Beginning with the 2009/10 academic year DART students choose to pursue their studies in one of five concentrations: Applied Theatre, Drama in Education, Performance, Production and Design, and Theatre Praxis.
The previous streams of Dramatic Literature, Drama in Education and Society, and Theatre will be concluded over the next few years.
Please see the Academic Calendar for more details.
Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the most innovative and essential theatre artists to emerge from American experimental theatre in the past decade,” Obie-award-winning New York City playwright and director Richard Maxwell and members of the New York City Players visited Toronto and the Brock University campus for the first time April 18th and 19th, 2009.
Students, faculty, and members of the theatre community engaged in a discussion with Richard and members of the New York City Players in an informal workshop that included a mini-retrospective of their productions to date and exercises demonstrating principles that are central to their work. The evening concluded with a site-specific show entitled Showcase that takes place in a hotel room. Showcase plumbs the thoughts of a businessman absorbed in the world of his private, hotel room as he and his shadow examine his past.
Our Department is proud to be a key recipient of the generosity of our local patron, renowned Canadian fibre artist Marilyn Walker. On November 5, 2008 the university announced that she has donated $15 million to Brock’s School of Fine and Performing Arts — the largest donation the University has ever received. With gratitude our School has been renamed the The Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. Please see here for more information about this ground-breaking and future-building event. Thank-you, Marilyn!
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: [email protected]
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