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Newsletter May 2016 E-news

In This Issue:

  • Up Next: ...And Hilarity Ensues...
  • UTS Presents: Hamlet
  • Coming Up: Skies Over Seattle
  • Reunion Recap
  • Alumni News, May 2016

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
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It's been quite the year! Thank you for joining us for this celebratory, community-driven 75th anniversary season. Perhaps more than any other, one of our final productions of the season represents community-driven theatre. We hope you'll join us the first weekend of June to see the result of nine-months of work by our students, who have gone out into the U-District neighborhood and gotten to know the people served by three non-profit organizations. Out of those experiences have evolved three separate student-generated pieces that will be combined into a single installation performance at the Jones Playhouse. We hope to see you there.

"...And Hilarity Ensues..." cast members. Photo by Mike Hipple.

Up Next: ...And Hilarity Ensues...

Plays from the School of Drama’s inaugural 1940-41 season are reimagined in an immersive, multi-media theatre experience. The audience is invited to walk freely through time and space as the historic Penthouse Theatre comes alive. The Horse in Motion ensemble and UW School of Drama undergraduates have devised an original performance that allows the audience to come face to face with the turbulent past of 20th Century America and how we have taught ourselves to escape. From the Great Depression… Read more
May 12, 2016
Poster for "Hamlet"

UTS Presents: Hamlet

A father murdered. A murderer crowned. After being summoned home for his father's funeral—and his mother's marriage to the new king, Claudius—Prince Hamlet learns there may be foul play involved in the death of the previous king and feigns madness in an effort to delve into the deception shrouding Denmark's throne. However, his quest for truth calls into question two polar identities, leaving him forced to make a choice. Is he the noble prince who does what is best for his country, or the… Read more
May 12, 2016
"Skies Over Seattle" runs June 3-5

Coming Up: Skies Over Seattle

Skies Over Seattle examines the nature of the tiny American individual under a vast shared sky—specifically, the sky over the U-District in Seattle. Three world-premiere, student generated performances have evolved out of a year of collaboration and conversation between UW Drama students and three U-District community groups: ROOTS Young Adult Shelter, The People’s Harm Reduction Alliance, and Elizabeth Gregory Home. The performances built for and about these communities are woven… Read more
May 12, 2016

Reunion Recap

Over 150 alumni, current students, faculty and staff, past and present, and friends of the School of Drama celebrated its 75th Anniversary during an all-class reunion weekend at Hutchinson Hall. On Saturday, May 7, we met and partied in rooms 202 and 201. Present were students from the 1940s to the 2000s, as well as emeritus faculty, including Aurora Valentinetti, Betty Comtois, and Barry Witham. In one of the most beautiful moments of the evening, Senior Lecturer Judith Shahn, the voice of the… Read more
May 12, 2016
 Darragh Kennan and Andrew McGinn in Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem. Photo by Chris Bennion.

Alumni News, May 2016

Andrew McGinn (MFA '13) (pictured, right) is Dr. John Watson in Seattle Rep's Sherlock Holmes and The American Problem, with costumes by faculty member Deb Trout, running through May 22. Javonna Arriaga (BA '13) can be seen in eSe Teatro's production of Bernie's Apt, running at ACT Theatre through May 28. Evan Christian… Read more
May 12, 2016
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