tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768377995094557192024-02-07T01:53:40.684-08:00HSU Stage & ScreenArchive of pre-production information and photos 2007-2016, Humboldt State University Theatre, Film and Dance Performances in Arcata, California. Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.comBlogger899125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-71676746477116918452016-05-16T18:11:00.000-07:002017-08-03T02:25:49.774-07:00
This site is no longer active. It is now an archive of pre-production information and photos for Theatre, Film & Dance department productions at HSU from 2007-2008 to 2015-2016 school years, with links to blogs for productions from 2005 to 2007.
I created, wrote and maintained this site as the person responsible for production publicity over this decade, and it retires with me. Most Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-68293839348165318632016-04-12T22:51:00.000-07:002016-05-13T23:15:00.966-07:00April 2016: Dead Man's Cell Phone
She doesn’t fall down the rabbit hole or through the looking glass. But in a quiet cafe on an ordinary day, a young woman named Jean innocently enters her self-made Wonderland... by answering the Dead Man’s Cell Phone.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone the imaginative comedy and surprising love story by renowned American playwright Sarah Ruhl is performed Friday and Saturday April 22 and 23, and Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-55140565835027951242016-04-12T22:50:00.000-07:002016-05-13T23:15:00.962-07:00
The widow (played by Madison Burgett-Feagin) meets Jean (Stephanie Lemon.)
Jean is sipping soup in a cafe when the cell phone at a nearby table keeps ringing, but the man sitting there won’t answer it. Jean confronts him but when he doesn’t respond, she answers it herself. By this time she’s beginning to realize that the man is dead.
Answering that phone and Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-49236722652226041732016-04-12T22:48:00.001-07:002016-05-13T23:15:00.958-07:00
Jean and Dwight (Jesse Benefiel), the dead man's brother, bond over paper.
But unlike Alice, Jean enters a Wonderland that she largely creates with her own continually surprising decisions. She evens finds her way to love.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-40571358699872342982016-04-12T22:47:00.000-07:002016-05-13T23:15:00.954-07:00
“From the very beginning, this is a play of surprises. One surprise after another,” says director Michael Thomas.
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Dead Man's Cell Phone has been described as a contemporary fairy tale, a theatrical dream and a fable of the digital age. Like the rest of Ruhl’s work, writes New York Times critic Charles Isherwood, this play “blends the mundane and the metaphysical, the blunt and the obscure, the patently bizarre and the bizarrely moving.”Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-36096396693278769882016-04-12T22:44:00.002-07:002016-05-13T23:15:00.951-07:00
Like many open-hearted plays by Sarah Ruhl, Dead Man's Cell Phone inhabits a special territory between the real and the imagined—and the audience is part of what brings them together.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-19002526643954147562016-04-12T22:43:00.000-07:002016-05-13T23:15:00.943-07:00Dead Man's Cell Phone: Cast and Production
Madison Burgett-Feagin
Cast
A Woman, Jean: Stephanie Lemon
A Dead Man, Gordon: Anthony DePage
Gordon’s Mother, Mrs. Gottlieb: Connie Hill
Gordon’s Widow, Hermia: Madison Burgett-Feagin
Gordon’s Brother, Dwight: Jesse Benefiel
The Other Woman/The Stranger: Caitlin Hatfield
Jesse Benefiel
Production
Director: Michael Thomas
Scenic Designer: Marissa Day
Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-23849025111257207332016-04-12T22:41:00.001-07:002016-05-13T23:15:00.947-07:00Dead Man's Cell Phone: The Director
“From the very beginning, this is a play of surprises. One surprise after another,” said director Michael Thomas. He gave a series of examples... but why spoil the surprise?
Still it’s fair to say that in this relatively short play, the themes are large. “Sarah Ruhl gives us plenty to think about. Lies, secrets, communication, what’s selfish and what’s selfless.”
And of course Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-83867584979108326312016-04-12T22:40:00.000-07:002016-05-13T23:15:00.969-07:00Dead Man's Cell Phone: Play and Playwright
“A Wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”—Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, from a passage quoted by Sarah Ruhl in the published script of Dead Man’s Cell Phone.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone premiered in 2007 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. (starring Polly Noonan, who bears an uncanny Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-61487746983115406682016-03-31T00:39:00.000-07:002016-04-17T18:05:59.727-07:00April 2016: HSU Dance Concert SOMA SPIRITU
Claire Patterson, Bekah Staub, Moira Winchell in “Impulse” by Lauren Baker
Exploring the interplay of body and spirit, eight student choreographers and two faculty members present their latest work—including a recent regional prize-winner—in the HSU spring dance concert, Soma Spiritu.
Soma Spiritu is presented Thursdays through Saturdays April 7-9, 14-16 at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-24147647959183359462016-03-31T00:38:00.000-07:002016-03-31T00:38:04.737-07:00
Austin
Silvaong in “Self-Refraction” by Kassie Guimapang.
To express relationships of the body (“soma”) and spirit (“spiritu”), HSU choreographers employ a variety of styles and thematic starting points, within the idioms of contemporary dance. Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-17983912407339264622016-03-31T00:37:00.000-07:002016-03-31T00:37:09.482-07:00
Claire Patterson in her solo dance “magna feminem artifex.”
How do social problems affect us, physically and spiritually? Claire Patterson takes a dramatic approach in her solo dance about the oppression of women in the arts. It was judged to be among the top ten dances presented at the recent American College Dance Association Western Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-13862086836466075972016-03-31T00:36:00.000-07:002016-03-31T00:36:17.571-07:00
Ginger Greenlee, Lisa Drew, Moira Winchell, Nathalie Mostrel, Kassie Guimapang, Bekah Staub in “Idiosyncrasy” by Emily Mensing.
Emily Mensing uses comedy to puncture pomposity in her dance, “Idiosyncrasy.” Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-22574110278695750402016-03-31T00:35:00.000-07:002016-03-31T00:35:07.372-07:00
Austin Silavong, Eric Sorensen, Emily Mensing, Lauren Baker, Erika Barnet, Ginger Greenlee, Sarah Martin in Lisa Drew's "Passing Through"
Lisa Drew examines the contemporary obsession with time, and Lauren Baker explores how a dance can use time, rhythm and space.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-1762335324268548512016-03-31T00:34:00.001-07:002016-03-31T00:34:28.124-07:00
Back row: Myranda Dominguez, Bekah Staub, Gino Bloomberg, Sarah Martin, Moira Winchell
Front row: Austin Silavong, Cary Alexis Turner, Emily Mensing in “Self-Refraction” by Kassie Guimapang.
Dances by Kassie Guimapang, Moira Winchell, and English exchange student Megan Newbold explore conflicts within an individual.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-89028840871885503572016-03-31T00:33:00.001-07:002016-03-31T00:33:42.927-07:00
Ambar Cuevas in "Gratia Incarnare by Jonny Wisan
Jonny Wisan presents a spiritual narrative, Linda Maxwell depicts the history of jazz dance, and Sharon Butcher evokes her family’s Appalachian history.Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-69079113507230472182016-03-31T00:32:00.002-07:002016-03-31T00:32:59.127-07:00
Ashley Carillo, Kassie Guimapang in "It's the Rhythm" by Linda Maxwell
A silent auction will be held on the second Saturday of the run (April 16) to help support the dance program and especially to cover expenses of participating in the regional dance conference. “The spring dance concert and the American College Dance festival are the two most important things that this program does,” said Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-811330292368039382016-03-31T00:32:00.001-07:002016-03-31T00:32:09.996-07:00SOMA SPIRITU: The Dances
Until We Are Lost
Choreographer: Megan Newbold
A journey through confusion and loss of self into renewal and self-discovery-- “Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.” (Henry David Thoreau)
"Megan is our exchange student from England. She has Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-58714945224385935702016-03-31T00:30:00.000-07:002016-03-31T00:30:04.348-07:00
“magna feminam artifex”
Choreographer: Claire Patterson
A postmodern work grappling with the institutionalized sexism of the art world, as well as the more general societal constraints forced upon women throughout time.
"The adjudicators at the western regional American College Dance Festival raved about this solo by Claire Patterson. They loved everything about it—her use of gesture, the Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-68393958957977382372016-03-31T00:29:00.000-07:002016-03-31T00:29:13.648-07:00
Megan Newbold, Lisa Drew, Kassie Guimapang, Lauren Baker, Emily Mensing
Irresolution
Choreographer: Moira Winchell
A contemporary work capturing the hesitancy and conflict felt by one who is ready to move onward, yet is reluctant to release the comfort and familiarities of past and present.
"Moira is a dance major from Portland, Oregon. The concepts sheAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-38483496036360923922016-03-31T00:28:00.000-07:002016-03-31T00:28:15.516-07:00
Impulse
Choreographer: Lauren Baker
A blend of classical ballet and contemporary movement. It is an abstract exploration of the music, the movement and shape potential of the human body, and of the stage designs possible within group choreography.
“Lauren is a beautiful dancer with strong ballet training. She explores how a dance can use time, rhythm and space in aAttention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-36642629240002941592016-03-31T00:27:00.001-07:002016-03-31T00:27:28.182-07:00
Bekah Staub, Ginger Greenlee, Lisa Drew, Nathalie Mostrel, Kassie Guimapang, Moira Winchell
Idiosyncrasy
Choreographer: Emily Mensing
A contemporary piece that juxtaposes outlandish movement against formal, classical music. The over-the-top, pompous attitudes of the dancers add more than a touch of hilarity.
"Emily came up with some really interesting, creative Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-51110108190789622862016-03-31T00:26:00.001-07:002016-03-31T00:26:16.335-07:00
Claire Patterson, Austin Silavong, Sarah Martin, Ginger Greenlee, Emily Mensing.
Passing Through
Choreographer: Lisa Drew
Focusing on the concept that society is continually consumed with time and explores how challenging it can be to break away from that fixation.
"This is another dance that judges at the American College Dance festival raved about. Lisa Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-56125899233105270922016-03-31T00:25:00.000-07:002016-03-31T00:25:14.058-07:00
Ambar Cuevas
Gratia Incarnare
Choreographer: Jonny Wisan
Danced from the perspective of the Virgin Mary, it alludes to three significant events: the Annunciation of the Angel, the Crucifixion, and the death of Christ.
"Jonny Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.com0