Theater and Dance

IndIana UnIversIty of PennsylvanIa • JanUary 2010 • 1 Kennedy Center American College theAter FestivAl region two FestivAl Forty-two January 2010 2 • Kennedy Center amerICan College theater festIval • regIon 2 Parking Meters/Pay by Space Parking on campus is free during the Festival except for spaces marked “Reserved” and Indiana Theater and The Coney metered spaces along Grant Street between S. 600 Block, Philadelphia Street 11th St. and Oakland Avenue. Parking in handi- capped spaces or tow away/no parking zones without proper permits may result in ticketing and/or towing. Two Blocks to Downtown Indiana/Philadelphia St. P P Hadley Pizza Union Building House Performing Arts Center Festival Central P P Taco Bell Romeo’s Sheetz KFC Oakland Ave./ Giant Eagle Route 286 To Indiana Mall/ Sutton Hall Walmart Areas Blue Room P Gorell Recital Hall University Museum P Commonplace Coffee P P P P P P P To Holiday Inn/Quality Inn IndIana UnIversIty of PennsylvanIa • JanUary 2010 • 3 Table of Contents Campus Map ...............................................................................2 IUP Department of Theater and Dance .......................................3 Support ........................................................................................3 Welcome to Festival 42 ...............................................................4 Keynote Speaker: Bill Pullman ...................................................4 Invited Productions and Performance Times ..............................5 General Information Registration and Information Desk .....................................6 IuP Department of Hospitality ...........................................................................6 Theater and Dance Dining ..................................................................................6 Mission stateMent Badges and Admission to Events ........................................6 The Department of Theater and Dance is dedicated to both theater and dance as collaborative and highly disciplined fine arts demanding an Admission to Invited Productions .......................................6 education that offers an extended view of the world as a part of a liberal Security/Emergencies ..........................................................6 and humanistic education. Successful students develop an artistic sensi- bility and a disciplined work ethic, skills necessary in most endeavors. Transportation......................................................................6 The department is committed to: Parking ................................................................................6 • Providing comprehensive course work, from introductory Computer Access .................................................................7 through advanced levels of study, in all major areas of theater and dance; Lost and Found ....................................................................7 • Providing diverse production opportunities at all academic levels Late Nights @ the Festival..........................................................7 to develop students as artists by developing proficiency in one or more of the areas of playwriting, research, performance, and Master Schedule ...................................................................... 8-9 production while stimulating the intellectual growth of both Workshops by Discipline .................................................... 10-20 students and faculty; • Augmenting and complementing the cultural offerings of the Office Locations ........................................................................13 university community; and Dramaturgy ...............................................................................20 • Establishing a work ethic of collaboration, personal discipline, and respect. O’Neill Critics Institute .............................................................21 Student Directing Insitute .........................................................21 National Playwriting Program ..................................................21 Support Stage Directors & Choreographers Scholarship Competition ....22 theater at the Kennedy Center is presented Irene Ryan Scholarship Auditions Information ........................23 with the generous support of Design Exhibit Schedule ...........................................................24 Stephen and Christine Schwarzman Festival Fringe .........................................................................24 the Kennedy Center aMeriCan College theater Volunteers and Guests ...............................................................25 festival is sponsored, in part, by the Participating Productions ..........................................................25 Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Associate Productions ...............................................................26 U.S. Department of Education KCACTF Staff and Coorindators .............................................27 National Committee for the Performing Arts Presenter Profiles ................................................................ 28-34 Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation 4 • Kennedy Center amerICan College theater festIval • regIon 2 Welcome to Festival 42 Keynote Speaker soMething big, soMething brilliant, bill pullMan soMething MeMorable Isn’t this what all of us want to be a part of or, in some way, achieve Wednesday • 12:30 p.m. during our lives? At this festival, you will find the community, the Fisher Auditorium, IUP Performing Arts Center spirit, and the passion that is the theater of today and the theater of Bill Pullman made his silver screen debut in the Danny DeVito-Bette tomorrow. It is here that you will be asked to look at yourselves, look at the work of others, and engage in conversation about your craft. Midler comedy Ruthless People in 1986. He followed that with lead roles Indiana University of Pennsylvania has graciously opened their doors in Spaceballs, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and The Accidental Tourist. to us to welcome our quest, engage our community, and support our With his All-American nice guy looks, Pullman was, for many years, cast self-reflection. Take advantage of this opportunity. Root for your friends in the Irene Ryan competitions, design exhibits, directing competitions. as a decent but ineffectual man who almost inevitably got dumped on by Hone your literary skills as a critic, a playwright, or a dramaturg. his significant other. This trend lasted until 1995 when Pullman starred View every production opportunity that comes your way including our opposite Sandra Bullock in the crowd-pleasing While You Were Sleeping. Invited Productions, our Fringe Shows, and our New Play Presentations. Leave here learning something new, doing something big, experiencing something memorable. It is yours for the taking. Born in rural Hornell, N.Y., on December 17, 1953, Pullman was the Engage! sixth of seven children. He grew up with an interest in construction work, and, after graduating from high school, he enrolled in a technical college Juliet Wunsch, Region II Festival Chair to pursue this interest. A random visit to a local drama club and subse- quent meeting with a drama teacher convinced Pullman that he wanted to welCoMe to iup perform on the stage rather than build it. He went on to earn a B.A. in the- A hearty “hello” from Indiana University of Pennsylvania! You are lo- cated at the geographic center of the “new” region II that includes our ater from the State University of New York at Oneonta. After attaining an friends in Ohio, West Virginia, and the northern part of Virginia. Our M.F.A. degree in directing from the University of Massachusetts at Am- doors are open and our winter fires burn brightly, welcoming the caffein- herst, Pullman joined a theater company and performed throughout South ated excitement of KCACTF’s 42nd celebration of excellence in theater. Dakota and Montana. He later took a IUP has placed her College of Fine Arts at the center of university life. job teaching drama at Montana State The recent renovations of the IUP Performing Arts Center and Cogswell Music Hall are a testament to the university’s commitment to the arts University, where he became chair- as a fundamental component of higher education. I am pleased to see man of the theater department. our Fine Arts campus brimming over with your excitement and passion for theater. Pullman then moved to New York to As the chairperson of the Department of Theater and Dance, I can tell further his stage career. He became you that IUP and our surrounding Indiana County are a worthy home to the visual and performing arts. It is a warm and hospitable place very active in regional theater and for a mid-winter festival celebration. Here you will make new friends, won acclaim for his work at such renew old acquaintances, and fire up your imaginations. I bid you a places as New York’s Lincoln Cen- memorable festival. ter and Washington, D.C.’s Folger Brian Jones, Chair Theatre. In 1985, he moved to Los IUP Department of Theater and Dance Angeles to pursue more theater work and the following year made his film debut in Ruthless People. Follow- Changes/additions/updates ing several other films, he was cast in 1992 in A League of Their Own, The schedule and other information in this program may have changed. Please check at the information/reg- followed by Singles, Sleepless in Seattle, Casper, Lost Highway, and as istration area in the PAC for the most current informa- the president in Independence Day. In addition to his

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