Well, we survived - actually we did much more than survived. By all reports we had an very, very successful conference. If you haven't heard by this point, we had two students, Rebecca Wright and Whitney Morgan-Cox, make it to the Irene Ryan semi-final round. Considering that it's been three years since this has happened, we were pretty excited. THEN, Whitney made it through to the final round, AND THEN,Whitney was one of the two actors to win the competition! So, she'll be going to Washington D.C. in April to compete in the nationals.
In addition, Spencer Potter, Josh Scott and Carly Waggoner each won Honorable Mentions for the work they entered in the design competition. Congratulations are due to them also.
There were so many other things going on. We all put in a lot of hours, saw some great shows, Anton's Uncles was amazing, and did our best to be great hosts.
Now we move on to the rest of the season. Macbeth is progressing nicely. It is set to open the first week in March. Miss Saigon has some interesting challenges to work through, but we've got a great team and I can't wait to see what Matt Neves and the rest of the team are creating. (Remember that it will be in the black box and there will be a limited number of seats. I highly recommend getting your tickets early.)
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Which One's Thelma?
So - KCACTF starts on Monday evening . . . I'm actually pretty excited. There's still a lot to do, and I don't know if we have everything covered. But here we go. (I've been telling everyone that Brent Innes and I are kind of like Thelma and Louise, just about to drive off the cliff. I'm just not sure which one I am.)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
November 13 - 15, 18 - 22 2008
DSC's Dolores Doré Eccles Fine Arts Center
Doors open: 7:00 PM
Show begins: 7:30 PM
Ticket prices:
Adults: $12
Seniors and students: $10
With DSC student ID: $1
For additional ticket information, call: (435) 652-7800
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Pirates of Penzance - Plot Summary
ACT I:
On the coast of Cornwall, at the time of Queen Victoria's reign, Frederic, a young man with a strong sense of duty, celebrates, amidst the pirates, the completion of his twenty-first year and the apparent end of his apprenticeship. The pirates' maid of all work, Ruth, appears and reveals that, as Frederic's nursemaid long ago, she had made a mistake "through being hard of hearing:" she had misheard Frederic's father's instructions and apprenticed him to a pirate, instead of to a ship's pilot.
Frederic has never seen any women other than Ruth, and he believes her to be beautiful. However, the pirates know better and suggest that Frederic take Ruth with him when he returns to civilization. Frederic announces that, although it pains him to do so, once free from his apprenticeship, he will be forced to devote himself to their extermination (due to an overwhelming sense of duty). He points out that they are not very successful pirates, since, being orphans themselves, they allow their prey to go free if they too are orphans. Frederic reveals that this is widely-known information, so captured ships' companies routinely claim to be orphans in order to escape. Frederic invites the pirates to give up piracy and go with him, so that he need not destroy them, but the Pirate King notes that, compared with respectability, piracy is comparatively honest. The pirates depart, leaving Frederic and Ruth. Frederic sees a group of beautiful young girls approaching the pirate lair, and realizes that Ruth lied to him about her appearance. Sending Ruth away, Frederic hides before the girls arrive.
The girls soon enter the scene. Frederic reveals himself and appeals to them to help him reform . One of them, Mabel, responds to his plea, and chides her sisters for their lack of charity. Frederic and Mabel quickly fall in love. The other girls contemplate whether to eavesdrop or to leave the new couple alone, and eventually decide to "talk about the weather."
Frederic warns the girls of the pirates nearby -- but, before they can flee, the pirates arrive and capture all the girls, intending to marry them. Mabel warns the pirates that the girls' father is a Major-General, who soon arrives and introduces himself. He appeals to the pirates not to take his daughters, which would leave him entirely alone. Having heard of the famous Pirates of Penzance, he pleads for their release on the ground that he's an orphan. The soft-hearted pirates are sympathetic and release the girls, making Major-General Stanley and his daughters honorary members of their band.
ACT II:
The Major-General sits in a ruined chapel on his estate, surrounded by his daughters. His conscience is tortured by the lie that he told the pirates, and the girls attempt to console him. The Sergeant of Police and his corps arrive to announce their readiness to go forth to arrest the pirates. The girls loudly express their admiration of the police for facing likely slaughter at the hands of fierce and merciless foes. The police are unnerved by this, and remain around but finally leave.
Left alone, Frederic, who is to lead the group, pauses to reflect on his opportunity to atone for a life of piracy, at which point he encounters Ruth and the Pirate King. It has occurred to them that his apprenticeship was worded so as to bind him to them until his twenty-first birthday – and, because that birthday happens to be on February 29 (in a leap year), it means that technically only five birthdays have passed, and he will not reach his twenty-first birthday until he is in his eighties. Frederic is convinced by this logic that he must rejoin the pirates, and thus he sees it as his duty to inform the Pirate King of the Major-General's deception. The outraged outlaw declares that their "revenge will be swift and terrible."
Frederic meets Mabel, and she pleads with him to stay, but he explains that he must fulfill his duty to the pirates until his 21st birthday. He promises to return then and claim her. They agree to be faithful to each other until then, and Frederic departs. Mabel steels herself and tells the police that they must go alone to face the pirates. They muse that an outlaw might be just like any other man, and it is a shame to deprive him of "that liberty which is so dear to all." The police hide on hearing the approach of the pirates, who have stolen onto the grounds, meaning to avenge themselves for the Major-General's lie.
The police and the pirates prepare for the fight. Just then, the Major-General appears, sleepless with guilt, and the pirates also hide, while General Stanley listens to the soothing sighing of the breeze. The girls come looking for him. The pirates leap to the attack, and the police rush to the defense; but the police are easily defeated, and the Pirate King urges the captured Major-General to prepare for death. The Sergeant plays his trump card, demanding that the pirates yield "in Queen Victoria's name." The pirates, overcome with loyalty to their Queen, do so. Ruth appears and reveals that the orphan pirates are, in fact, "all noblemen who have gone wrong." The Major-General is impressed by this and all is forgiven. Frederic and Mabel are reunited, and the Major-General is happy to marry his daughters to the noble pirates after all.
On the coast of Cornwall, at the time of Queen Victoria's reign, Frederic, a young man with a strong sense of duty, celebrates, amidst the pirates, the completion of his twenty-first year and the apparent end of his apprenticeship. The pirates' maid of all work, Ruth, appears and reveals that, as Frederic's nursemaid long ago, she had made a mistake "through being hard of hearing:" she had misheard Frederic's father's instructions and apprenticed him to a pirate, instead of to a ship's pilot.
Frederic has never seen any women other than Ruth, and he believes her to be beautiful. However, the pirates know better and suggest that Frederic take Ruth with him when he returns to civilization. Frederic announces that, although it pains him to do so, once free from his apprenticeship, he will be forced to devote himself to their extermination (due to an overwhelming sense of duty). He points out that they are not very successful pirates, since, being orphans themselves, they allow their prey to go free if they too are orphans. Frederic reveals that this is widely-known information, so captured ships' companies routinely claim to be orphans in order to escape. Frederic invites the pirates to give up piracy and go with him, so that he need not destroy them, but the Pirate King notes that, compared with respectability, piracy is comparatively honest. The pirates depart, leaving Frederic and Ruth. Frederic sees a group of beautiful young girls approaching the pirate lair, and realizes that Ruth lied to him about her appearance. Sending Ruth away, Frederic hides before the girls arrive.
The girls soon enter the scene. Frederic reveals himself and appeals to them to help him reform . One of them, Mabel, responds to his plea, and chides her sisters for their lack of charity. Frederic and Mabel quickly fall in love. The other girls contemplate whether to eavesdrop or to leave the new couple alone, and eventually decide to "talk about the weather."
Frederic warns the girls of the pirates nearby -- but, before they can flee, the pirates arrive and capture all the girls, intending to marry them. Mabel warns the pirates that the girls' father is a Major-General, who soon arrives and introduces himself. He appeals to the pirates not to take his daughters, which would leave him entirely alone. Having heard of the famous Pirates of Penzance, he pleads for their release on the ground that he's an orphan. The soft-hearted pirates are sympathetic and release the girls, making Major-General Stanley and his daughters honorary members of their band.
ACT II:
The Major-General sits in a ruined chapel on his estate, surrounded by his daughters. His conscience is tortured by the lie that he told the pirates, and the girls attempt to console him. The Sergeant of Police and his corps arrive to announce their readiness to go forth to arrest the pirates. The girls loudly express their admiration of the police for facing likely slaughter at the hands of fierce and merciless foes. The police are unnerved by this, and remain around but finally leave.
Left alone, Frederic, who is to lead the group, pauses to reflect on his opportunity to atone for a life of piracy, at which point he encounters Ruth and the Pirate King. It has occurred to them that his apprenticeship was worded so as to bind him to them until his twenty-first birthday – and, because that birthday happens to be on February 29 (in a leap year), it means that technically only five birthdays have passed, and he will not reach his twenty-first birthday until he is in his eighties. Frederic is convinced by this logic that he must rejoin the pirates, and thus he sees it as his duty to inform the Pirate King of the Major-General's deception. The outraged outlaw declares that their "revenge will be swift and terrible."
Frederic meets Mabel, and she pleads with him to stay, but he explains that he must fulfill his duty to the pirates until his 21st birthday. He promises to return then and claim her. They agree to be faithful to each other until then, and Frederic departs. Mabel steels herself and tells the police that they must go alone to face the pirates. They muse that an outlaw might be just like any other man, and it is a shame to deprive him of "that liberty which is so dear to all." The police hide on hearing the approach of the pirates, who have stolen onto the grounds, meaning to avenge themselves for the Major-General's lie.
The police and the pirates prepare for the fight. Just then, the Major-General appears, sleepless with guilt, and the pirates also hide, while General Stanley listens to the soothing sighing of the breeze. The girls come looking for him. The pirates leap to the attack, and the police rush to the defense; but the police are easily defeated, and the Pirate King urges the captured Major-General to prepare for death. The Sergeant plays his trump card, demanding that the pirates yield "in Queen Victoria's name." The pirates, overcome with loyalty to their Queen, do so. Ruth appears and reveals that the orphan pirates are, in fact, "all noblemen who have gone wrong." The Major-General is impressed by this and all is forgiven. Frederic and Mabel are reunited, and the Major-General is happy to marry his daughters to the noble pirates after all.
W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). Together, they wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado are among the best known.
Gilbert created fanciful, topsy-turvy worlds for these operas, where each absurdity is taken to its logical conclusion—fairies rub elbows with British lords, flirting is a capital offence, gondoliers ascend to the monarchy, and pirates turn out to be noblemen who have gone wrong. Sullivan composed the music, contributing memorable melodies that could convey both humour and pathos.
The Gilbert and Sullivan operas have enjoyed broad and enduring international success and are still performed frequently throughout the English-speaking world. The collaboration introduced innovations in content and form that directly influenced the development of musical theatre through the 20th century. The operas have also influenced political discourse, literature, film and television and have been widely parodied and pastiched by humorists.
(from Wikipedia.com)
Their collaborative works are as follows:
Thespis
Trial By Jury
The Sorcerer
H.M.S. Pinafore
The Pirates of Penzance
The Martyr of Antioch
Patience
Iolanthe
Princess Ida
The Mikado
Ruddigore
The Yeoman of the Guard
The Gondoliers
Utopia, Limited
The Grand Duke
Gilbert created fanciful, topsy-turvy worlds for these operas, where each absurdity is taken to its logical conclusion—fairies rub elbows with British lords, flirting is a capital offence, gondoliers ascend to the monarchy, and pirates turn out to be noblemen who have gone wrong. Sullivan composed the music, contributing memorable melodies that could convey both humour and pathos.
The Gilbert and Sullivan operas have enjoyed broad and enduring international success and are still performed frequently throughout the English-speaking world. The collaboration introduced innovations in content and form that directly influenced the development of musical theatre through the 20th century. The operas have also influenced political discourse, literature, film and television and have been widely parodied and pastiched by humorists.
(from Wikipedia.com)
Their collaborative works are as follows:
Thespis
Trial By Jury
The Sorcerer
H.M.S. Pinafore
The Pirates of Penzance
The Martyr of Antioch
Patience
Iolanthe
Princess Ida
The Mikado
Ruddigore
The Yeoman of the Guard
The Gondoliers
Utopia, Limited
The Grand Duke
Friday, October 10, 2008
Dancing at Lughnasa - KCACTF Adjudication
On Wednesday, October 8, Dixie State College's production of Dancing at Lughnasa was adjudicated by Matt Neves, a representative of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. This adjudication was comprised of compliments and criticism in relation to the design, acting and direction of the production.
Mr. Neves proved an excellent adjudicator, in that his criticism was constructive and beneficial to both designers and actors. He stated that he was very impressed with the work done by DSC students, that the acting was both mature and moving, but there were areas (such as diction and speed) which could use some help. He greatly enjoyed the costume design (Spencer Potter), as well as the lighting (Joshua Scott) and sound (Travis Cox).
Irene Ryan nominees from Dancing at Lughnasa are Lindsay Cordell (Christina Mundy) and Jarom Brown (Michael Evans). Lindsay and Jarom will be competing for the regional Irene Ryan scholarship in February, against theatre students from Utah, Hawaii, Arizona, California and Nevada.
Mr. Neves proved an excellent adjudicator, in that his criticism was constructive and beneficial to both designers and actors. He stated that he was very impressed with the work done by DSC students, that the acting was both mature and moving, but there were areas (such as diction and speed) which could use some help. He greatly enjoyed the costume design (Spencer Potter), as well as the lighting (Joshua Scott) and sound (Travis Cox).
Irene Ryan nominees from Dancing at Lughnasa are Lindsay Cordell (Christina Mundy) and Jarom Brown (Michael Evans). Lindsay and Jarom will be competing for the regional Irene Ryan scholarship in February, against theatre students from Utah, Hawaii, Arizona, California and Nevada.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Information on DSC's Fall Production
Dancing at Lughnasa
October 2 - 4, 7 - 11 2008
DSC's Dolores Doré Eccles Fine Arts Center
Doors open: 7:00 PM
Show begins: 7:30 PM
Ticket prices:
Adults: $12
Seniors and students: $10
With DSC student ID: $1
For additional ticket information, call: (435) 652-7800
Plot Summary
Biography of Brian Friel
Cast list:
Kate Mundy - Whitney Morgan Cox
Maggie Mundy - Rebecca Wright
Agnes Mundy - Lindsay Harding
Rose Mundy - Hannah Davenport (Oct. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
Rose Mundy - Meleah Ridd (Oct. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
Chris Mundy - Lindsay Cordell
Jack Mundy - Spencer Potter
Gerry Evans - Scott Pederson
Michael Evans - Jarom Brown
October 2 - 4, 7 - 11 2008
DSC's Dolores Doré Eccles Fine Arts Center
Doors open: 7:00 PM
Show begins: 7:30 PM
Ticket prices:
Adults: $12
Seniors and students: $10
With DSC student ID: $1
For additional ticket information, call: (435) 652-7800
Plot Summary
Biography of Brian Friel
Cast list:
Kate Mundy - Whitney Morgan Cox
Maggie Mundy - Rebecca Wright
Agnes Mundy - Lindsay Harding
Rose Mundy - Hannah Davenport (Oct. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
Rose Mundy - Meleah Ridd (Oct. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
Chris Mundy - Lindsay Cordell
Jack Mundy - Spencer Potter
Gerry Evans - Scott Pederson
Michael Evans - Jarom Brown
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