Project 6 (project 2)

1)

HAMLET - A Puppet Tragedy

Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater

Adapted by Vit Horejs from text by Shakespeare and a 1920's Czech puppet version.

Directed by Mr. Horejs

Songs by Ben Seessel

“Tis True, 'Tis a Puppet: Hamlet Hangs by a Thread”

http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9b01efde153cf933a25753c1a961958260

This show is unconventional due to it’s Shakespeare done with puppets. The show uses puppets to tell the classic story in a totally different way. One would think also that since it is puppets it might be appropriate for children, but it is not. The puppets are used in a very erotic way. Also, the puppeteers are not hidden which makes it unconventional.

2)

Faust

Majak Theatre Group and Jezek and Cizek Theatre Group

August 15, 2007- August 19, 2007

Director: Jakub Capka

"One of our fundamental ideas is combining different worlds, and different circles of people. For example, we have homeless people working with both professional artists and amateur artists in an auditorium with an underground rock band. And together it works."

http://www.radio.cz/en/article/94499

This show is unconventional for two reasons. It is produced not only outdoors, but also in an unused reservoir. The second reason is that its actors are either homeless or have been homeless sometime during the life. This show combines both amateurs and professionals.

3)

Pippin

Deaf West Theatre

January 15, 2009 - March 15, 2009

Director: Jeff Calhoun

ASL Masters: Linda Bove and Alan Champion

"...the use of deaf and hearing performers together enhanced the show."

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/la/la287.html

This show is unconventional because its leads are deaf. The leads do all the motions but have separate actors to provide the voice. The voice actors are not seen on stage. Sometime’s during the show the deaf actors will use sign language to communicate. I think this allows a more friendly environment to a deaf audience member

4)

Macbeth

Washington Shakespeare Company

Approx July 9, 2007 Through July 22, 2007

Director Jose Carrasquillo

“Macduff appears in the buff in all-nude Shakespeare performance”

http://www.thespec.com/Wire/article/216671

This show is unconventional due to the fact the Macbeth is naked the whole show. The director wanted a more human connection with the show. It’s also allowed the audience to express their opinions of the show more. I believe that since it was successful that it makes it more unconventional.

5)

Ka

Cirque du Soleil

February 2005 - Present

Creator & Director Robert Lepage

Slave Cage

http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/nvlv/a/cirqueka.htm

I have seen this show and I believe its Unconventional in two ways. First, there is no permanent stage. The stage is made up of 5 different moving plat forms. Secondly, none of the words are in english except for the warning at the beginning of the show. The actors still portray astory and plot through another language and body movements.

Project 5

The Profession

1)

Cumberland county playhouse

Job Dates

Mid May - End of Aug

Pay

$150.00 per week plus housing per week

Looking for a summer intern to work in our scene shop as a carpenter and on running crew for one of our summer shows. Must be an energetic go getter ready for anything. Willing to work hard in a friendly atmosphere in the heart of the Cumberland Mountains. Housing is included in the contract.

2)

Job Dates May-August

Pay

$100 per week, gas stipend and housing

Assist in the set construction of 3 shows, load-ins, and strikes. Must have an understanding of power tools and good carpentry skills. All shows are built in-house. No running crew responsibilities.

Contact

John Sullivan

Company Manager

http://www.baystreet.org/

(631) 725-0818

Fax: (631) 725-0906

3)

OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY School of Theatre invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Lighting Design in an active production-based BFA program beginning August 2010. Duties include: instruction of lighting design and technology courses; design and/or supervision of lighting for theatre and opera/musical theatre seasons. Candidates with connections to the lighting industry and experience with new media and new technologies are desired. Additional skills in sound design and web site design are also desired. MFA in Lighting Design required; 2 years of university level teaching and professional experience expected. Full description and application procedure at: http://www.okcu.edu/hr/jobs.aspx Email questions to Jason Foreman: jforeman@okcu.edu. Review of applications begins immediately, position is open until filled. Oklahoma City University is an equal opportunity employer.

4)

ARLHAM COLLEGE seeks a designer/instructor with a commitment to teaching undergraduates for this three-year non-renewable position. This is an excellent opportunity for recent recipients of graduate degrees to gain experience in college teaching. Qualifications: a recent design MFA and/or PhD emphasizing scenic design, lighting design and/or costume design. Responsibilities each semester include one academic course, design of one production and applied theatre labs working with theatre arts majors and non-majors alike. Full job description, deadline and application instructions: www.earlham.edu/jobs. Earlham College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and continues to build a vigorous academic community that reflects the diversity of the society at large.

Graduate School

1)

UMKC

ABOUT:

The candidate choosing a technology emphasis will be prepared to compete for professional positions as a technical director in regional, community or academic theatres, assistant technical director and other supervisory technical positions, or other entertainment business related positions. The MFA degree requires a minimum of 60 credit hours of approved courses to be completed with a 3.0 ("B") grade point average or better. You have a great deal of flexibility in planning your program of study; however, there are a few required courses. Course work includes intensive work in hand & computerized drafting, rigging, mechanics and automation, materials and structural design, and a minimum of 12 credits in theatre history and dramatic literature, as well as the flexibility to add a concentration in an area of design. A major portion of the program involves the student in production positions as a technical director or assistant for Dept. of theatre productions and (for exceptional students) Kansas City Repertory Theatre productions.

ADMISSIONS

Two letters of recommendation are requested; each with the attached recommendation form (Click here for Letter of Recommendation form), to be sent to the professor in your discipline listed below. Submit resume and portfolio to the professor. Mail these to:
 
 ATTN: Professor ____________
 Department of Theatre 404 PAC
 University of Missouri-Kansas City
 Honorary Patricia McIlrath Street
 4949 Cherry Street 
 Kansas City MO 64110 

UMKC Theatre representative(s) will attend 2010 U/RTA interviews in New York and Chicago. For more information on U/RTA go to:www.urta.com

Contact the professor to schedule an interview: 

 Technical Direction Chuck Hayes HayesC@umkc.edu 1-816-235-2772

2)

UNC- Chapel HIll

About:

The purpose of the Master of Fine Arts degree in Technical Production is to train the candidate for a career in professional or university theater. The three-year program is organized to prepare the candidate to assume responsibility for the entire production process from technical drawings through strike. This is achieved through classes and modules that include training in drafting, AutoCAD, construction, structural design, rigging, sound, electronics, mechanical systems and shop management.

PlayMakers Repertory Company, a professional Equity theater and a member of the League of Resident Theaters, is affiliated with the Department of Dramatic Art. The candidate's work with the PRC shop is an integral part of the training. The candidate participates as if he or she were a member of the professional staff of PRC. Professional attitude, quality of work and punctuality are expected from all members of the professional staff, and this applies to the candidate as well.

Admissions:

Prospective students should complete an online application to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hillhere. For more information about the Graduate School go here.

Note: No GRE score is required for admission to the MFA programs.

Send a resumé, statement of purpose, three letters of recommendation and two official transcripts directly to:

Center for Dramatic Art
CB #3230 
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3230

Applicants must contact Michael Rolleri (919-843-9818) to arrange an interview. Students are chosen on the basis of demonstrated ability through the admission of a portfolio comprising of past work in their field of interest, and an interview with the supervising faculty. It is assumed that applying students have prior experience in theatre technical methods. Applicants are accepted for the first year only; entrance to the second and third year classes is subject to approval of the MFA faculty.

The Department has a limited number of assistantships available to applicants. Applicants seeking financial aid from the University must submit the FAFSA form to the College Scholarship Service, Princeton, NJ, by March 1 for priority consideration.

3)

University of Arizona

About:

The Master of Fine Arts program in theatrical design and production at the University of Arizona aims at preparing students for a career in professional theatre through intensive classroom and production training. The following areas of specialization are offered: Costume Design, Costume Production, Lighting Design, Scenic Design, Scenic Production, and Technical Direction. The program normally requires six semesters, or three academic years, in residence and a minimum of 60 credit hours must be accrued to fulfill the degree requirements.

Admission to and retention in the program are based on academic performance and the design faculty's evaluation of each student's portfolio, professionalism, skills, and talent. All Design/Technical MFA candidates are evaluated by the design faculty at the end of each semester. Successful completion of the first year permits continuation in the program.

All MFA candidates will complete a significant design or production assignment part of their degree requirements. All MFA candidates also complete a Master's Report in their third year as part of their degree requirements.

Admissions:

Apply for acceptance to the Graduate College of The University of Arizona.

Admission Requirements, Procedures, and Deadlines by Degree

There are no University Graduate Deadlines for application; however they suggest that international students apply by December 1st to start school the following Fall, and June 1 for Spring enrollment, only to make sure that there is enough time to obtain a visa if the student is admitted. There are no Spring/Summer admissions for Graduate Students.

Submit the following materials on-line through the Graduate College Application Portal:

Assistantship Application

Official transcripts from ALL previous colleges and universities attended

Statement of Intent

Three recommendations

Résumé

Graduate College Application Fee: $75.00

Additional requirements - MFA Design/Technical Production

Applicants for this degree are required to conduct a portfolio review with the School of Theatre Arts Design & Technology Faculty.

Through the on-line Graduate application portal

Examples of materials included in portfolio:

Realized production work: research images, sketches, renderings, draftings, plots, schedules, production photographs

Indication of process from conception to realization

Classwork in field of expertise: drawings, renderings, drafting's of course projects

Related work: photography, artwork, or other related skills

Graduate Assistantships & Fellowships

A variety of financial aid, including nonresident tuition and registration fee waivers, is available for graduate students. Several scholarships and fellowships are awarded on the basis of talent and merit. Theatre Arts also awards graduate teaching assistantships, which provide students with on-the-job training in the areas of teaching, technical production, scene design, costume design, lighting design and theatre history. Students may be eligible for aid offered through the UA Office of Financial Aid. Such students should submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Teaching

Secondary

Basic requirements

You must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.Texas institutions do not offer a degree in education. Every teacher must have an academic major, as well as teacher training courses. The only exemption from the degree requirement is for individuals seeking Career and Technology certification to teach certain courses, such as welding or computer-aided drafting.

You must complete teacher training through an approved program. These programs are offered through colleges and universities, school districts, regional service centers, community colleges, and other entities.

You must successfully complete the appropriate teacher certification tests for the subject and grade level you wish to teach. For a list of the certification tests and information on which tests are required, click here.

A teacher who holds an appropriate Texas classroom teaching certificate and a bachelor's degree may add classroom certification areas by successfully completing the appropriate certification examination(s) for the area(s) sought. Certification by examination is not available for:

initial certification;

career and technology certification based on skill and work experience;

a class of certificate other than classroom teacher (e.g. School Counselor, Principal, Superintendent, Learning Resources/School Librarian, Educational Diagnostician);

a certificate for which no certification examination has been developed.

ATC

The Web-Centric Alternative Certification Program (WCACP) is 100% online, which allows candidates to complete assignments and coursework in the comfort of their own home. The program does not require candidates to attend face-to-face workshops or seminars like traditional alternative certification programs. WCACP uses the Internet for all face-to-face or synchronous group activities.

Training classes are divided into small groups to allow for candidates to provide correspondence and feedback with other candidates in the program. Cohort groups are selected according to grade level and subject area certification, encouraging a collaborative learning experience for all candidates and interns.

Components Involved in the Online Program:

A learning management system guides you through online modules that build the foundation of teaching knowledge needed to successfully enter the classroom. The online modules involve assignments, journal entries, surveys, online classes, and forums. Online modules are project based and collaborative instead of traditional online training consisting of question and answer formats.


Candidates can download Skype to participate in the following video-conferencing activities.

Video-conferencing office hours:

Tutoring opportunities

Study groups

Virtual Support

Community College

Independence Community College is seeking applications for the position of Director of Technical Theater. Independence Community College, a small, rural, residential community college in southeast Kansas, serves approximately 3,000 full- and part-time students each year and has initiated continuous quality improvement through the AQIP accreditation process.

Position Summary:

This position provides academic and technical support for the Fine Arts Department and works closely with the William Inge Theatre Festival staff, guest artists, and student participants.

The successful candidate will demonstrate expertise in lighting and sound electrics, stage craft, theatre workshop, art and design. The Director will be responsible for all technical and design aspects of ICC Fine Arts productions and all technical aspects of ICC's Inge Theatre and will work with all persons using the theatre to accommodate their technical needs.

Successful candidate will also teach up to six credits per term in a discipline related to theatre arts.

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in technical theatre from an accredited university required; Master of Fine Arts preferred. A Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and significant technical theatre experience will be considered. Experience as an instructor at the college level and previous experience as Technical Director or Assistant Technical Director preferred. Computer skills related to technical theatre desirable.

Position Information:

The Director of Technical Theatre is a 12-month, staff position with benefits. The director reports to the Chair of the Fine Arts Division and the Dean of Instruction. Salary is commensurate with experience and credentials.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Demonstrate commitment to ICC Fine Arts in conjunction with community offerings by providing a positive work environment.

2. Provide technical assistance for effectiveness of overall management in all performances and production events of the William Inge Theater.

3. Plan, budget and oversee theatre improvements.

4. Exhibit fiscal responsibility when assisting the Fine Arts' Chair and the Dean of Instruction in budget development and implementation.

5. Supervise student stagecraft construction and productions.

6. Network with staff and support the Inge Center for the Arts endeavors.

7. Display control necessary to deliver instructional programs in an efficient manner to provide access to quality learning experiences.

8. Give input into the college's structural shared governance and supportive activities.

9. Work with instructors and college personnel to promote the Fine Arts Division and its activities.

10. Recruit students for the Fine Arts and ICC program offerings.

11. Keep regular shop and office hours.

12. Accept duties as assigned.

General Responsibilities:

1. Complete reports and communications in a timely manner for internal and external agencies.

2. Maintain availability based on the needs of the Fine Arts Department.

3. Illustrate clarity of thought and expression in oral and written communications.

4. Exemplify the ability to work with a diverse student population.

5. Communicate effectively with sensitivity to student learning styles and developmental needs.

6. Validate responsible work habits through collaborative and collegial social interactions.

7. Adhere to general rules of safety, procedures, and ethical job standards.

8. Show willingness and ability to assist in development of new programming (including fund development and recruitment).

9. Demonstrate knowledge and willingness to advance practices in electronic media.

10. Present expertise in content area and keep abreast of advancements in the domain of technical theater.

Senior Colleges and Universities

The School of Theatre at Oklahoma City University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Theatre/Lighting Design.

Teaching, Scholarship, and Service Requirements:

The successful candidate will teach undergraduate introductory and advanced courses in lighting design and technology and serve as the Resident Lighting Designer; duties include: lighting design and/or supervision of student lighting designers for Theatre and Opera/Musical Theatre productions; management of the lighting area; creative activity relating to field; service on school and university committees; recruiting at regional and national events to continue the growth of the design and production program. Candidates with connections to the lighting industry and experience with new media and new technologies are desired. Additional skills in sound design and web site design are desired. The successful candidate will join a growing BFA Design and Production program comprised of five full-time faculty and ten full-time professional support staff members, including a master electrician. Faculty members are expected to participate in the school's assessment program and in student recruiting and retention efforts for the school and the university. Additional information about the school can be found at http://www.okcu.edu/theatre

Promotion and Tenure:

Effective teaching, scholarship, and service are required for promotion and tenure. Additional requirements are established by each school and college and defined in the School of Theatre's Procedures for Renewal, Promotion, and Tenure appendix to the OCU Faculty Handbook.

Qualifications:

-MFA in Lighting Design required

-2 years of university level, lighting design teaching experience desired

-2 or more years of professional experience expected

Physical Demands:

Work includes lecture courses in classrooms, and production work in scene shop and performance spaces. In performance spaces, lighting levels can vary from total darkness to full stage lighting. Work in performance spaces requires the ability to move quickly from audience to stage areas which are at different levels. There can be exposure to high volumes levels in the theaters, and the scene and costume shops. Work hours are varied from early morning academic and applied courses to evening and weekend hours in rehearsals and performances.

This faculty position requires a theatre professional capable of sustained physical activity; including but not limited to, frequent standing, walking, and sitting; repetitious finger and wrist movement; visual and hearing acuity. Requires working at heights up to 30 ft in the air, and working on ladders and in aerial lift platforms. Occasionally requires lifting, pulling, pushing, and carrying loads of up to 40 lbs. Occasional climbing stairs, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching high and low; speaking clearly, hearing conversation and color vision. Occasional exposure to wetness and humid conditions.

Project 3

1. Naked Boys Singing!

New World Stages Stage 4

The long-running musical revue featuring, well, naked boys singing.

Opening 14 Oct 2005

“The first line of Naked Boys Singing’s press release reads, “Talk about a Show with Balls!”

http://www.provincetown.com/show_venues_provincetown/entertainment_news_provincetown/_/16231/

This show is very controversial in New York right now. It star 8 nude men singing and dancing a revue. I believe its a bit over bored for a theatre show and causes to much of a controversy. I can understand brief nudity but, a full show is just search to stir up issues.

2. Spring Awakening

Music

Duncan Sheik

Lyrics

Steven Sater

Book

Steven Sater

Eugene O'Neill Theatre on December 10, 2006 and closed on January 18, 2009.

Directed by Michael Mayer with choreography by Bill T. Jones.

“Controversial broadway play shows nudity, masturbation, & more, of 17-22 yr olds”

http://officerresource.com/forums/f5/controversial-broadway-play-shows-nudity-masturbation-more-17-22-yr-olds-12391/

Spring Awakening is to controversial because it deal with to young of a nature. It stars of age people but, its mention and shown about younger people nude or sexual desires. I do not believe under age in that manner should be discussed. I believe it leads to many questions and situations for many audience members.

3. Angels in America

Written by

Tony Kushner

Walter Kerr Theatre in 1993

Directed by George C. Wolfe

Tony Kushner does the same things for his audiences. He carefully scans the cultural horizons for the topics people are afraid to discuss . . . then he discusses them.

http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/tony-kushner-angels-in-america/

This show is to controversial because of what it deals with and when it premiered in NY it was a rough time in AIDS history. AIDS was finally being investigated and this show brought in a new aspect that I don't believe the city was ready for.

4. Show Boat

Music

Jerome Kern

Lyrics

Oscar Hammerstein II

Book

Oscar Hammerstein II

Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on December 27, 1927

“Show Boat boldly portrayed racial issues, and was the first racially integrated musical, in that both black and white performers appeared on stage together.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Boat#cite_note-Disclaimer-10

This show was very controversial because it was the first co-race show in American Broadway. I think it might have been to early for this. I don't think that this momentous occasion should have fit with the stories issues of race. It was already was a big deal for a show. I think it added to much to the hype and was to much to handle.

5. The Piven Monologues

The Public Theater, which houses the intimate nightspot Joe's Pub

Created by Alena Smith (Public Emerging Writers Group 2009) with Jordan Seavey (EWG '09) and Anna O'Donoghue.

Sept. 14 and is currently scheduled for an encore presentation Oct. 2 at 11:30 PM.

Order Given September 15th

“...was issued a "cease and desist" letter for the nightclub's production of The Piven Monologues,...he controversy surrounding Jeremy Piven's surprise departure from the recent Broadway revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow...”

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/132885-Piven-Monologues-Receive-Cease-and-Desist-Letter

This was way to hot to handle due to its proximity in time to the actual story line. I believe Piven was right to issue the order. If more time had been given I believe he would have been fine with it. It was just a matter of poor timing.

6. ”Impulse to Suck: The performance of the apology and the separation between sex and state,"

Sixth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association at New York University,

The performance artist Karen Finley

May 2008

“Ms. Finley said that the scandal played into the public's need to turn politicians into tragic archetypes.”

http://www.nysun.com/arts/karen-finley-on-sex-and-socks/75492/

Ms. Finley is just to hot to handle with this one. Just like most issues the timing of this show was off. The story behind the show is still fresh on the publics mind and it does not matter to be an excuse for the public. It would be hard for the butt of this joke to take it as this and I think it just stirs up more controversy then is needed.

7. Take Me Out

Philadelphia Theatre Company

By Richard Greenberg

Directed by James J. Christy

May 13 - June 19, 2005

“...of a controversial subject, homosexuality in Major League Baseball.”

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/philly/phil15.html

This show was to hot because of its timing with other baseball issues. With MLB having to deal with its Steroid issues, this just added in another issue to think about. I don't think baseball fans need to/ want to think about if there favorite players are gay and they are shy enough as it is. This was just to much at the wrong time.

8. “Quills”

George Washington University

directed by senior Paul Rozenberg and sophomore Alex Eisner

May 2009

“After six months of arguments with the University over the play's inclusion of nudity.”

http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2009/04/30/Arts/Nudity.Controversy.Theater.Kids-3732677.shtml

This show is controversial cause it involves nudity. I think frontal nudity does not belong in academic theatre. I believe this school thought same thing and felt that this was to hot of an issue to deal with.

9. Rent

Corona del Mar High School

Ron Martin, the theater teacher and director

February 19, 2009

“It was canceled after he chose the student version for the spring musical, hoping that it would counter what he saw as creeping homophobia on this Orange County campus.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/theater/20rent.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1

Rent should never be done in high school. It deals with to many hot topics that kids are just starting to learn and/ or identify with. Some kids are learning now that they may be gay. They don't need the added threats of homophobic and AIDS. Its controversial for its time period and it doesn't need to be brought to high schools.

10. Equus

Written by

Peter Shaffer

the Broadhurst Theatre, running through 8 February 2009

It’s Harry Potter on a horse!

This shows issue was that it starred Daniel Radcliffe. To many he is the boyhood hero Harry Potter. Here in the U.S. it's a major story and I dont think he should have played this role here in america. I think it ruins the sense of the books and I don't think kids would understand he's acting. He is to identifiable and this role was to much.

Project 1

Woolly Mammoth Theatre

Maria/Stuart By Jason Grote (produced 2008)

“followed the scene-for-scene structure of an 1800 German Romantic tragedy”

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=36099

“referred to as ''kitchen-sink'' dramas…”

http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/stage.php?ak=3722

BOOM by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (produced 2008)

“grandly wacked-out apocalypse fantasy in…”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/11/AR2008111102261.html

“a soaring, wonder-filled creation myth…”

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=36477

Antebellum By Robert O’Hara (produced 2009)

“O’Hara begins his serio-comic drama...”

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=37013

“how the increasingly sci-fi leaning story...”

http://dcist.com/2009/04/antebellum_in_progress.php

BARACK STARS by THE SECOND CITY (produced 2009)

“cross hairs of this enjoyably polished sketch-comedy revue...”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071604020.html

“a zany revue of zingers and blackout comedy Second City”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/17/theater-presidential-comedy/

The Unmentionables by Bruce Norris (produced 2007)

“Bruce Norris's pleasingly knife-twisting satire...”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090602624.html?tid=informbox

“The drama begins (and ends) with one character..”

http://www.aislesay.com/CHI-UNMENTIONABLES.html

Current Nobody by Melissa James Gibson (produced 2007)

“for a comedy about a female war photographer’s...”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/theater/17ishe.html?_r=1

“alls into an uneasy middle ground between comedy and drama...”

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/dc/dc326.html

STUNNING by David Adjmi (produced 2008)

“the play migrates intriguingly from the path of comedy to a realm more plaintive and tragic.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903587.html

“In "Stunning," the melodrama does not...”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/mar/21/stunning-clash-of-cultures/

Vigils by Noah Haidle (produced 2007)

“the comedy's whimsical underpinnings...”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/ AR2007020601874.html

It's a romantic premise...”

http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/stage.php?ak=2538

The Faculty Room — Bridget Carpenter (produced 2006)

“Carpenter's satiric drama may...”

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/dc/dc237.html

“is going to be a pungent black comedy about life on...”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061601872.html

Big Love — Charles L. Mee (produced 2002)

“explosively theatrical hybrid, the vaudevillian tragicomedy.”

http://www.curtainup.com/biglove.html

“The dark romantic comedy exuberantly...”

http://www.dailycamera.com/theater-dance/ci_13785905

American University

Tartuffe by Molière (produced 2009)

“Molière’s 17th century comedy “Tartuffe” gets...”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/02/review-tartuffe.html

“...more in the nature of burlesque...”

http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/theater/reviews/01tart.html

Thoroughly Modern Millie - Book by Richard Morris (produced 2008)

“Creating a musical comedy takes an amazing...”

http://www.musicals101.com/millie.htm

“It is a musical in the...”

http://www.curtainup.com/thoroughlymodernmillie.html

Urinetown - Book by Greg Kotis (produced 2007)

“a neo-Brechtian absurdist melodrama about a city...”

http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/urinetown03.htm

“Urinetown is an enjoyable musical, although...”

http://tech.mit.edu/V121/N66/urinetown_copy.66a.html

The Hundred Dresses by Ralph Covert and G. Riley Mills (produced 2007)

“With its world premiere of the musical “The Hundred Dresses,”

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/10/hundred-dresses-tale-of-bullies-and-bystanders-is-the-best-yet-by-chicago-chidrens-theatre-.html

Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman (produced 2007)

“It's an unpretentious suspense melodrama, as slam...”

http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9E0CE5DB1639F93BA25750C0A964958260

“...play as an intense and serious thriller,..."

http://www.gazette.net/stories/01202010/entemon111158_32550.php

University of Maryland

Marisol by Jose Rivera (produced 2008)

“...only settings that count in this gruesome fantasy...”

http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html? res=9F0CE5DD123EF932A15756C0A965958260

“...Jose Rivera's apocalyptic diatribe about war...”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/18/ AR2009031803992.html

Catholic University of America

Angels in America by Tony Kushner (produced 2002)

“At center stage, "Angels" is a domestic drama,...”

http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9f0ce2dc1431f936a35756c0a965958260

“Mixing fantasy and realism, soap-opera and grand opera,..”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2007/jun/28/theatre