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MAC EPP HOUSE CATAWBATHE COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT 2300 West Innes St. : September 2012 Vol 19, Num 1 www.catawba.edu/theatrearts Salisbury, NC 28144 TELEPHONE (704) 637-4481 EMAIL THEATREARTS @CATAWBA.EDU Editor: Sydney Berk [email protected] Welcome to the all new Spotlight! Assistant Editor: Verity Pryor-Harden 2012-2013 SEASON [email protected] HITS THE GROUND RUNNING

UPCOMING PRODUCTION: THE LIFE OF GALILEO Directed by Dayna Anderson, learn more about the intense artistic process the students took to develop the show. Continued on Page 2

YOUNG ARTISTS DEVELOPMENT FUND A new scholarship fund to assist current students as they travel to compete at NCTC, Jordan Clifton and Ruby Osorio of The Life of Galileo UPTAS, etc. Learn why and how you should donate! Continued on Page 5

MEET JOE! Get to know the newest member of the Catawba theatre family and how he’s bringing Catawba Theatre into the Information Age. Continued on Page 6 Joe Hernandez, new Assistant Professor of Theatre The cast of WWP! WWP!

UPCOMING PRODUCTION: WE WON’T PAY! WE WON’T PAY! Student director Jeffrey Salerno takes on the task of directing playwright Dario Fo’s 1970’s farce. Continued on Page 8

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Concept image for The Life of Galileo Jordan Clifton as Galileo

THE TRUTH PREVAILS IN CATAWBA’S Catawba's production, directed by PRODUCTION OF THE LIFE OF GALILEO Theatre Arts Professor Dayna Anderson, will “It's amazing to by Katlyn Shaw feature amazing images from the Hubble feel the ensemble Telescope in a "planetarium show." It is Written by in 1938 during suitable for young adults, but may be breathe together the rise of Nazi , the play is set in confusing for younger children. as one whole 1610 and follows the meteoric rise to world Do you have a friend or loved one in a Catawba being, we find a recognition of Italian astronomer and the College or Blue Masque theatre production? "father of science," Galileo. As Galileo's Do you want to show your appreciation for all of rhythm to the reputation grows and he argues politics, their hard work? world on this religion, science, human rights, sin and stage that is individual conscience, the Catholic Church Then purchase a Blue Masque wants to silence his voice. Break-a-Leg Gift for $5.00! unlike anything In Scene 8 from the play, Galileo is asked else.” Break-a-Legs include a beautiful mylar balloon by Little Monk, "But won't the truth… prevail with an equally exquisite red carnation and a without us?" Galileo's response to him is personalized note. –Sara Coon, Cast almost a summary of Galileo's life itself: "No, no, no. As much of the truth will prevail as we To have a Break-a-Leg delivered to your loved Member make prevail." one, please send $5 in cash or check to: Brecht is known for his poetry, his plays, The Blue Masque, c/o Theatre Arts and his political views spread through many Department Catawba College art forms. Many argue that The Life of Galileo 2300 West Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28144 is his greatest work. This play's most famous OR runs were mounted at The National Theatre On campus mail box 262 (London) in 1980 and in 2004 to sold-out crowds. However, this past spring, the show Thank you! was staged on Broadway and starred F. Allison Andrews [email protected] Murray Abraham. The Blue Masque Treasurer

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WE DON’T LIKE WHAT WE DON’T UNDERSTAND; IN Bertolt Brecht noticed this trend of static thinking as he watched the rise of . Brecht watched as people FACT, IT SCARES US vehemently supported their irrational beliefs and violently shut out by Collette Riddle the rational thinkers. He was ashamed … and inspired. Pulling from a topic as obvious to modern society as washing your hands before surgery, Brecht set out to write a play Science is a field of knowledge that is constantly in flux. commenting on the struggle of forward thinkers. The Life of Galileo Everyday something new is discovered, something that alters our tells the story of Galileo Galilei fighting the church to prove the perception of our world – however grandiose the discovery. But revolution of the earth around the sun. Scholars and church with every new discovery comes conflict. Other parties disparage intellects were invited to hear of his theories only to refuse what scientists and critical thinkers, refusing to accept any new was plainly in front of them in order to preserve old church philosophy that contradicts their beliefs. For science, every day is teachings. The play discusses the moral obligations of scientists to two steps forward and one step back - or perhaps a more fitting persevere with research even in the face of opposition. However, analogy would be walking while tied to a giant boulder. more than that, the play comments on society’s tendency to shut This sentiment has been true for centuries and for a variety of out these rational thinkers. subjects, not just science (though it is the easiest to pin point). In Galilei, Semmelweis, and many people of Jewish faith were the 1840’s, Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis – incurring persecuted and died before their societies caught up with their much derision by his peers - theorized that maternity clinicians ideas. “Traditionalism” – in this sense – is dangerous. Brecht should wash their hands before performing operations and encourages people to be open minded, to use reason, and to think delivering babies. Doctors were offended; asking them to wash – just think. You don’t have to understand everything, to believe their hands was like saying they were germ infested killing what you see with your own eyes. machines (which they were, except they didn’t know what germs Brecht does leave us with a sense of hope. Yes, many died, but were yet). Of course, only a few years later - after Semmelweis was the truth did prevail. In the end, reason always wins, science pulls committed to an asylum for his ideas – Louis Pasteur discovered that boulder an inch more in the right direction. Galileo says in bacteria and confirmed Semmelweis’ theory that doctors were, Act I, scene 3: indeed, germ infested killing machines. “My hope is with the old woman who gives her mule an extra Our “progressive society” will laugh at this anecdote, thinking bundle of hay the night before a journey, the sailor who calculates how silly those people were back when they didn’t know as much for days lost by storms and lays in provisions, the schoolboy who as we do now; however, we are faced with similar set-backs in our pops his cap on when it’s proved to him it will rain. My hope is own society that will seem just as silly years from now. Politics, with them because they test reason in everyday life. Drop a stone science, philosophy, art, etc.: all of these fields try to move forward on the floor and say it does not fall. No man’s capable of that! but are held back by people too scared of what they don’t know to Proof is sweet seduction. Most of us succumb in the end. Thinking accept new ideas. is one of the greatest pleasures of the human race.”

The Life of Galileo Cast members: Set Design: Dave Pulliam by Bertolt Brecht, Alicia Almodovar Costume Design: Erin B. Dougherty Translated by Howard Jordan Clifton Hair & Make-up: Brianna Markle Brenton Sara Coon Lighting Design: Jerry Archer Directed by Dayna Jura Davis Sound Design: Aaron Alderman Anderson Matthew Ensley Stage Manager: Courtney Cowman Hedrick Theatre Leana Guzman Assistant Stage Manager: Maggie Saunders Sept. 18-19, 6:55 pm Ashley O’Donnell Sept. 20-22, 7:30 pm Shannon O’Donnell “It's been truly amazing to work with such an awesome group of $10, adults Ruby Osorio people that soaks up everything you tell them like a sponge. Dayna $8, non-Catawba students Collette Riddle has really pushed the actors to dig deep into their characters and it and senior citizens Iliana Rivera shows every time they step into the world of Galileo.” Rayshaun Sandlin (704) 637-4481 –Courtney Cowman, Stage Manager catawba.edu/theatretix

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BRECHT: A BIOGRAPHY toward the bettering of society and the and bright stage lighting, the use of pushing of social change. Brecht’s songs to interrupt the action, by Sydney Berk approach to acting cannot be separated explanatory placards, and, in rehearsals, from his campaign to change the world. the transposition of text to the third Brecht was a student at Munich person or past tense, and speaking the University during World War 1, stage directions out loud. studying playwriting and theatre. He In 1933, being a Marxist, Brecht enjoyed some commercial success and was forced to flee from Germany critical acclaim early on. Brecht's first because of Nazi persecution. He had full-length play, Baal (written 1918), avidly been studying the work of arose in response to an argument in one political theorist Karl Marx and of Kutscher's drama seminars. This socialism and had become a very started a trend that persisted throughout committed Marxist. He moved around his career generated by a desire to until he finally fled to America in 1941. counter another work. In 1922 while still In this time he wrote several plays living in Munich, Brecht came to the protesting Fascism, including Mother attention of an influential Berlin critic, Courage and Her Children, The Good Bertolt Brecht (February 10, 1898 – Herbert Ihering: "At 24 the writer Bert Person of Sezuan, Caucasian Chalk August 14, 1956) was a German Brecht has changed Germany's literary Circle, and The Misery of the Third playwright, director, poet and critical complexion overnight"—he enthused in Reich. After the war subsided, Brecht mind. He made significant contributions his review of Brecht's first play to be faced persecution for his communist to dramaturgy and theatrical produced, Drums in the Night—"he has beliefs. It was the McCarthy era and production, the latter particularly given our time a new tone, a new Brecht was blacklisted in Hollywood through the impact of the tours melody, a new vision…It is a language where he had written several undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – you can feel on your tongue, in your screenplays. He was called before the the post-war theatre company operated gums, your ear, your spinal column." In United States House Un-American by Brecht and his wife, Helene Weigel. November it was announced that Brecht Activities Committee. Initially he Brecht was a lifelong committed Marxist had won the prestigious Kleist Prize for refused to testify, but eventually he who, in developing the combined theory his first three plays. appeared before the committee and and practice of his "epic theatre", This is around the time he began to claimed he had never been an active explored the theatre as a forum for form his theory of “epic theatre.” He member of the communist party. Under political ideas and the creation of a strayed away from the traditional style of charges of betrayal by other accused critical aesthetics of dialectical realism and theatre meant to entertain entertainers, Bertolt Brecht left America materialism. and instead aimed to make people think. the following day, moving to Communist He grew up with a conventional He tried to present an argument and . Christian upbringing and from a young invite the audience to make their own After his death in 1956, The age, he forcefully rebelled against it. judgment on it. He broke conventions of Berliner Ensemble continued it’s success Thanks to his mother's influence, Brecht the time and wanted his audiences to run by his wife Helene Weigel. The knew the Bible, a familiarity that would care first and foremost about the issues company held many worldwide tours impact his writing throughout his life. being discussed. This involved, Brecht mostly comprised of Brecht’s work. In When Brecht was 16, Archduke Franz wrote, "stripping the event of its self- the 21st century Bertolt Brecht remains Ferdinand was assassinated, and when evident, familiar, obvious quality and a controversial figure in his native he was 20, the war that resulted finally creating a sense of astonishment and Germany, but is remembered ended. What he witnessed happening in curiosity about them" For this, Brecht throughout the world for his his country made him angry and for the employed techniques such as the actor's revolutionary theories of theater and rest of his life he devoted his work direct address to the audience, harsh extraordinary written work. Like us on Facebook: /catawbatheatre | Follow us on Twitter: @CatawbaTheatre | Follow us on Instagram: @catawbatheatre THE SPOTLIGHT PAGE5

auditions. The cattle call audition was are educational gifts that not everyone Young Theatre Artists nerve wracking but I learned so much can imagine being able to do. Some Development Fund: about auditioning from the experience. I students here can barely make their rent got several callbacks and this taught me or tuition so how can they imagine going We need YOU! a lot about being prepared, having a to a big conference like UPTAS? This strong rep book and how to relate to fund makes that possible for many by Sydney Berk professional directors. Guest Artists act students who really deserve the as specific supplements; giving us a opportunity, true talents who just need a Last year an amazing fund was wealth of knowledge and lessons our little help. Participation is not just for us started by Blue Masque Alumnus faculty might not be able to give us. though, it is highly important for the Debbie Hooper and Denise and Ralph They also may open all of our minds to growth of Catawba. These conferences Perrino to give Catawba Theatre Arts things we do not know. When Richard are places to Network, publicize and students amazing opportunities to Steinert, Artistic Director of Ballet make friends. There are hundreds of further their educations and careers. We Pensacola, came last year, he gave me colleges in every state and if Catawba are so passionate about what this fund insight into what it means to be a wants to stay on the map, participation could bring our department and we are choreographer. I took pages of notes in such events is vital. We want the determined to get it endowed this year from advice and wisdom he shared and Catawba name to be closely associated and are hoping you can help. look back on his lessons frequently. with theatre, professionalism, passion The function of the fund is to help Travel opportunities give students insight and work ethic and the best way to provide support for conference into a different culture and help students spread this message is at Festivals, participation, guest artists, travel grow in immeasurable ways. A winter Conferences and while traveling. It’s an opportunities, trips, tickets, lecturers and term trip to Japan studying culture as amazing feeling when you say, “I go to other support our students might need well as Japanese theatre such as Kabuki, Catawba College” and people respond for their creative endeavors. These all Noh and Butoh opened my mind to with, “That’s a great school! Your serve as incredibly useful stepping-stones things entirely different than I had every program is amazing!” and we want this to professional success. Conference experienced. It truly changed my style to be norm. participation gives students a way to get and approach to theatre. I was very In a time where people are cutting professional work, network and learn influenced by this trip when I was funding for the arts, Catawba wants to new skills in master classes. Every year choreographing Dead Man’s Cell Phone. help us get more. We are changing the we have students who get professional These hands on lessons, outside the face of American Theatre and would acting and technical work at UPTAS, classroom are irreplaceable. love your help. Our goal for the year is SETC, NETC and Strawhats. This also All of these opportunities were to raise enough money to get the fund provides networking opportunities, amazing but they aren’t cheap. They endowed. We need $15,000 to make this which lead to internships and future came from scraping by, work-study happen. If everyone gives just a little, we collaborations. When I went to SETC I money and borrowed dollars from my can make it happen. We are so gained insight into professional parents. In this time of recession these appreciative! Thank you so much.

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Hernandez recently finished his Master our new Facebook, Twitter, of Fine Arts in Directing at the University Instagram and best of all our new of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Box Office system! Mississippi. While there he directed, acted For quick connection to and stage managed in various projects as alumni, current students, and all well as taught as an instructor for the the amazing things going on at theatre department. During his time at Catawba, check out the Catawba Southern Miss he was actively involved in College Theatre Arts Department the KCACTF competition and was Facebook page. There you will see nominated for the Region IV SDC Student posts about inspiring things Direction for Rumors, the Irene Ryan for the Catawba Alumni are doing all over role of Tateh in Ragtime and for stage the world and maybe even find management for Pride and Prejudice directed opportunities to reconnect, by Louis Rackoff. collaborate or work together. Joe has worked professionally as a Rehearsals are underway here in dancer, actor, technician and stage manager Salisbury and you can see Joe Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts with various summer stock and opera Instragram photos of our process. If you companies including Lone Star Rising, The follow us on Twitter you will get up to date Lost Colony and The Ohio Light Opera. information, invitations and insight into all Joe has also taught theatre, journalism, the awesome things we have going on. media technology and speech in the Florida Social Networking is the best way to stay public school system. connected right now, so we encourage all Joe hopes to enable his students to alumni, parents, students, friends and refine their creative vision and cultivate a theatre lovers to check it out. www.facebook.com/ personal artistic voice. He will also remind Heads up! We also just started a catawbatheatre them that the pathway to becoming an student blog which you can find on our artist is often filled with challenges, but it is website and Facebook and we have a the journey rather than the destination, YouTube channel in the works that will be which offers the greater reward. up and running soon! On the channel you @CatawbaTheatre will be able to find trailers to shows and videos of our talented students. No matter CATAWBA COLLEGE THEATRE where you are in the world you will be able to see what we are creating and how we are DEPARTMENT JOINS THE 21ST @CatawbaTheatre growing and thriving. The student blog will CENTURY! give you insight into the mind of a student from every year at Catawba, showing you Buy tickets! We have exciting news for all of you what it’s like to be a student here. We hope www.catawba.edu/ techies, cyber nerds and web lovers. We are these will be resources to not only alumni theatretix going Digital! We are proud to announce Continued on page 7

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Adam Weiner and Sean Henderson rehearsing for We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! Michelle Newberger

ABOUT WE WON’T PAY! WE WON’T PAY! laugh at. Dario Fo turns the comedy on us by Jeffrey Salerno as this 1977 Italian farce provides an “This is my first excellent mirror to the world we live in full length We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! today. People can’t afford rent, electricity straight play to Wouldn’t it be great to yell that at your and gas. People are scrounging around for work on and landlord? But alas, we live in a country food. People are getting poorer and poorer where you must pay your debts. We live in a and laid off. When do we as a country rise perform in, and I country where government is the way to up and say enough is enough? This play am beside myself solve problems, collectively. But what if the isn’t all economy however. This farce also with delight to be system is wrong? In We Won’t Pay! We Won’t takes its turns poking holes in the Pay!, Dario Fo explores when people can patriarchic society we live in. After all, working with this rise up for themselves, by passing behind every great king there is a great fabulous cast. In government. When Antonia (Gabriella queen. This comedy ties in the important just a few weeks I Bressi) comes home weighed down with issues of the day with boisterous, and stolen goods from a supermarket riot, she hilarious physical comedy. have learned so enlists the help of her friend Margherita much and I can't (Verity Pryor-Harden) to keep the secret wait for from her uptight husband Giovanni (Adam everything to Weiner). The catch is they convince Giovanni that Margherita is pregnant. Lie come together.” builds upon lie as Antonia has to convince police officials (Michelle Newberger) and –Verity Pryor- even Margherita’s husband Luigi (Sean Henderson) the scheme is reality. With Harden, everything from fake saints who gave birth Margherita at sixty years old to 1920’s vaudeville humor Gabriella Bressi and Verity Pryor-Harden this show has something that everyone will

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Bread Riot in the ’Bury by Verity Pryor-Harden

In Dario Fo’s We Won’t Pay! We Won’t made off Pay!, the show opens with leading lady with 23 Antonia giving her friend Margherita a barrels of “In the end, the play by play of her recent adventure at the flour, as show has a grocery store, in which a crowd of women well as serious message protest the prices of the merchandise and quantities leave without even paying a dime. In our o f that we are doing current time it’s not uncommon to hear of molasses, it such justice and reforms, occupations, or revolts. But it salt, and everyone needs to might interest you to know that a riot not 20 dollars make space on unlike the one in We Won’t Pay! We Won’t in cash. Pay! occurred right here in Salisbury. Like the real women of the Salisbury their calendars On the 18th of March in the midst of “Bread Riot,” the fictional mob in We October 3-6!” the Civil War, 1863, a group of about 50 Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! face the hardship women identified as wives and mothers of of having to grocery shop without any Confederate soldiers invaded the streets of money, and rather than cave in and face –Gabriella Bressi, Salisbury, demanding that the merchants poverty, they make a bold choice and stand Antonia sell their goods at government prices. up for their right to pay a fair price. When the merchants refused, the women broke down a shop door with hatchets and

We Won’t Pay! We Cast: Antonia – Gabriella Bressi Won’t Pay! Giovanni – Adam Weiner by Dario Fo Margherita – Verity Pryor-Harden Student Directed by Luigi – Sean Henderson Jeffrey Salerno State Trooper and Company – Michelle Newberger Florence Busby Corriher Theater Director: Jeffrey Salerno Oct. 3-6, 7:30 pm Stage Manager: John Millbank $5, adults ASM: Ashleigh Moore-Orlowski [Volunteer] $4, students and senior Set Designer: David Pulliam citizens Costume/Hair/Makeup Designer: Chelsea Retalic (704) 637-4481 Lighting Designer: Chris Zink catawba.edu/theatretix Assistant Lighting Designer: Leana Guzman

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Since graduation, my life has taken the craziest journey. Case in point: six months after graduation, I was hired by Universal Studios in Japan. They offered me a 13-month contract, which quickly turned into 26! I never thought I’d live overseas and it was one of the most rewarding experiences I will ever have. I moved to New York shortly after and started auditioning. After only 11 auditions, I was cast in the National Tour of Hairspray after attending a chorus call for the then running Broadway production. My headshot was forwarded to the tour’s casting team, and I left New York to circumnavigate North America by bus for 10 months. After returning to NYC, I continued auditioning and started doing shows throughout the city, including an Off- Broadway musical, several festivals (winning the best actor award at one), and readings. This past December I Check out Monday’s Dark had the pleasure of working with Tony nominee Kerry Butler in a reading of the new musical Through The Theatre Company’s Door. I've also been blessed to work at the famed Papermill Playhouse (working with Broadway legend Lee Roy Upcoming Production! Reams and Tony nominee Christopher Sieber) and was even the poster boy for their world premiere production of Newsies! And thanks to the supportive artistic staff at Papermill, I am now a proud member of Actors Equity Association! I am currently living a double life, managing a brand new dance based fitness studio called Body By Simone (Google us to read about our celebrity clients!) and simultaneously serving as the Artistic Director of Mondays Dark Theatre Company, a new non-profit I founded with three colleagues. We are currently in tech for our inaugural production, which begins previews on Wednesday (September 12th!). I can honestly say I wouldn’t be where I am today without my Catawba education. I’ve met a lot of talented performers, but what makes Catawba alumni special is how multifaceted we are! I started a theatre company because I miss doing the kind of work we did at Catawba. I know the faculty will laugh reading this, because I was so performance focused during my four years, but in New York you don’t get the chance to get your hands dirty unless you’re doing grassroots theatre! My advice to all Catawba theatre arts students is: take advantage of every opportunity our program provides! Catawba cultivates true artists. Soak up everything our amazing faculty has to teach you – because you’ll miss them when you’re gone! I know I do!

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