It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Gamm Theatre, closing, 12/24/21. DAMON KIELY (faculty, Chair of Performance) is the director.
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter: An Audio Adaptation at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter: An Audio Adaptation, closing 8/31/21, Steppenwolf Theatre Company. HARRISON WEGER (BFA, Acting, ’16) is in the cast. BRENNA BARBORKA (BFA, Theatre Arts, ’19) is the dramaturg.
Underbelly, A Re-imagined Radio Play Now Online
Underbelly, re-imagined radio play, now online through 7/12/2020. MATTHEW D. CARPENTER is the playwright. MALLORY METOXEN (MFA Directing, ’21) directs. AGATA PACIA (BFA Sound Design, ’20) is the sound designer. JORDAN SCOTT HARDESTY (BFA Dramaturgy, ’20) is the dramaturg.
SYDNEY JANE SILVER (BFA Acting, ’20), JOEY WALSH (BFA Acting ’21), BRIDGET HARRIS (BFA Acting ’21), TJ HARRIS (MFA Acting ’21), and MATTHEW SCHWARTZ (BFA Acting ’21) are in the cast.
War of the Well(e)s, A New Audiodrama by A Red Orchid Theatre, Now Available
War of the Well(e)s, A Red Orchid Theatre, available through 7/31/2020. MICHAEL WEBER (BFA, Acting, ’90) is the playwright and artistic director of A Red Orchid Theatre. LANCE BAKER (BFA, Acting, ’93), MIERKA GIRTEN (MFA, Acting, ’93), and CAMERON ROBERTS (BFA, Acting, ’19) are in the cast.
Coya Paz on Vocalo
COYA PAZ (Faculty) was featured in an interview on Vocalo radio today, responding to an article called The Cowardice of White Women: Learning to Resist, published by TheBodyIsNotAnApology.com, by writer Louisa Leontiades. The article examines the participation women in the quest for human rights and social justice. The article raises the question: At what point would I put my own life on the line for others? Coya helps unpack that query.
Source: Curated by #teamvocalo
Tarell Alvin McCraney interviewed on NPR’s Here & Now
Oscar nominated Moonlight writer, TARELL McCRANEY (BFA, Acting, ’03), is interviewed on Here & Now about how his childhood still shapes his writing and his life.
McCraney’s play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” became the basis for the film “Moonlight,” which is up for eight Academy Awards.
Source: ‘Moonlight’ Writer Tarell Alvin McCraney Still Struggles With Childhood Vulnerabilities | Here & Now