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• Scenes from an Execution: Dramatic Arts in the era of Covid-19! opens Oct.30

  Saturday, October 24, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  scenes from an Execution
  by HOWard Barker

  Scenes from an Execution is a genre-bending feeding frenzy of high impact theatre, art film, and social media. This production features the story of a 16th century punk feminist painter named Galactia. She outsmarts and out-arts all the other hangers-on with her ability to wield a paintbrush and her prowess with a video camera. She stores her lover in a plexiglass box, and, well, everything takes off from there… Taking place in an in-between pandemonium of dozens of separate performance spaces around the region and the world, Scenes From and Execution integrates the live and the recorded, and blood and paint, in festival of good-times-for-all that won’t be easily ignored!
  Directed by David Fancy.

  Live streamed on:
  October 30 at 7:30 PM
  October 31 at 7:30 PM
  November 01 at 2:00 PM
  November 06 at 7:30 PM
  November 07 at 7:30 PM

  Where: created at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre, 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines with content from the performance spaces of students and artists in Canada and Mexico, streamed to the MIWSFPA YouTube Channel.

  Reservations to view the Scenes from an Execution performance of your choice can now be made at brocku.universitytickets.com
  There is no charge for reservations, but numbers are limited. Please book your ticket soon.

  Behind the Screen: See this student video showing how we made Scenes from an Execution,

  Program including statements of purpose from the student artists for Scenes from an Execution is available on the website or for download here

  

  click to open program

  CREATIVE TEAM:

  Director: David Fancy
  Associate Director: Molly Lacey*
  Set/Costume Designer: Kelly Wolf
  Assistant Designer: Wyatt Hoskins*
  Dramaturg: Asenia Hall*
  Choreographer: Trevor Copp
  Dance Captain: Marley Mahon*
  Audio Design: James Dengate*
  Stage Manager: Peter Herbert*
  Asst Stage Manager Alyssa Ruddock*

  CAST:

  Galactia – Holly Hebert*
  Carpeta – Neo Moore*
  Urgentino – Jesse Caines*
  Suffici – Jackson Wagner*
  Rivera – Heidi Nickel*
  Ostensible – Diego Blanco*
  Prodo/Third Sailor – Jarrod Vandenbogaerd*
  Sketchbook/Pastaccio – Celine Zamidar*
  Supporta – Sammie Marett*
  Dementia – Chloe Petrou*
  Sorda/Sailor – Maiya Irwin*
  Official/Gaoler – Isaiah Alton*
  Lasagna/Sailor – Marley Mahon*
  Sailor/Workman/Woman in the next cell – Thea Van Loon*

  PRODUCTION:

  Production Manager: Brian Cumberland
  Technical Director: Gavin Fearon
  Assistant TD: Sid Malcolm*
  Sound Operator: Alex Sykes*
  Head of Wardrobe: Roberta Doylend
  Wardrobe Assistant: Julian Corlett*
  Construction Head: Ed Harris
  SM Supervisor: Carolyn MacKenzie

  ( * DART student)

  Tags: DART, David Fancy, Dramatic Arts, Howard Barker, Mainstage, Play, Scenes from an Execution, theatre
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Performance Season, Plays, Uncategorised

• Health Sciences students learn to confront personal biases

  Wednesday, October 07, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Image: Medical Sciences student Larissa DellaVentura took part in an experiential exercise that taught her Health and Canadian Society class about their unconscious biases.

  (Originally published FRIDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2020 in The Brock News | by Douglas Hunt)

  Though she may have appeared to be relaxing on a bench, Larissa DellaVentura was hard at work trying to see the world through the eyes of those around her.

  The third-year Medical Sciences student recently completed an observation exercise where she evaluated the behaviours of people while sitting in a public space and maintaining physical distancing. However, her preparation to complete the exercise started a few days earlier from the comfort of her home office.

  To become accustomed to observing the actions of others while also factoring in circumstances that are not initially obvious, DellaVentura and her Health in Canadian Society class completed an online experiential learning activity designed to heighten their perception of people’s body language as well as their own unintentional biases.

  In order to ensure the activity was completed in a physically distanced manner, local theatre company Mirror Theatre, which is mostly comprised of Dramatic Arts students and alumni, led the class through a virtual exercise that involved analyzing prepared photos and the body language of participants, while also attempting to make assumptions based only on what they had seen.

  “It really demonstrated how we have our own biases and our own unique perspectives,” said DellaVentura of the exercise. “Even as we were looking at the same pose on our screen, some interpreted it as embarrassed, while others believed the person was praying.”

  The course’s instructor, Assistant Professor Valerie Michaelson, said the lessons of empathy and self-reflection the exercise promoted are critical for aspiring health professionals.

  “When we are in professions in the health and medical sciences and don’t take the time to examine our biases, it can very literally be deadly,” she said. “This observation assignment also helps us to see how easy it is to make assumptions about why people have the health experiences they do. When we start to really pay attention, we see that some neighbourhoods have access to safe parks and fresh, affordable produce, but others just don’t. We start to consider how health is about a lot more than self-discipline, and that some of the most important health choices we make are often shaped by matters that are outside our control.”

  In addition to the broadened perspectives experienced by students taking part, those leading the exercise were also able to participate and grow.

  “We successfully accomplished our goal to assist us all in playfully and critically exploring our implicit perspectives on how we read the world,” said Mirror Theatre Artistic Director and Brock Professor of Drama in Education and Applied Theatre Joe Norris. “Feedback from a number of participants indicated that they became more aware of the assumptions that they make.”

  Mirror Theatre member and Brock graduate Bernadette Kahnert (BA, BEd ’19) said her team learned valuable lessons about their own assumptions when it came to online instruction.

  “The workshop was very informative of what can be done online,” she said. “It showed me that remote learning can open up doors I would not have in a traditional face-to-face atmosphere and has given me hope that I can still deliver an in-depth, reflective and educational experience.”

  Once the online portion wrapped up, DellaVentura put the reflective skills she learned to the test in a north-end St. Catharines plaza.

  As an aspiring physician, she said the exercise has encouraged her to look within herself while also being more aware of the circumstances of those around her.

  “We all have our own implicit biases that we may not even be aware of,” she said. “As a health-care professional, it’s important that we confront those biases and not let them influence our decisions.”

  Along with DellaVentura, some members of the class have chosen to safely visit outdoor public spaces, while others have decided to observe from their windows or through other means.

  Regardless of where they chose to conduct their observation, Michaelson is confident that the exercise will have a lasting effect.

  “These exercises light a flame in people, and it grows into something that is long-lasting and transformative,” she said. “We want our students to be leaders in the health-care system who have the skills to identify inequities so that they can then participate in the urgent work of dismantling them.”

  To learn more about Brock’s experiential education programs and in-class workshops, visit the Experiential Education website.

  Mirror Theatre is recruiting new participants from the Brock community with an online orientation meeting on Wednesday, October 7 from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Anyone interested in participating is asked to contact Norris at jnorris@brocku.ca for login instructions.

  Tags: Bernadette Kahnert, CCE, Department of Dramatic Arts, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Joe Norris, Larissa DelaVentura, Mirror Theatre, Valerie Michaelson
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• Our commitment to you

  Saturday, September 05, 2020 | By dvivian

  Beginning in June, in part prompted by feedback from students and alumni, as well as in observation of momentum of Black Lives Matter, DART faculty and staff began meeting regularly with Brock’s Office of Human Rights and Equity (HRE).

  With the support of HRE staff, our goal is to examine and identify the department’s contributions to white supremacy and all oppressive structures and practices, whether inside or out of the classroom, in the curriculum, in our productions, in our community engagement, and in our relationships with other offices we collaborate with or who represent us.

  Read about the Department’s commitment to you.

  See also: scholarstrikecanada.ca

  Tags: accountable, alumni, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, Black, Black Lives Matter, BLM, class differences, community, community engagement, curriculum, differently-abled, dismantle, economic circumstances, equity, feedback, gender, HRE, Human Rights and Equity, impact, Indigenous, intention, liberation, marginalized, minoritized, neurodivergent, non-white, oppression, Persons of Colour, power imbalances, privilege, privileges, productions, relationships, safety, sexuality, statement, students, white supremacy
  Categories: Alumni, Announcements, Current Students, Faculty & Instructors, Future students, In the Media, News, Uncategorised

• Joining us for your first year of studies? Interested in a DART minor or elective?

  Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  Welcome to Brock University for September 2020!

  The Chair of the Department of Dramatic Arts, Dr. David Fancy, welcomes you!
  Watch the brief video (also posted on the MIWSFPA YouTube channel.)

  Minor in Dramatic Arts!

  Students in other disciplines may obtain a Minor in Dramatic Arts by successfully completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average.  You begin with courses in Praxis (Introduction to Theatre and Performance, and Performance as Cultural Practice I), or Drama in Education and Applied Theatre, or Performance and Production and Design, and then select three credits from the entire catalog of DART courses.  Be sure to check for prerequisites!

  DART 1P91 and 1P92, or DART 1P94 and 1P95, or DART 1P97 and 1P99

  three DART credits

  If you are seeking information about the courses at Dramatic Arts during this
  autumn of the covid-19 pandemic, check out this google doc advising sheet.
  You do not require a google account to read the document.

  

  click on the image to open the google doc

  Tags: DART, Dramatic Arts, electives, first year, MIWSFPA
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Future students, News, Uncategorised

• DART 1F01: Acting for Non-Majors, now available ONLINE

  Monday, May 25, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  [including content from an article published in The Brock News on TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 | by Alison Innes]

  Enliven your TikTok feed, gain the confidence of your own creativity, study acting with the Department of Dramatic Arts!

  The switch to online learning is offering Brock University’s Dramatic Arts students new ways of exploring their craft.

  

  download 2 portrait posters in pdf

  “We’re making some exciting changes to DART 1F01: Acting for Non-Majors,” says Professor David Fancy. “We’re using this opportunity to build a course that we can also share with students who have to work remotely in the future.”

  The course, which Fancy describes as “extreme monologuing,” is designed to help students discover the underlying principles of acting. Students will explore the actor’s process, including awareness, stimulus, impulse, intention and action. Exercises will help students become aware of their ingrained habits and develop playfulness and vitality.

  “We’ve drawn on expertise from actor trainers around the globe,” says Fancy, who has been working on a series of videos featuring professional actors being led through drama exercises. The course consists of 24 modules involving video, reading, and writing.

  Performance submissions (in the form of three separate monologues throughout the course) will be made to the teaching team by video, and there are no specific class times. You can proceed at your own pace though the course during the month-long duration (July). The instructor will be available regularly by phone or video to provide assistance as necessary.

  The course is offered online, July 2-29, 2020.  Please register before July 1, 2020

  For more information: David Fancy dfancy@brocku.ca

  

  download 2 landscape posters in pdf

   

  Tags: acting for non majors, DART 1F01, David Fancy, Dramatic Arts, online
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Faculty & Instructors, Future students, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Uncategorised

• Announcing DART 3P94: Theatre Criticism, an Online Intensive beginning June 2

  Thursday, April 02, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  [edited on May 25 reflecting the continuing closure of theatre around the world and with content from an article published in The Brock News on TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 | by Alison Innes]

  DART 3P94: Theatre Criticism
  Online intensive, June 2-12, 2020

  DART 3P94: Theatre Criticism is a new course that introduces students to the practical craft of and the theoretical background to theatre criticism. The activity of the course is divided between seeing productions and writing reviews of them; workshopping these reviews with the instructor and classmates; editing the reviews towards assessed submission, and eventual possible publication on a dedicated course blogsite; reading and discussing relevant academic and journalistic articles about criticism; and learning about alternative, digital, performative, and visual forms of criticism.

  

  download the poster

  The instruction of this summertime intensive will be online, conducted using a combination of video conferencing, online chatrooms, animated Powerpoint lectures, and related formats. There will be designated course times during which students will be required to be virtually present; other activities during the two-week course will include reading/class preparation; writing and editing reviews and other forms of written response to theatre; creating digital critical responses using social media and other online platforms; participating in digital forums; and developing a summative criticism project. A final research paper about criticism will be due at the end of June.

  Students will be required to see a minimum of four theatre productions as part of the course. While Fricker had hoped to take students on field trips to see live theatre, the pandemic situation has meant that students will be exploring theatre through video.

  “There is an increasing amount of video-captured theatre performances available online, both through online subscriptions and packages that the Brock Library already holds, to theatres and festivals making some of their captured content available to the public,” says Fricker. It may be that a combination of live and recorded viewing is possible but all the performances will be viewed online.

  “One of the interesting wrinkles of critiquing such performances is that you’re not reviewing live theatre but rather a recording of live theatre, and so questions of camera angles, cuts and actors’ relationships to each other and the camera come into play.”

  This is an intensive course experience and prospective students are advised to be prepared to engage with it full-time during the two weeks of the course.

  Prerequisite(s) are DART 2P96 and 2Q92 (2F94) or permission of the department. Interested students are invited to write to the instructor, Prof. Karen Fricker (kfricker@brocku.ca), as she is willing to consider relevant course experiences from other programs than DART.

  Please register before May 1, 2020.

  Karen Fricker is an associate professor in Dramatic Arts at Brock, a theatre critic at the Toronto Star, and vice-president of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association.

  A PDF version of this page is available for download.

  

  Tags: 3P94, DARTcritics, Karen Fricker, theatre criticism
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Faculty & Instructors, Future students, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Uncategorised

• Dramatic Arts presents the ONE ACTS Festival 2020, opening March 20

  Wednesday, March 11, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  EDITOR’S NOTE: This event has been cancelled as part of Brock University’s ongoing efforts to protect the health and safety of students, faculty, staff and the community in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

  March 20 and March 21 at 7:30 pm

  performed in the The Marilyn I. Walker Theatre,
  15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines

  Admission: pay-what-you-can at the door
  Limited paid parking available

  Six Emerging Directors Present a Varied Festival of One Act Theatre Plays

  This year’s play festival offers plays of all moods, from somber to joyful.

  Three Canadian plays by Victoria Dawe, John Lazarus, and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard explore the meaning of Art, why Playwriting might be illegal in some places, and what happens when Feminazis emerge from their bunker to take over the world!

  From Ireland and the US, Deirdre Kinahan and Laurie Powers bring poignant explorations of ageing, of reflection and regret, while Slavomir Mrozek’s expressionist satire of freedom politics in 1968 Poland resonates in many countries today.

  

  download the poster

  The emerging directors from Brock University’s Department of Dramatic Arts are Dillon Bernier, Wyatt Hoskin, Holly Hebert, Juan-Carlos Figueroa, Molly Lacey, and Peter Herbert. These student directors are completing the course DART 3P54 Directing II, a directing practicum focusing on creating action, total theatre composition, team management and communications, lead by Associate Professor Gyllian Raby and instructor/teaching assistant Colin B. Anthes of Twitches and Itches Theatre and Essential Collective Theatre. The directors each selected a play that spoke to them about the world we live in, and worked through all production elements from casting through to design and rehearsal. The Department of Dramatic Arts is proud to launch these young artists with this exciting Spring event.

  THE ILLEGAL PLAYWRITING CLASS
  by John Lazarus
  Directed by Wyatt Hoskin

  THE TRUNK
  by L. Elizabeth Powers
  Directed by Molly Lacey

  SALAD DAY
  by Deirdre Kinahan
  Directed by Juan-Carlos Figueroa

  THE WORK OF ART
  by Victoria Dawe
  Directed by Dillon Bernier

  SAY THE WORDS
  by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
  Directed by Holly Hebert

  OUT AT SEA
  by Sławomir Mrozek
  Directed by Peter Herbert

  Tags: DART 3P54, Directing, Dramatic Arts, One Acts, One Acts Festival
  Categories: Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, News, Performance Season, Plays, Uncategorised

• Studio Taxi Theatre presents TomorrowLove, opening April 3 at the MIW Theatre

  Tuesday, March 03, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  EDITOR’S NOTE: This event has been cancelled as part of Brock University’s ongoing efforts to protect the health and safety of students, faculty, staff and the community in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

  Have you ever wondered what would happen if someone decided to erase you from their memory completely? Would you use an app that could match you with your soulmate? What if you could communicate with the dead via video chat?

  Rosamund Small’s TomorrowLove is a collection of stories about love, sex, technology, and the future. Studio Taxi Theatre’s (DART 4F56 – Advanced Studies in Theatre) production features 9 of Small’s stories performed as an immersive experience around the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. The stories range from the poignant and comedic, to the dramatic and heartbreaking.

  Every audience member will see 4 stories as they travel through this experience, therefore, audiences are encouraged to see the show at least twice in order to catch as many stories as they can. The number of audience members is limited to 40 per show, split into 2 groups in order to allow for intimate audience/actor relationships, so it is recommended that audience members buy their tickets in advance and arrive early to choose their own adventure!

  Each location in the production is accessible and will have seating for audience members.
  If you anticipate extra assistance being needed, please contact studiotaxitheatre@gmail.com

  Content warning: contains scenes with sexual content, strong language, and references to sexual and physical violence.

  This is a presentation by the DART 4F56 (Advanced Studies in Theatre)/DART 4P97 (Collaborative Stage Production) graduating students’ ensemble for Spring 2020. All productions are created, produced and performed by DART students under the direction of Mike Griffin.

  Presented at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts.
  Purchase your tickets at https://brocku.universitytickets.com/.

  When:
  April 3, 2020 — 5:00 p.m.
  April 3, 2020 — 9 p.m.
  April 4, 2020 —1:00 p.m.
  April 4, 2020 —5:00 p.m.
  April 4, 2020 —9:00 p.m.

  Where: Marilyn I. Walker Theatre, 15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines

  Director: Mike Griffin
  Assistant Director: Josh Loewen
  Set Designer: Josh Loewen
  Props Designer/Set Decoration: Joanna Trann
  Costume Designer: Rachel Frederick
  Lighting Designer: Lauren Reid
  Sound Design: Taylor Bogaert
  Dramaturge: Alexandra Chubaty Boychuk
  Stage Manager: Shannon Fletcher
  Assistant Stage Manager: Jasmine Case
  Production Manager: Jordine De Guzman
  Head of Publicity: Shannon Fletcher

  Cast:

  Alexandra Chubaty Boychuk
  Emily Clegg
  Paige Hunt-Harman
  Samantha Rideout
  Beth Martin
  Frances Johnson

  Tags: 4F56, DART 4F56, love, Michael Griffin, Tomorrow, TomorrowLove
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, Future students, News, Performance Season, Plays, Uncategorised

• MIWSFPA production explores relationships in today’s connected world

  Thursday, November 21, 2019 | By dvivian

  

  Brock students from the fourth-year Advanced Studies in Theatre course rehearse for their upcoming performance of Love and Information, opening Nov. 29 at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre.

  ---

  published in the Brock News THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 | by Dan Dakin

  A fourth-year Dramatic Arts class from Brock University’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts is putting its spin on the Caryl Churchill production Love and Information. 

  Opening on Friday, Nov. 29 at the Marilyn I. Walker Theatre in downtown St. Catharines, Love and Information examines relationships in a world of excess and access, where fragmented individuals struggle to connect despite having everything at their fingertips.

  The show is produced by Studio Taxi Theatre, run by students in the Advanced Studies in Theatre course, and is part of the MIWSFPA’s mandate to contribute to regional cultural development and build community connections.

  Through more than 100 characters in 60 scenes, the production looks at how love and information impacts their lives and relationships. The play moves from one scene to the next with rapid dexterity, as if the audience was flipping through the channels on a television. Viewers catch snippets of real human beings in the heart of conflicts, connection and catastrophe.

  Dramatic Arts Professor Mike Griffin, who directs the performance, says Love and Information is an exciting show because of how it structurally and thematically reflects today’s society.

  “Churchill comments on what it is like to be in the ‘swipe’ generation, constantly switching from app to app, staying connected as long as the entertainment lasts,” he says. “The play examines how information affects our relationships.”

  Griffin calls Churchill one of the most dynamic playwrights alive, paving the way to experiment with form and content. Her plays often challenge societal ideals and abuses of power, and her writing explores unconventional structures. Love and Information was first produced in 2012 at the Royal Court Theatre in London, U.K., directed by James MacDonald, and has since then met incredible success with productions across the world.

  Churchill’s script gives theatre companies the flexibility to shuffle the order of the scenes, allowing the artists to makes strong choices about how to shape the production. It means no two versions of the play will ever be the same. The stage is set up in alley-style seating, with audiences on either side of the stage and actors in the middle, providing for an intimate engagement.

  Love and Information showcases the talents of the Brock University student performers Jasmine Case, Joanna Tran, Joshua Loewen, Lauren Reid, Rachel Frederick, Shannon Fletcher and Taylor Bogaert.

  Students in production and design roles include: Frances Johnson, set designer; Rachel Frederick and Paige Hunt-Harman, costume designers; Elizabeth Martin, sound designer; Samantha Rideout, production manager/choreographer; Alexandra Chubaty Boychuk, prop designer/choreographer; Jordine De Guzman, stage manager; and Emily Clegg, dramaturg. Lighting design is by Brock Dramatic Arts alumni James McCoy.

  Director of the MIWSFPA David Vivian said student productions like this one set the Dramatic Art students up for a successful career in the arts.

  “The DART 4F56 course is a capstone experiential education-oriented course that often serves as a launching pad for the post-graduation founding of new companies and projects of creative research and theatre production in Niagara and the GTA,” he said. “Students build, produce, perform, direct, dramaturge and market these original events.  It sets them up to be highly qualified to work for a theatre or production company, and gives them the confidence to launch their own projects.”

  Love and Information runs:

  Friday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

  Saturday, Nov. 30 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

  Sunday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m.

  The show is suitable for ages 10 and over. Tickets are $5 and are available through Brock University’s ticket hub online at brocku.universitytickets.com

  see the BrockTV video moment

  see the official trailer produced by Studio Taxi Theatre

  Tags: 4F56, Churchill, Dramatic Arts, Griffin, Love and Information, Studio Taxi Theatre, Vivian
  Categories: Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Performance Season, Plays, Uncategorised

• Identities Relocated: A LGBTQ Newcomer’s Story, at the Folk Arts Multicultural Centre

  Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | By dvivian

  

  In collaboration with the Folk Arts Multicultural Centre and Pride Niagara, Brock students in the Dramatic Arts Social Issues Theatre for Community Engagement course created a play based on interviews with LGBTQ+ newcomer and second-generation Canadians.

  The play blends direct quotations and true stories into Aminah’s journey trying to find her place as a lesbian newcomer from Pakistan in St. Catharines.

  The performance also includes a Forum Theatre segment, which invites audience members to join the characters onstage in dealing with conflicts faced by Aminah.

  As Alejandro, a gay Colombian Canadian character, says, “LGBTQ, newcomers, and everyone else is invited!”

  Please join us Monday, November 25th @ 5pm at the Folk Arts Multicultural Centre for the play entitled, Identities Relocated: A LGBTQ Newcomer’s Story.

  for more information please contact:

  Rachel Rhoades, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Applied Theatre
  Department of Dramatic Arts, Brock University
  rrhoades @ brocku.ca

  Tags: Folk Arts, forum theatre, Niagara Folk Arts Centre, Pride, Rachel Rhoades
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, Media Releases, News, Plays, Uncategorised