Articles tagged with: Dramatic Arts

• Dramatic Arts students mount ominous play from award-winning Canadian playwright

  Thursday, November 26, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Caption: Members of Sandbox Theatre, Brock University’s Department of Dramatic Arts fourth-year student-run company, rehearse a scene for their online production of Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill.

  Sandbox Theatre, Brock University’s fourth-year Dramatic Arts student company (DART 4F56 – Advanced Studies in Theatre) is presenting an evocative story about ten teenagers who must face their guilt – and their past.

  The play Concord Floral written by Jordan Tannahill and directed by Dramatic Arts Instructor Ali Joy Richardson will be streamed on the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts (MIWSFPA) YouTube channel. The performances run Friday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.

  Written by Canadian theatre maker Jordan Tannahill, two-time winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, Concord Floral was nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Drama in 2016 and has been produced by theatre companies across the country.

  Concord Floral follows a group of suburban teens as they contend with their increasing social awareness and consequences of their past actions. Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s thirteenth-century literary classic The Decameron, the teenagers are “fleeing a plague of their own making” after a rumour spreads that two girls have found a body in an abandoned greenhouse called Concord Floral.

  From costume and set design, to lighting, video and sound design, this production is entirely created and produced by fourth-year Dramatic Arts students and directed by playwright and director Ali Joy Richardson. The cast and crew, including student choreographers and composers, are currently spread out across Ontario due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The stage manager for Concord Floral is connecting virtually from Mexico.

  This adaptation of Concord Floral is set in the Niagara region and takes place in the intimate, personal space of the bedrooms of teenagers. Performed on Zoom, the show captures the spirit of adolescence with all its jagged edges. This play amplifies the voices of young people and is proudly presented by the next generation of theatre artists.

  To reserve your viewing spot on the MIWSFPA YouTube channel, please visit Brock University Tickets.

  There is no cost for tickets. Donations are recommended to support the Black Health Alliance, a community-led registered charity working to improve the health and well-being of Black communities in Canada.

   

  Tags: Concord Floral, DART4F56, Department of Dramatic Arts, Dramatic Arts, Jordan Tannahill, MIWSFPA
  Categories: Announcements, Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, Future students, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Performance Season, Plays, Uncategorised

• Dramatic Arts rewrites script for online learning with Shaw Festival

  Wednesday, November 04, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Pictured above: Shaw Festival Theatre actors Jonathan Tan, left, and Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane coached Brock students online in DART 1F01: Acting for Non-Majors. (Photos by David Cooper)

  Originally published FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2020 | by Gillian Minaker

  Brock Dramatic Arts students got a virtual backstage pass to the revered Shaw Festival Theatre this summer.

  An innovative teaching initiative gave students taking DART 1F01: Acting for Non-Majors the opportunity to connect online with and receive personalized coaching from professional actors Jonathan Tan and Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane from the Shaw Festival Theatre permanent company.

  For third-year student Jordan Henderson, the virtual experience was both valuable and uplifting.

  “Jonathan Tan had many wise words that really helped me build confidence in my acting skills,” he said. “He also helped me to understand that what I might consider a mistake, audiences may interpret as something completely different.”

  David Fancy, Professor and Chair in the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, developed the course’s online teaching material with the future in mind and produced 700 minutes of lessons over 70 separate videos.

  This foundational acting course, which Fancy describes as “extreme monologuing,” is designed to help students discover the underlying principles of acting. Students explore the actor’s process, including awareness, stimulus, impulse, intention and action.

  “We’re making some exciting changes to DART 1F01,” Fancy said. “We’re using this opportunity to build a course that we can also share with students who have to work remotely in the future.”

  In the virtual coaching sessions, students rehearsed monologues they’d written themselves with the Shaw actors, soaking in their expertise and knowledge.

  Second-year student Benoit St-Aubin gained unique perspective on the acting world, and it left him craving more.

  “I absolutely loved the session that I had with Olivia. We had the opportunity to run through our monologues with her and she gave us great tips to improve them,” he said. “I didn’t realize how much I missed being in class, but this meeting really made me want to go back in September.”

  Fourth-year student Alexandra Hunter was able to immerse herself in the story of her monologue, giving her a deeper connection and understanding of her character and the creative process.

  “I learned so much from Olivia,” Hunter said. “She helped me illustrate the emotions in a strong way so that I knew how to perform them and react accordingly.”

  This opportunity to leverage technology and connect students to professional actors was co-ordinated by Fancy and Dramatic Arts instructor Carolyn Mackenzie in partnership with the Shaw Festival. They worked alongside Shaw’s Senior Manager for Education Suzanne Merriam, Education Assistant Melissa Domingos and Education Co-ordinator Megan Gilchrist.

  This course is just one of the ways Brock’s Department of Dramatic Arts is using innovative thinking and a creative approach to lead the charge on the future of performing arts. This fall, audiences can expect riveting new work, pushing the boundaries of live theatre with the Dramatic Arts mainstage production Scenes from an Execution by Howard Barker.

  More details on the Department of Dramatic Arts and the fall mainstage virtual production are available online.

  Tags: DART, David Fancy, Department of Dramatic Arts, Dramatic Arts, MIWSFPA, Shaw Festival Theatre
  Categories: Alumni, Announcements, Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, Future students, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Performance Season, Plays, Uncategorised

• Dramatic Arts students build connections through Buddy System

  Monday, November 02, 2020 | By gminaker

  

  Originally published in The Brock News: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 | by Gillian Minaker

  Pictured above: Student representatives for Brock University’s Department of Dramatic Arts Luca D’Amico (left) and Diego Blanco (right) connect virtually to discuss their new mentorship program, the DART Buddy System.

  Although they’re not physically on campus this term, Diego Blanco and Luca D’Amico want to ensure Brock’s familiar sense of community is not lost amongst Dramatic Arts (DART) students.

  To that end, the two student representatives created the DART Buddy System, a new mentorship program that was launched at the start of the Fall Term.

  The initiative pairs first- and second-year students with mentors who are in their upper years of study. Mentors provide guidance and answer questions throughout the school year, while also offering moral support and words of wisdom gained through their own experiences in the Department of Dramatic Arts.

  Currently, there are 14 mentors and 42 mentees participating in the program.

  This system provides a helpful structure for new students, quickly connecting them to the strong sense of community that is foundational to DART at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

  Despite the challenging circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining that community feel and sense of belonging was a driving force behind the project, says Blanco. “We want to make this year easier and enjoyable for every student in DART,” he says.

  “During these crazy times, connection with each other is so crucial — and that’s why the Buddy System is important,” adds D’Amico. “It provides students with as much support as possible, building the family that Dramatic Arts is known for.”

  Blanco and D’Amico also lead the planning of weekly and monthly activities that allow all Buddy System participants to get to know each other better.

  Due to public health restrictions, the landscape has drastically changed for new students, meaning those initial connections are harder to make, Blanco says.

  “The reason I love the DART program is because of the relationships that happen outside the classroom, in the common rooms, in the computer commons or even just waiting for the bus,” he says. The Buddy System helps to encourage those connections in a virtual format until in-person activities can resume on campus. Blanco and D’Amico, under advisement from DART faculty and staff, are committed to providing safe opportunities for students to enjoy.

  In addition to the DART Buddy System, Blanco and D’Amico assist the department with orientation sessions and facilitate communication between students and faculty. This year, they have also created the Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) Student Council, which promotes open conversation among students and faculty specific to the concerns of the BIPOC student population.

  Please click here to fill out the DART Buddy System form.

  More information on Dramatic Arts at Brock is available on the department’s website.

  Tags: brockudart, Buddy System, DART, Department of Dramatic Arts, Diego Blanco, Dramatic Arts, humanities, Luca D'Amico
  Categories: Alumni, Announcements, Current Students, Events, Faculty & Instructors, Future students, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Shaw Intern Blog, Uncategorised, Visiting Artists

• 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.

  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

• Welcome to Dramatic Arts: Orientation for 2020!

  Monday, September 07, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  (a screen shot from the welcome by Dr. David Fancy. Watch the video below.)

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  Brock University is launching the first-ever Virtual Welcome Week.
  During this year of the pandemic the Orientation activities are all online.
  Watch the welcome below and visit the official Orientation page for all the details!

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  THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMATIC ARTS (DART)

  Dr. David Fancy, Professor of Theatre Praxis, is the Chair of the Department:

  “I wish you a warm welcome to this new academic term, one that DART staff, faculty, and instructors have been carefully preparing for over the spring and summer. And now, with all of its adjustments and changes in delivery, this term is upon us.
  Please know that we are here to support you, to encourage you, and, perhaps most importantly: to collaborate with you to create contexts where much creativity, inquiry, and service will take place.
  Can’t wait to see you, virtually, and perhaps eventually otherwise, soon!
  Vive le théâtre!”

  Join Dramatic Arts Faculty on Tuesday, September 8th from 12 noon to 1pm for a drop-in session about Dramatic Arts. Non-Majors are especially welcome. Dramatic Arts Chair, David Fancy and David Vivian, Director of the Marilyn I Walker School and DART Faculty, will talk informally about the Department. David Fancy will answer your questions about how to take courses as a non-Major and should you how to achieve a Minor in Dramatic Arts. Find us on Lifesize. (click here)

  All Major students are invited to JOIN US at the Annual DART Orientation!
  Tuesday, September 15, 6:00 – 7:15 PM

  Online at :  https://brocku-ca.zoom.us/j/83578938305

  Meeting ID: 835 7893 8305
  (also available via telephone and mobile! contact dvivian@brocku.ca for details)

  The DART community is cordially invited to our 2020 online departmental orientation. This invitation is especially extended to DART first year students: We look forward to seeing you at the Orientation so that you can meet faculty, staff, and fellow students, and learn about the many opportunities for engagement – from auditions to performances to clubs – at DART.

  First-year students who visit at least three of the DART Orientation Zoom breakout rooms will be entered into a draw to win a $50 Brock Campus Store gift card!

  Be it online or face-to-face, DART is a vibrant and welcoming community, and we can’t wait to see you on Tuesday, September 15.

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  The Department of Dramatic Arts, Music, Visual Arts, and the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture are all part of the Faculty of Humanities.

  The Associate Dean, Dr. Neta Gordon, Professor of English, welcomes you to Brock University! She’s prepared an 11 minute video to introduce to you to the Faculty of Humanities:

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  Michael Gicante is your Academic Advisor for studies at the MIWSFPA.
  He prepared this video for the April open House:

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  Koreen McCullough is the Experiential Education Coordinator for the Faculty of Humanities.
  Watch her 3 minute presentation about Experiential Education opportunities at Brock University:

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  The Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts

  Located at 15 Artists’ Common in downtown St. Catharines, the MIWSFPA is home to four academic programs. We are right next door to the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre on the main street of St. Catharines, St. Paul.

  Each program at the MIWSFPA is offering a special welcome to their students.  For example, if you are a beginning your studies as a major in Dramatic Arts, check out what that Department has scheduled for you and plan to join in the fun.  You are also welcome to join the activities of each program at the School even if you are only taking one course or beginning a minor program.  The activities and welcome messages from each program are listed below.

  Professor David Vivian, of the Department of Dramatic Arts (he teaches design and production for theatre), is the Director of the School:

  David will be hosting office hours on September 8, 2020, from 12-3:00 pm,on Teams.
  Drop in and say hi! (click here)

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  We all wish you a very successful year at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

  Tags: 2020, DART, Dramatic Arts, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, MIWSFPA, orientation
  

• 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

• Graduate Studies honours Dramatic Arts professor for outstanding mentorship and leadership

  Thursday, May 14, 2020 | By dvivian

  

  Associate Professor Karen Fricker, recipient of the Michael Plyley Graduate Mentorship Award, virtually meets with her graduate student, Russ Martin, and his dog Odee.

  (Excerpted from the article published WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 in The Brock News | by Lauryn Carrick )

  The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) has named the five recipients of the annual FGS Awards, which were delivered the news in a virtual format for the first time in the awards’ nine-year history.

  The awards, typically handed out at the Mapping the New Knowledges Graduate Student Conference in April, celebrate the accomplishments and excellence of members of Brock University’s graduate community.

  “Despite not being able to recognize our winners in-person at this time, handing out these awards is still an important and meaningful celebration of the outstanding graduate culture that Brock has worked hard to grow,” says Diane Dupont, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies. “Our winners have all greatly contributed to making Brock an excellent place to pursue graduate education.”

  Michael Plyley Graduate Mentorship Award

  The Michael Plyley Graduate Student Mentorship Award normally awards two Faculty members for their outstanding mentorship of graduate students, one in the category or mentorship of only master’s students, and one in the category of mentorship of both master’s and PhD students. However, this year the adjudication committee was unanimous in their decision to name four award winners.

  Michael Pisaric, Professor in the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, and Karen Fricker, Associate Professor in the Department of Dramatic Arts, were awarded the Mentorship Award in the master’s only category.

  Pisaric says receiving the award was “easily one of the highlights of my career.”

  “When my students approached me about the nomination, I was touched that they thought of me in such regard as to nominate me. To actually receive the award, however, is humbling. Graduate students are at the heart of my research program. Without my amazing students, my research program would not be nearly as successful. We are creating the scientists and leaders of tomorrow ,and my goal is to ensure they are well prepared for whatever path they follow when they leave Brock.”

  Pisaric says one of the most important aspects of being a mentor to his students is cultivating a thoughtful and supportive experience for his students in the same way he received while he was a student.

  The award is equally as meaningful to Fricker, whose advice to students is to “seek out opportunities and giver ‘er. Such mentorship is one of the deepest rewards of academic life.”

  As there are currently no graduate programs in Dramatic Arts, the opportunity for Fricker to supervise graduate students is small. Working with her current student in the master of Arts in Popular Culture has been educational and helped her stay on her own theoretical and critical game.

  When asked to provide advice and insight to others on effectively mentoring students, all winners felt similar in that there was no perfect recipe, but touted open communication, understanding and kindness.

  The full list of this year’s FGS Awards recipients are below.

  Marilyn Rose Graduate Leadership Award

  Rachel Yufei Luan

  Michael Plyley Graduate Mentorship Award

  Karen Fricker
  Michael Pisaric
  Madelyn Law
  Miriam Richards

  Jack M. Miller Excellence in Research Awards (at least one recipient from each Faculty)

  Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

  Talia Ritondo, MA, Applied Health Sciences
  Nigel Kurgan, PhD, Applied Health Sciences

  Faculty of Education

  Monica Louie, MEd, Education
  Susan Docherty-Skippen, PhD, Education

  Goodman School of Business

  Ardalan Eyni, MSc, Management

  Faculty of Humanities

  Simone Mollard, MA, Classics
  Brett Robinson, PhD, Interdisciplinary Humanities

  Faculty of Mathematics and Science

  Scott Cocker, MSc, Earth Science
  Parisa Abbasi, PhD, Chemistry

  Faculty of Social Sciences

  Madeline Asaro, MA, Applied Disability Studies
  Megan Earle, PhD, Psychology

  Tags: Dramatic Arts, Graduate Studies, Karen Fricker, Michael Plyley Graduate Mentorship Award
  Categories: Announcements, Faculty & Instructors, In the Media, Media Releases, News, Uncategorised

• The show must go on: Brock prof encouraged by theatre’s resiliency in midst of cancellations

  Wednesday, April 08, 2020 | By shashmi2

  

  Karen Fricker, Associate Professor of Dramatic Arts, says that despite the impact of COVID-19 on the performing arts, she’s encouraged by what she’s seen from the industry.

  (published WEDNESDAY, APRIL 08, 2020| by The Brock News {Alison Innes})

  The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating blow on the performing arts, but a Brock University Dramatic Arts professor is encouraged by what she has seen from the industry.

  “A vibrant industry went to ground over a matter of days, with theatres at first announcing cancelled or postponed productions and then, in most cases, cancelling the remainder of their winter-spring seasons,” says Karen Fricker, Associate Professor of Dramatic Arts and theatre critic for the Toronto Star. “Most performing artists are precarious gig workers who are seeing current and future bookings evaporate.”

  In St. Catharines, arts organizations including the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, the Meridian Centre, Essential Collective Theatre and Carousel Players are among those that have cancelled or postponed programming through May.

  The Stratford Festival has cancelled performances through to late May, and Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Shaw Festival through June. While Shaw has not laid-off workers and is conducting rehearsals online, Stratford has temporarily laid off 470 employees, including actors, technicians and box office workers.

  But Fricker sees hope among the gloomy news.

  “Theatre companies and artists have been demonstrating amazing resilience and ingenuity during this time of crisis,” she says. “A lot of activity has gone online.”

  Essential Collective Theatre is turning its annual vaudeville fundraiser into an online affair. “Quarantine Cabaret” will feature short video recordings of various acts, including singing, magic, clowning, drag and melodramatic readings, which will be live-streamed at the end of April.

  Several Toronto-based companies are putting on telephone plays: one-on-one shows in which an audience member gets a hand-made personal story delivered to them over the phone, says Fricker.

  “DLT (DopoLavoro Teatrale), known to local audiences for their immersive shows including That Ugly Mess that Happened in St. Catharines, is producing a series of phone and online performances,” says Fricker. Some of the performances are inspired by Boccacio’s Decameron, a 14th^–century collection of novellas about a group of youth sheltering outside Florence to escape the Black Death.

  “I have been uplifted by engaging with online theatre over the past few weeks,” Fricker says.

  “Watching theatre this way is not the same as sharing the same physical space and time with fellow audience members and the artists themselves, but that doesn’t mean it’s a lesser experience. It’s different, and theatres and audiences alike are adapting to what is, for now, the new normal.”

  Tags: alumni, Carousel Players, DART, Department of Dramatic Arts, Dramatic Arts, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, Karen Fricker, Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, plays, The Brock News, theatre
  Categories: Announcements, Events, Faculty & Instructors, News, Performance Season

• 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