job Number: Professional
Job Title: Teacher-Theater Arts
Category: Blocker Middle School- Dick Carter Email
Status: Open
Salary: Based on years of experience on Texas City ISD teacher salary schedule.
Description: 2009-2010
Publication Date/Time: 4/27/2009
Closing Date/Time: Open Until Filled
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from accredited university. Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements for subject and level assigned. (Certification: Secondary Theater Arts Grades 6-12)
Alvin ISD
Job Type: Professional
Job Title: Theatre Arts
Campus: Manvel High School (9-12)
Status: Open Until Filled
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from accredited university. Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements for subject and level assigned. (Certification: Secondary Theater Arts Grades 6-12)
GRADUATE SCHOOL
University of Florida
Contact
Kevin Marshall, Chair
Address:
School of Theatre and Dance
PO Box 115900
Gainesville, FL 32611-5900
Website
www.arts.ufl.edu/theatreanddance
Telephone:
(352) 273-0500
Fax:
(352) 392-5114
Information:
DEGREE PROGRAMS: Three year MFA program in acting or design (scenery, lighting, costumes). THE PROGRAM: An intensive, professionally-oriented program with emphasis on technique and teaches versatility and transformation through classes, workshops and performances. Instruction by 19 full- time faculty is supplemented by master classes, workshops, international exchanges and guest artists. Major productions are presented in three venues.
Admission Requirements:Actors and designers normally submit an application after a conditional offer of admission has been extended or upon request by the design or acting area faculty. Although there is not an official application deadline, admission decisions for the fall semesters are generally made between February and April.
Step 1: Apply online to the University of Florida and pay the $30 application fee. The online application includes a section for you to write a statement of purpose to express your interest in pursuing our graduate program and provides the opportunity for you to highlight special talents and skills that you will bring to the program. We recommend you prepare this text, review, and then cut and paste into the online application. The online application has been enhanced to allow you to electronically request letters of recommendation that will become part of the application. More information and directions are provided as you complete the online application. If you cannot use the online system, you may print the letter of recommendation form and mail it to your recommender. Please include a pre-addressed reply envelope with your requests for letters of recommendation or advise your recommenders to send letters to the School of Theatre & Dance (address below in step 2). Submit official transcripts from all institutions attended (a minimum 3.0 grade point average of is required for all upper-division undergraduate work, which is the last two years of your undergraduate academic record.)Transcripts should be sent directly to:
Office of AdmissionsS201 Criser HallP.O. Box 11400University of FloridaGainesville, FL 32611-4000
The University of Florida requires the General Test of the GRE for admissions. Test scores are considered in conjunction with your overall application. The GRE is NOT required for MFA students who completed an undergraduate degree at a U.S. institution. If you earned your bachelor's outside of the U.S, please submit official Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores. See step 3 for more important information for International applicants.
Step 2: Send the following materials to the School of Theatre & Dance:Graduate Admissions & Academic ProgramsCollege of Fine ArtsP.O. Box 115800University of FloridaGainesville, FL 32611-5800 USA(352) 392-0207Fax: (352) 392-38021. Please send an email to gradadmissions@arts.ufl.edu to let us know you completed the online application2. Mail one set of official transcripts3. If you did not provide a resume and headshot at the time of audition, please send to the address above.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas / Nevada Conservatory Theatre
Contact
Brackley Frayer, Chair
Address:
Department of Theatre
4505 Maryland Parkway Box 455063
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5036
Website
www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Fine_Arts/Theatre/
Telephone:
(702) 895-3666
Fax:
(702) 895-4194
Information:
DEGREE PROGRAMS: MFA Professional Training Programs in Performance, Design (Costume, Lighting & Scenery), Technical Direction, Playwriting, Directing and Stage Management. Also offer BA Theatre Arts. THE PROGRAM: Performance and production intensive professional training program, emphasizing a balance between studio training and acting, design or production assignments with the Nevada Conservatory Theatre season-Las Vegas’ premiere regional theatre.
Admission Requirements
Students seeking an M.A. degree are admitted for
matriculation in the fall or spring semester of the academic
year. In addition to the general requirements for admission to
the Graduate College, applicants must submit the following
to the Department of Theatre:
1. An official transcript from all postsecondary institutions
attended, showing an undergraduate degree in theatre
and the date awarded. (An acceptable alternative
undergraduate major coupled with satisfactory practical
experience in theatre may be deemed equivalent to an
undergraduate major in theatre.)
2. A written statement (500 words or less) of the applicant’s
purpose in pursuing graduate study.
3. Two letters of recommendation sent by former instructors,
employers, or other professionals who can evaluate the
applicant’s potential to complete graduate study.
These materials may be sent to the following address:
Department of Theatre
Attn: Graduate Coordinator
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Box 455036
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5036
Note: A writing sample and/or a personal interview may also
be requested by the department’s Graduate Coordinator.
University of Texas, Austin
Contact
Robert Schmidt, Interim Chair
Address:
Dept. of Theatre and Dance
Win. 1.144
Austin, TX 78712
Website
www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad
Telephone:
(512) 471-5793
Fax:
(512) 471-0824
Information:
Contact: Philip Salazar, Program Coordinator DEGREE PROGRAMS: MFA in Directing, Acting, Playwriting, Creative Drama/Theatre for Youth, Theatre Technology, Theatrical Design (scenery, costumes, lighting).THE PROGRAM: Preparation for entry into educational, regional, and professional theatre.
Admission Requirements
How to Apply
Application Deadline: March 1, 2009
(all Design and Technology areas)
All application materials sent to the department must be submitted in one packet, including letters of recommendation and transcripts. Applicants may only apply in one area per academic year. As of 2009 the portfolio requirement has changed. All portfolios must be submitted in the form of a DVD before an interview can be scheduled.
Application files submitted complete will be processed before those submitted with recommendations and transcripts sent separately.
Application Requirements and Procedures:
Please read the following instructions very carefully.
Materials must be sent to TWO places:
1. To the Graduate and International Admissions Center:
Visit the link below for their mailing address and phone numbers: http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/contactgiac.html
Application for Admission to Graduate Study with application fee
The required online application may be accessed at http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/.
Major for your application: Theatrical Design, Theatrical Technology = 630703
If you do not have the means to access the electronic application, please visit a library to use a computer.
Do not send your application fee to the Department of Theatre and Dance. Submit it directly to GIAC.
One official transcript
PLEASE NOTE: The GRE is not required for the M.F.A. in Theatre Design and Technology.
2. To the Department of Theatre and Dance (in one packet):
c/o Phillip Salazar, Graduate Program CoordinatorThe University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Theatre and Dance1 University Station D3900Austin, TX 78712
One official transcript (this is in addition to the one required by the admissions office)
Three letters of recommendation: These letters should be written by those who can speak most authoritatively about your background, training, experience and potential for a career in your chosen area of specialization in theatre. Letters should be submitted with the Request for Reference form available online at the time of application or at the site http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html.
Supplemental Information for Graduate Program form, available at http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html.
A résumé of all your practical theatre work
Personal statement of goals (available online at time of application, in Graduate Admissions Bulletin or may be downloaded http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html). The statement of purpose should outline educational and professional goals, philosophy, and/or personal theatre aesthetic.
Design or Technical résumé and Design or Technical portfolio in the form of a power point or quick-time image file on DVD. DVD portfolio should include examples of drawing, painting, drafting, or any other hand skills applicable to your discipline, photos of realized productions, or any evidence of realized artwork. This DVD will not be returned. Applicants should bring original portfolio to their on campus interview should one be scheduled.
Review of the resume and the DVD portfolio by the faculty will determine the necessity of an on campus interview.
Applicants may interview through U/RTA (New York, Chicago) or in Austin. For interviews, applicants should contact the following
Costume Technology: Jim Glavan
Theatrical Technology: Jim Glavan
Lighting Design: Michelle Habeck
Costume Design: Susan Mickey
Scenic Design: Richard Isackes
For campus visits please contact: Denise Martel
Preferred time for campus interviews: February 17-19, February 24-26.
Contact Information
Mail department materials to, or contact for further information:
Phillip Salazar, Graduate Program CoordinatorThe University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Theatre and Dance1 University Station D3900Austin, TX 78712phone: 512.475.7336email: salazar@mail.utexas.edu
For general admissions information, please visit the Admissions page.
TEACHING
Secondary Level
What are the basic requirements for becoming a teacher in Texas?
You must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Texas institutions do not offer a degree in education. Every teacher must have an academic major, as well as teacher training courses. The only exemption from the degree requirement is for individuals seeking Career and Technology certification to teach certain courses, such as welding or computer-aided drafting.
You must complete teacher training through an approved program. These programs are offered through colleges and universities, school districts, regional service centers, community colleges, and other entities.
You must successfully complete the appropriate teacher certification tests for the subject and grade level you wish to teach. For a list of the certification tests and information on which tests are required, click here.
A teacher who holds an appropriate Texas classroom teaching certificate and a bachelor's degree may add classroom certification areas by successfully completing the appropriate certification examination(s) for the area(s) sought. Certification by examination is not available for:
initial certification;
career and technology certification based on skill and work experience;
a class of certificate other than classroom teacher (e.g. School Counselor, Principal, Superintendent, Learning Resources/School Librarian, Educational Diagnostician);
a certificate for which no certification examination has been developed.
Community College
Job Posting ID: 0600089
Classification Title: Adjunct Instructor
Position Title: Adjunct Dramatic Arts Instructor
Position Type: Adjunct
Department: Performing/Visual Arts
Posting Date: 2/9/09
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Applications for adjunct positions are accepted on a continuous basis and reviewed if openings become available. These positions are not current vacancies. Instructors employed as an adjunct are not entitled to all the rights, privileges, and benefits of regular, full-time employees.
Minimum Education/Training/Experience:
Master's Degree and 18 graduate semester hours in Dramatic Arts or Theatre
Minimum Salary Range: $528 per credit hr (lecture)/$353 per credit hr (lab)
University
Sam Houston State University
Department of Theatre
Position: Assistant Professor- Tenure Track
Degree Requirements: Minimum MFA in Theatre or Ph. D.
Experience Requirements:
Experience in teaching, directing and acting for beginning directing, beginning and intermediate acting classes. Professional directing experience is preferred with knowledge of all genres of theatre especially musical theatre. The individuals must be willing to be an active participant in the life of department while carrying a 3/3 teaching load.
Environment: Sam Houston State is located in historic Huntsville, one quarter of the way from Houston to Dallas, at the boundary between the Piney Woods region of East Texas and the Prairies and Lakes region of Central Texas. The university has an enrollment of approximately 16,400 students and a faculty of 650.
Usual Duties: Teaching 3/3 load and mentoring and advising students required.
Salary: $41,000-45, 000 (9 months)
Beginning Date: January 2009
Requisition: 5210
Contact:
Professor Penny Hasekoester, Department Chair
Department of TheatreSam Houston State University
Box 2297
Huntsville, Texas 77341-2297
Phone: 936-294-1330
NON-REQUIRED
SCENIC DESIGNER - Midland, TX
Job posted on March 17, 2009
Midland Community Theatre, one of the largest community theatres in the USA, seeks talented and creative candidates for fall opening. MCT produces 12 shows per year in 3 performance spaces. This year-round, full-time position includes salary, health insurance, pension and paid vacations. Send cover letter, resume, sample of work and references to: Timothy Jebsen, MIDLAND COMMUNITY THEATRE, 2000 W. Wadley, Midland, TX 79705. Email: Tim@mctmidland.org.
Chemically Imbalanced Comedy - Projection Designer (found at backstagejobs.com. Search>All Regions>Projections>No Internships. Toward bottom of page)
Job Dates
Jan-April 2009
Pay
800.00 (includes projector rental ) flat fee
CIC is seeking production staff for our upcoming production of Cartoon, set to open in April.Info on the show:Join the exploits of a band of mismatched cartoon stereotypes on a wild ride through this animated world, Presented in the style of a Commedia dell’Arte scenario gone berserk, Cartoon is a devilishly violent social commentary that explores the rapid coalescence of media, politics and consumer giants. A young, idealistic upstart named Trouble steals the giant hammer that Esther, the bratty dictator, uses to maintain a monotonous but peaceful order. Chaos ensues. Bombs explode. Puppets are set free. Anime girls fight. And as the bodies pile up, the violence begins to creep off the stage and into the audience. There’s nothing like a punch in the face to really get the blood moving.
Seeking:Projection Design (animation a plus but if you can drop swf files into your design than no problem) we will also need projector.
Production staff currently in place:Director: Angie McMahonComposer: Jay GishSound Design: Mark BeersFight Choreoghrapher/blood design: Missy Styles and Nathan PettsPlease email resume and letter of intent to angie (at) cicomedy.comThanks for the support
REQUIRED
TCISD
Job Number: Professional
Job Title: Teacher-Theater Arts
Category: Blocker Middle School- Dick Carter Email
Status: Open
Salary: Based on years of experience on Texas City ISD teacher salary schedule.
Description: 2009-2010
Publication Date/Time: 4/27/2009
Closing Date/Time: Open Until Filled
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from accredited university. Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements for subject and level assigned. (Certification: Secondary Theater Arts Grades 6-12)
Alvin ISD
Job Type: Professional
Job Title: Theatre Arts
Campus: Manvel High School (9-12)
Status: Open Until Filled
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from accredited university. Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements for subject and level assigned. (Certification: Secondary Theater Arts Grades 6-12)
GRADUATE SCHOOL
University of Florida
Contact
Kevin Marshall, Chair
Address:
School of Theatre and Dance
PO Box 115900
Gainesville, FL 32611-5900
Website
www.arts.ufl.edu/theatreanddance
Telephone:
(352) 273-0500
Fax:
(352) 392-5114
Information:
DEGREE PROGRAMS: Three year MFA program in acting or design (scenery, lighting, costumes). THE PROGRAM: An intensive, professionally-oriented program with emphasis on technique and teaches versatility and transformation through classes, workshops and performances. Instruction by 19 full- time faculty is supplemented by master classes, workshops, international exchanges and guest artists. Major productions are presented in three venues.
Admission Requirements:Actors and designers normally submit an application after a conditional offer of admission has been extended or upon request by the design or acting area faculty. Although there is not an official application deadline, admission decisions for the fall semesters are generally made between February and April.
Step 1: Apply online to the University of Florida and pay the $30 application fee. The online application includes a section for you to write a statement of purpose to express your interest in pursuing our graduate program and provides the opportunity for you to highlight special talents and skills that you will bring to the program. We recommend you prepare this text, review, and then cut and paste into the online application. The online application has been enhanced to allow you to electronically request letters of recommendation that will become part of the application. More information and directions are provided as you complete the online application. If you cannot use the online system, you may print the letter of recommendation form and mail it to your recommender. Please include a pre-addressed reply envelope with your requests for letters of recommendation or advise your recommenders to send letters to the School of Theatre & Dance (address below in step 2). Submit official transcripts from all institutions attended (a minimum 3.0 grade point average of is required for all upper-division undergraduate work, which is the last two years of your undergraduate academic record.)Transcripts should be sent directly to:
Office of AdmissionsS201 Criser HallP.O. Box 11400University of FloridaGainesville, FL 32611-4000
The University of Florida requires the General Test of the GRE for admissions. Test scores are considered in conjunction with your overall application. The GRE is NOT required for MFA students who completed an undergraduate degree at a U.S. institution. If you earned your bachelor's outside of the U.S, please submit official Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores. See step 3 for more important information for International applicants.
Step 2: Send the following materials to the School of Theatre & Dance:Graduate Admissions & Academic ProgramsCollege of Fine ArtsP.O. Box 115800University of FloridaGainesville, FL 32611-5800 USA(352) 392-0207Fax: (352) 392-38021. Please send an email to gradadmissions@arts.ufl.edu to let us know you completed the online application2. Mail one set of official transcripts3. If you did not provide a resume and headshot at the time of audition, please send to the address above.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas / Nevada Conservatory Theatre
Contact
Brackley Frayer, Chair
Address:
Department of Theatre
4505 Maryland Parkway Box 455063
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5036
Website
www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Fine_Arts/Theatre/
Telephone:
(702) 895-3666
Fax:
(702) 895-4194
Information:
DEGREE PROGRAMS: MFA Professional Training Programs in Performance, Design (Costume, Lighting & Scenery), Technical Direction, Playwriting, Directing and Stage Management. Also offer BA Theatre Arts. THE PROGRAM: Performance and production intensive professional training program, emphasizing a balance between studio training and acting, design or production assignments with the Nevada Conservatory Theatre season-Las Vegas’ premiere regional theatre.
Admission Requirements
Students seeking an M.A. degree are admitted for
matriculation in the fall or spring semester of the academic
year. In addition to the general requirements for admission to
the Graduate College, applicants must submit the following
to the Department of Theatre:
1. An official transcript from all postsecondary institutions
attended, showing an undergraduate degree in theatre
and the date awarded. (An acceptable alternative
undergraduate major coupled with satisfactory practical
experience in theatre may be deemed equivalent to an
undergraduate major in theatre.)
2. A written statement (500 words or less) of the applicant’s
purpose in pursuing graduate study.
3. Two letters of recommendation sent by former instructors,
employers, or other professionals who can evaluate the
applicant’s potential to complete graduate study.
These materials may be sent to the following address:
Department of Theatre
Attn: Graduate Coordinator
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Box 455036
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5036
Note: A writing sample and/or a personal interview may also
be requested by the department’s Graduate Coordinator.
University of Texas, Austin
Contact
Robert Schmidt, Interim Chair
Address:
Dept. of Theatre and Dance
Win. 1.144
Austin, TX 78712
Website
www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad
Telephone:
(512) 471-5793
Fax:
(512) 471-0824
Information:
Contact: Philip Salazar, Program Coordinator DEGREE PROGRAMS: MFA in Directing, Acting, Playwriting, Creative Drama/Theatre for Youth, Theatre Technology, Theatrical Design (scenery, costumes, lighting).THE PROGRAM: Preparation for entry into educational, regional, and professional theatre.
Admission Requirements
How to Apply
Application Deadline: March 1, 2009
(all Design and Technology areas)
All application materials sent to the department must be submitted in one packet, including letters of recommendation and transcripts. Applicants may only apply in one area per academic year. As of 2009 the portfolio requirement has changed. All portfolios must be submitted in the form of a DVD before an interview can be scheduled.
Application files submitted complete will be processed before those submitted with recommendations and transcripts sent separately.
Application Requirements and Procedures:
Please read the following instructions very carefully.
Materials must be sent to TWO places:
1. To the Graduate and International Admissions Center:
Visit the link below for their mailing address and phone numbers: http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/contactgiac.html
Application for Admission to Graduate Study with application fee
The required online application may be accessed at http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/.
Major for your application: Theatrical Design, Theatrical Technology = 630703
If you do not have the means to access the electronic application, please visit a library to use a computer.
Do not send your application fee to the Department of Theatre and Dance. Submit it directly to GIAC.
One official transcript
PLEASE NOTE: The GRE is not required for the M.F.A. in Theatre Design and Technology.
2. To the Department of Theatre and Dance (in one packet):
c/o Phillip Salazar, Graduate Program CoordinatorThe University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Theatre and Dance1 University Station D3900Austin, TX 78712
One official transcript (this is in addition to the one required by the admissions office)
Three letters of recommendation: These letters should be written by those who can speak most authoritatively about your background, training, experience and potential for a career in your chosen area of specialization in theatre. Letters should be submitted with the Request for Reference form available online at the time of application or at the site http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html.
Supplemental Information for Graduate Program form, available at http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html.
A résumé of all your practical theatre work
Personal statement of goals (available online at time of application, in Graduate Admissions Bulletin or may be downloaded http://www.utexas.edu/student/giac/lor.html). The statement of purpose should outline educational and professional goals, philosophy, and/or personal theatre aesthetic.
Design or Technical résumé and Design or Technical portfolio in the form of a power point or quick-time image file on DVD. DVD portfolio should include examples of drawing, painting, drafting, or any other hand skills applicable to your discipline, photos of realized productions, or any evidence of realized artwork. This DVD will not be returned. Applicants should bring original portfolio to their on campus interview should one be scheduled.
Review of the resume and the DVD portfolio by the faculty will determine the necessity of an on campus interview.
Applicants may interview through U/RTA (New York, Chicago) or in Austin. For interviews, applicants should contact the following
Costume Technology: Jim Glavan
Theatrical Technology: Jim Glavan
Lighting Design: Michelle Habeck
Costume Design: Susan Mickey
Scenic Design: Richard Isackes
For campus visits please contact: Denise Martel
Preferred time for campus interviews: February 17-19, February 24-26.
Contact Information
Mail department materials to, or contact for further information:
Phillip Salazar, Graduate Program CoordinatorThe University of Texas at AustinDepartment of Theatre and Dance1 University Station D3900Austin, TX 78712phone: 512.475.7336email: salazar@mail.utexas.edu
For general admissions information, please visit the Admissions page.
TEACHING
Secondary Level
What are the basic requirements for becoming a teacher in Texas?
You must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Texas institutions do not offer a degree in education. Every teacher must have an academic major, as well as teacher training courses. The only exemption from the degree requirement is for individuals seeking Career and Technology certification to teach certain courses, such as welding or computer-aided drafting.
You must complete teacher training through an approved program. These programs are offered through colleges and universities, school districts, regional service centers, community colleges, and other entities.
You must successfully complete the appropriate teacher certification tests for the subject and grade level you wish to teach. For a list of the certification tests and information on which tests are required, click here.
A teacher who holds an appropriate Texas classroom teaching certificate and a bachelor's degree may add classroom certification areas by successfully completing the appropriate certification examination(s) for the area(s) sought. Certification by examination is not available for:
initial certification;
career and technology certification based on skill and work experience;
a class of certificate other than classroom teacher (e.g. School Counselor, Principal, Superintendent, Learning Resources/School Librarian, Educational Diagnostician);
a certificate for which no certification examination has been developed.
Community College
Job Posting ID: 0600089
Classification Title: Adjunct Instructor
Position Title: Adjunct Dramatic Arts Instructor
Position Type: Adjunct
Department: Performing/Visual Arts
Posting Date: 2/9/09
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Applications for adjunct positions are accepted on a continuous basis and reviewed if openings become available. These positions are not current vacancies. Instructors employed as an adjunct are not entitled to all the rights, privileges, and benefits of regular, full-time employees.
Minimum Education/Training/Experience:
Master's Degree and 18 graduate semester hours in Dramatic Arts or Theatre
Minimum Salary Range: $528 per credit hr (lecture)/$353 per credit hr (lab)
University
Sam Houston State University
Department of Theatre
Position: Assistant Professor- Tenure Track
Degree Requirements: Minimum MFA in Theatre or Ph. D.
Experience Requirements:
Experience in teaching, directing and acting for beginning directing, beginning and intermediate acting classes. Professional directing experience is preferred with knowledge of all genres of theatre especially musical theatre. The individuals must be willing to be an active participant in the life of department while carrying a 3/3 teaching load.
Environment: Sam Houston State is located in historic Huntsville, one quarter of the way from Houston to Dallas, at the boundary between the Piney Woods region of East Texas and the Prairies and Lakes region of Central Texas. The university has an enrollment of approximately 16,400 students and a faculty of 650.
Usual Duties: Teaching 3/3 load and mentoring and advising students required.
Salary: $41,000-45, 000 (9 months)
Beginning Date: January 2009
Requisition: 5210
Contact:
Professor Penny Hasekoester, Department Chair
Department of TheatreSam Houston State University
Box 2297
Huntsville, Texas 77341-2297
Phone: 936-294-1330
Friday, April 3, 2009
Project #4 - Unconventional Theatre Practices
The Nalaga'at Center for the deaf-blind has recently had its first anniversary in operation. The theatre features all deaf-blind actors who perform the play, as well as a cafe which is served by blind people, and a restaurant called "The Blackout Cafe" where the waiters are blind and the meal is served and eaten in total darkness. Their first show, Light is Heard in Zigzag was a play that was written for the eleven deaf-blind actors to be able to share their life, hopes, dreams and ambitions.
This theatre is unconventional for many reasons. The scene change cues are by drums, not for the sound, but for the vibrations. While the show is a play, the actors are getting to be personal with the audience. The show does have a full set, props, lights and sound effects for the audience. All of the actors are deaf-blind, which is having both deafness and blindness. Most of the actors were born with a condition causing the blindness and deafness, but a few were born blind and later lost their hearing, or visa versa.
2. Nearly Naked Theatre
The Nearly Naked theatre is a theatre in Phoenix, Arizona that produces what we know as traditional plays, however, they are a theatre company that ONLY produces shows that are considered to be for adults, and not family friendly. The shows of their previous seasons include:
Season 1:
Lilies or The Revival of a Romantic Drama
by Michel Marc Bouchard
Arizona Premiere
Season 2:
'night, Mother
by Marsha Norman
Salome's Last Dance
by Ken Russell
Arizona Premiere
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
by David Mamet
Season 3:
The Torch Song Trilogy
by Harvey Fierstein
The King of Infinite Space
by Andrew C. Ordover
Arizona Premiere
The HotHouse
by Harold Pinter
Season 4:
The Shape of Things
by Neil Labute
Arizona Premiere
Equus
by Peter Shaffer
Baylin's Monster
by Michael Grady
Valparaiso
by Don DeLillo
Arizona Premiere
Season 5:
Shakespeare's R&J
by Joe Calarco
Arizona Premiere
The House of Yes
by Wendy MacLeod
Gilgamesh
by Andrew C. Ordover
West Coast/Arizona Premiere
Season 6:
The Rocky Horror Show
by Richard O'Brien
Hurlyburly
by David Rabe
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
by Christopher Hampton
Sexual Perversity in Chicago ('05)
by David Mamet
E2: a heretical adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Edward the Second
by Damon Dering
World Premiere
Season 7:
Marvin’s Room
by Scott McPherson
Valhalla
by Paul Rudnick
Arizona Premiere
Sordid Lives
by Del Shores
Arizona Premiere
The Who’s TOMMY
by Pete Townshend & Des McAnuff
Season 8:
Take Me Out
by Richard Greenberg
Arizona Premiere
The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
Betty's Summer Vacation
by Christopher Durang
Arizona Premiere
Bat Boy: The Musical
by O’Keefe, Farley & Flemming
Arizona Premiere
Season 9
Snake in Fridge
by Brad Fraser
Arizona Premiere
Metamorphoses
by Mary Zimmerman
Arizona Premiere
As Bees In Honey Drown
by Douglas Carter Beane
Arizona Premiere
Reefer Madness
by Dan Studney & Kevin Murphy
Arizona Premiere
Typically, I wouldn't include such a long listing of shows, but the season listings show the continuity of 'adult content' in the shows. At a theatre like the Nearly Naked Theatre, you would never see a show like The Secret Garden, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Brighton Beach Memoirs, etc, as they are shows that would be appropriate for families. I would rate this theatre company as being unconventional because it is daring to create a theatre house that does not produce shows that all have 'adult content.' While I'm sure they have a consistent audience base who doesn't mind the nature of the plays being produced, I can imagine more conservative audience members having poor things to say about the theatre itself.
Nearly Naked Theatre Mission Statement:
"JUST WHO ARE AND WHAT IS NEARLY NAKED THEATRE?Nearly Naked Theatre is a not-for-profit group of local artists: actors, writers, directors, designers and technicians, seeking a new voice in Valley theater, free of censorship and artistic stifling, who wish to produce thought-provoking and challenging theater! It’s not as easy as it sounds."
Equus
The Silent Theatre is a theatre company that performs plays without words and everything is in black and white. It started in Chicago with the play, LULU. After a success in Chicago, thirteen of the ensemble members bought a school bus, and transformed it into an on-tour home, and they traveled to New York to take part in the NY Fringe Festival. After winning an award, they traveled to San Francisco to perform in the Victoria Theatre. The troupe was self-sustained and had to continue performing to get back to Chicago.
The Silent Theatre Company has been able to continue in performing Silent Plays since 2006.
The Silent Theatre Ensemble
Their Shows Include:
Chicago Confiedential
Kane
Noir: A Shot and Chaser
LULU
This theatre is unconventional because it has no dialogue, and is performed as if it were a silent film, from the costumes to the set, everything is in black and white. This creates a unique and different theatre experience for audience members.
4. ANTENNA THEATER
The Antenna Theater is based out of Sausalito, CA and is a theatre that produces only original theatre works. Created in 1980, The Antenna theatre works to create theatre pieces that use sound, sculpture and live performance to communicate a story.
Past works include:
-Transforming Art (2008)
-Big Brother (2007)
-High School (2006)
-Fire and Ice (2006)
-A Body of Water (2005)
This theatre is considered to be unconventional because they, as a company, work to create and produce plays and performances. This is unlike a conventional theatre as a conventional theatre would perform plays that have been written and produced before by other theatre companies and playwrights.
5. THEATRE RHINOCEROS
"The Oldest Queer Theatre in America"
Theatre Rhinoceros' mission statement is. "Theatre Rhinoceros develops and produces works of theatre that enlighten, enrich, and explore both the ordinary and extraordinary aspects of our queer community."
All of the shows of course involve issues surrounding homosexuality, but to celebrate, not condemn.
The 2008-2009 Season includes:
The Rhino Christmas Panto
The Marga Gomez New Year's Eve Spectacular
Falsettos
A Beautiful View
A Necessary Evil
Three on a Party
Suzanne Westenhoefer
The Rhino Theatre is unconventional because everyone involved is gay, lesbian or transgendered, which is different than your 'conventional' theatre companies. The nature of the plays also surrounding homosexuality makes it unconventional.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Project #2 - Option #2
PRE-BROADWAY REVIEW
Magic of the angels; Angels in America by Tony Kushner National Theatre (Cottesloe)
By: Nicholas De Jongh
"You anticipate some dream-struck apology for the right to achieve homosexual happiness in the land of the free by 2001, despite the ravages of Aids. Wrongly. Kushner, a young American, moves in larger territory.
Here is a state of the nation report, relating the Aids epidemic and those caught in its horrible throes to America's political and social condition."
This quote is the author trying to summarize how an audience member may feel when watching this show. They would assume that it would be attempting to "achieve homosexual happiness" but will come to find out that the play is about the epidemic of Aids. In the rest of the review, the author gives acclaim to the actors and continues to elaborate about his personal experience in seeing the play.
ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Angels Over Broadway
by Vit Wagner of the Toronto Star
"While it might not quite live up to its advance billing - but then, as the Village Voice joked, even Hamlet would be a letdown after this advance - it is a provocative, moving and brilliant work, capable of forcing you to search inside yourself at the same time as you examine the world around you. In other words, it is a work of art."
The author talks about the play in great detail, from its origin to the content, to its award nominations. The author is pleased with the production, and clearly, by reading the above quote, feels that the play is groundbreaking.
NON-NYC PRODUCTION, POST-1993
Aids Drama Proves It's a Survivor
by: Michael Harris
"This is the production's greatest failing. When the angel appears to tell the dying Prior that he's a prophet whose "great work" is about to begin, the moment is awfully disappointing. For starters, we see the angel's feet waving in the rafters for a minute before she clumsily descends. What's more, the conspicuous safety mattress does not inspire confidence in her angelic properties.
Lame herald aside, Angels does take a halting, and surprising, sort of flight."
The author of the review has comments similar to this one throughout the entire article. He talks about the actor's performances and the content of the script, and then ends with this quote, which sums up his feelings in the article.
SHSU Presents Angels in America: Millenium Approaches
by: Katie Darcy
"Aside from a few articulation problems, a couple of uses of profanity that seemed unnatural, one odd ambient noise choice, and some missed dialect opportunities (with the exception of Amy Burn as Ethel Rosenberg, whose old Jewish New Yorker accent was impeccable), the show is a must-see."
The author of the article covers the plot of the play, the casting choices by the director, technical aspects and the script content. The author chooses not to pick apart the show for inconsistencies, but chose to mention them while still saying that show, in her opinion, was worth seeing.
ANGELS IN AMERICA -- HBO VERSION
Believe in HBO's 'Angels'
by: Robert Bianco
"Though the focus is on a group of gay men enduring the first onslaught of AIDS in the Reaganite '80s, this is an all-encompassing story, filled with compassion for the strengths and weaknesses we hold in common. Beautiful and profane, intimate and epic, Angels overflows with comedy, drama, violence, sex and death -- just like life itself."
The author of this article shares his positive feelings about his experience in watching the HBO movie of Angels in America. He talks about the pros of having a television version of the play, as the expansive budget and special effects capabilites. He discusses the casting choices and the content of the play.
Magic of the angels; Angels in America by Tony Kushner National Theatre (Cottesloe)
By: Nicholas De Jongh
"You anticipate some dream-struck apology for the right to achieve homosexual happiness in the land of the free by 2001, despite the ravages of Aids. Wrongly. Kushner, a young American, moves in larger territory.
Here is a state of the nation report, relating the Aids epidemic and those caught in its horrible throes to America's political and social condition."
This quote is the author trying to summarize how an audience member may feel when watching this show. They would assume that it would be attempting to "achieve homosexual happiness" but will come to find out that the play is about the epidemic of Aids. In the rest of the review, the author gives acclaim to the actors and continues to elaborate about his personal experience in seeing the play.
ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION
Angels Over Broadway
by Vit Wagner of the Toronto Star
"While it might not quite live up to its advance billing - but then, as the Village Voice joked, even Hamlet would be a letdown after this advance - it is a provocative, moving and brilliant work, capable of forcing you to search inside yourself at the same time as you examine the world around you. In other words, it is a work of art."
The author talks about the play in great detail, from its origin to the content, to its award nominations. The author is pleased with the production, and clearly, by reading the above quote, feels that the play is groundbreaking.
NON-NYC PRODUCTION, POST-1993
Aids Drama Proves It's a Survivor
by: Michael Harris
"This is the production's greatest failing. When the angel appears to tell the dying Prior that he's a prophet whose "great work" is about to begin, the moment is awfully disappointing. For starters, we see the angel's feet waving in the rafters for a minute before she clumsily descends. What's more, the conspicuous safety mattress does not inspire confidence in her angelic properties.
Lame herald aside, Angels does take a halting, and surprising, sort of flight."
The author of the review has comments similar to this one throughout the entire article. He talks about the actor's performances and the content of the script, and then ends with this quote, which sums up his feelings in the article.
SHSU Presents Angels in America: Millenium Approaches
by: Katie Darcy
"Aside from a few articulation problems, a couple of uses of profanity that seemed unnatural, one odd ambient noise choice, and some missed dialect opportunities (with the exception of Amy Burn as Ethel Rosenberg, whose old Jewish New Yorker accent was impeccable), the show is a must-see."
The author of the article covers the plot of the play, the casting choices by the director, technical aspects and the script content. The author chooses not to pick apart the show for inconsistencies, but chose to mention them while still saying that show, in her opinion, was worth seeing.
ANGELS IN AMERICA -- HBO VERSION
Believe in HBO's 'Angels'
by: Robert Bianco
"Though the focus is on a group of gay men enduring the first onslaught of AIDS in the Reaganite '80s, this is an all-encompassing story, filled with compassion for the strengths and weaknesses we hold in common. Beautiful and profane, intimate and epic, Angels overflows with comedy, drama, violence, sex and death -- just like life itself."
The author of this article shares his positive feelings about his experience in watching the HBO movie of Angels in America. He talks about the pros of having a television version of the play, as the expansive budget and special effects capabilites. He discusses the casting choices and the content of the play.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Project #1 - Alabama Shakespeare Festival
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
"The story is one of the most intriguing in all literature, and one of the most remembered and beloved stories in human history. Well worth the effort to read through the long narrative."
http://books.google.com/books?id=4RUUAAAAYAAJ#reviews_anchor
"The Count of Monte Cristo is a delicious book, full of intrigue, great fight scenes, love, passion, and witty social satire."
http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449264
Winnie the Pooh
Based on stories by A.A. Milne
Dramatized by Le Clanche Du Rand
"As long as there are children and parents to read to them, Winnie the Pooh will remain a favorite storybook classic."
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Tales-Winnie-Pooh/dp/0525457232
"Winnie the Pooh is the optimist and the philospher, he is able to see the good in everyone and make the best of every situation." http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99107.Winnie_the_Pooh
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Adapted by: Joseph Robinette
"Barnyard life spins into real emotions teaching valuable lessons in camaraderie, devotion, sacrifice, and life's issues." http://broadwayworld.com/article/Charlottes_Web_The_Musical_20061212
"The book has liveliness and felicity, tenderness and unexpectedness, grace and humor and praise of life, and the good backbone of succinctness that only the most highly imaginative stories seem to grow." http://www.amazon.com/Charlottes-Play-Format-Joseph-Robinette/dp/product-description/0871292432
A Christmas Carol: The Musical
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
Music by Lynn Ahrens and Alan Menken
"This rendition of the show received Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for best musical...a Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night."
http://www.mcleanplayers.org/mcp/Show.cfm?ShowID=225
''A Christmas Carol,'' despite music by Alan Menken (Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast'') and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens (''Ragtime''), has never been as much a musical as a spectacle."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E4D9133BF937A35751C1A96E958260
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
“Romeo and Juliet are two teenagers in love and their story ends in terrible tragedy.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547864785&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547864788&cisb=22_T6547864787&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=11314&docNo=1
“Romeo and Juliet is a much bigger story than just the two in the middle. It's actually a satirical comedy about rather useless adults. I had a bit of a eureka moment when I realised that Romeo and Juliet only lived in the context of the rather clumsy, cruel, thoughtless world that surrounded them.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547864785&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547864788&cisb=22_T6547864787&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=10939&docNo=21
Bear Country
by Michael Vigilant
“The wit, wisdom, humor and spirituality of Bryant are captured wonderfully by veteran actor Rodney Clark”
http://alabama.scout.com/2/833623.html
“The play focuses on Coach Bryant's characteristic leadership style and reveals some of the lesser known anecdotes and stories about his life and career, chronicling his evolution from a young man driven by poverty into an inspiring leader who left an indelible mark on the lives of his players and associates."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125036-Bear_Country_Shaping_Up_to_Be_an_Alabama_Shakespeare_Hit_Opens_Jan._11
Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
“A comedy of errors The Abbey Theatre presents a new production of William Shakespeare's mischievous tour de force The Comedy of Errors.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547925960&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547925963&cisb=22_T6547925962&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=227171&docNo=2
“…his neatly plotted comedy of sundered families, divided selves and accidental husband swapping may touch on deep fears…”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547925960&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547925963&cisb=22_T6547925962&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=142626&docNo=8
Othello
by William Shakespeare
"With a little perseverance, you will find Othello is quite Moorish."
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547956879&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547956882&cisb=22_T6547956881&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=314239&docNo=1
"As helmed by Arin Arbus, Shakespeare's domestic tragedy has been stripped of its stage trappings and presented virtually in the raw."
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547956879&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547956882&cisb=22_T6547956881&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=139224&docNo=6
The Furniture of Home
by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
"Her play is hilarious but so very human and complex."
http://southernwritersproject.net/?tag=the-furniture-of-home
"They learn to let go of the past and hold on to one another in this hilarious and heartwarming story about what makes a home."
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123138113
The Three Musketeers
Based on the novel by Alexander Dumas
Adapted by Charles Morey
"The movie was absurd but took itself too seriously; the play is extremely light-hearted and even slapsticky. The movie had virtually no good acting or characterization; the play is vivid and entertaining and performed with great skill"
http://www.ericdsnider.com/theater/the-three-musketeers/
"...director Geoffrey Sherman's production gets a lot of mileage out of the melodramatic comic conventions of the theatre, while staying true to the spirit and historical authenticity of the original novel."
https://blackboard.shsu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_38078_1%26url%3d
by Alexandre Dumas
"The story is one of the most intriguing in all literature, and one of the most remembered and beloved stories in human history. Well worth the effort to read through the long narrative."
http://books.google.com/books?id=4RUUAAAAYAAJ#reviews_anchor
"The Count of Monte Cristo is a delicious book, full of intrigue, great fight scenes, love, passion, and witty social satire."
http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449264
Winnie the Pooh
Based on stories by A.A. Milne
Dramatized by Le Clanche Du Rand
"As long as there are children and parents to read to them, Winnie the Pooh will remain a favorite storybook classic."
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Tales-Winnie-Pooh/dp/0525457232
"Winnie the Pooh is the optimist and the philospher, he is able to see the good in everyone and make the best of every situation." http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99107.Winnie_the_Pooh
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
Adapted by: Joseph Robinette
"Barnyard life spins into real emotions teaching valuable lessons in camaraderie, devotion, sacrifice, and life's issues." http://broadwayworld.com/article/Charlottes_Web_The_Musical_20061212
"The book has liveliness and felicity, tenderness and unexpectedness, grace and humor and praise of life, and the good backbone of succinctness that only the most highly imaginative stories seem to grow." http://www.amazon.com/Charlottes-Play-Format-Joseph-Robinette/dp/product-description/0871292432
A Christmas Carol: The Musical
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
Music by Lynn Ahrens and Alan Menken
"This rendition of the show received Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for best musical...a Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night."
http://www.mcleanplayers.org/mcp/Show.cfm?ShowID=225
''A Christmas Carol,'' despite music by Alan Menken (Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast'') and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens (''Ragtime''), has never been as much a musical as a spectacle."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E4D9133BF937A35751C1A96E958260
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
“Romeo and Juliet are two teenagers in love and their story ends in terrible tragedy.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547864785&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547864788&cisb=22_T6547864787&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=11314&docNo=1
“Romeo and Juliet is a much bigger story than just the two in the middle. It's actually a satirical comedy about rather useless adults. I had a bit of a eureka moment when I realised that Romeo and Juliet only lived in the context of the rather clumsy, cruel, thoughtless world that surrounded them.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547864785&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547864788&cisb=22_T6547864787&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=10939&docNo=21
Bear Country
by Michael Vigilant
“The wit, wisdom, humor and spirituality of Bryant are captured wonderfully by veteran actor Rodney Clark”
http://alabama.scout.com/2/833623.html
“The play focuses on Coach Bryant's characteristic leadership style and reveals some of the lesser known anecdotes and stories about his life and career, chronicling his evolution from a young man driven by poverty into an inspiring leader who left an indelible mark on the lives of his players and associates."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125036-Bear_Country_Shaping_Up_to_Be_an_Alabama_Shakespeare_Hit_Opens_Jan._11
Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
“A comedy of errors The Abbey Theatre presents a new production of William Shakespeare's mischievous tour de force The Comedy of Errors.”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547925960&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547925963&cisb=22_T6547925962&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=227171&docNo=2
“…his neatly plotted comedy of sundered families, divided selves and accidental husband swapping may touch on deep fears…”
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547925960&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547925963&cisb=22_T6547925962&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=142626&docNo=8
Othello
by William Shakespeare
"With a little perseverance, you will find Othello is quite Moorish."
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547956879&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547956882&cisb=22_T6547956881&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=314239&docNo=1
"As helmed by Arin Arbus, Shakespeare's domestic tragedy has been stripped of its stage trappings and presented virtually in the raw."
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6547956879&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6547956882&cisb=22_T6547956881&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=139224&docNo=6
The Furniture of Home
by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
"Her play is hilarious but so very human and complex."
http://southernwritersproject.net/?tag=the-furniture-of-home
"They learn to let go of the past and hold on to one another in this hilarious and heartwarming story about what makes a home."
http://www.maxwell.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123138113
The Three Musketeers
Based on the novel by Alexander Dumas
Adapted by Charles Morey
"The movie was absurd but took itself too seriously; the play is extremely light-hearted and even slapsticky. The movie had virtually no good acting or characterization; the play is vivid and entertaining and performed with great skill"
http://www.ericdsnider.com/theater/the-three-musketeers/
"...director Geoffrey Sherman's production gets a lot of mileage out of the melodramatic comic conventions of the theatre, while staying true to the spirit and historical authenticity of the original novel."
https://blackboard.shsu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_38078_1%26url%3d
Project #1 - University of Alabama
1) Into the Woods
by James Lapine
"In her excellent biography of Stephen Sondheim, Meryle Secret describes the birth of Into the Woods as midwifed by Sondheim and his longtime creative partner James Lapine's desire to come up with a musical that was bright, lighthearted and funny."
http://www.curtainup.com/intothewoods.html
2)You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
by Clark Gesner
"It will make you smile ear to ear, then maybe cause you drop a tear or two at the end. You can't ask for more than that.You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6548008895&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6548008898&cisb=22_T6548008897&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8286&docNo=2
3) Moon Over Buffalo
by Ken Ludwig
"FADING rep stars George and Charlotte Hay are on the way out yet still dreaming of a big break, in this amusing comedy by Ken Ludwig."
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6548025485&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6548025493&cisb=22_T6548025492&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=166681&docNo=1
"If comedies and farces are your favorite choice of theatre, then Moon Over Buffalo, is sure to please."
http://huntsville.about.com/od/theatreanddance/a/moonoverbuffalo.htm
4) Andrew Lippa's Wild Party
by Andrew Lippa
"Much like a musical soap opera, The Wild Party unfolds an evening of raw and unapologetic passion that gets a bit too in your face for perhaps the average theater patron."
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Lippas_Wild_Party_20040321
"The Wild Party may not be the perfect musical we've all been looking for but it's great fun to watch and puts enough talent on display to have warranted a longer run than it will have."
http://www.curtainup.com/wildpartymtc.html
5) The Heiress -
by Ruth & Augustus Goetz
"may not be at the cutting edge of innovative drama, but that does not preclude it being an enjoyable evening."
http://www.curtainup.com/heiress.html
"It's the literate, highly theatrical Ruth and Augustus Goetz adaptation of the Henry James novel "Washington Square" (1880), a psychological horror story set in the upper reaches of genteel New York society in the 1850's."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=990CE0DC1F3CF933A25750C0A963958260
6) Reckless
by Craig Lucas
"It calls for plenty of humor and surprise until about a third or a quarter of the way from the end, at which point the tone darkens and the laughs dry up."
http://www.portifex.com/LArts/Reckless.htm
"In the course of this animated production from the Manhattan Theater Club, directed with subversive buoyancy by Mark Brokaw, Ms. Parker's smile will waver, tighten and shrink in ways that seem to age her at least a decade. And by the show's end, you may feel as if you've undergone a fast-forwarded program in Prozac withdrawal."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/theater/reviews/15RECK.html
7) Medea
by Euripides
"Evil enters the house of scorned enchantress Medea -- and stays there until the bitter end as Manitoba Theatre Centre takes another tragic stab at Euripides."
http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/M/Medea/2008/11/22/7496256-sun.html
"A muddled, sort of revisionist version, though, is what we have in Theodora Skipitares’s flat new production at La MaMa."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/theater/reviews/19mede.html
8)Henry V -
by William Shakespeare
"But those comic bookends were received with warm enjoyment over the weekend at the New Victory Theater, where children almost outnumbered adults at the Acting Company and Guthrie Theater’s co-production. "
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/theater/reviews/03henry.html
"Henry V is an almost complete study of the war with France in the early 1400s told entirely from the English point of view"
http://www.curtainup.com/henry5lond.html
9) Transit of Venus
by Maureen Hunter
"-- and to put first things first, these women are the stellar magnets drawing you into this historical romance-cum-astrological adventure, (more a misadventure) both in fact as in this faction.)"
http://www.curtainup.com/b-venus.html
"Although it is, at its core, a love story, it also tackles the big questions of destiny, science and, in subtext, the face of God."
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Transit%20of%20Venus
10) Thoroughly Modern Millie
by Richard Henry Morris
"For this ''Millie'' has shed the barbs of irony for a fuzzy high-spiritedness."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C0CEFD8173FF93AA25757C0A9649C8B63
"But talent is not enough. Two shortcomings ultimately defeat this well intentioned show – a lack of creative imagination and several painfully miscast leads. And without those, you cannot have a first-class musical comedy."
http://www.musicals101.com/millie.htm
by James Lapine
"In her excellent biography of Stephen Sondheim, Meryle Secret describes the birth of Into the Woods as midwifed by Sondheim and his longtime creative partner James Lapine's desire to come up with a musical that was bright, lighthearted and funny."
http://www.curtainup.com/intothewoods.html
"The musical delves into the darker side of beloved childhood fairytales, drawing out the reality behind happily-ever-after"
http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/November/nov3_intothewoods.shtml
2)You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
by Clark Gesner
"It will make you smile ear to ear, then maybe cause you drop a tear or two at the end. You can't ask for more than that.You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6548008895&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6548008898&cisb=22_T6548008897&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8286&docNo=2
3) Moon Over Buffalo
by Ken Ludwig
"FADING rep stars George and Charlotte Hay are on the way out yet still dreaming of a big break, in this amusing comedy by Ken Ludwig."
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6548025485&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6548025493&cisb=22_T6548025492&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=166681&docNo=1
"If comedies and farces are your favorite choice of theatre, then Moon Over Buffalo, is sure to please."
http://huntsville.about.com/od/theatreanddance/a/moonoverbuffalo.htm
4) Andrew Lippa's Wild Party
by Andrew Lippa
"Much like a musical soap opera, The Wild Party unfolds an evening of raw and unapologetic passion that gets a bit too in your face for perhaps the average theater patron."
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Lippas_Wild_Party_20040321
"The Wild Party may not be the perfect musical we've all been looking for but it's great fun to watch and puts enough talent on display to have warranted a longer run than it will have."
http://www.curtainup.com/wildpartymtc.html
5) The Heiress -
by Ruth & Augustus Goetz
"may not be at the cutting edge of innovative drama, but that does not preclude it being an enjoyable evening."
http://www.curtainup.com/heiress.html
"It's the literate, highly theatrical Ruth and Augustus Goetz adaptation of the Henry James novel "Washington Square" (1880), a psychological horror story set in the upper reaches of genteel New York society in the 1850's."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=990CE0DC1F3CF933A25750C0A963958260
6) Reckless
by Craig Lucas
"It calls for plenty of humor and surprise until about a third or a quarter of the way from the end, at which point the tone darkens and the laughs dry up."
http://www.portifex.com/LArts/Reckless.htm
"In the course of this animated production from the Manhattan Theater Club, directed with subversive buoyancy by Mark Brokaw, Ms. Parker's smile will waver, tighten and shrink in ways that seem to age her at least a decade. And by the show's end, you may feel as if you've undergone a fast-forwarded program in Prozac withdrawal."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/theater/reviews/15RECK.html
7) Medea
by Euripides
"Evil enters the house of scorned enchantress Medea -- and stays there until the bitter end as Manitoba Theatre Centre takes another tragic stab at Euripides."
http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/M/Medea/2008/11/22/7496256-sun.html
"A muddled, sort of revisionist version, though, is what we have in Theodora Skipitares’s flat new production at La MaMa."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/theater/reviews/19mede.html
8)Henry V -
by William Shakespeare
"But those comic bookends were received with warm enjoyment over the weekend at the New Victory Theater, where children almost outnumbered adults at the Acting Company and Guthrie Theater’s co-production. "
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/theater/reviews/03henry.html
"Henry V is an almost complete study of the war with France in the early 1400s told entirely from the English point of view"
http://www.curtainup.com/henry5lond.html
9) Transit of Venus
by Maureen Hunter
"-- and to put first things first, these women are the stellar magnets drawing you into this historical romance-cum-astrological adventure, (more a misadventure) both in fact as in this faction.)"
http://www.curtainup.com/b-venus.html
"Although it is, at its core, a love story, it also tackles the big questions of destiny, science and, in subtext, the face of God."
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Transit%20of%20Venus
10) Thoroughly Modern Millie
by Richard Henry Morris
"For this ''Millie'' has shed the barbs of irony for a fuzzy high-spiritedness."
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C0CEFD8173FF93AA25757C0A9649C8B63
"But talent is not enough. Two shortcomings ultimately defeat this well intentioned show – a lack of creative imagination and several painfully miscast leads. And without those, you cannot have a first-class musical comedy."
http://www.musicals101.com/millie.htm
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