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Newsletter Week 8
In This Issue
Department News
News for Students
Alumni News
February 23, 2015
Meetings of the Week
Faculty Meeting: Scenic Design CandidateMonday, Feb. 23 @ 4 pm, Room 144
Area Heads Faculty MeetingWednesday, Feb. 25 @ 4 pm, Room 144
Production Meeting: WNPF Forum ShowsThursday, Feb. 26 @ 9 am, Room 144
Production Meeting: WNPF Shank ShowsThursday, Feb. 26 @ 10 am, Room 144
Production Meeting: WNPF One Act ShowThursday, Feb. 26 @ 11 am, Room 144
Production Meeting: GradWorks (Emily Aust)Friday, Feb. 27 @ 8:30 am, Room 144
Production Meeting: GradWorks (Dina Apple)Friday, Feb. 27 @ 9 am, Room 144
Department News
Opening this Week
This week third yeardirector Michael SocratesMoran's thesis production ofHAMLET opens.
Charged toward vengeance bythe ghost of his murderedfather and King, Hamlet seeksto cleanse Elsinore of itsimmoral madness by realigning the Shakespeareancosmos and spirituallypurifying a hypersecularized,narcissistic and politicallycorrupt world without killinghimself or being killed. In this exploration of the playdirector Michael Socrates
Moran casts Hamlet as an artist and pursues the artisticpower to render the metaphysical and mythical realms
manifest in such a manner for Elsinore to reckon with. Thisproduction seeks to reflect a contemporary, competitiveculture where we give high value to achievement, status andcomfort and are perhaps in need of Hamlet to reconnect uswith our unpleasant depths, denied darknesses and revealthe destructive madness of which we remain unaware. In theterrifying face of death, Hamlet's legendary delay and selfwrestling may also be the selfreflection necessary totransform his princely 'perturbed spirit' into the paradoxicalserenity of valor and surrender characteristic of anarchetypal kinga kingliness we may all need in today'sworld.
HAMLETBy William ShakespeareDirected by Michael Socrates MoranFebruary 25 March 7Mandell Weiss TheatreCLICK HERE FOR TICKETS & More Info
Scenic Design by Jenna CarinoCostume Design by Danae McQueenLighting Design by Chris LundahlSound Design by Andrew VargasChoreography by Dina AppleStage Management by Rachael Albert, Liz Fiala andChiquita Lu
Starring Brian Smolin, Sean McIntyre, Emily Shain,Michael Turner, Caroline Siewart, Luis Vega, HunterSpangler, Terrance White, Mary Glen Frederick,Hannah Tamminen, Katherine Ko, Francisco Arcila,Jenny Grober, Alan Prijatel, Nicholas Chang andMarshall Cheng.
On Stage
One week left to catch the Quinn Martin Endowed Productionof MR. BURNS and the undergraduate production of THEMARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO.
MR. BURNS, A POST ELECTRIC PLAYBy Anne WashburnScore by Michael FriedmanDirected by Quinn Martin Guest Director Jack Reuler February 18th March 1 Mandell Weiss Forum TheatreCLICK HERE FOR TICKETS & More Info
THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOOBy Christopher DurangDirected by Professor Kim WalshFebruary 20 March 1Arthur Wagner TheatreCLICK HERE FOR TICKETS & More Info
UP NEXT
dance theatre GradWorksChoreographed by Dina Apple and Emily AustMarch 12 14Wagner Dance Studio 3
Photo Gallery
Check out some photos from THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE ANDBOO! All photos by Manny Rotenberg.
Rosie Byrne as Bette
Sarah Gray as Joan
Mohammad Shehata and Molly Smith as Karl andSoot
Timothy Barnett as Doctor
News for Students
UNPF
The Underground New Play Festival is back for anotherfantastic festival this Spring Quarter! Each year, UNPFselects and mounts several oneact and 10min plays byundergraduate students.
We are currently accepting SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS for 30minute oneacts and 10 minute plays. The final deadline forsubmissions is SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND (the beginning ofweek 8). Please send any submissions or questions toNathan Cook and Madeline Hamaguchi atemailUNPF@gmail.com.
Any students interested in DIRECTING are encouraged tosend a short personal statement and a Theatre Resume toemailUNPF@gmail.com. The final deadline to apply isFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th (the end of week 8). Studentsinterested in DESIGN(sound, costume, lighting, and scenic),PLEASE CONTACT emailUNPF@gmail.com by to arrange ashort meeting with Madeline and Nathan. We welcome anystudents interested in STAGE MANAGEMENT, regardless ofexperience level, to send a short personal statement andTheatre Resume to emailUNPF@gmail.com by MONDAY,MARCH 9TH. This year, we are opening up positions for DRAMATURGS! Ifyou are interested in this position or would like to learn moreabout dramaturgy, PLEASE CONTACT us atemailUNPF@gmail.com.
Attention ACTORS! Auditions will be held EARLY SPRINGQUARTER! If you have any questions or concerns, pleasecontact Nathan or Madeline at our email addresses listedbelow. Check out out Facebook page for more news in thecoming weeks! We look forward to collaborating with you tocreate an imaginative and exciting UNPF 2015!
Nomads Nomads is looking for actors, directors, writers, anddesigners for our quarterly show, Variations! No auditionnecessary, just email us at nomadstheatre@gmail.com
Alumni News
LITTLE CHILDREN DREAM OF GOD at the RoundaboutUnderground, Photo by Sara Krulwich
Playwriting Alum Jeff Augustin (MFA '14)'s play LITTLECHILDREN DREAM OF GOD opened this week at theRoundabout Underground in New York. Directed in New Yorkby Giovanna Sardelli, the play was originally developed atUCSD as part of the Wagner New Play Festival. The New YorkTimes called the production a "warm and fanciful drama withan excellent cast." Read the full review here.
Acting alum Donald Sage Mackay (MFA '90) filmed a gueststar on BLUE BLOODS in New York. The series followsthe IrishAmerican Reagan family of police officers withthe New York City Police Department.
Playwriting Alum Lila Rose (MFA '08)'s play THE LIGHTPRINCESS will be running at the New Victory Theatre fromFebruary 27 March 8. Can a girl who can't fall at all, fall inlove? The Light Princess follows the journey of a youngprincess cursed to live without gravity in a new musical. After two full runs at the A.R.T. in Cambridge, The LightPrincess is moving OffBroadway! Funny, romantic andbuoyed by whimsical original songs, The Light Princess is anenchanting tale for all ages.
Playwriting alumMat Smart (MFA'04)'s play THEROYAL SOCIETY OFANTARCTICA openson March 2nd at the
Gift Theatre inChicago. Mat writes"It's big a long,adventurous road,but so glad it'sfinally happening! Iwent to the bottomof the world to findthis playworking asa janitor for threemonths at McMurdoStation inAntarctica. It's perfect that it will premiere in my hometownat The Gift."
Have news to share? Send it to us at TandDNews@ucsd.edu and we'll pass it along foryou. Photos are encouraged. Please be sure to let us know what year you graduated, ifyou're an alum. If you've changed your name, be sure to tell us what it was when youattended UC. Miss a back edition? Visit the Newsletter Archives. Sincerely,
UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance
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