Performances
Spring, 2023: Breathe Out
What stories are we compelled to tell about our world?
Everything is still changing. Perhaps that’s just the new status quo. Join us this semester for a slate of performances about what it’s like to be where we are now, and where we want to go next.
Off-campus guests are welcome to attend our performances!
All seats at all performances are free of charge. Please arrive early!
For more information about any of these productions, please contact Conservatory Director Jack Tamburri.
Mask Policy
At this time, masks are optional on the Purchase College campus. Before you arrive on campus, please familiarize yourself with Purchase College’s COVID-19-related policies.
Now Playing:
Ordinary Days
Music and lyrics by Adam Gwon
Directed by Chelsea Muller
Stage Management by Marli Worden
Featuring Kayla Stallone and Izzy Hamboussi
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
Thurs, March 30 @ 7:30pm
Fri, March 31 @ 7:30pm
Sat, April 1 @ 7:30pm
Ordinary Days tells the story of four individuals who are struggling with identity, feeling stagnant, and trying to find the beauty in the simplicity of everyday life.
A capstone project produced by seniors in Theatre & Performance.
Digital playbill for Ordinary Days
Coming Up:
Purchase Performance Lab: A Festival of Senior Projects
April 12 - 15, 2023
Bold, experimental, and moving works produced as capstone projects by students in Theatre & Performance.
Humanities Theater Program
This program contains a site-specific piece; audiences will meet in the Humanities Lobby at the posted curtain time, and will travel together to the performance site.
Wednesday, April 12 @ 6:15
Friday, April 14 @ 6:15
Saturday, April 15 @ 3:30
Rambling Gary Roger’s Performance Jamboree
Written and Directed by Oliver Copeland & Raquel Willard
Rambling Gary Roger’s Medicine Show is a spectacle as acclaimed as it is obscure! Featuring ornery proprietors, 1890s pop music, slimy business dealings, sermonizing tetrapods, and so much more! See it before it is run out of town!
Drifting
Written by Rachel D. Williams
Directed by Kailee-Jade Berrios
Stranded in a rowboat and left delirious from hunger and thirst, a sailor awaits death to end his suffering. In a last attempt at survival, three familiar-faced apparitions appear to change fate. These ghosts must convince him to continue living.
A Change of a Lifetime
By Jada Vick
Directed by Zenzele Daniels
The story of a young girl, Mia, whose life turns upside down when she finds out her mother passes away. The play shows how Mia goes through an emotional rollercoaster in her grieving stages. With the help of her dad, family, and her own strong self-Mia reveals how much resilience it takes to grieve a parental loss. This play is based on the true story of the playwright. It’s a story that is monumental to Jada and loved ones. Her artistic is aim to move my audience emotionally and help them learn about another person’s experience.
A Tribute to Tagore
Written by and Featuring Ahona Dias
Directed by Lizette Padua
Choreography by Priya Dias
A solo performance piece dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore, the first non-European to win a Nobel prize.
A glimpse into the beauty and wonders of South Asian culture. Consisting of Tagore’s dance piece “Ekla Cholo Re” from Gitanjali & the story of Chitra, A Tribute to Tagore highlights the creative accomplishments found within South-Asian culture and the endless possibilities it can bring to American theatre.
Forever Evolving
Conceived by and Featuring Tim Daly
Directed by Isabel Shanahan & Ayeraye Hargett
Troy is a young black queer man moving through his forever-evolving life. He’s learning new things every day as he uses all his creative outlets and deals with the daily struggles that come along with the intersectionality of his identity, whether it’s the color of his skin to the femininity that exudes through his personality. We will follow and see how Troy deals with the new journey he’s taking from leaving Brooklyn to graduating and going to purchase college. The struggles of a black gay feminine man in a white dominate school will test his grit. Troy will be forced to question what is it to be a black man as society’s norms are thrown at him every day. Will racism, homophobia, or his own internal demons be his breaking point?
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043) Program
This program contains a site-specific piece; performances will begin in the CMFT Studio and end at Winston’s in the Stood.
Thursday, April 13 @ 7:30
Saturday, April 15 @ 1:00
Saturday, April 15 @ 7:30
The Attempted Acknowledgment of My Death
Written by and Featuring Kes Evans-Townsend
A horror fantasy play about what it feels like for someone who ends up lost in the idea of someone they love in order to avoid processing something difficult. The play takes place in an unknown post-apocalyptic landscape overrun
with vegetation and populated by otherworldly creatures.
Just a Little Anxious
Written and Composed by Refilwe Kekana
Directed by Mack Gomes
Featuring Sydnee Ferretti
A short musical about the many things in life that cause us more anxiety than we anticipate.
My Head is Spinning & Let It Rain
Presented by Our Truth Collective
Written by Anya Febus-Fernandez
Directed by Leandra Torres
Creative Direction by Karissa Leonardo
My Head is Spinning/ Let It Rain incorporates theatre, dance, and music to tell the many truths and stories of people experiencing issues with mental health. Specifically focusing on the often unnoticed, hidden, or misunderstood aspects of mental health.
Rough with Love
Written and Directed by Chelsie Chamberlin
Co-Directed by Nixzi Marino
Stage Management by Robert Cazares
Assistant Stage Management by Alexa Caleo
A modernized adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the grunge era to the tunes of early 2000s pop-punk. Follow as we unfold the many times recounted love story through a satirical lens.
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Grace Castle
Dramaturgy by Tess Walsh
Stage Management by Carly Friedman
Featuring Emily Dziak
Outdoor Site-Specific Location (Audience members will meet in front of the Music Building at the posted curtain time)
Thurs, April 20 @ 4:30pm
Fri, April 21 @ 4:30pm
Sat, April 22 @ 4:30pm
With new script cuts and devised work by the crew and cast, this As You Like It tells a story of queer rebellion and climate rehabilitation through the lens of young lovers and the patriarchal forces that clash with them. Set in a nondescript modernish era in a region not known to us, the story unfolds in both a polluted, over-commercialized court and a utopian forest community, as exile creates belonging and disguise leads to self-discovery.
A capstone project produced by seniors in Theatre & Performance.
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Alex Correia
PAC Repertory Theater
Fri, April 21 @ 7:30
Sat, April 22 @ 1:30
Sat, April 22 @ 7:30
Weds, April 26 @ 7:30
Thurs, April 27 @ 7:30
Fri, April 28 @ 7:30
Sat, April 29 @ 1:30
Sat, April 29 @ 7:30
Featuring Acting Company 47 and the work of the Theatre Design/Technology program.
Back County Crimes
by Lanie Robertson
Directed by Leon Addison Brown
Sophomore Acting Studio (Dance 1027)
Weds, April 26 @ 7:30
Thurs, April 27 @ 7:30
Fri, April 28 @ 7:30
Sat, April 29 @ 3:30
Sun, April 37 @ 7:30
The debut of Acting Company 49.
Make It Play
Created by the ensemble
Directed by Jack Tamburri
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT 2043)
Thurs, April 27 @ 7:30
Fri, April 28 @ 7:30
Sat, April 29 @ 1:30
A night of original short works by students in the Playwriting & Screenwriting program and members of Acting Company 48.
Past Events:
Stress Exorcist, a work in progress
Created, written, and performed by Mary McCool
Developed with Jack Tamburri
CMFT Performance Theater (CMFT0061)
Sunday, 9/18 @ 7pm
Comedy. Chaos. Magic.
These are dark times. And dark times call for dark strangers to come into your life and solve all your problems so that you’re super-grateful and you love them forever and never leave them.
Stress Exorcist is a new interactive ritual by artist-in-residence Mary McCool. Please join us for an informal work-in-progress showing.
No reservations required. Please be on time!
Theatre & Performance Presents: Attilio Rigotti
Tues, 9/27 @ 2:30pm on Zoom
All are welcome to join Professor Jeana Scotti’s Theatre & Performance Junior Seminar class to meet multidisciplinary Chilean performance artist Attilio Rigotti, who will discuss his work in digital media and performance.
Road by Jim Cartwright
Directed by Maggie Surovell
Third-Year Acting Studio (Dance 1035)
9/28 - 10/1
A working-class community in Northern England under Thatcher navigates family, friendship, and romance within desperate economic conditions. Road has been a star-making vehicle for powerful young actors since its 1986 debut, and this production by Acting Company 48 will continue the tradition.
Road is presented in an intimate studio space, and seating will be extremely limited. Road contains strong language, depictions of alcohol and drug use, depictions of violence including sexual violence, partial nudity, discussion of eating disorders, and depictions of death.
Acting Company 46 Showcase Screening - Alumni Weekend
CMFT Screening Room (CMFT 0065)
Sat, 10/1 @ 3pm
The capstone for the BFA Acting class of 2022. The Showcase is a set of two-person scenes from contemporary theatre, film, and television produced in collaboration with the Film BFA and Theatre Design/Technology programs.
Join us for a special in-person Alumni Weekend screening of last year’s Showcase.
Alchemy of the Extraordinary: An Evening with David Glass
Durst Humanities Theater
Thursday, October 13 @ 6-8pm
International theatre artist David Glass comes to Purchase for a week to meet our students and share his practice. This evening’s event, open to the entire community, will introduce participants to his “Alchemy of the Extraordinary.” Glass’s work bridges his teachers: Lecoq, Grotowski, Boal, Alfreds, and Aley. He intends to bring his progressive and creative approaches to a new generation of mavericks and creative change-makers.
FornésFest
October 15 through November 5
The Conservatory is partnering with the Playwriting & Screenwriting program to present a festival celebrating playwright and teacher María Irene Fornés!
See productions of her plays, screen a documentary, attend a rehearsal, take a writing workshop, and meet a couple dozen artists — including Purchase students and faculty — who have been changed by their encounters with one of the most influential writers of her generation.
Fall Repertory of Modern Drama
Acting Company 47 and the Theatre Design/Technology program present two brilliant late-20th-century works by master playwrights.
Serious Money by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Steven Sapp
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
10/15-22/22
Churchill’s 1987 Olivier and Obie Awards-winner follows murderous London stockbrokers through the highs and crashes of the deregulated marketplace.
Serious Money is partially supported by a gift from Robert Wiener.
The Conduct of Life by María Irene Fornés
Directed by Shadi Ghaheri
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
10/15-22/22
In an unnamed Latin American country Lieutenant Orlando resolves to rise in the military ranks by any means necessary. Despite their poverty and the violence of Orlando’s regime, his wife Leticia, servant Olimpia, and victim Nena strive to maintain their hope that the world can be better. Using tools of both Epic Theatre and Absurdism, Fornés’s 1985 masterpiece is still a forceful examination of how hope survives amid brutality.
View the digital playbill for The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is part of FornésFest, produced by the Playwriting & Screenwriting program and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts. See the festival’s website for a full calendar of programs celebrating the work of one of America’s greatest playwrights and most influential writing teachers.
A reading of Mud by María Irene Fornés
Directed by Jack Tamburri
Featuring Michi Barall, Leon Addison Brown, & Christopher McCann
Dramaturgy by Jordan Schildcrout
Durst Humanities Theater
10/18-20/22
Theatre Arts faculty will perform an open rehearsal process culminating in a reading of Fornés’s fascinating short play about a brilliant but destitute woman trying to change her circumstances through education, and the men who profit from her labor.
Mud is part of FornésFest, produced by the Playwriting & Screenwriting program and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts this fall. See the festival’s website for a full calendar of programs celebrating the work of one of America’s greatest playwrights and most influential writing teachers.
No reservations necessary to attend the rehearsals or reading.
View the dramaturgical sourcebook created by Professor Jordan Schildcrout
Theatre & Performance Presents: Engaging With Community, Engaging With Ourselves
Hosted by Assistant Professor Andrew Saito’s Intro to Applied Theatre class
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
Thursday, 10/20 @ 10:30am
Guest artist Steve Sapp – director of Serious Money at Purchase College and co-founder of acclaimed theatre ensemble UNIVERSES – will discuss his career in politically- and community-engaged theatre, and lead participants in a workshop based on his own creation process. The workshop will including exercises focused on writing into ourselves as a way to forge connections with others. All are welcome!
Theatre & Performance Presents: Works In Response
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
Weds, 10/26 @ 12pm
Join Professor Michi Barall’s Women+ In Performance class, as they perform short plays inspired by exercises and prompts created by María Irene Fornés, and transmitted to us by her students.
Works In Response is part of FornésFest, produced by the Playwriting & Screenwriting program and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts this fall. See the festival’s website for a full calendar of programs celebrating the work of one of America’s greatest playwrights and most influential writing teachers.
A reading of Enter the Night by María Irene Fornés
Directed by Chelsea Muller
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
Fri, 10/28 @ 7pm
Theatre & Performance students will perform a reading of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize finalist. What of the Night? spans 1938 to the present day, and follows the lives of multiple generations of Americans trying to break out of cycles of poverty and abuse.
Enter the Night is part of FornésFest, produced by the Playwriting & Screenwriting program and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts this fall. See the festival’s website for a full calendar of programs celebrating the work of one of America’s greatest playwrights and most influential writing teachers.
Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés
Directed by Rachel Dickstein
CMFT Performance Theater (CMFT0061)
10/29 – 11/5/22
Featuring the work of students in the Theatre & Performance program in collaboration with the Theatre Design/Technology program.
Fefu and Her Friends is one of the most celebrated plays by the prolific Cuban-American experimentalist María Irene Fornés. Written in 1977, the play broke ground by focusing exclusively on relationships among women rather than centering oppressive or dependent relationships with men.
In 1935, the titular Fefu and her friends prepare and rehearse for a fundraising event. The play’s playful plot is peppered with stark interjections of individual psychic struggle, and radically departs from traditional dramatic structure. A landmark in 20th-century feminist writing, Fefu is also an important early example of immersive theatre.
Fefu and Her Friends is part of FornésFest, produced by the Playwriting & Screenwriting program and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts this fall. See the festival’s website for a full calendar of programs celebrating the work of one of America’s greatest playwrights and most influential writing teachers.
A Screening of Springtime
by María Irene Fornés
Directed by Milan Castro
Dramaturgy by Ash Visker
Sound Design by Emily Webb
Scenic Concepts by Quinland Thompson
Featuring Siobhan Kiernan & Megan Siepak
CMFT Screening Room (CMFT0065)
Weds, 11/2 @ 12pm
A screening of the senior project in Theatre & Performance produced by members of the class of 2021, followed by a conversation with the alumni who created it.
Springtime is part of FornésFest, produced by the Playwriting & Screenwriting program and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts this fall. See the festival’s website for a full calendar of programs celebrating the work of one of America’s greatest playwrights and most influential writing teachers.
Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams
Directed by A. Dean Irby
PAC PepsiCo Theater
11/12 - 19/22
Tennessee Williams’s classic about two outsiders finding connection under the judgmental eyes of their oppressive Southern town is the full-scale debut of Acting Company 48, and features the work of the Theatre Design/Technology program.
Orpheus Descending is partially supported by a gift from Robert Wiener.
No reservations will be necessary to attend performances of Orpheus Descending. Please arrive in the upper lobby of the Performing Arts Center at least 15 minutes before the listed showtime.
Content Notice: Orpheus Descending is intended for mature audiences. This production contains the use of racial slurs, the appearance of racist regalia, and staged acts of racial violence. It also includes simulated gunshots, partial nudity, and the use of flashing lights.
Theatre & Performance Presents: Lauren DeLeon
Tues, 11/15 @ 2:30pm on Zoom
All are welcome to join Professor Jeana Scotti’s Theatre & Performance Junior Seminar class to meet professional Intimacy Director (and Purchase alum) Lauren DeLeon, who will discuss the emerging discourse of intimacy direction in theatre and film production, and the new career paths developing as a result.
Purchase Performance Lab: A Festival of Senior Projects
Bold, experimental, and moving works produced as capstone projects by students in Theatre & Performance.
CMFT Performance Studio Program (CMFT2043)
11/16 - 19/22
What If If Only by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Edie Gregg
In times of loss and grief, the future can seem daunting, overwhelming, and unwelcome. This short play is a reminder that the Present is here for us, and the Future is not something to fear.
Digital playbill for What If If Only
Piñata
Written by Mauricio Gonzalez
Directed by Chelsea Muller
Featuring Nicole Castillo, Michael Friary, Mauricio Gonzalez, Karissa Leonardo, Joann Maxwell, & Lillian Perez
A morality play in a secluded office space: Addison, your average 9 to 5 worker, is constantly interrupted by their coworkers. Little does Addison know that these “coworkers” have been possessed by the cardinal sins of man, and have far more nefarious intentions than Addison realizes.
Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup
Written by Taylor Maxim
Directed by Jenna Karnatski
Featuring Haylin Davis
After being denied a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin, a nurse arriving home from a late-night shift begins to spiral. At 5:30am her girlfriend must unpack how a breakfast sandwich could cause such a commotion.
Humanities Theater Program
11/17 - 19/22
Poof! by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Nahiem Paris
Featuring Kay Carrington & Sydney Lynch
A dramatic comedy about an abused housewife who never thought she’d escape from her husband. She unexpectedly gets her chance when her husband spontaneously combusts into ash.
The Following Senior Project Is Scheduled For One Fall!
Written by and featuring Bradley Rabinowitz Directed by Claire Giegerich
Two friends, a professional wrestler and an MMA fighter, reconnect after not seeing each other for a long time. They have a conversation worthy of a main event, and soon discover they have a lot more in common than meets the eye. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even tear your quad. So please, come layeth the smacketh down at Purchase!
Digital playbill for The Following Senior Project Is Scheduled For One Fall!
Alexandria
Written & Directed by Taylor Nieves
A play about a tortured king set on burning all the knowledge of the old world. After civil war, M seized his chance to rule and is determined to burn away memory of all he has lost — but someone close to him has been hiding pieces of the past.
A Night of THP Senior Projects
Humanities Theater
12/1 - 3/22
A double-bill of original capstone projects created and produced by seniors in Theatre & Performance.
Behind Us Is Noise
Created & Performed by Anna Fofana, Skylar Hertz, & Reina Labron
Directed by Alyssa Bernstein
Stage Managed by Molly Mead
Digital playbill for Behind Us Is Noise
The Beauty of Risk
Created by Jahnae Pitter
Written by Qasim Sonson with Jahnae Pitter
Directed by Eryn Harris
Featuring Eryn Harris, Jahnae Pitter, & Qasim Sonson
A story about a girl who experiences struggles of homelessness and trying to fit in. She uses her love for performing as a way to persevere through the tough times.
Digital playbill for The Beauty of Risk
New Plays Now
Directed by Cezar Williams
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
12/ 2-3 /22
A festival of short works written by students in the Playwriting program, featuring Acting Company 48.
Digital playbill for New Plays Now
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand, adapted by Martin Crimp
Directed by Christopher McCann
PAC Repertory Theater
12/ 3-10 /22
The universally-beloved romantic comedy gets a fresh take in a production that celebrates the potency of language to enthrall the ear. Featuring Acting Company 47 and the work of the Theatre Design/Technology program.
Digital playbill for Cyrano de Bergerac
El público by Federico García Lorca
Directed by Daniel Taveras
Featuring Amer Zafer and Colman Cassidy
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
12/ 8-10 /22
Sat, 12/10 @ 7:30pm
Lorca’s unfinished backstage drama, produced as a capstone project by seniors in Theatre & Performance.
Digital playbill for El público
Theatre & Performance Presents: Steve Cosson and The Great Immensity
Join Professor Andrew Saito’s Documentary Theatre course in their reading and discussion of The Great Immensity with writer & director Steve Cosson.
Theatre & Performance Presents: Jamie Guan & jingju
CMFT Performance Theater (CMFT0061)
Friday, February 3, 12:00 - 1:30pm
Join the students of Professor Michi Barall’s Theatre & Asia course for a workshop in the techniques of jingju (Chinese Opera) movement and theatricality by master choreographer Jamie Guan.
All are welcome. There are 15 reserved spots for participants, and open seating for observers.
She Kills Monsters
by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Mack Gomes and Noel Holmgren
Featuring Brisa Nunes and Alice Palmer
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
Feb 2 - 4, 2023
This 20-sided comedy follows Agnes Evans through her sister’s postmortem Dungeons and Dragons module as the fantasy world of New Landia clashes with everyday Athens, Ohio. She Kills Monsters is sharp, bright, and touching. In New Landia, Family is Critical.
Content Notice: She Kills Monsters contains discussions of grief and death, defamatory language, flashing lights, and mention of sexual assault.
A capstone project produced by seniors in Theatre & Performance.
Digital playbill for She Kills Monsters
Theatre & Performance and Literature Present: Adaptation with Ellen McLaughlin
Humanities 2052
Thursday, February 16, 2:30 - 4:00pm
Please join the Adapting Virginia Woolf class led by Professors Rachel Dickstein and Tony Domestico in a conversation with playwright Ellen McLaughlin about the art of adaptation. All are welcome! No reservations necessary. This is an in-person-only event; there will be no digital distribution of its content.
The conversation will specifically focus on the work Septimus and Clarissa, a movement theatre piece based on Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway written by McLaughlin and co-created with Dickstein over a period of three years. Familiarity with McLaughlin’s script and a video of the performance is recommended, but not required. These materials are available for anyone who plans to attend the Q&A by contacting Professor Dickstein at rachel.dickstein@purchase.edu.
This event is co-sponsored by the School of Humanities and the Theatre & Performance program.
Theatre & Performance Presents: Noh with Mayo Miwa
Humanities Theater
Friday, March 3, 10:30 - 11:50am
Professor Michi Barall and the students of Theatre & Asia invite you to a workshop in the Noh movement and performance technique, taught by contemporary Noh artist Mayo Miwa.
All are welcome to participate or observe. Participants should be prepared to move. This is an in-person event.
Theatre & Performance Presents: The Art of Translation
Sunday, March 5 @ 5pm
Professor Michi Barall, director of The Attic, will host a panel of artists who are all engaged in the task of translating text between languages. The panelists will specifically discuss issues in translation for theatrical production, and for publication.
Featuring:
Claire Conceison, Professor of Chinese Culture and of Theatre Arts at MIT
Carlie Hoffman, Lecturer in Creative Writing at Purchase
Leon Ingulsrud, translator of The Attic
Andrea Thome, Assistant Professor of Theatre & Performance at Purchase
This one-hour panel discussion will be conducted on Zoom. It will not be recorded. Advance registration is not required. All are welcome!
Theatre & Performance Presents: Theatre and Healing
CMFT Performance Theater (CMFT0061)
Thurs, March 9 @ 6pm
Join drama therapist Krista Hoeppner Leahy and Denika Desert, LMSW from the Purchase Counseling and Behavioral Health Services office for a pre-show conversation about how theatre, as a form of embodied imaginative play, works as a mode of recovery from trauma, and helps us to connect with ourselves and others. Come for the just the conversation, or stay for the performance of The Attic at 7:30! Cookies and cocoa will be served.
No advance reservation required to attend this event.
Yaneura, or The Attic
by Yoji Sakate
translated by Leon Ingulsrud and Keiko Tsuneda
Directed by Michi Barall
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT2043)
Sat, March 4 - Sat, March 11
Are you tired of being perceived? Do you want to shut out the world? Have a space just for you, all to yourself? Be careful what you wish for in Sakate’s dreamscape exploring the hikikomori phenomenon, featuring the work of students in the Theatre & Performance program in collaboration with the Theatre Design/Technology program.
View the digital playbill for The Attic
Spring Repertory
CMFT Performance Theater (CMFT0061)
Sat, March 11 - Thurs, March 16, 2023
Acting Company 48 and the Theatre Design/Technology program present two poetic works about family dynamics, one contemporary and one classical, in dialogue across the centuries.
Good Goods
by Christina Anderson
Directed by Stephanie Weeks
Sat, March 11 - Weds, March 15
Orestes
by Euripides, translated by Anne Carson
Directed by Raz Golden
Sat, March 11 - Thurs, March 16
Theatre & Performance Presents: The Suzuki Method
Friday, March 17 @ 9:15-11:45am
Humanities Theater
Please join Professor Michi Barall’s Theatre and Asia class for a special workshop on principles and exercises from the Suzuki Acting Method, led by Leon Ingulsrud of the SITI Company.
Developed by internationally acclaimed director Tadashi Suzuki and the Suzuki Company of Toga, the Suzuki Method’s principle concern is with restoring the wholeness of the human body to the theatrical context, and uncovering the actor’s innate expressive abilities. A rigorous physical discipline drawn from such diverse influences as ballet, traditional Japanese and Greek theater, and martial arts, the training seeks to heighten the actor’s emotional and physical power and commitment to each moment on the stage. Attention is on the lower body and a vocabulary of footwork, sharpening the actor’s breath control and concentration. The Suzuki Method is taught throughout Asia and across the US at schools like Juilliard and Columbia University, as well as in Britain at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
All are welcome; registration is open to additional participants. Participation will require physical activity.
Theatre & Performance Presents: Documentary Theatre
Wednesday, March 29 @10am - 11:30am on Zoom
Join Professor Andrew Saito’s Documentary Theatre class for a Zoom workshop with theatre artist Christina Bixland of Ping Chong + Company. Bixland will specifically discuss the techniques used to create Ping Chong’s production Beyond Sacred.
All are welcome, and no advance registrations are necessary.
Before attending, please watch this full performance of Beyond Sacred
And this 15-minute documentary on the making of Beyond Sacred