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Newsletter February 2015 E-news

In This Issue:

  • UTS Presents: Cabaret
  • MFA Directing Thesis: The Hostage
  • Elizabeth Wu, Guest Blogger, Part 2
  • Alumni News, February 2015

KEEP IN TOUCH AND STAY CONNECTED

Editor: 
Katrina Ernst
katrinae@uw.edu

School of Drama Address:
Hutchinson Hall
Box 353950
University of Washington 
Seattle, WA 98195-3950

(206) 685-0600 phone
(206) 543-8512 fax

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In this edition of our e-newsletter, we want to draw special attention to the Alumni News section. We love hearing about the work our alums are doing, and this month we've got two football related items to share with you: an MFA designer working on the Superbowl half-time show and the world premiere of the play X's and O's (A Football Love Story).

If you're an alum, tell us what you're up to! Fill in the Alumni Update form on our website or reply to this email. We look forward to sharing your news in an upcoming e-newsletter!

Cabaret poster

UTS Presents: Cabaret

Cabaret by Joe Masteroff music/lyrics by Kander & Ebb directed by Elizabeth Schiffler Febr 26–Mar 8 at 7:30pm Cabaret Theatre Based on John Van Druten's 1951 play I Am a Camera, which was adapted from the short novel Goodbye to Berlin (1939) by Christopher Isherwood, this adapted version of Cabaret is set in 2079 Berlintown… Read more
February 17, 2015
Pictured: The Hostage cast members Rebekah Patti, Christen Gee, Rudy Roushdi, and Colton Sullivan. Photo by Mike Hipple.

MFA Directing Thesis: The Hostage

The Hostage by Brendan Behan directed by Tina Polzin Mar 4–15 at 7:30pm Jones Playhouse Directed by third-year MFA directing candidate Tina Polzin, Brendan Behan’s The Hostage masks topical politics and serious discourse with slapstick, satire, and musical numbers. It’s 1959 and Leslie Williams, a British… Read more
February 17, 2015
Elizabeth Wu, drama major and director of Yellow Face

Elizabeth Wu, Guest Blogger, Part 2

Elizabeth Wu, a senior double majoring in drama and English, has written about her experience directing David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face for the Undergraduate Theater Society. In her second post on the UW Drama blog, she reflects on why she chose Yellow Face and why it is important to perform now. "I never chose this story for its political statement. When I first read David Henry Hwang’s play, what truly caught my attention was the close bond between the story’s central… Read more
February 17, 2015
Katy Perry performing during the Super Bowl halftime show. Evan Alexander (MFA '96) worked on the design elements for the performance.

Alumni News, February 2015

Evan Alexander (MFA Scenic Design '96) worked on the design elements in Katy Perry's halftime show during the Super Bowl. See more pics on his blog. Jenny Mercein (PATP 2003) and former faculty member KJ Sanchez co-wrote X's and O's (A Football Love Story), currently having its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theater. The play is… Read more
February 17, 2015

Upcoming Performances and Events

UTS Presents: Cabaret
February 26–March 8
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The Hostage
March 4–March 15
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The Hostage Post-Show Discussion
Thursday, March 12
Presentation of composition by Ewa Trębacz and discussion between Ewa and director Tina Polzin

Soyini Madison: Beauty, Praxis, and Performance Ethnography
Lecture presented by the Performance Studies Research Group
Friday, March 6 at 4:00pm
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Theatre Dangerously
Presented by the Undergraduate Theater Society
Saturday, March 7 at 11:30pm
Cabaret Theatre, Hutchinson Hall
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Bus Stop
April 22–May 3
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Dr. Rebecca Schneider, lecture
Lectured presented by the Performance Studies Research Group
Friday, April 24 at 4:00pm
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UTS Presents: On the Verge
May 28–June 7

Banner Photo Credit: Rebekah Patti and Rudy Roushdi in The Hostage. Photo by Mike Hipple.

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