On June 8th, the School of Drama partnered with Cornish College of the Arts and Seattle University to present our first annual Emerging Seattle Designer Showcase. Graduating MFA designers from UW and graduating seniors from Cornish and Seattle U presented their work to local directors, artistic directors, and designers. An acting showcase has long been an annual event for graduating members of our Professional Acting Training Program, so we are thrilled to partner with Cornish and Seattle U to provide the same opportunity to our graduating designers.
In the spirit of trying new things, we'll also be having our first all-school graduation this Saturday, June 13th. Traditionally an undergraduate event, this year, we'll recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our talented and courageous graduating BAs and MFAs.
Congratulations to all our students and happy summer!
Summer is hardly only for relaxing. Many of our students, graduates, faculty, and staff are working on exciting projects outside the School of Drama this summer.
Karen Hartman (Sr. Artist in Residence) and Josh Beerman (office assistant) are both members of the Seattle Rep Writers Group. Their plays will receive full readings as part of the 4th Annual Writers Group Showcase. Catch Karen's play Roz and Ray on Sunday, June 14 and Josh's play Mosquito on Saturday, June 20.
Cathy Madden (Principal Lecturer) begins rehearsals for The Withing Project, which will premiere at the Hughes Penthouse in November. She will also teach The Alexander Technique in Japan and Friday Harbor, WA, as well as present at the International Congress of the Alexander Technique in Limerick, Ireland in August.
Thorn Michaels (MFA Design '16) does the lighting design for Civic Rep's The Two Character Play by Tennessee Williams, after which she'll observe Duane Schuler, lighting designer for Nabucco at Seattle Opera.
Many members of the School of Drama family are involved in Civic Rep's ...
Read moreOur talented undergraduates are breaking with tradition next year and making their popular New Works Festival part of the main stage season. The Undergraduate Theater Society's 2015–2016 season is as follows (all shows in Hutchinson Hall's Cabaret Theatre):
Electra, directed by Rachel Perlot
October 22–November 1
New Works Festival
November 14–15
The Language Archive, directed by Parker Kennedy
March 3–13
Show TBA, directed by Alyssa Karounos
April 21–May 1
Hamlet, directed by Megan Brewer
May 24–June 5
Stephanie Kallos's (PATP '82) third novel, Language Arts, is available June 9. She will read at the Seattle Public Library on June 10.
Ben Zamora (MFA '05) installs his sculpture Alone. Standing. In the Darkness. Invisible. by the Duwamish River for DUWAMISH REVEALED and viewable from both land and the river, through September 30. He is also lighting a Steve Reich opera, Three Tales, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Walt Disney Concert Hall, featuring video by Beryl Korot.
Robert Bergin (PATP '12), Jim Gall (PATP '92), and Jocelyn Maher (BA '13) star in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five at Book-It Repertory Theatre, running June 9–July 3.
Michael Place (BA '04) directs...
Read moreBanner Photo: Presenting designers and guests at the Emerging Seattle Designer Showcase.