Welcome to the Theatre Department!
Auditions
Auditions are open to all students regardless of major.
Combined auditions for
Assassins directed by Gary Gisselman and
The Bacchae 2.1 directed by Scotty Gunderson '10 will be held in
Dittman - Dance Studio 3
Thursday, December 10th
3:00 to 6:00pm & 7:30 to 9:00pm
Friday December 11th
3:00-6:00pm
Callbacks will be Saturday December 12th
For the Bacchae 2.1 please prepare a monologue. You can also chose to sing a folk song or play an instrument such as a flute or violin. 5 men and 7 women will be cast.
If you are auditioning for Assassins
prepare a monologue and a musical theatre song.
An accompanist will be provided.
Scripts for Assassins may be checked out of the Theatre office.
Scripts for The Bacchae 2.1 may be found at Charles Mee's web site
The audition sign up sheet has been posted on the bulletin board in the Green Room located in the Speech-Theatre Building.
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2009-2010 Theatre Season
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Dona Werner Freeman
October 8-11, 2009, Haugen Theatre
bobrauschenbergamerica by Charles Mee, directed by Jeanne Willcoxon
November 13-15 & 19-21, 2009, Kelsey Theatre
Brother Wolf by Preston Lane, directed by Karen Peterson Wilson
February 12-14 & 18-20, 2010, Kelsey Theatre
The Bacchae 2.1 by Charles L. Mee
Directed by Scotty Gunderson '10
March 10-14, 2010, Haugen Theatre
Assassins by Sondheim, directed by Gary Gisselman
April 8-11 & 15-18, 2010, Kelsey Theatre
Quade One Act Festival
May 13-17, 2010
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THEATRE NEWS & NOTES
Dona Werner Freeman, Jeanne Wilcoxon and Todd Edwards presented an adaptation of
Ellen McLaughlin's Helen at the Minnesota Fringe Festival and on campus in mid September.
This was an interdisciplinary exploration in both process and performance. Approaching Helen in an original way; one that went beyond normal rehearsal practices to discover how music, movement and media contributed to the staging of this already unique text.
Dona Werner Freeman is featured in a recently released documentary Twenty Years of Frank Theatre charting the progress and celebrating the endurance of Minneapolis' Frank Theatre. www.franktheatre.org
Todd Edwards was the Scenic and Sound Designer for Miss Firecracker Contest at Starting Gate Theatre and Scenic Designer for The Odd Couple at Commonweal Theatre. Todd taught a Stage Combat Workshop at Shattuck St. Mary's School in Faribault and presented a scenic design workshop at the Biennial Play Festival hosted by Minnesota Association of Community Theatres. He also was the scenic designer for Wiley and the Hairy Man produced by the Intergenerational Theatre.
Gary Gisselman recently directed Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance at the Guthrie Theatre.
Karen Peterson Wilson is currently involved with the MN Scholars of Distinction in Theatre program as a portolio evaluator and an interviewer for the April Showcases. The program recognizes excellence in MN high school theater students. The Minnesota Scholars of Distinction awards are given to high school students who have excelled in one the the following areas: Theatre Arts, Science, Math, Applied Geography or Leadership. As the Perpich Center website notes: "The designation Scholars of Distinction in Theatre recognizes high shool students who demonstrate outstanding knowledge, skills and creativity in theater arts. The program grants awards to students who can show extraordinary accomplishment in one or more of the following areas of theater: acting, playwriting, design and technical theater, or directing." For more information click here
Jeanne Wilcoxon presented her paper "Off the Beaten Track: Driveways, Puppetry, and the Art of Making Contact" and chaired a history session on "Classing up Adaptations" at the 30th Annual
Mid- America Theatre Conference in Chicago on March 14, 2009. Her paper was based on her research this past summer at the LaMama Director's Symposium in Umbria and from reasearch in the summer of 2007 with the Open Eye Figure Theatre's Driveway Tour.
She will also be presenting a paper "Bacon, the Masques and the 'Price of Looking'" at the Annual American Theatre in Higher Education Conference in New York City in August.
Brian Bjorklund is an officer of USITT and recently attended the National Conference in Cincinnati. He also presented a workshop session "Lighting Desiging Choices for Visual Interest" at the Biennial Play Festival hosted by Minnesota Association of Community Theatres. Other sabbatical activities have included researching moving lighting instruments and LED fixtures and technology.
