Though the weather has us crawling into spring, the students at the School of Drama have sprinted into this quarter! Read on to learn a little bit more about what performances are coming up, a FREE discussion panel about youth resistance featuring a School of Drama PhD student, as well as some exciting news about one of our MFA Directing alums!
In this issue:
Jake Lemberg Spills All on the Wolves Process
FREE Discussion Panel: "Exploration of Youth Resistance: Past and Present"
Opening Next Week: Orlando
Tina Polzin (MFA '15) Awarded Innovation Seed Grant for Lady from the Sea
Student & Alumni News
Undergrad director Jake Lemberg on directing Wolves and the power of love, trust, and "accomplishing nothing" in the rehearsal room
Editor's Note: The Undergraduate Theatre Society produces a full season of shows in the Cabaret Theatre. This work is curated, produced, directed, designed, and performed exclusively by undergraduates for the entire community. To learn more about UTS, please visit students.washington.edu/uwuts/.
Recently I have found myself questioning why I pursue theater. Why have I given it so much of my time? What is the point of pursuing this? I… Read more
FREE Discussion Panel: "Exploration of Youth Resistance: Past and Present"
On Monday, April 24th the Seattle Repertory Theatre is partnering with UW the School of Drama and Communications Department to organize a FREE discussion panel for the UW and greater Seattle community. This panel of Seattleites will discuss the past and present resistance movements led by youth, in part reflecting on connections to Seattle Repertory Theatre’s production of Here Lies Love (including the Marcos regime and the People Power Revolution). Join… Read more
Up Next: Orlando
Up next on the School of Drama main stage is Orlando, adapted by Sarah Ruhl from the novel by Virginia Woolf and directed by Professor L. Zane Jones. The production runs April 28th – May 7th at the Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre. Orlando explores sex, love, and identity in a story that spans centuries. Orlando is a handsome, young English nobleman favored by queens and princesses. The poem he’s trying to write isn’t going well; otherwise, he’… Read more
Tina Polzin (MFA '15) Awarded Innovation Seed Grant for Lady from the Sea
Tina Polzin (MFA '15) was awarded aInnovation Seed Grant from Seattle Pacific University to do a a bilingual staged reading ofLady from the Sea by Henrik Ibsen in conjunction with… Read more
Alumni & Student New, April 2017
Lenne Klingamen (PATP '07)appeared in "Chicago Med" on NBC.She will also be playing the title role in… Read more