photo credit: jacelynholmes.com
At the 2008 Fall Convocation, DART graduate Jacelyn Holmes received the Spirit of Brock award. The 23-year-old dramatic arts student received special recognition from the university for her academic work and contribution to life at the school. “Art is life!” she declared after receiving her award, which is given to one student who is deemed to embody the spirit of Sir Isaac Brock by inspiring other students.
alumni, Jacelyn Holmes, Spirit of Brock award
Categories: Alumni, News
Every October DART students participate in a special General Brock Soirée. In 2008 the event was held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. This is now a not-to-be-missed regional event held in the new Guernsey Market at Brock University’s Main Campus in St. Catharines, Ontario.
click on the poster above to download your own copy. Medea Media Release: download here (PDF)
by Euripides
directed by Natalie Alvarez. scenography by David Vivian.
November 13, 14, 15, 2008 @ 7:30 p.m.
November 14, 2008 @ 11:30 a.m. Student Matinee
An ancient Greek tragedy crashes against the shores of modern life and lingers in televised ruins.
A riveting retelling of Euripides’ Medea set in a multi-media talk-show environment, with a musical guest appearance, live cameras, and haunting visual effects.
Backstage Workshop, Performance, and Talk-Back Package:
Student groups can book a Medea field-trip package that begins with a pre-show workshop led by members of the Medea creative team, faculty, and students of the Department of Dramatic Art’s Drama in Education and Society Stream.
see here for more information: Medea Field Trip package (PDF)
Medea Teaching Module:
A series of thematic topics followed by discussion questions and exercises that high school teachers may use in preparation for their field trip to the Department of Dramatic Art’s production of Medea.
download here: Medea Workshop (PDF)
Medea promo for students (PDF file)
Watch the slideshow for Medea featuring images from the production and narration provided by Natalie Alvarez, the Director of Medea:
Listen to the Director of Medea, Natalie Alvarez, introduce you to the show:
November 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2008:
Medea
by Euripides
. . . an ancient Greek tragedy crashes against the shores of modern life and lingers in televised ruins . . .
Directed by Natalie Alvarez
Designed by David Vivian
February 12th, 13th, and 14h, 2009:
Smash!
Anarchic Comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher
based on the novel by Bernard Shaw
Directed by Gyllian Raby
by Caryl Churchill
directed by David Fancy, scenography by Kelly Wolf.
Set in the throes of contemporary environmental degradation, Caryl Churchill’s The Skriker features the Earth speaking back to human beings in terrifying ways. Join the haunting!
We have developed a Study Guide about the production – click on the link below: (be sure to use a recent version of Acrobat Reader)
February 14, 15, 2008 @ 7:30 p.m.
February 16, 2008 @ 2:00 p.m.
There is a Student Matinee at 11:30 AM on Friday, February 15, 2008. Please contact Marie Balsom for more information, at 905-688-5550 x 4765; e-mail: mbalsom@brocku.ca
Caryl Churchill, Mainstage, The Skriker
Categories: Events, Plays
The Department of Dramatic Arts presents . . .
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Pond Inlet at Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
On January 14, 2008, the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock University will host an interdisciplinary, one-day symposium on the topic of mental health, ‘madness’ and creativity as part of its mainstage season featuring performances of Caryl Churchill’s The Skriker and Peter Weiss’ Marat/Sade. The symposium’s aim is to investigate this emergent theme of our mainstage productions from a multiplicity of vantage points by bringing together scholars and practitioners from a variety of disciplines. Of particular interest is the arguably contentious and challenging process of representing ‘madness’ in performance and other forms of artistic expression.
please see the conference website here
art, Brock University, creativity, madness, madness manifest, mental health, pond inlet, symposium
Categories: Events, News
The Department of Dramatic Arts and the Theatre Arts program of Fanshawe College (London, Ontario) are delighted to announce a new Articulation Agreement beginning immediately. This degree-completion program awards a maximum of 10.0 credits to applicants with an overall 75% average upon transfer from the 2-year diploma in Theatre Arts Program at Fanshawe College (Performance, THP1).
Please click here for more information. 
In 2008 the deadline for
Domestic (Canadian) Applicants is June 2.
Please click here for more information about the application process.
NB: Transfer students usually require an OUAC 105D-type application
(The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade)
by Peter Weiss
directed by Virginia Reh, scenography by David Vivian.
Set in the asylum in 1808, Sade’s drama is about the assassination of the populist revolutionary Jean Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday. This incident is viewed through the lens of Sade’s exploration of sexual excess and physical cruelty. In Brechtian fashion, the story is continually interrupted and analyzed. At the heart of Sade’s drama is the debate between himself as the author and his character Marat, who is played by another inmate.
We have developed a Study Guide incorporating information and ideas about the historical context of the play as well as our directorial and scenographic direction to this production. Click on the link below:
v. 16.11.07; Updates will be posted as available.
November 15, 16, 17, 2007, @ 7:30 p.m.
The Assistant Director has set up a Facebook Event Page for the project. Click here.
Mainstage, Marat/Sade, Peter Weiss, plays
Categories: Events, Plays
The design project work of our students was shown for the first time in the Canadian Schools of Theatre exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial in June 2007.
