VIDEO DESIGN
THE WOMENBlack Box Theater
Azusa Pacific University |
Director: Nanci Ruby Scenic Design: Jessa Orr Lighting Design: Gavan Wyrick |
Set in the 1930s, Mary Haines lives the life women of the time envy, or so it seems: blissfully married with delightful children and a comfortable home. Whispers of gossip, however, quickly tear down Mary’s idyllic paradise and expose themes of friendship, romance, and heartbreak. Join the ladies of The Women as they discover how to play their roles in a society that encourages vanity and gossip. This modern classic play, an entertaining exploration of the metropolitan world from the feminine viewpoint, is full of comedy, tragedy, disappointment, and hope.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Matthews Theatre: McCarter Theatre Center
American Repertory Ballet |
Choreography: Douglas Martin Costume and Production Designer: A. Christina Gianinni Lighting Design: Christopher Chambers Score: Douglas Martin |
Douglas Martin, the innovative Artistic Director of American Repertory Ballet, brings the 1813 romantic classic penned by Jane Austen to life, celebrating its beloved tale of love, manners and marriage in the English gentry, a broad social class that includes those who owned land (the country or landed gentry) as well as the professional classes (lawyers, doctors and clergy) who did not. Specifically, it follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency.
GOOD KIDSBlack Box Theatre
Chapman University |
Director: James Gardner Scenic Design: Christopher Scott Murillo Lighting Design: Martha Carter |
Something happened to Chloe after that party last Saturday night. Something she says she can’t remember. Something everybody is talking about. Set at a Mid-western high school, in a world of Facebook and Twitter, smartphones and YouTube, Good Kids explores a casual sexual encounter gone wrong and its very public aftermath. Who’s telling the truth? Whose version of the story do you believe? And what does that say about you?
Deirdre finds and distributes texts, tweets and photos previously erased by students involved in a sexual assault.
Deirdre finds and distributes texts, tweets and photos previously erased by students involved in a sexual assault.
UNDER FIRE:
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Director: Michael J. Arndt Scenic Design: Erik D. Diaz Lighting Design: Gary A. Mintz Original Score: Christopher Hoag |
UNDER FIRE is a multimedia theater piece based on interviews with veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan. Videotaped interview excerpts, dramatized scenes and monologues, and original choreography span generations of combat veterans in a compelling story of human beings at war and others left behind.
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INTO THE WOODSAllen Elizabethan Theatre
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Bram Goldsmith Theater Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts |
The Giant: Catherine E. Coulson Director: Amanda Dehnert Costume Design: Linda Roethke |
A group of familiar fairy-tale characters enter unfamiliar territory when their stories intersect in a dark forest over the course of three nights.
THE CANTICLE OF THE BLACK MADONNA
Newmark Theatre
Anima Mundi Productions |
Director: Kristine McIntyre Scenic Design: Larry Larsen Lighting Design: Robert Peterson Costume Design: Susan Bonde |
Set in Louisiana in 2010, this potent story chronicles the journey of an American soldier returning from Afghanistan with PTSD as he struggles with his shattered soul, his strained marriage, and the crumbling economy in the wake of the Gulf Oil Spill, while his wife faces courageous sacrifices to stand by the man she loves amidst an ecological disaster which radically changes their lives. Through a rich combination of modern opera and ancient oratorio, The Canticle of the Black Madonna reveals the healing power of their encounter with an ancient, primal force of divine love, represented by the Black Madonna, which transforms them both forever and touches all who witness it.
THE TRIAL OF DEDAN KIMATHIExperimental Media Performance Lab Theatre
UC Irvine |
Director: Jaye Austin Williams Scenic Design: Vanessa Fusi-Hoblit Lighting Design: Martha Carter Costume Design: Jojo Siu |
THE TRIAL OF DEDAN KIMATHI in three movements encapsulates the past, present, and future. Kimathi is a Kenyan revolutionary who has been captured and awaits trial. During Kimathi's incarceration, he is visited by ghosts from his past, the spirit of his people, and various representatives of oppressive institutions.