tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768377995094557192012-01-25T02:51:39.852-08:00Humboldt State University Theatre, Film and Dance Performances in Arcata, California. HSU Ticket Office: 707 826-3928. HSU Department of Theatre, Film & Dance: 707 826-3566Attention Serviceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423775366637019557noreply@blogger.comBlogger5881100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-676837799509455719.post-59676677255115351132012-01-17T04:58:00.000-08:002012-01-17T05:04:51.287-08:00

Is the goddess of love a carnival freak? Eboni Session is Venus, in the searing and surprising play by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, in a limited run of only five performances beginning Wednesday February 8.

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Who is Venus? An African woman, a freak, an object of derision and desire, a captive, a survivor, a lover, a puzzle, a challenge, a mirror reflecting prejudices and preconceptions, suppressed fears and hidden yearnings... In this searing and surprising multidimensional play by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, she is seen as all these and more. VENUS is performed for one week only:

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Venus (Eboni Session) studied by scientists played by William Irvine,  Juan Carlos Contreras, Keili Simmons Marble and Rose Gutierrez Jimenez Based on a true story from the early 19th century, the play is at once historical and contemporary, told in a dynamic drama that takes Venus and the audience from South Africa to a carnival show in England and a scientist’s laboratory in France. The

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Venus (Eboni Session) gets to know the Negro Resurrectionist (Robert Davis)                                                                            Venus (played by Eboni Session) is exhibited in England by the "Mother Showman" (Shannon Bass.)  She is taken to Paris by the "Baron Docteur" (Zach Scott) who wants to study her, but is also in love with her.  Eventually she meets the "Negro

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Keili Simmons Marble, William Irvine and Lindsay Smalley are members of the chorus The cast also includes a Chorus of actors, who together play various roles in the action: freaks in the show, audience members at the shows, the French scientists who study Venus, and (as in the above photo) members of a British court deciding whether Venus is being exploited. All the actors except Session and

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Part of that human core is the character of Venus, who refuses to be only a victim of oppression and exploitation. “Black women have always resisted—that’s a really big theme for me,” O’Hara said. “Venus does resist—she does the best she can within her circumstances.”

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Robert Davis as "The Negro Resurrectionist" Though the emphasis is on a Black woman, the role of the one Black man in the play is small but significant. He’s called the “Negro Resurrectionist” because he made his living by digging up graves and supplying the corpses to doctors and scientists for study. This illegal activity is used against him when he is threatened with arrest if he doesn’t

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“Suzan-Lori Parks definitely breaks some rules,” O’Hara notes, “but it’s more exciting that way. I’m adding to that as a director, with things like projected images that suggest contemporary relevance. It’s not the average play you’ll see in Humboldt County. It’s hard-hitting and meant to be uncomfortable at times. It should generate some revealing dialogue within the audience.” That’s been

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Venus: Eboni Session The Mother Showman: Shannon Bass Baron Docteur: Zach Scott The Negro Resurrectionist: Robert Davis The Chorus: Juan Carlos Contreras, William Irvine, Rose Gutierrez Jimenez, Keili Simmons Marble, Lindsay Smalley, Willoughby Arevalo.

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Stage Manager Jessica Hardwick, Asst. Dir. Nora Chatmon, Director Jean O'Hara Director: Jean O'Hara Scenic Designer: Jody Sekas Lighting Designer: Katie Dawson Sound Design: Kevin Landesman Film/Projection Design: Kevin Landesman Costume Designer: Shenae Bishop Choreographer: Sharon Butcher Technical Director: Jayson Mohatt Assistant Director: Nora Chatmon Stage Manager: Jessica Hardwick

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Suzan-Lori Parks became the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Drama (2002), for her play Topdog/Underdog.  She once wrote a play every day for a year, which resulted in 365 Plays/365 Days, a project that created one of the largest grassroots collaborations in theatre history, appearing in over 700 theatres worldwide in 2007. Besides her work as a playwright, Parks is a poet

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Of the unknown number of African women who were exhibited as "Venus Hottentot" in early 19th century Europe, the best known today is Saartjie Baartman, also known as "Sarah" or "Sara" Baartman. Born near Capetown in South Africa to a Khosian family, she was orphaned in a commando raid and became a servant to a Dutch farmer.  His brother persuaded her that she could become rich in England, and he

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How does a crazed family reunite to celebrate Christmas? SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED a holiday human comedy by Eugene Stickland at Gist Hall Theatre Thursdays through Saturdays December 1-3, 8-10 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday December 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10/$8 with a limited number of free seats to HSU students at each performance, from HSU Box Office (826-3928) or at the door. Directed by Rae

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How does a crazed family reunite to celebrate Christmas? This play’s title suggests an answer: Some Assembly Required. “It’s hilarious but it’s also heartfelt,” said director Rae Robison. “When these grown-up children return to the nest for Christmas, audiences can laugh while they compare the craziness of this family’s holidays to their own.”

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Walter (Kyle Handziak) is the oldest son, who disappointed his father by becoming an insurance adjuster instead of following in his footsteps in the barbed wire business. Walter has wandered home to avoid a Christmas Eve confrontation with his unhappy wife. He finds his younger brother Gordon (Shea King) already there, the son with unrealized “potential” who is now slurping some unusual eggnog,

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They are soon joined by Stacy (Karianne Nelson,)  the middle child, now a refugee from an unnamed institution. She will explain why she mutilated her Barbie dolls. While she helps trim the Christmas tree with barbed wire.

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Meanwhile, hovering upstairs are Dad (Evan Needham), playing his records in strict order so they will wear evenly, between checking Mom’s (Romy Clugston) vital signs—she’s in her bedroom with her medications for the dread ailment known only as The Condition, worrying that she’s made of dust.

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Battered by experience that has exposed their personal flaws and doomed their dreams, they slowly allow hope back in, and move fitfully towards improvising a Christmas together, complete with turkey dinner. Well, more like a big chicken.

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And even if Walter has to get them singing Christmas carols at gunpoint.

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Dad: Evan Needham Mother: Romy Clugston Walter: Kyle Handziak Gordon: Shea King Stacy: Karianne Nelson

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Director: Rae Robison Producer: Margaret Thomas Kelso Scenic Design: Jayson Mohatt Costume and Makeup Design: Erica Fromdahl Lighting Design: Telfer James Reynolds Properties Design: Katie Dawson Sound Design: Ciera DeSouza Stage Manager: Colleen Lacy Asst. Director: Hunter Hutchins Asst. Stage Managers: Kyle Ryan, Josephine Villegas Sound Board Operator: Santiago Menjivar Light Board Operator:

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Eugene Stickland grew up in Regina in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, and studied English at the University of Regina before earning an MFA in playwriting at York University in Toronto. He wrote plays for a theatre company in Toronto before moving to Calgary in the province of Alberta in western Canada in 1994, where he became playwright in residence at the Alberta Theatre Projects.

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Auditions for Blithe Spirit an improbable comedy by Noel Coward AUDITIONS in Gist Hall #2 Sunday, Dec. 4th, 4-6:30 PM Monday, Dec. 5th, 8-10 PM (Callbacks, Friday, Dec. 9th, 5-7 PM, if needed.) Preview Scripts available in TA #20: Auditions will consist mainly of readings from the script. PRODUCTION dates: February 29 - March 4, 2012 Venue: JVD Theatre, HSU CHARACTERS: 5 Women & 2 Men:

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Find the magic in Brigadoon, Lerner & Loewe's classic musical romance, Thursdays through Saturdays, October 13-55, 20-22 at 7: 30 p.m., Sundays Oct. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre on HSU campus in Arcata. $17/$12 general, $12/$10 students & seniors from HSU Box Office (826-3928.) Produced by HSU Departments of Music and Theatre, Film & Dance. Media previews: Humboldt State Now, 

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Leaving the cynical city (and its cynical musicals) behind, two men from New York drift out of cell phone range into the Scottish highlands, where they discover an enchanted village that lives only for a day every 100 years, called Brigadoon. There they find a different way to live, and different loves. But can the magic last, and if it’s lost, can it be found again?

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Brigadoon is a classic romance from the Golden Age of the Broadway musical. It was the first big hit for the legendary team of Alan Jay Lerner (story and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music), a partnership that later produced My Fair Lady and Camelot. Like other musicals of the Golden Age, this 1947 show features dancing ( originally choreographed by Agnes De Mille) and tuneful songs that stay

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Fiona Rose Melia as Sword Dancer  The HSU production is co-directed by Bernadette Cheyne and Richard Woods, with musical direction by Elisabeth Harrington. It features a full orchestra playing the lush score that captures the spirit of Scotland, conducted by Paul Cummings. Jeff O’Connor is the choreographer. Miles Raymer plays Tommy Albright, a troubled young man from 2011 Manhattan, and

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Miles Raymer as Tommy, Brandy Rose as Fiona Tommy Albright falls under the magic spell of Brigadoon, and especially of Fiona MacLaren.

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 Camille Morgan as Meg Meanwhile, Tommy's friend Jeff (played by Michael Thomas) meets the winsome Meg (Camille Morgan), who knows exactly what she wants.  And the  the impending marriage of Brigadoon villagers Charlie (Philip de Roulet) and Jean (Jessi Shieman) reveals a mystery, which is left to the town leader Lundie (Fran Wittman) to explain: the reason for the miracle that means Brigadoon

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But the fantasy can't last--Brigadoon must sleep, and the lovers must part.

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Miles Raymer as Tommy, Adrienne Ralsten as Jane Ashton Tommy goes back to New York but can he resume his old life and old relationships? "Why do people have to lose things to find out what they really mean?" But if he returns to Scotland, isn't Brigadoon lost for another hundred years?  Or can true love make some kind of miracle...

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Although she usually gravitates towards edgier plays, co-director Bernadette Cheyne was attracted to Brigadoon by the strength of the love story and the confrontation between the values of modern life and less cynical times. Details in the script were updated to sharpen the contrast. “ Even though this show is from 1947, we didn't want it to be a period piece. We wanted to show how it connects

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According to research by co-director Woods, Brigadoon was the first musical play produced by HSU on the Van Duzer Theatre stage.  "Dr. John Pauley directed it--he was chair of the Theatre Arts department in the 1960s," Woods recalled.  "His wife Lynn designed the costumes.  I was an undergraduate then, and I remember seeing it.  John and Lynn Pauley supervised the design of the theatre and the

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Tommy Albright: Miles Raymer Fiona MacLaren: Brandy Rose Jeff: Michael Thomas Meg: Camille Morgan Jean MacLaren: Jessi Shieman Charlie Dalrymple: Philip de Roulet Lundie: Fran Whittman Andrew MacLaren: Richard Eisner Angus MacGuffie: Lander Oppen Archie Beaton: David Callow Harry Beaton: Sam Machado Stuart Dalyrumple: Raymond Alvarez Kate: Nicol Hawkins Maggie Anderson: Ashley Adams Sandy: Cat

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Stage Directors: Bernadette Cheyne, Richard Woods Musical Director: Elisabeth Harrington Choreographer: Jeffrey O'Connor Orchestra Conductor: Paul Cummings Set Designer: David Kenworthy Lighting Designer: James McHugh Sound Designer: Glen Nagy Costume Designer: Lynnie Horrigan Makeup Designer: Kitty Grenot Stage Manager: Genevieve Angle Assistant Director: Megan Kimball Dance Captain/Asst

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Brigadoon is a musical fantasy, but in some ways the story of its authors and its history are no less fantastic. In 1947 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe hit the jackpot with Brigadoon, the third show they’d written together. Agnes De Mille (Oklahoma) won the Tony for her choreography. Brigadoon was revived on Broadway in 1950, 1957, 1963, 1980, 1986 and 1991. It was transformed into a major

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First there was the story by Alan J. Lerner about a village that asked for a miracle, to be protected from the dangers of the outside world.  Together with the music of Frederick Loewe, it resonated at the end of World War II, in which so many villages in so many countries had been destroyed, and lives changed forever.  The dimensions of some of those horrors--the Holocaust, Hiroshima--were still

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Kyle Ryan as Tom, Brandon McDaniel as Carter and Colleen Lacy as Helen.  Are appearances deceiving, or are they everything? Can the look of love overcome the love of looks? What’s more important: how you feel, or how you fit in? There are no easy answers in Fat Pig, the challenging and provocative play by Neil LaBute, coming to Gist Hall Theatre beginning its final weekend on  September 22. It

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Tom meets Helen in a crowded restaurant. He is a “handsome guy” in his twenties, doing well in a dull office job. Helen is sweet and funny, a young woman who works in a library, with a great laugh and a taste for war movies. She is also “a plus size. Very.”

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Danielle Cichon as Jeannie, Kyle Ryan as Tom, Brandon McDaniel as Carter Tom is charmed enough to ask her out. And worried enough to try hard to keep Helen a secret from his peers in the office. But his obnoxious friend Carter is relentless. And Jeannie, his ex-maybe-girlfriend from Accounting, is more than curious. So when Tom and Helen fall in love, it leads to revelations about all the

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And it confronts them with questions. What do you feel? Why do you feel it? What do you believe in? What are you willing to do because of what you believe in? By the end of the play, the questions demand real answers.

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Helen: “Just don’t be afraid, Tom. Please do not let yourself be afraid of me or of taking some kind of blind chance, or what people think...because this could be so great.” (Quotes from Fat Pig, copyright 2004, 2005 by Neil LaBute)

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Carter:  “Come on, be honest! The thing they represent that’s so scary is what we could be, how vulnerable we all are...We’re all just one step away from being what frightens us. What we despise. So we despise it when we see it in anybody else.”

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“The playwright doesn’t mince words,” said director Michael Thomas. “The characters say what they mean, even when it isn’t nice. The honesty of the characters really attracted me to this play.” “The playwright gives us the viewpoints of each of the characters quickly and cleanly,” Thomas explained. "So in the audience we can begin to think about our own attitudes—am I like Tom? Am I like Carter

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Tom: “I don’t know how to do this. To say exactly how I’m feeling because, you know, I’m a guy, and we’re taught how to kick stuff and tear the wings off shit.”

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Jeannie: “I’m 28 years old and I just keep hitting the booby prize...I thought maybe you were different but you ended up being the same kind of lame guy I perpetually date, and it just freaks me out a little. That maybe you’re the only type out there. These baby boys who run around in nice clothes but all they really wanna do is breast-feed for the rest of their days.”

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Neil LaBute grew up in Spokane, Washington. He studied theatre at Brigham Young University, where he became a Mormon, but later left the Church of Latter Day Saints. In addition to writing plays, LaBute is a movie director (Nurse Betty) and screenwriter-director (The Wicker Man.) He wrote and directed film versions of several of his plays (In the Company of Men, Bash: Latter Day Plays)

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Helen: Colleen Lacy Tom: Kyle Ryan Carter: Brandon McDaniel Jeannie: Danielle Cichon

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Director: Michael Thomas Scenic Designer: Liz Uhazy Costume Designer: Kitty Grenot Lighting Designer: Kevin Landesman Technical Director: Jayson Mohatt Sound Designer: Glen Nagy Producer: Margaret Thomas Kelso Stage Manager: Emily Hopfauf Asst.Stage Manager: Chelsea Rothchild Asst.Scenic Designer: Katie Dawson Asst. Lighting Designer: Chelsea Tran Lighting Advisor: Jim McHugh Costume Advisor:

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Fat Pig is the second of a trilogy of LaBute plays that deals with sexual attraction and appearances. There are many issues that this play raises directly—some more strongly than others. The relationship between body type and beauty alone raises complex questions, particularly in a very visual, very appearance-conscious age. While standards of female beauty have changed over time, and have been

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FAT PIG by Neil Labute Sept. 15-17, 22-24 BRIGADOON Lerner & Loewe Oct. 13-16, 20-23 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED by Eugene Stickland Dec. 1-3, 8-11 VENUS by Suzan Lori-Parks Feb. 8-12 BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward Feb. 29- March 4 Spring Dance Production April 11-15 10 Minute Play Festival April 25-29

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Open Auditions for the musical BRIGADOON by Lerner & Loewe Thursday, April 28, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Music 131 Friday, April, 29, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m. – Music 131 [Note: Auditioners need attend only one evening of the open auditions but must be available at 7:30 on that evening for the dance portion of the audition.] Preparation Music: For open auditions, prepare no more than one refrain (

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Kelly Gordon, Catie Hager, Carrie Walpole in "Tribal Echoes" by Linda Maxwell.  From tango to hip hop, postmodern to ballet, it’s Gravity Defined: 46 dancers in 10 dances choreographed by faculty and students in the HSU spring dance concert, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM, April 14-16 and 21-23 in the Van Duzer Theatre on the HSU campus in Arcata.  $10/$8, with limited number of free

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Jasmine Wolfe, Carrie Walpole in "Elevated Contour" by Lyndsey Lascheck.  All photos HSU Graphic Services. Click photo to enlarge. It's the essence of the dancers’ action: the struggle of muscles with the insistent tug of the planet, transformed into grace and expression. Even more than most of us, dancers must be aware of the gravity of their situations. On the Van Duzer Theatre stage, the

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Kelly Gordon, Carrie Walpole in "Sonic Riff" by Sharon Butcher The result is Gravity Defined: 46 dancers in 10 dances ranging from tango to hip hop, postmodern to ballet, choreographed by HSU students and faculty.  

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Catie Hager, Nicole de Paolo, Kara Ajetunmobi, Hannah Lautze in "Making Contact" by Aren Rye. For example, Energized Matter, based on the flow of electricity, is a mix of hip-hop, modern dance and acrobatics by student Micol Arias, who trained with the East Los Angeles Let’s Dance Company. Making Contact explores connections between dancers in the free contact dance spaces called jams.

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Carrie Walpole, Keili Simmons-Marble in "In This Place" by Jacqueline Bookstein. The concert features three dances by student choreographers invited to the northwest American College Dance Festival Conference earlier this spring: A Step Behind by Kara Ajetunmobi, Elevated Contour by Lyndsey Lascheck and  In This Place by Jacqueline Bookstein. Faculty contributions are Tribal Echoes, a sensual

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Carrie Walpole, Nicole de Paolo, Kara Ajetunmobi in "Siren Song" by Keili Simmons-Marble. The dances of Gravity Defined will be enhanced by scenic and costume design. “Our choreographers get to work with designers on alternate years, and this is one of those years,” Butcher explained. “With those elements and a variety of large and small ensemble dances, we’re putting together what I think will

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Jared Mathis, Micol Arias Magnetic Mama by Natalie Daughton When the lights go down on the city, Magnetic Mama and her sidekicks take back the night through an alluring mix of hip hop, African, modern and Middle Eastern dance. Natalie Daughton comes from the perspective that dance is not black or white, but rather sequences set to different emotions, surroundings and tempos. She is now

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Samantha Gonzalas-Gold, Jamie Winokur Energized Matter by Micol Arias  A mix of hip-hop, modern and acrobatics based on the momentum and flow of electricity. Micol Arias trained with the East Los Angeles "Let's Dance Company," and strongly draws her inspiration from hip hop culture.  She is a transfer student at HSU pursuing degrees in Social Work and Dance. She hopes to someday manage a

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Jeanne Martin, Kyle Wannigman, Marissa Young El Amor con Tres Puntos by  Faith Gomes Delving feet first into the dynamic and complex interplay between two (or more) lovers. Faith Gomes trained in belly dance, jazz, ballet, hip-hop and break dance, and expanded her repertoire with modern and ballroom/tango at HSU. She will graduate this spring with a major in Cellular/Molecular Biology, with

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Nikia Klat, Lindsey Lascheck, Keili Simmons-Marble, Jacqueline Bookstein A Step Behind by Kara Ajetunmobi Each dancer experiences the desire to catch up to and to stay with the others, not wanting to be left behind. Kara Ajetunmobi has a double major in Psychology and Dance. Her dance education began in high school with jazz, hip-hop and lyrical. At HSU, post-modern dance became her prefered

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Catie Hager, Carrie Walpole, Kelly Gordon Tribal Echoes by Linda Maxwell A sensual and athletic dance about power and sacrifice. Linda Maxwell is a lecturer in the HSU Theatre, Film & Dance department. Before teaching at HSU for the past five years, she directed the dance program at Allan Hancock College for 34 years. She choreographs musicals for Ferndale Repertory Theater.

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Nicole de Paolo, Catie Hager Making Contact by Aren Rye Connections between dancers participating in contact improvization in a free-play space called a jam.  Aren Rye's movement training includes tai chi, yoga, ballet, judo, contact improvisation, jeet kune do and modern dance.  She is currently the co-head clown with the Humboldt Circus.  Aren has a double major in Botany and

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Jasmine Wolfe, Catie Hager, Carrie Walpole Elevated Contour by Lyndsey Lascheck An abstract modern dance inspired by the mutation of clouds from heavy fog to turbulent thunderstorms. Although Lyndsey Lascheck entered HSU as an Environmental Science major, she has become increasingly involved in the dance program and is now also pursuing a Dance degree. This is Lyndsey's first time

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Carrie Walpole, Nicole dePaolo, Kara Ajetunmobi Siren Song by Keili Simmons Marble The womanly sensuousness and ethereal fluidity of five sirens caught unawares in a forest glen. Keili Marble has participated as a singer, actor, dancer and now choreographer in many shows at HSU and on other North Coast stages. Recently she has discovered a new passion in the world of Primatology and will

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Carrie Walpole, Keili Simmons-Marble, Nena Sivess, Jasmine Wolfe In This Place by Jacqueline Bookstein A modern dance piece inspired by the healing powers of breath, the support of loved ones, and most importantly, the restorative powers of movement. Jacqueline Bookstein is a junior at Humboldt State University with a double major in Dance and Psychology and a minor in Theatre. With

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Kelly Gordon, Nicole de Paola Sonic Riff by  Sharon Butcher A kinetically charged and challenging dance that knits together explosive movement and athletic partnering. Sharon Butcher is the Director of the Dance Studies program in the Department of Theatre, Film & Dance. In 2003, adjudicators from the American College Dance Festival selected Sonic Riff  for performance at the Kennedy Center

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Comedy, drama, mystery—and ten minutes later another one!  The 13th Annual HSU 10 Minute Play Festival Thursdays through Saturdays April 7-9, 14-16 at 7:30 PM and Sunday April 17 at 2 PM, in the Gist Hall Theatre on the HSU campus in Arcata. $5/$3 with a limited number of free seats to HSU students at each performance, from HSU Box Office (826-3928) or at the door. Coordinated by Bernadette

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A twist, a turn, a sudden revelation--the unexpected, the unusual: ten minute plays specialize in surprise. The seven stories in HSU’s 13th annual 10 Minute Play Festival are full of surprises. They’re also full of desperate people. A tense encounter on a train. A strange triangle that spans generations. A threatening man, threatened in turn by his own secrets. A man comically desperate to

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Chris Pillsbury, Marissa Mitchell and T.J. Montgomery in "Systems of Oppression."  Photos by HSU Media Services. Click to enlarge. One of the most perennially popular shows of the year at HSU is happening a little earlier than usual, due to scheduling demands for Gist Hall Theatre: the 13th Annual HSU 10 Minute Play Festival opens for two weekends on April 7. “It’s very, very popular with

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The 13th Annual HSU 10 Minute Play Festival playwrights: (l to.r., front:) Katie Dawson, Sarah Harter, Sarah McKinney, Jessica Charles.  Back: Alan La Police, Tess Wilder-Cervantes and Lani Abels.   This year as always, students submitted scripts to a faculty panel. Out of about 50 scripts, seven were selected. Students also direct and act in all the plays. Also as in past years, many writers

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Matt Kirchberg in "The Sky Is...You Know" Also new this year is the faculty coordinator. Bernadette Cheyne has taken over for Margaret Thomas Kelso, who started the festival and is now Theatre, Film & Dance department chair. “At this point in the process, I try to help solve problems when they arise,” Cheyne said. “I’m also the length police. We insist that our ten minute plays are really ten

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Lindsey Smalley, Ellyn Henderson, Chelsea Augustine in "The Call" The Callby Sarah McKinney Friends can't persuade a newly divorced young woman to get on with her life, until she gets a wake-up call she can't ignore. Directed by: Jessica Charles Assistant Director: Sarah Harter Cast:Annie: Ellyn Henderson Tallulah: Lindsey Smalley Sam: Chelsea Augustine Shake of the Gods by Tess

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Douglas Keehner, Matt Kirchberg in "The Sky Is...You Know" The Sky Is…You Know by Katie Dawson Can a friendship change the end of the world? Directed by: Frances Wittmann Cast: Jaye: Douglas KeehnerAlex: Matt Kirchberg

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Chris Pillsbury, Marissa Mitchell and T.J. Montgomery in "Systems of Oppression." Systems of Oppression by Jessica Charles Two storylines come together to reveal how oppression moves from victim to victim.   Directed by: Sarah McKinney Cast: Lena: T. J. Montgomery Ryan: Marisa Mitchell Man: Chris Pillsbury Paperwork by Sarah Harter Just how far somebody is willing to go to get his credit

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                                Stephan Vandiau and Megan Kimball in "Letters" Letters  by Lani Abels An encounter in an elder care facility reveals a strange triangle that spans generations. Directed by: David Kenworthy Cast: Peter: Stephan Vandiau Jason: Kevin Bunch Lucy: Amanda Gibbs Annie: Megan Kimball On A Train by Alan La Police A tense encounter between two men as witnessed by a

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Once again, front row: Katie Dawson, Sarah Harter, Sarah McKinney, Jessica Charles. Back row: Alan LaPolice, Tess Wilder-Cervantes, Lani Abels.

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back row: Alan LaPolice, Sophia Paulekas, David Kenworthy, Sarah McKinney, Jessica Charles. front row: Frances Wittmann, Katie Dawson, Sarah Harter.

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Christina Focht, Katie Dawson, Telfer Reynolds, Sarah Martens, Bernadette Cheyne, Gabriel Holman. Coordinator: Bernadette Cheyne Producer: Christina Focht Assistant Producer: Katie Dawson Lighting Designer: Telfer Reynolds Stage Manager: Sarah Martens Costume Coordinator: Gabriel Holman 

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         Actor Marissa Mitchell and Costume Coordinator Gabriel Holman

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Some 1100 registered participants made the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at HSU the largest Region 7 festival in its history. Photos and information below and on Facebook. Complete list of 2011 awards at the KCACTF Region VII site.

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Among the award-winners announced at the conclusion of the KCACTF Region 7 festival at Humboldt State University were two current HSU students and one HSU alum.April "Kitty" Grenot won first place in hair and makeup design, and will represent Region 7 at the national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington.Jonny Barrett won a California State University Summer Arts scholarship for acting. He

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The 43rd region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival concluded on Friday night with the 16 Irene Ryan acting scholarships finalists and their partners presenting their acting scenes for an all-festival audience in the Van Duzer theatre, followed by the regional festival awards.The festival also included the New West Drama Conference, which sponsored some of the awards. The following

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The Festival's Keynote Performance by Dell'Arte International is at 1:30 pm in the Van Duzer Theatre. It is a sampling created especially for the Festival of several past productions . At 7:30 in the Van Duzer: the Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition Finals and Festival Awards Presentation, with the Closing Night party afterwards. It's Fateful Friday for 10 Minute Plays (9:30 am) and Dramaturgy

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Tonight's invited production is Up by Bridget Carpenter, directed by Christopher Duval and presented by the University of Idaho at 7:30 pm in the Van Duzer theatre.The Tech Olympics begin at 10 pm or a half-hour after the play in the Kate Buchanan Room.

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Today at 3 pm in Gist Hall Theatre, Jay Duckworth presents the keynote address, "Ripping Apart the Body," the process and techniques of making a mutilated dead body for the stage. Jay Duckworth is Props Master and properties designer for the Public Theater in New York. It's thorny Thursday, as the Irene Ryans enter semi-finals and the musical theatre scholarship auditions begin the final round.

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Tonight's invited production is The Time Machine: Love Among the Eloi by Edward Mast, directed by Tom Blank, presented by Ohlone College at 7:30 pm in the Van Duzer theatre. It's wacky Wednesday as acting auditions and responses to design and tech and to directing continue, with round 1 of musical theatre scholarship auditions, and the first session of the John Cauble play readings. Anybody slept

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A story in this week's Tri-City Weekly and Humboldt Beacon about KCACTF highlights the contributions of HSU 's festival coordinator Rae Robison, Technical Supervisor Jody Sekas, acting auditions supervisor Bernadette Cheyne, and the HSU students who are participating.The story by Beti Trauth names HSU students competing in the acting category for Irene Ryan Scholarships as Brandon McDaniel,

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Tuesday's invited production is Xtigone by Nambi E. Kelley, directed by Darryl Jones, from California State University--East Bay. It's at 7:30 in the Van Duzer theatre. After the show it's Improv Night at the Gist Hall Theatre. It's tense Tuesday, with Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition preliminary rounds, SDC Directing Scenes first round, and the Design, Tech, Management Expo responses.

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Congratulations to Kato Buss, a graduate student in theatre here at Humboldt State who is now pursuing his studies at the University of Oregon. He's back for KCACTF as one of three winners in the New West Drama Conference Scholarly Papers Competition, along with Grace Beckett of Linfield College and honorable mention Lauren Simon of the University of Idaho.That's Kato in a pensive mood--actually

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The first invited production of the KCACTF regional is Angels in America—Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner, directed by Reid Davis, from St. Mary’s College of California, at 7:30 in the John Van Duzer theatre, followed by the opening reception in the Kate Buchanan Room. So welcome to manic Monday: Get registered! Get organized! Get going!

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Welcome to Humboldt State University! Your Festival schedule is posted here. An outline of events and attractions is here. Follow schedule changes via Twitter at HSU Region 7 ACTF. The Festival Facebook page is here. You can read a preview of the Festival at HSU Now, the Eureka Times Standard, or pick up a copy of the Arcata Eye. There's lots of information and photos down the page right here,

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"It is a pleasure for Humboldt to host the Region VII Kennedy Center American CollegeTheatre Festival... We have a number of academic strengths at HSU but our performing and visual arts are among the strongest. For a university and community of our size, we arefortunate to have both community and university groups that provide a range of theatre performances.The university has a wonderful marine

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The four plays selected for full production at HSU will be presented on the following dates: Angels in America—Millennium Approaches from St. Mary’s College of California on Monday (February 14), Xtigone from CSU East Bay on Tuesday, The Time Machine, or Love Among the Eloi from Ohlone College of California on Wednesday, and UP from the University of Idaho on on Thursday, Feb. 17. All of these

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Registration for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival topped 1050, which exceeded expectations with two weeks of registration left."This event is a wonderful opportunity for theatre, dance, film, music and students of the arts, and I hope everyone gets involved while the festival is here," said HSU Theatre, Film & Dance festival coordinator Rae Robison. "The energizing impact it

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The CSU East Bay production of Xtigone, one of four invited productions for the KCACTF regional festival at HSU. The other three, also selected in a year-long process from productions in the nine-state Region VII are: The Time Machine, or Love Among the Eloi from Ohlone College in California, Angels in America—Millennium Approaches from St. Mary’s College in California and UP from the University

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HSU theatre student Katie Dawson works on the color-coded festival schedule.For student participants it is an exciting crowded week of art, learning and competition. Some will unload and set up sets for their school’s production in the Van Duzer Theatre on a tight schedule, observed and evaluated every moment. Actors begin several rounds of auditions to compete for scholarships, or audition for

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Dell'Arte players in their recent production of Inverted Alba. Dell'Arte International will perform excerpts from several productions as the Keynote Event of the KCACTF regional at HSU: 1:30 pm Thursday in the Van Duzer Theatre.Festival participants will also have the opportunity to see a special performance by the Dell’Arte Company and Dell’Arte International School as the festival keynote

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In addition to serving as the host, the HSU Department of Theatre, Film and Dance is represented among the six finalists in the Ten Minute Play competition. Sweet Mother of God by HSU student Kristin Mack will receive a staged reading at the Festival. Two of these Finalists will be considered for performance at the Kennedy Center during the national KCACTF convention. This play was first

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