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YES’ Broadway’S Terrence Mann Theatre Icon Bob Moss Volume LV Number 3 • Summer 2014 • $8.00 THE POWER OF ‘YES’ Broadway’s Terrence Mann Theatre Icon Bob Moss FIND THE THROUGH-LINE Playwright Wendy MacLeod MAKING A DIFFERENCE Daniel Banks, Adam McKinney Find Through-Line ... BFA Design and theatre technology | BFA Production and stage Management Design Your Future BA theatre | BFA theatre Performance and Musical theatre Act now! Photo: 2010 Production of Machinal, by Sophie Treadwell, Directed by Heather May. Contact: C OLLEGE OF L IBERAL A RTS Department of Theatre Dr. scott Phillips, chair, Department of theatre tel [email protected] 334.844.4748 www.auburnuniversitytheatre.org www.auburn.edu | Auburn University is an equal opportunity educational institution/employer. 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Leong, Chair For information contact: Glynn Brannan - 804.828.2695 [email protected] arts.vcu.edu/theatre 922 Park Ave. • Richmond, VA 23284-2524 VolumeC LV Number 3 l Summerontents 2014 l Southern Theatre – Quarterly Magazine of the Southeastern Theatre Conference Features 6 Broadway’s Terrence Mann Always Say ‘Yes’ to Opportunity by Paul B. Crook 12 Theatre Icon Bob Moss I’ve Said ‘Yes’ to Theatre All My Life by Kent R. Brown 16 Celebrating SETC’s 65th in Mobile Photos by Porfirio Solorzano Departments 20 Playwright Wendy MacLeod Face Your Fears, Find Your Through-Line 4 400 Words by Amy Cuomo Black Sheds Light on Acting in a Room Full of Cubes 24 Adam McKinney and Daniel Banks by Ed Kelly Making a Difference via the Arts Is in Their DNA by Rochelle Elman 30 David Thompson Receives Suzanne Davis Award Cover Comments from Chris Rich Terrence Mann, SETC’s 2014 Distinguished Career Award winner, portrays Charles and Matthew James 32 2014 SETC Young Scholar’s Award Winners Thomas is Pippin in the Tony Award-winning production of Pippin currently on Broadway. Above, Mann is shown Abstracts by Briana Valderrey and Samuel Kolodezh with his wife, Charlotte d’Amboise, who portrays Fastrada in the musical. Mann earned a 2013 Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Charles. See Page 6 for story. (Photo by Joan Marcus; Photoshop work by Garland Gooden; cover design by Deanna Thompson) Summer 2014 x Southern Theatre x 3 400 Words from Ed Kelly, theatre professor, Florida School of the Arts Black Sheds Light on Acting in a Room Full of Cubes work in a room that is painted black. erly arranged, the cubes could physicalize Upon the completion of such an exercise, I mean everything in this room is black: the psychology of a scene, affording the students are often amazed at how effective I the floor, the walls and, believe it or not, student an opportunity to discover action. the acting cubes are in unlocking the even my teaching materials! So, you may In his book, An Actor Prepares, Stanislav- answers to questions posed within a wonder whether “light” is ever shed in a sky teaches us about action. He introduces monologue or scene. When the psychology room that affords nothing more than cubes the concept by calling our attention to action of a scene creates a question for the actor, of various geometric shapes, all painted verbs such as “lift,” “block,” and “balance,” a quick arrangement of cubes soon reveals black. to name a few. The theory is that the verb the answer. Once the scene is played In a traditional classroom setting, this “lift,” for example, functions on both physi- without the use of the cubes, the trick is to configuration would appear rather grim, cal and psychological planes. I have found somehow retain them. if not useless. Yet, because this is used for that with the use of nondescript cubes, an So, would I request a room where all the acting classes, students find answers in this infinite variety of physical combinations is furniture is painted black? Only if I was room to the questions that scenes propose. available to solve any psychological conun- certain it was for an acting class. n In other words, the absence of a definitive drum a character faces. We can build and object lends itself to what an imagination remove walls, open and block pathways, Have an opinion you would like to share on could provide. So, on one level, a pile align and straighten access, all the while a topic related to theatre? Send your column of cubes could become a bench, a table readily mastering the challenges of dyadic of 400 words or less to [email protected]. and so on. On another level, when clev- encounters found in plays. JAMES HOUGHTON Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division FALL 2014 85% of all actors receive scholarship support Juilliard MFA in Acting providing full tuition and stipend in the 4th and final year DRAMA BFA in Acting Apply by December 1 Auditions in New York, Chicago, San Francisco juilliard.edu/drama Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at Juilliard Christopher Durang and Marsha Norman, Co-Directors A Postgraduate Artist Diploma program providing tuition-free fellowships and stipends Apply by December 15 juilliard.edu/playwrights Photo by Jessica Katz 4 x Southern Theatre x Summer 2014 s o u t h e r n heatre From the SETC President TSETC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Betsey Horth EDITOR Deanna Thompson ADVERTISING Tracy Hall, [email protected] In this issue of Southern Theatre, we look back at the keynote speakers, BUSINESS & ADVERTISING OFFICE Southeastern Theatre Conference performances and events that inspired us at the 2014 SETC Convention in Mobile. 1175 Revolution Mill Drive, Studio 14 If there was an overriding theme at this year’s convention, it was the importance Greensboro, NC 27405 336-272-3645 of saying “yes,” of being ready to both recognize and grasp the opportunities PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Ithat come your way. J. K. Curry, Chair, Wake Forest University (NC) Broadway star Terrence Mann, SETC’s 2014 Distinguished Career Award Annette Grevious, Claflin University (SC) Denise Halbach, Independent Theatre Artist (MS) winner and the Saturday keynote speaker, exhorted his audience to always say Scott Phillips, Auburn University (AL) “yes,” while reminding them that there is no “magic bullet” for success. Paul Dominic Yeager, University of Alabama EDITORIAL BOARD Crook shares Mann’s story and advice. Jesse Bates, Independent Theatre Artist (AL) The power of “yes” was also the message of legendary artistic director Bob Sonya/Tim Bixler, Washington School/Delta Center Stage (MS) Kent R. Brown, Independent Theatre Artist (SC) Moss, Friday’s keynote speaker. In his address, he traced the twists and turns his Tessa Carr, Auburn University (AL) career took over the years because of his willingness to answer in the affirma- Larry Cook, University of North Georgia Bill Gelber, Texas Tech University tive when opportunities presented themselves. Kent Brown takes a look back at H. Duke Guthrie, Valdosta State University (GA) Moss’s career – and shares some of Moss’s tips for young professionals. Kendra Johnson, Clemson University (SC) Jen Nelson Lane, Birmingham Children’s Theatre (AL) Playwright Wendy MacLeod, Thursday’s keynote speaker, brought an inspi- Jerry Lapidus, Independent Theatre Artist (FL) rational message directed not just at playwrights, but also at others in theatre. Auburn University (AL) Scott Phillips, Amy Cuomo describes how MacLeod urged audience members to conquer fears, Steve Willis, Bennett College for Women (NC) Amile Wilson, Pippin & Maxx Arts and Entertainment (MS) find the through-line, and recognize that stamina is the key to success. PROOFREADERS Rounding out the 2014 keynote speakers was Wednesday’s presenter Daniel Tracy Hall, SETC Communications and Marketing Coordinator Denise Halbach, Independent Theatre Artist (MS) Banks, who also co-led the Teachers Institute with Adam McKinney. Rochelle PRINTING Elman takes us beyond Banks’s SETC presentation to explore the ways that he Clinton Press, Greensboro, NC and McKinney are making a difference around the world through the arts with NOTE ON SUBMISSIONS their nonprofit, DNAWORKS. Southern Theatre welcomes submissions of articles pertaining to all aspects of theatre. Preference will be given to subject Also at the SETC Convention in Mobile, we surprised former SETC President matter closely linked to theatre activity in the Southeastern David Thompson with the Suzanne M. Davis Memorial Award, our most United States. Articles are evaluated by the editor and members of the Editorial Board. Criteria for evaluation prestigious award for one of SETC’s own. include: suitability, clarity, significance, depth of treatment In our regular “400 Words” opinion column, Ed Kelly explains how he encour- and accuracy.
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