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UTD Shoestring: Beirut
April 16-17, 7:30 PM
Carrington Auditorium
Camera Workshop
April 22, 11:00 AM
Balcony Theatre
Human Knot One-Acts
April 23-25, 7:30 PM
April 25, 2:30 PM
Balcony Theatre
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Missouri State University
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Art in Motion: Spring Dance Concert
 Tickets for Art in Motion, the 2009 Spring Dance Concert, are on sale now!
The concert will be held in Coger Theatre, from April 30-May 2, 2009, at 7:30 PM & May 3, 2009, at 2:30 PM.
Tickets: $8 (MSU advance purchase), $12, $14
Enjoy
the tradition and the beauty that has come to Missouri State University
every year through the art of dance. Developed, directed, and preformed
by the university's very own students, this series always makes the
mind leap and the eyes sing. Be apart of groundbreaking performances as
music, fashion, and spirit meet art through the drama of dance. Be
apart of the raw, human emotion that movements can bring over people.
Unloosen the hinges of everyday life and prepare for a sweeping ride
you won't soon forget.
For tickets, call 836-7678, toll-free 888-476-7849, or visit MissouriStateTix.com.
This year's Spring Dance Concert is a part of Arts in Action: The 10 Weeks Festival, an effort from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks to help raise money for arts in education and basic needs for students in Springfield Public Schools. |
Important Dates from the Acting Faculty
 Attention T&D Students:
The Acting Faculty wanted to remind you of some important upcoming dates:
Thursday April
30th- BFA Acting Self Evaluation documents due. The BFA Acting/MT Assessment Checklist and Sign-Up is on the T&D Call Board now! Here are the instructions:
1. Complete BFA
Self-Assessment Form. Form can be found on the TD website under the
document library section (under "Resources") as "Self Evaluation for
Annual BFA Assessment".
2. Make four Copies of completed Self-Assessment Form.
3. For those above sophomore rank, make four copies of your resume to accompany the self-assessment forms.
4. For those above sophomore rank, include one current headshot, to be turned in with self assessments and resume's.
5. Turn all required materials noted above into your area coordinator by Thursday April 30th at 12.00pm.
6. Sign-Up below for one 15 minute assessment time with area faculty.
7. Show up.
Monday May 4th-
Thursday May 7th- Student Evaluations with Acting Faculty. Sign up will be on
the call board. All PERFORMANCE THEATRE classes will be canceled this week in
order to accommodate student evaluations and to give you additional time for
Audition/Final prep. All BFA Actors must sign up for an assessment/evaluation time.
(Graduating seniors will have an assessment time scheduled after their
showcase)
Monday May 4th-
Wednesday May 6th- Fall 2009 MSU Theatre Season General
Auditions: Miss Julie, I Love You Because, & Macbeth.
ALL BFA Acting & MT are required to audition. Sign-up and audition
information ARE NOW ON THE CALLBOARD!
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UTD Updates
 It's a busy time in the world of UTD!...
-The Oedipus Rex talkback will be held on Friday, April 17th from
1:00-1:50 PM. We encourage and invite all the technical students especially
to attend. The event is free and open to the public.
-The UTD Shoestring Production of Beirut runs April 16th & 17th in Carrington Auditorium.
We are asking for donations to Clint Overstreet and there will be a
separate donation jar for AIDs project of the Ozarks. For people who
cannot attend either date, we are holding an open final dress
(specifically for those people going to the NY showcase) but it would
be appreciated if a donation was made.
-People interested in helping put together the
educational display for AIDs project and protecting yourself from
sexually transmitted diseases, contact Addie Barnhart at Barnhart421@MissouriState.edu.
-We are also beginning to put together the Vickies
ballot. For anyone interested in helping or who has input to make,
contact Addie Barnhart at Barnhart421@MissouriState.edu.
-The Penny Wars to determine the hosts of the 2009 Vickie Awards will be happening soon. If you wish to be considered to host, please contact Addie Barnhart at Barnhart421@MissouriState.edu AND Jessica Morgan at Jessica14@MissouriState.edu.
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Directing II One-Acts
Human Knot Productions presents the Spring 2009 Directing II One Acts! The dates and shows are as follows:
Set A: Thurs., April 23 and Sat., April 25 at 7:30 pm
Bar and Ger directed by Bruce Hartley
A Wedding Story directed by Corey Dunne
The Siren Song of Stephen Jay Gould directed by Adman Gilgour
Funeral Parlor directed by Andy Willadsen
Set B: Fri., April 24 at 7:30 pm and Sat., April 25 at 2:30 pm
The Chocolate Affair directed by Carol Auterson
'Tis Pity He's a Whore directed by Timothy Hart
The Roads That Lead Here directed by Felicia Hall
Now We're Really Getting Somewhere directed by Stephanie Curry
Here We Are directed by Rachel Masters This event is FREE and open to the public... but space is limited, so get there early! Any questions, please contact Andy Willadsen at Willadsen13@MissouriState.edu |
Robert Wechsler Workshops
 American
choreographer Robert Wechsler, Artistic Director of German-based Palindrome
Inter.media Performance Group, will be in residence at Missouri State
University, April 21st to May 2nd. Wechsler will
conduct workshops and lecture/demonstrations in Motion Capture (movement
tracking) technology, focusing on applications to stage performance
work, as well as Master Classes in modern dance technique. Workshops
will focus on Interaction. While always an integral part of theater,
music and dance, digital technologies have given the notion of interaction
new meaning. Wechsler uses sensors and computer systems to add spontaneity
and expressive power to live performances. Work generated from the workshops
will be performed in Coger Theater, on the MSU Department of Theatre
and Dance's Spring Dance Concert, Thursday, April 30th
to Saturday, May 2nd at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, May 3rd
at 2:30 pm.
Robert
Wechsler is a choreographer, dancer and developer of interactive methods
of performing with technology. He holds a BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase,
and an MFA in Choreography from New York University. From 1979 to 1988,
he studied with Merce Cunningham. His interest in sensors and electronic
devices dates back to the 1970's, when he used body-worn electronic
devices to generate sounds through movements on stage. Wechsler has
been honored with a Fulbright Fellowship, grants from the Marshall Fund,
and the National Endowment for the Arts. He founded Palindrome in 1982,
together with like-minded artists and scientists.
Wechsler
also teaches and writes about dance and technology. From 2004 to 2006
he was head of England's first Masters program in Digital Performance,
at Doncaster College, Hull University. He has published articles in
Leonardo Magazine, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Ballet
International, Dance Magazine, Dance Research Journal,
Nouvelles de Danse, Der Tanz der Dinge
and others, and a book, Motion Tracking: a practical guide for performing
artists.
Financial support for Robert Wechsler's
MSU residency comes from the Departments of Art & Design, Music
and Theatre & Dance.
Contact:
For workshops and classes, Ruth Barnes:
ruthbarnes@missouristate.edu or 836-5201
For more information about Spring Dance
Concert, visit the Department of Theatre and Dance website: http://theatreanddance.missouristate.edu/productions.asp
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"Performing on Camera" Workshop
 FREE WORKSHOP FOR ALL THEATRE & DANCE STUDENTS!
Feature and Documentary Filmmakers Glen Pitre & Michelle Benoit will be visiting MSU as part of the Public Affairs Conference. They will also be offering the following workshop and screening:
Performing on Camera
Wednesday April 22nd, 11am-1pm, Craig Hall Balcony Theatre
This
session will provide students the opportunity to engage in a mock
audition with feature and documentary filmmakers Glen Pitre and
Michelle Benoit, and to gain important insights about the logistics of
film performance and the "on camera" industry. Substantial time will be
provided for inquiries and discussion. Audition participants will be pre-selected. All university students are invited to view auditions and participate in discussion. *
Screening and Discussion: American Creole: A New Orleans Reunion
Wednesday April 22nd, 3:00-5:00pm, Plaster Student Union Theatre
American Creole
"follows musician Don Vappie after Katrina and asks if culture emerges
from landscape, what happens when the landscape is forever changed."
Screening will be followed by a question/answer session. This Session
is open to all university students.*
*These
events are made possible through collaboration from COAL, Theatre &
Dance, Media Journalism & Film, and through support from the
futures grant Green Theatre: Vanishing Wetlands, Vanishing Cultures.
Artist Biographies:
Husband and wife filmmaking team Glen Pitre
and Michelle Benoit have garnered recognition worldwide for their
features and documentaries. Whether in film or video, their production
company, Côte Blanche, specializes in bringing the stories and history
of southern Louisiana to audiences. Pitre and Benoit have created
award winning films featuring the talents of Robert Duvall, Armand
Assante, Tim Curry, George Kennedy, Billy Zane, Julian Sands, Lacey
Chabert, and Tatum O'Neal, among others.
Their most recent feature collaborations include The Man Who Came Back, about the first labor strike post Civil War, and The Scoundrel's Wife (released as The Home Front), a feature about WWII on the bayou home front.
They recently completed the fourth in a
series of documentaries about coastal wetlands loss for the National
Estuary Program. Called Harvest to Restore America's Coastal Heartland, it details the impact of this natural and man-made disaster on the U.S. and what can be done to reverse it. American Creole: New Orleans Reunion, a documentary about post-Katrina New Orleans aired on PBS in 2006. In 2003, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert acclaimed Pitre "a legendary American regional director."
Benoit most recently served as Artist-in-Residence at the University of New Orleans.
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New York Showcase
 The Musical Theatre Senior
Showcase will take place in New York on Tuesday, April 21st, at 3:30pm & 5:30pm in the New World Stages (340 W50th St.)
The seniors who will be performing this year include Addie
Barnhart,
Samantha
Barboza, Stephanie
Elzea, Emily
Bolt, Kelly
Hogan, Bryan
Benware, Stephanie
Brown, Beca
Rasch, Jackson
McKeehan, and Doran
Schmidt.
Break a leg to all who are performing!
For more information, visit the Missouri State Talent Connect Website!
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Spring 2009 Course: Green Theatre
 Presenting a new course for Spring 2009:
Green Theatre
THE 497-001, Fall 2009
Professors: Dr. Kurt Heinlein and Dr. Inno Onwueme
MW 3:00-4:50, 3 Credit Hours
Green Theatre: This course is an exciting opportunity for a diverse body of students who hold an interest in the means by which theatre can address social issues, and more specifically, how it can impact socio-environmental concerns. The course is aimed at utilizing investigative tools toward the development of new Green theatrical works in an ensemble environment.
The course will have a multi-tiered structure:
Tier One: Investigation
During this phase, students will be led through the task of investigating socio-
environmental issues that can be explored through theatrical development and
production.
Tier Two: Theatrical Development.
Students will work in small groups and utilize their investigative research to develop new Green theatrical texts. In true ensemble fashion, students will have the opportunity to work as researchers, writers, actors, and directors, while developing their work toward performance.
Tier Three: Performance.
The course will culminate in a public reading/presentation of the new works and a possible initiative toward publication.
Prerequisite: This course is open to students with a variety of interests and backgrounds including writers, actors, directors, activists, and those with a scientific orientation. Prerequisite is a true desire to participate and permission of instructor.
*If you are a theatre major, please be sure to chat with your advisor about how this course may fulfill unmet degree requirements.
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Dance Day
On Saturday, May 2nd, the Theatre & Dance Department will be sponsoring "Dance Day" at Missouri State University, for students between the ages of 12 and 18!
Students will be able to take dance classes, meet
the dance faculty, and attend
the Spring Dance Concert.
The "Dance Day" Itinerary includes:
10:00
AM - 11:30 AM: Dance Class
11:30
AM - 12:30 PM: Lunch in the PSU
12:30
PM - 2:00 PM: Modern Class
2:00
PM - 3:30 PM: Jazz Class
3:30
PM - 5:00 PM: Workshop and Discussion with Teachers
7:30
PM - 9:30 PM: Art In Motion Spring Dance Concert in Coger Theatre
All classes and workshops will be in McDonald 203.
To register call the Theatre and Dance
Department Office at (417)
836-4400 or e-mail Sara Brummel at SaraBrummel@MissouriState.edu.
Cost
- $8.00 per student.
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TADbits
 Introducing TAD Tidbits- aka TADbits. These are just small random bits of news!
-If you are a BFA Musical Theatre senior with an upcoming Senior Recital, please e-mail Matt Tassell at Tassell65456@MissouriState.edu to advertise your recital in future TAD eUpdates.
-Congrats to Professor Telory Davies, who recently published her first book, "Performing Disability: Staging the Actual."
Click Here for more information.
-The "Arts in Action" 10 Week Festival is going strong! Click Here to read the Springfield News-Leader article on the events, which includes a mention of the MSU Spring Dance Concert!
-Broadway star Diedre Goodwin is currently featured in the MSU Alumni Spotlight.
-The First Annual
BFA Acting Showcase will be held Saturday May 9th at 7:30 in Coger Theatre
on the MSU campus. Admission is Free. More information to be announced in future TAD eUpdates.
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TAD Giveaway: Bebe Neuwirth
 This week, you can win two tickets to Bebe Neuwirth's "Stories with Piano" on Sunday, April 19th, at 7:30 PM at the Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.
If you wish to be entered in this giveaway, please respond to this e-mail with "Bebe Neuwirth" in the Subject Field by THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH AT 11:30 AM!
Bebe Neuwirth is best known to television audiences as Lillith, the
wife of Frasier Crane...and to Broadway fans for her Tony Award-winning
role in Chicago. She is also a gift to songwriters, approaching
each song as a story to share. Her stunning interpretations of works by
landmark composers - the works of Kurt Weill as well as her Chicago
composers, John Kander and Fred Ebb, plus Cole Porter, Stephen
Sondheim, Tom Waits - allow you to hear familiar songs as if they were
new, and she also introduces lesser-known treasures that will entrance
the entire audience. Hilarious and heartbreaking, her show is quite
simply stunning, and truly unforgettable.
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TAD Giveaway: Springfield Ballet
 This week, you can win two tickets to The Springfield Ballet on Saturday, April 18th, at 7:30 PM OR Sunday, April 19th, at 2:30 PM at the Springfield Little Theatre.
If you wish to be entered in this giveaway, please respond to this e-mail with "Springfield Ballet" in the Subject Field by THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH AT 11:30 AM! You MUST include the date which you are available to see the performance!
Springfield
Ballet presents Ballet Through the Eras...which features four ballets
from three different eras in history. The majestic Pas de Quatre from
the romantic era, the mystical Firebird, from the Diaghilev era, Clumsy
Plunge, a modern ballet performed to music by Radiohead, and the
contemporary Tango Ballet, choreographed and staged by Springfield
Ballet's founding school director, Mark Carlson. This exciting and
versatile performance is sure to have something for everyone!
Also note: Student rush tickets are $10 each and are available at SLT
Theatre Box Office one hour prior to the show.
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The TAD eUpdate is released every Tuesday at 5:00 PM. Should you have any new or updated information, perhaps something you want to share, please contact Matt Tassell (Tassell65456@MissouriState.edu).
The TAD eUpdate does not replace the department's callboards. Continue to check the callboards every day for more information.
This is an official publication of the Missouri State University Department of Theatre and Dance.
Please send corrections or comments to Matt Tassell (Tassell65456@MissouriState.edu).
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