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Senior Company’s FEFU AND HER FRIENDS is sold out!

(Actually, there are 2 seats left on Friday and 1 on Sunday night!)  If you are still interested in getting seats to see FEFU AND HER FRIENDS, you can risk the waitlist.  Unclaimed or canceled reservations will be released to the waitlist approximately 5 minutes before showtime. If you show up to the Frear Theater the night you want to see the show, there’s a small chance you will get in if somebody with reservations doesn’t show up.  Hope to see you at the show!

The Department of Theater presents A NIGHT OF SCENES 2011

A NIGHT OF SCENES 2011

consisting of excerpts from

 

THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG (1992) By Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006)

Directed by Regina Noto ‘12

Lighting Design by Abigail Henderson ’14 & Evelyn Wightman ‘15

with Mihika Srivastava ‘14, Camila Osorio van Isschot ’12, Amelia Dornbush ‘15

 

THE LOVER (1962) By Harold Pinter (1930-2008)

Directed by Meryl Sands ‘13

Lighting Design by Abigail Henderson ‘14

with Rachel Silverio ‘15 and Samuel Swift Shuker-Haines ‘14

 

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1990) By Ariel Dorfman (b. 1942)

Directed by Sebastián Bravo ‘13

Lighting Design by Evelyn Wightman ‘15

with Stefan Tuomanen Masure ‘15, Chris Klaniecki ‘10, Jeannette Leopold ‘13

 

Directing I Workshop taught by Allen Kuharski

Lighting Design class taught by James P. Murphy

Stage Manager: Sarah Kaeppel ‘15

Seating is free and open to the public without advance reservation, but please be aware that seating is limited.  Showings will take place on December 7th and 8th at 7:30PM in the Frear Ensemble Theater.

The Department of Theater and Senior Company 2012 FEFU AND HER FRIENDS by Marie Irene Fornes

The Department of Theater and Senior Company 2012 presents Fefu and Her Friends by Marie Irene Fornes. The play will debut Thursday, December 1st at 8:30 pm and will be performed Friday, December 2nd at 8pm, Saturday, December 3rd at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday, December 4th at 2pm and 7pm. This production will take place in an off-campus house for a small audience. It is free and open to the public; however, reservations must be made ahead of time.

Written by renowned playwright Maria Irene Fornes, this Obie-award winning play takes place in Fefu’s home in the 1930s. As we move through scenes in different parts of the house and eavesdrop on the reminiscing and philosophizing of some old college friends, we become intimately involved in Fefu’s mysterious world. Fornes’ masterpiece draws funny yet chilling portraits of women who, though they inhabit a world almost a century old, remain eerily recognizable today. Fornes herself directed the original production in 1977 in New York with the New York Theatre Strategy at the Relativity Media Lab.

Featuring Ryane Disken-Cahill ’12, Michelle Fennell ’12, Lori Barkin ‘12, Katie Goldman ‘14, Maddie Charne ‘14, Elliana Bisgaard-Church ‘13, Hannah Kosman ‘14 and Jessica Cannizzaro ’12 with sets and costumes by Professor Laila Swanson.  The faculty advisor for this production is Professor K. Elizabeth Stevens.

For more information or to reserve your tickets please call Tara Webb at 610.328.8260 or email lpacevents@swarthmore.edu. Swarthmore College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you or anyone in your party anticipate needing any type of special accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please let us know or contact Susan Smythe, ADA Program Manager at 610-690-2063 in advance of your participation or visit.

Swarthmore Theater Alums on Broadway!

Two Swarthmore Theater Department alums are involved with the Broadway opening of David Henry Hwang’s CHINGLISH last night.  Jeff Sugg ’95 shares credit as Projection Designer for the Broadway production with Shaun Duan after designing the world premiere of the play solo at the Goodman Theater in Chicago last Spring.  Jeff was a founding member of Pig Iron Theatre Company has worked since with The Wooster Group, Moises Kaufman, and performance artist Cynthia Hopkins (who happens to be his wife).  Jeff’s Broadway debut was as the Projection Designer for Kaufman’s 33 VARIATIONS, starring Jane Fonda. He returned to Swarthmore to teach our first Integrated Media Design class in 2005, when he also designed the projections for the Theater Department’s production of Robert Auletta’s THE PERSIANS.  He has regularly returned to campus as a participant in the Swarthmore Project in Theater (SPT).

Also working on the sound design team for CHINGLISH is Charles Coes ’06, a recent MFA graduate in sound design from the Yale School of Drama, who will return to campus to teach Sound Design in the Department of Theater next semester.

Ben Brantley ’77 has reviewed the opening-night performance of CHINGLIGH in today’s NEW YORK TIMES, and other reviews should be appearing in the next few days.

Production Ensemble 2012 Auditions!

AUDITIONS FOR PRODUCTION ENSEMBLE 2012 (THEA 022; Spring 2012)

IVONA, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDIA by Witold Gombrowicz

A grotesque and paranoiac fairytale from 1938.

THURSDAY 11/17 7PM-10 PM and SATURDAY 11/19 2PM-5PM in the FREAR ENSEMBLE THEATER

Director/Professor: K. Elizabeth Stevens

No need to prepare anything for the audition. You will be given scenes to read.

* Auditions are open to all students that have taken Acting I (THEA 002A).

* Participation in THEA 022 fulfills a requirement for all Theater majors and minors.

* Students that have previously done Production Ensemble may audition and be cast again for academic credit, registering for THEA 042 or THEA 06.

* Copies of the script for the production will be made available through the Theater Department Office (13 LPAC) starting Monday, October 31st.

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:

Production Ensemble rehearses weekly on the following schedule:

Mondays 4:00-7:00 pm

Wednesdays 4:00-10:00 pm

Sundays: 12 noon-6:00 pm

No student will be called to rehearsal for more than 12 hours in a given week. Some students may be called for only 6. It is okay to have a conflict with one of the rehearsal times.

This schedule will be expanded for tech/dress rehearsals and performances March 18, 2011. Performances will take place the weekend of March 23-26. Other than for a post-mortem meeting for the students and faculty involved, the work for the production will be finished by March 26. The production team includes Matthew Saunders as Set Designer, Laila Swanson as Costume Designer, Jim Murphy as Lighting Designer, and Mike Kiley as Sound Designer.
Questions: contact K. Elizabeth Stevens (esteven1@swarthmore.edu, 610-690-6889)

Dinner for Theater Majors and Minors (Actual or Potential)

Theater Department Dinner & Meeting for All Majors and Minors (Actual or Potential)
Sunday, Oct. 2, 7 – 8:30 pm, Frear Ensemble Theater

Professors Allen Kuharski, Elizabeth Stevens, Laila Swanson, and Matt Saunders will be attending, along with members of the Department staff.

The meeting will be a chance for all majors and minors in Theater to meet each other, meet the regular faculty, hear the Department’s plans for the year, ask any questions about advising, honors, study abroad, summer funding, student employment, internships, etc.

Pizza, salad, drinks, and dessert will be provided.

RSVP to Allen Kuharski (akuhars1@swarthmore.edu) appreciated, but not required.