Department of Theatre 1800 Lincoln Avenue Evansville, Indiana 47722 theatre.evansville.edu [email protected] University of Evansville Theatre 812.488.2744 Educating future professionals. PERFORMANCE Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Science

PEER GYNT, May Studio Theatre EXPERIENCE Performance majors experience in-depth UE THEATRE... classroom training in improvisation, games, clowning, voice and speech, movement, UE Theatre encourages students to explore the script analysis, character and scene study full breadth of career development opportunities (utilizing contemporary and classical texts), available to them throughout the entertainment as well as advanced audition techniques. industry. The mentoring of each student’s This comprehensive curriculum prepares HAMLET, Shanklin Theatre particular strengths and talents is coupled with them to work on a wide range of material practical experiences in auditions, mock job in multiple mediums. interviews, portfolio development, and a true desire to foster personal and professional success for Mainstage and studio productions, student- every graduate. directed projects, classroom work, and UE Theatre productions provide purposeful experiences tailored to challenge and cultivate growth in an staged readings, as well as a traveling individual student’s path as a theatre artist. Students have the opportunity to work in all three venues: Shakespeare troupe, allow actors to the 482-seat Shanklin Theatre, the versatile May Studio Theatre, and the newly created John David Lutz further develop and perfect their craft in a Theatre Lab. variety of hands-on settings. THE WOLVES, May Studio Theatre Theatre Studies majors must be of the highest THEATRE STUDIES academic caliber, possess demonstrated talent, THEATRE MANAGEMENT and exhibit an interest and proficiency in Bachelor of Science several areas of theatre. To accommodate their Bachelor of Science with a minor in Business Administration academic prowess and varied interests, theatre studies majors are encouraged to explore a variety of theatrical disciplines. This specialized program is the most immersive theatre degree offered in the UE Department of Theatre.

Majors may fully explore interests in: Performance Directing Dramaturgy Playwriting Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Wigs and Makeup Stage Management Theatre Management Production Management

This major is for highly qualified students interested in a career as a leader in the field of arts management. The curriculum combines in-depth courses in the Department of Theatre with specially selected classes offered in the Schroeder School of Business Administration.

Theatre Management students receive extensive practical experience in marketing, fundraising, general management, company management, patron services, special events, and hands-on experience working with the UE Theatre Society Board of Directors.

Boasting a 100% employment rate, alumni currently work with Broadway’s HAMILTON, Second Stage Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Wind Dancer Films, Theatre for a New Audience, Aurora Productions, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Lincoln Center Theater, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Baseline Theatrical, San Francisco’s Curran Theater, Tessitura Ticketing, and Ambassador Theatre Group in London. FUN HOME, Shanklin Theatre RICHARD III, Shanklin Theatre DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Science Majors may pursue interests in:

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Technical Direction Design and Technology majors take a core Theatre Technology curriculum of classes in production techniques, Hair and Makeup costume construction, makeup, color and design, Costume Construction graphic communications, scenic, costume, and lighting, design. Specialized courses covering topics such as architecture and costume history, rendering, metalworking, rigging, carpentry, computer-aided design, and director/designer collaboration are also available to accommodate each student’s strengths and interests.

Production opportunities provide students with hands-on experience in all areas.

THE TEMPEST, Shanklin Theatre STAGE MANAGEMENT Bachelor of Science

For the student interested in a career in stage management or production management, this particular major combines courses in theatre, management, and communications and provides a comprehensive educational program to prepare students for a professional career. Stage Management students enhance their education through the completion of an associated study in a field of their choice and may even choose to spend an entire semester interning at a professional theatre.

May Studio Theatre FACULTY AND STAFF Eric Renschler, Department Chair, Associate Professor, Scenic Design Wes Grantom, Guest Artist, Directing/Resident Director BS and BA, University of Evansville; MFA, University of Michigan BFA, University of Evansville Member, United Scenic Artists; Member, IATSE Member, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Sharla Cowden, Managing Director/Head of Theatre Management Stacey Yen, Visiting Assistant Professor, Acting/Guest Artist BA, Southeastern Oklahoma State University; MFA, Wayne State University BA, Brown University; MFA, New York University Co-Coordinator, National Unified Auditions Member, Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild

Diane Brewer, Professor, Dramatic Literature/Theare History/Dramaturgy Jean Nelson, Costume Production/Costume Shop Manager BA, Tufts University; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles BA Mankato State University; MFA, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Member, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America Adam Rager, Technical Production/Scene Shop Manager Stephen Boulmetis, Associate Professor, Lighting Design BS, University of Southern Indiana BFA, University of Cincinnati–CCM; MFA, Boston University Member, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Engineers Member, United Scenic Artists; Member, IATSE Sherri Peachee, Senior Administrative Assistant Sarah J. Smith, Assistant Professor, Costume Design BFA, Carnegie Mellon University; MEIM, Carnegie Mellon University Member, United Scenic Artists; Member, IATSE Dana Taylor, Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to Theatre Lindsay Halbig, Adjunct Instructor, Dance and Movement Amelia McClain, Assistant Professor, Acting BFA, University of Evansville; MFA, New York University Member, Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild Joseph P. Flauto, Professor Emeritus, Design John David Lutz, Professor Emeritus, Acting/Directing Mitch Critel, Assistant Professor, Technical Direction/Production Manager BFA, University of Nebraska; MFA, University of Missouri, Kansas City Patti McCrory, Professor Emeritus, Costume Design Member, United States Institute of Theatre Technology Christia Ward, Professor Emeritus, Acting/Voice & Speech THE GRAPES OF WRATH, Shanklin Theatre ALUMNI SNAPSHOTS INTERNSHIPS

Amy Attaway ’01, Associate Artistic Director, Amelia McClain ’03, MFA New York University; Summer internship experiences play an invaluable role in helping Kentucky Shakespeare Broadway credits include THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, UE theatre students transition into the professional world Greg Backstrom ’01, Managing Director/COO, NOISES OFF, FOOL FOR LOVE, THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, THE following graduation. The Curran Theatre, San Francisco HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES Holli Campbell ’12, Associate Company Manager, Danny Mefford ’04, MFA Brown University; UE theatre students regularly secure positions at these HAMILTON, Broadway, NYC choreographed DEAR EVAN HANSEN and the 2015 Tony prestigious institutions: Matt Carter ’11, MFA University of Missouri–KC; Award-winning musical, FUN HOME, as well as Broadway’s Entertainment Engineer, Hudson Scenic Studios, NYC THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY and BLOODY Tatianna Casas Quiñonez ’19, Executive Assistant to the BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director and Managing Director, Manager of the Chris Minnick ’08, Director of Communications, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Humanities Program, Theatre For A New Audience, NYC Aurora Productions, serving production management and Roundabout Theatre Company Hannah Cava ’16, Production Project Manager, technical supervision needs for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and touring productions Arena Stage Disney Theatricals, NYC Toby Onwumere ’12, MFA University of California–San Diego; Utah Shakespeare Festival Jacob Climer ’02, MFA Carnegie Mellon University; Kai in EMPIRE, Capheus in the Netflix original series SENSE8 Costume Designer for Broadway, regional theatre, and opera The Santa Fe Opera Carrie Preston ’89, The Juilliard School; Nathan Darrow ’98, MFA New York University; Great River Shakespeare Festival won an Emmy Award for her role of Elsbeth Tascioni on THE Meechum, HOUSE OF CARDS, Mick Danzig, BILLIONS The Juilliard School GOOD WIFE; currently Polly on TNT’s CLAWS Michael Eddy ’83, Editor-in-Chief, Stage Directions The Glimmerglass Festival Teresa Sapien ’11, Artistic Associate, Magazine—the art, craft, & technology of theatre La Jolla Playhouse in California Manhattan Theatre Club Kelli Giddish ’02, stars as Detective Amanda Rollins on NBC’s LAW & ORDER SVU Mat Smart ’01, MFA University of California, San Diego; Signature Theatre Sally Cade Holmes ’10, Tony Award-winning Producer, a playwright and recipient of two Jerome Fellowships and a The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Broadway credits include HADESTOWN, ANATASIA, McKnight Advancement Grant from the Playwrights’ Center, Cleveland Playhouse and winner of 2014 William Inge Theatre Festival’s Otis FRANKIE AND JOHNNIE IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE Guernsey New Voices in the American Theatre Award Spoleto Festival Polly Hubbard ’05, Director of New Play Development, Laura Stuart ’08, General Management Associate, Atlantic Theatre Company Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC Isaac Katzanek ’11, Production Manager, Playwrights Horizons Hannah Sullivan ’11, MFA Yale University; Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles Milwaukee Repertory Theater Assistant Stage Manager, HAMILTON National Tour Emily Kent ’09, Director of Marketing, Actors Theatre of Louisville Drea Tartaglia ’07, Key Tailor on Amazon’s THE Denver Center for the Performing Arts Alley Theatre MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL Adela Kuehn ’04, MFA California Institute of the Arts; Robert Tintoc ’06, MFA University of California-San Diego; Seattle Children’s Theatre Senior Technical Director, Walt Disney Imagineering Production Designer, Universal Studios Hollywood The Shakespeare Theatre Company Deirdre Lovejoy ’84, MFA New York University; Olivia Vellotti ’15, Production Office Administrator, Indiana Repertory Theatre LUCKY GUY on Broadway; Recurring roles on THE WIRE, Ambassador Theatre Group, London The Muny in St. Louis. Rutina Wesley ’01, BONES, SHAMELESS, and THE BLACKLIST The Juilliard School; Jujamcyn Theaters Rami Malek ’03, 2019 Academy Award-winner for Best Actor played Tara Thornton on HBO’s TRUE BLOOD and stars in as Freddie Mercury in BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY; 2017 Golden OWN’s QUEEN SUGAR Wind Dancer Films Globe Award nominee and 2016 Emmy Award-winner for Best Erin Wilhelmi ’08, Broadway credits include Mercy Lewis, Disney Theatrical Group Actor in a Drama Series as Elliot in MR. ROBOT THE CRUCIBLE, Emmy, A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2, Mayella Tokyo’s Shiki Theatre Company Sarah Malone ’08, Education and Outreach Manager, Ewell, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Disney Theatricals Reed Wilkerson ’10, MBA New York University; From top of page: Derresha Webb ’20, Box Office Manager and Victoria Keesee ’20, Joshua Marsh ’08, Associate General Manager, Second Stage Theatre, NYC Associate Company Manager at Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; Sierra Miller ’19, Costume Designer, GODFATHER OF Audience Engagement Associate at Williamstown Theatre Festival; Ivy Karlsgodt ’17, HARLEM; Co-Costume Designer, GIRLS and ORANGE IS THE Aaron Wilson ’09, MFA University of Missouri-Kansas City; Stitcher at Williamstown Theatre Festival; Daniel Stewart ’19, Acting Apprentice at Great NEW BLACK Technical Director, Alley Theatre, Houston River Shakespeare Festival. BE A CHANGEMAKER We are an ASHOKA U Changemaker Campus

Want to make a difference in your community? At UE, you don’t have to wait to have an impact on your campus and community. Be a social innovator in your very first semester! Students have the opportunity to participate in ChangeLab classes, live in a Changemaker residence hall, and compete in the Changemaker Challenge. Sample ChangeLab classes include local and international Habitat for Humanity builds, Engineering Gardens for the Disabled, Empowering Women in Politics, Anti-Bullying Board Games, Creating Community Composting, Science and Technology in Elementary Education, Nature Writing for Change, Anti-Juuling, LGBT Chorus, Alternative Energy for Puerto Rico, and Right: Marshall Hopkins ’19 gives back to the community by working Increasing Diversity in Arts Programming. on a build for Habitat for Humanity Evansville

ChangeLab: ROGUE AND PEASANT ACES

Reviving a tradition that began in 1962, with a University of Evansville production of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS that toured to high GO GLOBAL...SPRING OR FALL? schools, the ROGUE AND PEASANT ACES is a mobile Shakespeare company created to tour the We own it! Tri-state area. Last year, the troupe performed Shakespeare in eight schools for 1500 students. At Harlaxton College in Grantham, England, students live in a 100-room manor or in the adjacent carriage house and take classes in its beautiful nineteenth-century halls and galleries. The Department In its inaugural year, this UE ChangeLab class was of Theatre structures its degree programs so students can study abroad for an entire semester their awarded the distinction of being named the 2019 sophomore year. Harlaxton’s class schedule is on a four-day class week, so students can spend three Best Arts Project by the city’s Leadership Everyone days traveling throughout Europe and the UK to see theatre productions, visit art museums and historical organization. sites, and become true global citizens. YOUTUBE HOW TO APPLY youtube.com/UETheatre Auditions/Interviews Audition/Interview Schedule TWITTER The Department of Theatre seeks students interested in studying acting, The University of Evansville will conduct all auditions and interviews @UETheatre directing, scenic design, costume design, lighting design, sound design, online this year. Utilizing various online platforms, we will be participating theatre technology, stage management, dramaturgy, playwriting, theatre in several group auditions, UE private auditions, and private auditions as management, and theatre studies. part of the National Unified Auditions. INSTAGRAM Auditions/Interviews should include one or more of the following Due to COVID–19 and the financial stress this pandemic has placed @UETheatre approaches: on families across the country, the University of Evansville Theatre is Audition: Actors should provide a headshot, resumé, and prepare a waiving their $25 audition fee for UE private auditions this year. memorized 2–3 minute monologue from a contemporary play, 20–30 FACEBOOK lines from a play by William Shakespeare, and one verse from a Broadway The University of Evansville will have representatives conducting musical. The student must utilize recorded musical accompaniment. auditions and interviews in conjunction with the following virtual events: facebook.com/UETheatre Portfolio Review: Stage managers, designers, and technicians should International Thespian Festival provide a resumé, as well as examples of work in the form of Pacific Northwest Auditions photographs, prompt-scripts, slides, and/or drawings of productions Youth Performing Arts High School, in Louisville, Kentucky on which the student has worked. Examples of related skills (sewing, Texas Thespian Festival drawing, woodworking, etc.) are also helpful. Kansas Thespian Festival Oklahoma Thespian Festival Students interested in theatre management should present a resumé, Booker T. Washington High School of the Performing Arts, in Dallas, Texas writing samples, and any photographs or examples of completed Greater San Antonio Auditions projects. Students interested in theatre studies may choose to combine Colorado Thespian Conference an audition and portfolio review. Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival Interview: All prospective students, regardless of intended major, will North Texas Drama Auditions interview with members of the faculty to assess skills and interests. Ohio Thespian Auditions Interviews allow students to talk with a faculty member in an informal Georgia Thespian Conference manner and discover what the University of Evansville and the student have to offer each other. The University of Evansville is a proud founding member of the National Unified Auditions. For these auditions, students will need to register and upload materials through www.getacceptd.com. The discounted fee for Admission Requirements these auditions is $27. If a student needs to apply for a fee waiver, they First-year and transfer students seeking admission to the Department of should email [email protected] with that request. Theatre must formally apply to the University of Evansville and audition and/or interview with the department faculty. It is highly recommended UE PRIVATE AUDITIONS for students to complete the UE Application for Admission prior to the November 7, 2020 scheduled audition/interview: www.evansville.edu. January 30, 2021 February 20, 2021 Financial Aid The Department of Theatre works directly with the incoming student’s Notification family and the Office of Financial Aid to create the most comprehensive Students who audition/interview for entry into the Department of financial aid package available. Scholarships are based on the student’s Theatre will be notified in accordance with the university policy for talent, academic record, and leadership potential. Need-based grants admission. Students will be accepted, declined, or placed on a waiting and loans are also available. Financial aid packages will not be awarded list. Accepted prospective students must complete the formal UE until the student has been formally admitted to the University of application process, before they can be officially accepted into the Evansville and has completed the audition/interview process. department and awarded a scholarship. Students placed on the waiting list will be notified of the department’s final decision before the May 1, 2021, national deadline for scholarship acceptance.

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