Rowan-Johnson Hall: Theatre Analysis

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” – William Shakespeare

1. despite their rigid natures, Gilbert and Sullivan often put songs from other composer – FALSE

The Faculty Dance Concert was an entertaining event filled with a variety of dance styles. The show took place on Friday, November 6, 2015, at 7:30 in the evening, and was held in the Fullerton College Campus Theatre. The founding artistic director is Melanie Kay Rosa and the assistant artistic director is Lisa M. Anderson. The dance faculty choreographers are Lisa M. Anderson, Sarah Cashmore, Teresa Jankovic, and Melanie Kay Rosa. The four guest choreographers are Helen Gardea, Robert Laos, Devon Smith and Shawnee Amara Williams. The two student choreographers are Ashely Garcia and Madeline Young.

“What are you even doing here? I have never seen such flawed technique in all my years as a choreographer.” The words echoed throughout the medical college auditorium. Impelled by the admonishment in front of my peers, I persevered in my endeavor to improve upon my dancing prowess and by the final year of medical school was leading the college dance team. The above mentioned undertaking further spawned an interest for the discipline of Latin Ballroom which lead to participation at the national level. The unwavering focus and persistence even in the face of unfavorable odds is more broadly reflective of my approach towards learning, both academic and extracurricular. This has been instrumental in achieving stellar academic outcomes including being ranked nationally in the top 0.0004 percent in the premedical test and the top 0.6 percent in the common aptitude test for management training.

The first time I’ve ever visited Cheney and laid eyes on EWU, I was about 15 years old. I was on a field trip from Jenkins High School, located in Chewelah, WA. I remembered being floored by EWU’s theatre arts program, the vastness of the campus, and diversity of the student body. I craved to be apart of it. However, I felt that it was all beyond my ability at that point in my life.

With 15 years under her feet, Johnson is a Dance major going into her sophomore year at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette under the training of Marie Broussard, Kenneth Jenkins and Dina Melley. She practices many styles of dance but

What I am looking for in a graduate theatre program is to strengthen my communication and problem solving skills through coursework and productions, as it relates to the design process. I look forward to not only learning from a distinguished faculty, but also from a talented group of peers. I was a good fit for JMU because I share the school’s value of always striving to the highest goal and daring to take risks. When I spoke to Yale students and alumni, they talked about the rigorous nature of the school but emphasized the level

At college level and as a student at Laney Community College in Oakland, she minored in Dance and simultaneously, for 3 years, held the position of Administrative Assistant to the Dean of the Music/Dance Department. Joan also studied West African, Modern and Jazz dance during her time at the Laney Community College.

For our critiquing assignment in our Introduction to Stagecraft 1, I ventured to downtown Toronto, to a small indie theatre called, The Unit 102 Theatre. There I saw the production of MISS; written by Dora Award-nominated playwright Michael Ross Albert who wrote such works as Tough Jews, The Spadina Avenue Gang with the Storefront Theatre. The set takes place in the aftermath of a shocking accident in a boarding school classroom, the story explores the tenuous connection between a high school teacher, her fiance, and a troubled student whose lives have been irrevocably changed by tragedy caused by a miscarriage, an affair, and the fear of the consequences that are not yet revealed, and finally, murder. This is a one act showdown between three

On November 4th, 2016, my best friend and I went to see the play at the Charles Winter Wood Theatre. This play is set during the 1950s, and the scene takes place in a night club in Chicago. This play was sponsored by FAMU’s Essential Theatre, and it was quite entertaining. It presents realistic situations such as the affairs, jealously, and debt in relationships. The director, Maurice Kitchen, wrote this play to present the Black artists who used their talent to escape the difficulties they have faced. The main character, Billy Gamble, was a show host and performer, who used his patients with musical talents to be on his show. Important aspects seen in the play were love and fame. The musicians expressed their feelings within their music.

On August 27, 1935, the Federal Theatre Project was formed, with Hallie Flanagan, a theatre professor at Vassar College, named as the director. With over 12,700 theatre professionals working under the program, The Federal Theatre Project reached over twenty-eight states across the nation (“The Federal Theatre Project”). While the project’s original intention was to give work for those involved in theatre, it also provided an

On Thursday, October 19th, Ray Shultz, Professor of theater arts, and the theatre company, presented a lecture/demonstration on the soon to be staged musical Spring Awakening. Several members of the company as well as Professor Shultz spoke about the musical and gave the audience some of the background informations, as well as enacted three excerpts of the production.

The Charles theatre is a Beaux-Arts building designed by architect, Jackson C. Gott in 1892, that did not originally begin as a movie theater, but as a street car barn and powerhouse known to locals as the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Power House and Car Barn, only later becoming a popular dance club hosting national acts such as Tommy Dorsey and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Although, the Beaux-Arts buildings were originally designed to be a cable car barn on the north side and a powerhouse on the south side and is now known to many as a movie theater. The original buildings served as cable car facilities for four years after which they became a streetcar barn, a bus barn, a library for the blind, and a Famous Ballroom. The Times Theatre

Running, wrestling, singing, forging, and working with my hands to create works of art are all interests that contribute to who I am. But any description of myself would be incomplete without discussing my involvement in theater. Over the last four years, I have had the amazing opportunity to become adopted into a family of loving, talented actors, who make up the Nooksack Valley Drama Department. This has been the greatest influence for growth in my life to prepare me for college and my future. It has directed me on my current path to becoming a confident leader and a reliable worker.

Romy graduated from Skidmore in 2013 with a minor in arts administration. In September 2013, she got a paid internship with the Met in institutional relations. She was then hired full time as the coordinator of institutional relations. She started by endorsing checks and thank you notes. She described this job as a fundamental step in her career. 2 years later she was promoted to her current role as assistant director of institutional relations. At this point in the talk, she mentioned how important it is to do internships while in college. She described how she is currently responsible for government grants, corporate foundation renewal letters, and sending out packets. The Met is the largest performing arts center in the nation. She described