UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE Major in You

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE THEATRE ARTS DEPARTMENT

⊲ State-of-the-Art Facilities ⊲ Award-Winning Academic & Artistic Programming ⊲ Company-Based Training ⊲ Professional Internships ⊲ Amazing Graduate Success ⊲ Ideal Location – Between Milwaukee & Chicago

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PROGRAM ENTRY AUDITIONS To enroll as a Theatre Arts major at Parkside you’ll need to interview and/or audition with members of the theatre faculty prior to entering the program.

We are now accepting virtual auditions. Through one easy, online submission form, you can share your program entry audition materials. You can also schedule an in-person tour and audition.

Your fi rst step is to be accepted to UW-Parkside, then you’ll advance to your audition/interview. uwp.edu/apply uwp.edu/theatreauditions

MORE INFORMATION Fabrice Conte-Williamson | [email protected] Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, WI 53144

Concentrations You can graduate with a traditional liberal arts theatre degree or a professional training degree comparable to BFA programs with a concentration.

ACTING Deepen your knowledge and experience by participating in upper-level performance courses, exclusive professional workshops, and exciting theatre productions. Build a strong resume with meaningful credits before graduation to prepare for a successful career in the arts.

DIRECTING Explore the techniques, theories, and artistry of directing for the stage through advanced coursework, collaborative hands-on production opportunities, and individualized student-directed projects.

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Engage with cutting-edge technology in state-of-the-art facilities with dedicated mentorship from professional theatre artists who will foster your talent and further your expertise in any or several of these areas: Scenic Design Projection Design Costume Design Prop Design Lighting Design Costume Crafts Hair & Makeup Design Scene Painting Sound Design Technical Construction

STAGE MANAGEMENT Develop the necessary skills and techniques to become an accomplished stage manager through in-depth training based on current professional standards, leadership positions in main stage and studio productions, and arts management education.

MUSICAL THEATRE (Begins Fall 2021) Strengthen your status as a triple threat by engaging in acting, applied voice and music analysis, and musical theatre dance training while applying skills in theatre productions. Engage in showcase and master class opportunities. Cultivate a strong and diverse resume before graduation to prepare for a career in musical theatre. Limitless Opportunities Our professional company approach to your education ensures that you gain experience beyond the classroom and in productions, preparing you for a variety of careers in the theatre and entertainment industry:

Acting Makeup Design & Technology Directing Lighting Design & Technology Stage Management Scenic Design & Technology Arts Management & Administration Sound Design & Technology Costume Design & Technology Projection Design & Technology Internships When you study theatre arts at Parkside, you gain exclusive access to professional internships with leading theatre companies.

RECENT INTERNSHIPS Santa Fe Opera Utah Shakespeare Festival Milwaukee Repertory Theater First Stage Children’s Theater The Steppenwolf Theatre Glimmerglass Theatre Great River Shakespeare Door Shakespeare The Public Theater Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre KCACTF Success

UW-Parkside is very active in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 3 (the nation’s largest). At festival, our students compete and succeed. We regularly accrue a signifi cant number of Merit Awards (in Design, Direction, and Tech) as well as Acting Awards, including what we consider to be the highest accolade, The Ensemble Acting Award.

Parkside students have won the KCACTF Design Excellence award in lighting design ﬁ ve years in a row! Jessica Baker | Romeo and Juliet (2020), The War of the Worlds (2018) Chelsea Strebe | Silent Sky (2019) Zach Young | A Streetcar Named Desire (2017) Anna Janicek | Hedda Gabler (2016)

View a full list of recent KCACTF successes online. Faculty & Staﬀ Parkside Theatre Arts program was the ﬁ rst arts program in the UW System to win the coveted “Regents Award” for outstanding quality of education.

MISTI BRADFORD, MFA | Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Department Chair Areas of Expertise: Costume Design, Hair and Makeup Design, and Costume Crafts Member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 Co-Chair of Design, Technology, and Management, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 3; Vice Commissioner of Experience and Exhibits- Costume Commission- United States Institute for Theatre Technology Upcoming Project: Costume Design for Boswell, MHK Productions, 59E59 Theatre, Off -Broadway, NYC, Jan 2022

JAKE BRAY, MFA | Production Manager, Rita Tallent Picken Center for the Arts and Humanities Areas of Expertise: Lighting and Projection Design, Computer Aided Drafting New media integration specialist: Live streaming production, augmented Reality, and 3D modeling for Live Entertainment Recent Project: Award-winning lighting design for UW-Parkside’s productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens and Stupid F##king Bird by Aaron Posner

FABRICE CONTE-WILLIAMSON, MFA, PhD | Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Recruitment Coordinator Areas of Expertise: Directing, Theatre History, Literature, and Criticism, Multicultural and Multilingual Theatres Recent Project: Translation of Ismail Kadare's Stormy Weather on Mount Olympus as part of the 2020 Neustadt Lit Fest; directed UW-Parkside's production of Stupid F##king Bird by Aaron Posner Upcoming Project: Directing UW-Parkside's production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

BRIAN GILL, MFA | Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Professional Internship Coordinator Areas of Expertise: Acting and Stage Combat Specialized in Stanislavski Technique and Shakespeare, Member of Actors' Equity Association, Advanced Actor-Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, International Acting Credits include Shakespeare's Globe, London, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Recent Project: Principal role of James Boswell in Marie Kohler's Boswell at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival JODY SEKAS, MFA | Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Areas of Expertise: Scenic Design, Scenography, Scene Painting, Props, Digital Design & Technology Twenty years' experience as a freelance Designer for Theatre & Film, Resident Scenic & Prop Designer for Door Shakespeare, Member of United States of Institute for Theatre Technology Upcoming Project: Scenic/Prop Design for Boswell, MHK Productions, 59E59 Theatre, Off-Broadway, NYC, Jan 2022

RACHAEL SWARTZ, MFA | Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Areas of Expertise: Musical Theatre, Acting for the Camera, Voice and Movement Specialized in Lessac Kinesensic Voice and Body Training, Member of Actor's Equity Association, and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Recent Projects: Featured roles on Travel Channel, Discovery ID, Oxygen, and TV One; Acting and Musical Theatre faculty for Interlochen Arts Camp

KEVIN GRAY, BA | Music Recording Studio manager Areas of Expertise: Sound Design and Engineering Award-winning music composer and producer, Dante Audio Networking Level 2 Certified Current Projects: Sound Design for UW-Parkside's productions of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet and Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

NICOLE WILSON, BFA | Costume Lab Supervisor Areas of Expertise: Pattern Drafting, Tailoring, Understructures, and Draping Past credits include American Repertory Theatre at Harvard, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and The Goodman Theatre Recent Projects: Innovated and constructed Blitz, the mascot for the Seattle Seahawks

JOSH CHRISTOFFERSEN, MFA | Technical Director, Scene Shop Supervisor Areas of Expertise: Technical direction and Design for the Theatre, Drafting, Carpentry, Rigging, Molding, Casting, and Metalwork Former Technical Director for the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program in Providence, RI, Toured nationally and internationally with Sesame Street Live! Past credits include carpenter and sculptor for American Player's Theatre

Incredible Facilities Learn and perform in the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities. Our facilities include an 650 seat proscenium theatre, 150 seat flexible black box, two acting and directing studios, classrooms and studios equipped with the latest technology, a spacious costume lab, and a state-of-the-art digital design and fabrication lab. Graduate Success With an impressive placement rate into the industry, our alumni network is an enviable resource for connecting you with opportunities across the nation.

BRITTANY BOECHE '14 is a proud 2014 graduate of UW-Parkside. Since graduating, she has regularly worked in the Milwaukee theater community and currently holds the position of Programming Administrator with First Stage. She has worked with the Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Outskirts Theater, The Alchemist Theater, Mad Rogues, and others. Favorite roles include Joan (Sexual Perversity in Chicago), Jean (Dead Man’s Cell Phone), and Sir Toby Belch (Twelfth Night), for which she received a Footlights award for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Professional Play.

ELLIOT MAHONEY '16 graduated from Parkside in 2016. Since then has worked in regional theatres, cruise ships, production houses, and concerts. He is in the Technical Production program at Florida State University to pivot to the commercial side of theatre. UW-Parkside provided the foundation needed to get a job in the theatre industry.

ASHLEY MARIE RODRIGUEZ '14 is an actor and singer based in Wisconsin. After growing up in Chicago’s north side she found her way to Wisconsin to fi nish her studies in theatre performance at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She has had the pleasure of performing in productions with Skylight Music Theatre in roles such as Hattie in Kiss Me Kate, Ensemble and Understudy in Urinetown, and in the future production of Evita as Peron’s Mistress. She also had the pleasure of working with Renaissance Theaterworks’ Br!nk Festival works and the Chicago Kids Company. Other past roles include Lucy Harris in Jekyll & Hyde at College of Lake County, Alais in The Lion in Winter at Pride Theatre Company.

HANNAH SHAY '18 earned her BA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in acting at UW-Parkside. Following her undergrad, she received additional training at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater as part of their Emerging Professional Residency program. Some of her credits there include Junk (Ghost Writer/Ellen), Things I Know to be True (Pip U/S), A Christmas Carol (Nanny). Additional theatre credits include No Wake (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre), Br!NK Briefs (Renaissance Theaterworks), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare Project of Chicago), and understudying A Doll’s House, Part 2 (American Players Theatre). Commercial and voice over credits include Motorola, Maxi-Cosi, Snap-On, Casey’s General Store, Johnson Controls, and Nebraska Medicine.

TAYLER VARNEY '17 Props Artisan Current: Prop Crafts Artisan at The Milwaukee Repertory Theater Recent: Props Assistant at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Soft Goods Props Artisan at American Players Theater, Props Artisan and Scenic Paint Assistant at Skylight Music Theater

ZACH YOUNG '18 graduated from UW-Parkside in 2018 after winning the KCACTF National Lighting Design Award for A Streetcar Named Desire. He continued his training at the prestigious Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas from which he graduated with certifi cates in Special Eff ects and in Lighting Systems and Programming. After SILV, Zach served as Assistant Production Manager of Lighting for Princess Cruise Line and later returned to UW-Parkside to work as the interim Scene Shop Supervisor for theatre productions. He accepted a summer internship as Assistant Lighting Designer at PCPA Theatrefest (Pacifi c Conservatory Theatre) where he now serves as Assistant Technical Director. Zach is planning on pursuing an MFA in Lighting Design in the near future. 92% AVERAGE PLACEMENT RATE employed by theatre companies or accepted to graduate school

Graduates of our program work in theatre companies across the United States and abroad.

Glimmerglass Theatre, NY Broadway Scenic Artists, NYC Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland American Players Theatre, WI PCPA Theatrefest, CA Sante Fe Opera, NM First Stage Children’s Theatre, WI Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, WI Seattle Repertory Theatre, WA Paramount Theatre, IL ARTS & HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP DAY

SPRING 2022 | Tens of thousands of dollars in renewable scholarships for new students studying arts and humanities... like you! uwp.edu/ArtScholar

COMING SOON FROM UW PARKSIDE THEATRE ARTS

October 2021 December 2021 March 2022 April-May 2022 THE THE INDECENT SHE KILLS PENELOPIAD THANKSGIVING MONSTERS By Paula Vogel PLAY Directed by Rachael Swartz By Margaret Atwood By Qui Nguyen Directed by Fabrice Conte-Williamson Directed by Brian Gill By Larissa FastHorse Directed by Brian Gill

Learn more about our productions and see past production photos at uwp.edu/therita

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