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Center Stage SP05 Web.Indd Center Newsletter of the UW DepartmentStage of Theatre & Dance Spring 2005 2005 off to a great start! Inside This Issue New Scholarship ..........................3 reetings from the Uni- playwright Lanford Wilson’s Book of versity of Wyoming Days, directed by Lee Hodgson. Set Summer Festival Hits the Mark .....3 Department of Theatre in America’s heartland in a sleepy Students take Top Honors .............4 and Dance! We hope this industrial town, Book of Days is Alums in NYC ..............................4 G issue of Center Stage a surprisingly funny depiction of finds you healthy and happy and enjoy- contemporary small-town life and New Faculty on Board ...................5 ing the beautiful summer season. the fragile social fabric that knits a Faculty Spotlight ...........................5 community together. A lot has been happening in 2005 Class of 2005 ................................6 thus far and we’re excited to catch you The well-received 2005 Spring up on goings on in the department and Dance Show followed hard upon in AlumNews Update ............................6 on the UW scene. On the back cover early March. The show opened with Thanks! ..............................................7 of this issue is also a sneak peek at our Mikhail Fokine’s 1909 landmark ballet upcoming 2005-2006 production sea- Les Sylphides, beautifully staged by son, which promises to be challenging special guest Eve Lawson of the Dance and exciting! Theatre of Harlem, with Marsha show also featured music composed Knight serving as Dance Mistress. and performed by local artists, includ- The spring season has already come ing Annie Guzzo, Fei Wu, the Chan- and gone and the 2005 Snowy Range The concert moved into less tra- dra Wyoga Gamelan, Juca Du Kassay, Summer Theatre and Dance Festival ditional territory with original jazz, and Gayane Grigoryan. dance season is in full swing. modern, and innovative dance com- Our spring positions from Mel Thanks to support from the UW semester kicked Claridge, Ana Paula Office of Cultural Outreach, the 2005 off in February Höfling, and Penny Spring Dance Concert was downsized a with Pulitzer Hutchinson. The bit and the company hit the road for a Prize- week in mid-April, touring throughout winning the state. Our spring season ended in April with Shakespeare’s “forgotten” comedy, Love’s Labour’s Lost, directed by Leigh A. Ryan Jones, Selting. One of Shakespeare’s earliest Heather Kaloust, and funniest plays, Love’s Labour’s Lost Ellen Soderberg, pokes fun at stodgy intellectuals and and Stephanie Lovell in Love’s zealous romantics alike, recording the Labour’s Lost. thrill of love’s pursuit and the resulting antics in uncompromising detail. We would be remiss to mention here that, once again, our acting, directing, Spring 2005 Center Stage playwriting, and design students took look forward to keeping you up-to- for those of you who have been wait- top honors at the Region VII American date on our comings and goings as we ing to peruse the new online Alumni College Theatre Festival in Ashland, continue to make UW one of the best News section. Next spring, we’ll also Oregon this past February, with several undergraduate theatre and dance pro- be hosting the Northwest Region of going on to national competition (see grams in the country! Please continue the American College Dance Festival, UW Theatre Students Claim Top to keep us up-to-date on your where- so it’s going to be a full year. We hope Honors At 2005 Regional Festival). abouts and goings on as well — the the rest of your summer is great and we new UW Theatre and Dance website look forward to hearing from you! The 2005-2006 academic perfor- has an August launch date (finally!) mance season is almost upon us and we Callie Stutheit and Tiffany McCann rehearse Mel Claridge’s “Toward the Within” for the 2005 Spring Dance Show. New Coco Kleppinger Scholarship for Theatre Students Long time UW Theatre and Dance she was about a year The Coco Klep- and Snowy Range Dance Festival sup- ahead of the other pinger Scholarship porters Dr. Kent Kleppinger, of Lara- kids. She won the will be awarded mie Pediatrics, PC, and his wife Nicko, Natalie Wood senior annually, based have set up a new $1000 scholarship for award in part because on both merit and theatre students. The Coco Kleppinger of the training she need-based crite- Scholarship is named for daughter received here.” ria, to a deserving Coco, who attended UW as a theatre student of theatre. “I have four major for two years before she moved This year’s recipi- daughters — all of on to UCLA. Nicko Kleppinger, RN ent of the award is senior Thomas Stroppel, “UW Theatre them fine arts kids,” who is working towards a BFA in both and Dance opened he continued. “The performance and technical theatre. so many doors for oldest one was a Coco,” said Klep- dancer with Marsha “It’s amazing what you guys do over pinger. “She learned Knight. Since Coco in that building — I don’t know if more in two years had been at UW and people know what all you do,” added here than I think she gotten so much out Kleppinger. “If there’s a way kids can did in four at UCLA. of it, I thought we benefit from this scholarship and can In fact, when Coco should pay some of get through school, God bless them. It’s transferred to UCLA, Dr. Kent “Klep” Kleppinger that back.” our small way of saying thanks.” Center Stage Spring 2005 page 2 Snowy Range Summer Theatre & Dance Festival Hits the Mark To continue to uphold the mission Laramie Fire Department personnel and studies with professional faculty of our summer programs and to serve graciously gave Leigh, Martha, and Wolf and performers. the Laramie and broader State com- the inside scoop on fire department A free Student Showcase dance munity, our department has combined life and the rare chance to try on real concert will be given Wednesday, July two traditional summer offerings, UW gear and sit behind the wheel of the fire 27. The Final Festival Concert will Summer Theatre and the Snowy Range engine and truck. Opening night was a be Saturday, July 30, and will features Dance Festival, into one package this benefit performance to honor our local Dance Theatre of Harlem, Jump summer — the 2005 Snowy Range Fire Department and to support its Burn Rhythm Jazz Project, and Cleo Parker Summer Theatre and Dance Festival. Out and Community Service funds. Robinson Dance Ensemble, as We’re proud of the long his- well as student repertory pieces tory and success of UW Summer choreographed by guest faculty Theatre, which at 52 years old is members. the second oldest program west Already, the festival format has of the Mississippi. And over increased audience draw to our its 11-year tenure, our Dance summer programs. It has also Festival has built a solid reputa- opened doors to attract and hire tion of providing audiences and outside professionals, who work participants with wonderful with our apprentice and semi- exposure to professional-level professional actors, designers, dance. Changing to a festival and technicians. Our students format will ensure these pro- can only benefit from that kind grams remain strong and will of interaction. help them to grow. Wolf J. Sherrill and guest artists Michael Boatman and We’ve moved forward this year The newly christened summer John Mayer in this summer’s hilarious production of ‘Art’. with a new approach— a healthy season opened in June with Neil The theatre component of our sum- mix of student and professional work Simon’s beloved comedy Barefoot in the mer festival is drawing to a close with and a variety of shows, from very fam- Park, directed by faculty member Wolf Yasmina Reza’s hilarious comedy ‘Art’ ily-oriented pieces to more challenging J. Sherrill, which played to rave reviews starring television and film star Michael work. We’re looking forward to the new and sold-out houses. Boatman (“Carter” from Spin City), ac- and exciting projects that the festival tor/director/educator John Mayer, and, format will allow us to do in the future. as if his summer were not full enough, Wolf J. Sherrill. The ensemble cast But with our budgets locked in at is fabulous and ably directed by guest 1989 levels, we will need your help if Andy Segal. At this writing, Michael’s our summer programs are to continue been called away to do some filming to remain viable and to grow. Please during the opening night of the show, consider making a gift to help main- which will give UW Theatre & Dance tain the legacy of outstanding summer graduating senior Brandon D. Taylor theatre and the opportunity to cast off his under- dance at the study togs for the real thing. University of Students perform a Peter Pucci Wyoming. piece in the 2004 dance festival. It won’t be long until our department We appreci- is overrun with more than 80 students ate your Leigh Selting, also artistic director during the July 20-31 dance festival support! for the summer season, directed the and concert series. Created in 1995, next offering, Anne Nelson’s bittersweet the dance festival provides training, 9/11 retrospective The Guys. This in- educational support, and professional Brandon D. timate duologue about a New York fire Taylor and El- development for Wyoming and regional captain and writer who connect in the len Soderberg dance students, teachers, composers, aftermath of 9/11 featured UW alum laugh it up in accompanists, and choreographers, in- Barefoot in the Martha Slater and Wolf J.
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