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VOLUME X, NUMBER 3 APRIL 1994

SUBSCRIBER CALENDAR AT A GLANCE Please call (312)663-9465 for reservations to Main season productions and to confirm performance times for workshop productions. All workshop productions and directing projects are free .

The Winner of the Eighth Annual Theodore ward P~ize for African- American Playwrights North star Preview April 13 at 7 : 30 (New Studio) April 14 at 4: 00 Opens April 15 at 7: 00 Performance April 16 at 7:30 Aprill7atJ:OO April 19 at 2: oo April 20 at 4: oo April 21 at 7: JO April 22 at 7: JO April 23 at 7: JO April 24 at J : 00 Respect Preview May 4 at 7:30 {Getz Theater) May 5 at 6:00 May 6 at 7:30 May 7 at 8:30 Opens May 8 at 7:00 Performance May 11 at 6 : 00 May 12 at 6 : 00 May 13 at 7:30 May 14 at 7:30 May 15 at 3 : 00

Faculty Workshops

Queen Christina April 29 at 7: JO (New Studio) April 30 at 7: JO May 2 at 1:00 May 3 at 2: 00 and 7:00 May 4 at 7:30

•• C!IBTAINS RISING ON THB greatest, it's a KAINSTAGB representation. You can't fit all of them in one show," says The next production in the Getz Antje. They further narrowed theater will be a musi cal the choices by setting the concert, Respect, produced and music up chronologically. "We directed by Antje Gehrken. wanted to vary it. There's Performances will be May 4 R&B, soul- they all affect each through 15. other. Patti LaBelle and Aretha Franklin are as The show highlights the influential as Carole King.'' contri butions that women have made to rock and popular music overall, the main goal in through the past thirty years, selecting was to choose music beginning with the "Girl that would flow well from one Groups," like the Chiffons, and song to the next. "There is a ending with current recording line that goes through it. The artists, like Sinead O'Connor songs move in and out very and Whitney Houston. Antje well, but they always come Gehrken, who is also a faculty back, the line loops." Some of member in the Contemporary the songs included are "One American Music Program, said Fine Day," "Me and Bobby one reason they decided to McGee," "Lady Marmalade, 11 focus on the achievements of "What's Love Got to Do With women is that "they are often It," "Tom's Diner" and "I'm overlooked as artists, and Every Woman." their contributions are also often overlooked." "Some people will hear these songs and think, 'I didn't know It was very important that the she wrote that.'" A lot of vocalists be both male and people don't know of the female . "The show is about origi nations of these songs. great music," says Antje; "it's Carole King wrote for many not a show about women by people, including "One Fine women, for women." The Day" for the Chiffons, before performers are almost all music she came into her own with her majors at Columbia, except for music. This is demonstrated in a few musical theater majors. the show by also featuring her There are twelve singers and a later work such as "I Feel the band of ten. Earth Move." The main goal of the show is to entertain. "The "The most difficult part of the songs are great, you can hear process has been choosing the and enjoy them without thi nking music." Nancy Burkholder is of their social meaning," says the consultant for this Antje. project, and gathered all of the initial information. She William Russo, the Director of and Antje began by first the Contemporary American Music researching women in music in Program, is the Executive general. They eventually Producer and Artistic Director. managed to narrow the list to H E Baccus, the Assistant 25 women or so. It wasn't easy Director of the Contemporary to choose. "It's not that the American Music Program, is the ones chosen are the only or the acting coach. Mary M. Badger, producing director of the her parents to the white farmer Theater/Music Department, is who helps her, that's what designing the lights, Nick makes it so compelling,'' says Mozak is designing the set, and Chuck. Jordan Ross is designing the costumes. The show is stage The playwright, Gloria Bond­ managed by Susan We lli, who Clunie, is from Evanston, I L. also stage managed last Fall's She is the· founder of the production of Road Song. Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Theater, although she is no Previews will begin May 4 at longer with them, except for 7:30, May 5 at 6:00, May 6 at occasional projects. She 7 : 30 and May 7 at 8:30. started writing about five Opening is May 8 at 7:00 and it years ago and submitted a play runs May 11 & 12 at 6:00, 13 & to the contest called secrets . 14 at 7:30 and 15 at 3:00. The play wasn't chosen, but Please call (312) 663-9465 for Chuck encouraged her to keep further information and writing. Working on North star reservations. has given her the chance to "bring her latest scri pt to i ts LIGHTS UP ON THE STUDIO fullest potential." "It's a North star. by Gloria Bond­ work in progress," says Chuck, Clunie, is the winner of the "that's the point of the Eighth Annual Theodore Ward contest. The director, the Prize for African American playwright, the cast and Playwrights. The show is everyone else involved work directed by faculty member together towards that goal." Chuck smith and is being presented in the New Studio The set is designed by John Theater from April 13 through Murbach, who designed the set April 24. for Rhinoceros at Columbia last November. The main point of The story revolves around the set is location; it will Relia, an eleven year old girl, show that the characters are who tells stories of one of the not in an urban setting, the most interesting periods in our nearest neighbors being miles nation's history, the civil away. There's an isolation, rights demonstrations, from a which makes it even more child's point of view. Aided amazing, "to be so physically by the narration and removed and for people to still interaction with her adult be able to come together in the self, Aurelia, we watch as she rural south for this common grows from a child into a young cause, " says Chuck. The set woman in the face of the will focus on the openness of prejudice of the '60s and the area, the sky will be a today. "She finds out, not dominant image. The lights are only the lessons to learn, but designed by Leasan Pascoe and feels the pain of the the costumes by Alicia Turner, consequences as well," says who is a student at Columbia. Chuck. We are also able to see Joel Himelhoch, also a student, the effects on everyone around is stage manager. her. "It shows the humanity of all human beings involved, from The show will preview on April first play at Columbia, Ladies 13 at 7: 30 and April 14 at in Waiting. "It was this. sort 4:00. It opens April 15 at of horrible lesbian prison 7:00 and runs April 16, 21 and play." Shortly after that, she 22 at 7:30, 17 and 24 at 3:00, was cast in Evervthing in the 19 at 2:00 and 20 at 4 : 00. Garden, directed by Norm Holly. Please call (312)663-9465 for " I was terrified because he had further information and cast a lot of really good reservations. people and I had a very big part. I felt I had to live up to it. I also had a very bad FACQLTY SPOTLIGHT habit of breaking on stage and I would start laughing." Stephanie Shaw, who teaches Basic Skills, Scene Study and Stephanie continued to take the Ensemble at Columbia, started initiative. She was soon cast taking classes at Columbia in in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, the fall of 1983 after a mainstage production directed graduating from Arlington High by Sheldon Patinkin with School in Arlington Heights, Barbara Robertson and Jeff where she grew up. She had Perry featured as guest become interested in theater in artists. After that she played high school. "Actually," she Gussie in Lvdie Breeze and the said, "it was my main reason lead in Kiss Me, Kate her for going to school." The senior year. first show she did in high school was The Man Who Came to Stephanie started to audition Dinner, in which she played outside of school, and it paid Lorraine Sheldon. She was off. Terry McCabe (who has mainly interested in musicals also since become a faculty at the time, as well as singing member here at Columbia) cast in the choir. her in The Gift of the Magi at Stormfield Theater. Her tastes changed somewhat when she started college and It was during this time that she became less interested in she lost her Pell Grant from musicals: "I started to feel the Government and couldn't that most of them were pretty finish school. She worked sexist, offensi ve." Stephanie steadily in area theaters for a was somewhat cautious at first few years, including The Dvbbuk at Columbia. "There was this at National Jewish Theater, atmosphere of looseness, it was where she met her husband, casual, " she says, "Sort of do Brian Shaw. She did about your own thing." She was twelve shows in five years at fortunate enough to realize Body Politic Theater, Pegasus early on that no one was going Players, Econo-Art, Stormfield to make her do anything, it was and National Jewish Theater up to individuals to take the among others. initiative if they wanted to participate: ''The "Suddenly after five years of opportunities were there, you being busy I couldn't get any just had to grab them." She work. I got frustrated and auditioned for a directing deci ded to give up acting." student and got cast in her She came back to classes at FACULTY SPOTLIGHT Columbia because by then Br ian , was on the faculty. She didn' t Private instructor Ari Brown t ake any theater c l asses was raised around music, wi t h a though, and concentrated mainly mother who played the piano and on fiction writing. " I a fat her who played t he realized that life wasn't built saxophone. It wasn't unt il a r ound one play after another. college, though, that he had There are other things ." any interest i n playing an Stephanie finished her degree instrument himself. " I used to and began freelance work watch my mother's fingers when reviewing for The Reader she played, that's how I newspaper, where her Assignment started to learn." While Editor is Albert Williams, also attending De Paul University, a Columbia theater teacher. he changed majors from piano t o Stephanie started teaching here saxophone because piano majors in the Fall of 1992. "I t's also had to minor in voice. funny. I j oke that I used to Soon after that, Ari live in theater and now I write transferred to Vandercook about it and talk about it." College of Music, where he completed his Bachelor of Music She is happily back performing, Education. It was at occasionally. Last summer she Vandercook that he began spent three months performing playing the clarinet, "They in The Clue in the Old Birdbath didn 't think that the saxophone a long run n i ng hit at Stage was legitimate music." Left Theater. Stephanie also performed i n a workshop was always his main production of I Didn't Know interest. He began playing What Time it Was, a Richard piano with a soul band that Rodgers review devised by needed a saxophone player. He Sheldon Patinkin for National told them that he played, Jewish Theater last month. although he was just starting out, and he's been playing sax "It's not l ike when I was ever since. In the early '60s younger, " she says, "I p i ck and he met musici ans such as Roscoe choose what I work on now. Mitchell, and Which means you work a lot less Muhal Ri chard Abrams who because actors can't be choosy, introduced him to "more frankly. 11 But she r eally contemporary , avant garde forms enjoys teaching. "I feel that, of music." From ' 65 to '71 he if nothi ng else, I can convey mainly played soul and blues, to my students that passion is it was in 1971 that he really needed in anything you do. A got into jazz full t ime. lot of them don' t go on to become actors. But if you have From '66 to '71, Ari mainly passion and energy about played with "house bands" and whatever you undertake, you worke d with Lou Rawls, the will succeed. Maybe not Tempt ati ons, Little Richard, BB financially, but you'll be K_i ng and the Four Tops among h appy." many others. In 1975, he got a gold record for h is sax part in the Emotions album, Flower. In 1979 he had the oppor tunity to join the Band, saxophone and flute regularly which toured Europe, the U.S., last year. "I enjoy passi ng on Japan and Canada. He also the information. It's never toured with for good to keep it to yourself, two years. it' s good to spread it out," he says. He also enjoys watching Ari continues to travel young people catching on. extensively. He has played at "When you teach, you learn. 11 the Westin Plaza Hotel in Ari believes he will a l ways be Singapore twice i n the past a teacher in some way, although year. He has also played in performing is his main love. Ma l aysia and Taiwan, as well as He has been a member of "Bach maki ng commercials for Citibank to Bebop" for Urban Gateways in Singapore and a film for the for about five years, along Singapore I nternationa 1 Tourist with fellow Columbia faculty Bureau . Ari made his American member Orbert Davis. film debut in 1991 in The Babe, starring John Goodman, i n which Ari will be performing with Ann he played a clarinet solo. Ward on April 7 at 8: 30 as a This past October, Ari part of the Women of the New travelled to Belgium and Jazz Concert Series, presented Amsterdam to play with Anthony at Hot House. Braxton. Ari has performed on about twenty five albums, including WHAT ' S NEWS Elvin Jones and the Jazz Machine i n Japan with Elvin David Woolley, Artist- in­ Jones, All the Magic with Residence for Stage combat, is Lester Bowie, Chi-Jazz with busy as usual. "Dirk and Luba Raashiek and , Guido: the swordsman" began and Things to Come from Those touring in March at the Now Gone with Muhal Richard Sarasota Medieval Faire (FL), a Abrams. In 1992, he performed university tour March 20-28, with the Chicago Symphony and will tour with the orchestra in a Suite for Scarborough Faire (Waxahachie, Malcolm X, written by Anthony TX) April 22-June 16, and the Davis. Ari has received four Bristol Faire (Kenosha, WI) NEA awards for composition and June 29- August 21 . In his free performance. He is currently time, David has wri tten and arranging music for Doxology by will direct Sinbad the Sailor Paul carter Harrison, for the Emanon Theatre at the Columbia ' s Playwright-in­ Body Politic Theater, which Residence. will open April 16, with a number of former Columbia Ari started teaching in 1974 as students, including Brian a substitute teacher for the Winters, Stephanie Repin, Joe Chicago Public School System. Albright, and Danny Robles. He had to stop teaching in 1979 because he was travelling so Part Time faculty member much, but began substituting Bradley Mott is currently again in 1989 . Two years ago, playing Mr. Bumble in Oliver! he substituted at Columbia, and along with Artist-in-Residence he began teaching clarinet, Paul Amandes, who is playing the Doctor, at Drury Lane Director of Big Game Theater Oakbrook until May 22. and has formed an acting ensemble with predominantly carol Loverde, the Head of former and current Columbia Vocal Instruction, will be students: Jackie Katzman, performing in concert with the Steve Walker, Michelle Walker, Choral Ensemble of Chicago. Matt O'Neill, Kyle Parker, Bill She will perform Sunday May 1 0' Connor, Kistie Jodlowski, at 3:30 at st. Pauls Church at Mark Montgomery, Brett Radford, Fullerton and orchard. She Tim Vahle and Erin Philyaw. also recently released "French They are currently developing a and Italian Art Songs" with stage adaptation of Charles pianist John Wustman for Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. centaur Records. Assistant Department Artist-in-Residence Cecilie Chairperson, Brian Shaw is O'Reilly will receive a undertaking his Master of Arts Bachelor of Arts Degree in degree at the School for New Music/Vocal Performance from Learning of DePaul University. Columbia College in June. She His area of study will be will perform a Senior Vocal curriculum development of a Project consisting of art, Performance Art concentration opera and musical theater songs for Theater Majors. He is also on May 19 at 6:30 in the New currently appearing in Cloud Studio as part of her 42 's production of Charles requirements for the degree. Ludlum' s Camille at the Body It is open to the public. Politic Theater. Part-time faculty member Susan Department Chair Sheldon Philpot will be performing in Patinkin is working on Second Telegram from Heaven at the City workshops in Toronto and National Jewish Theater Detroit. beginning April 27. Piano faculty member Bette Part-time faculty Jim Zulevic Coulson will be appearing at is currently working on his the North Lakeside Cultural fourth revue at the Second City Center on Sunday March 27 at Northwest in Rolling Meadows. 3p.m. Staff Accompanist David Rice Studio 108, an ensemble will be touring Europe with the including current students Otis Rush Blues Band in April. Blake Cadkin, Carmen Marrero, He is also playing with Brother Allison Cain, Heather John Blues and Laughing Gnomes. Donaldson, Linda Gorchow and David will perform on the Mike Vieau and former students Odyssey Cruise ship this David Bryson, Matthew Gray and summer. He is currently Timothy Vahle, will be teaching the Jazz Vocal class performing two original scripts at Columbia and transcribing by Greg Nagan. occupation will Bobbi Wilsyn's musical, Fair begin May 5 through May 28 at Lady. the Greenview Arts Center and Tiny Harvest will begin July 14 David Cromer, part-time also at the Greenview Arts faculty member, is the Artistic Center. Hope and Nonthings Productions Artist-in-Residence Tom Mula will present The Road and the and faculty member Dale River, an original script by Calandra will be co-directing A ian pierce, at the Transient Midsummer Night's Dream at the Theater Company from April 29 Oak Park Festival Theatre this through May 22. The show will summer. The show will run from feature students Corinna Bryan, July 1 through August 14 at the Geoff Coates, Mark Fossen, Austin Gardens. For Jackie Katzman, Pam Klier, Mark information, call (708)524- L. Montgomery, Timothy Vahle 2050. and Steve Walker. The show is directed by alumnus John R. Pierson. Pushin' Up Roses, written by two former students, Courtney Evans and Allen Conkle, will be presented by Nomenil at Cafe Voltaire from April 20 through May 25 on Wednesdays and Sundays. The show features current students Rachel Wi lliams, Jay Danner, Jackie Katzman, and alumni Janet Tuegal, Allen Conkle and Courtney Evans. I t is d irected by current student Frank Pullen. Artist-in-Residence Bobbi Wilsyn will givi ng a Concert in the Getz Theater, In A Mellow Tone, on May 22 at 3:00. The concert will also feature faculty members David Rice, Frank Donaldson and Orbert Davis. Bobbi is currently working as vocal coach and choral director on Columbia's production of Respect. She will return to the Odyssey Cruise ship thi s summer and will be featured with the Staff Classic Jazz Ensemble under the d irection of William Russo, the Editor: Pam Klier Director of the Contemporary Contributors: Ari Brown American Music Program, which Antje Gehrken will be performi ng at Grant Susan Padveen Park and the Getz Theater. Sheldon Patinkin William Russo Stephanie Shaw Chuck Smith Bill Williams