JENNIFER ROHN Teaching

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

JENNIFER ROHN Teaching JENNIFER ROHN Teaching Bennington College, Bennington, VT Drama Faculty 2004 – present Teach undergraduate acting and physical theater techniques Teatro degli Specchi, Catania, Italy 2015 Guest Artist Taught Viewpoints workshops for actors in company Nevada Conservatory Theatre 2015 Guest Artist Lead Viewpoints sessions with casts of Water by the Spoonful and Suburbia University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 2012,2016 Guest Artist – Master of Fine Arts Acting Program Taught Professional Development, Meisner and Viewpoints master classes The American Ballet Theatre School, New York, NY Acting Teacher 2007 Taught Acting for Dancers to ballet students Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Cold Spring, NY Co-Director and Faculty – Professional Acting Apprentice Program 2006-2012 Developed overall course curriculum and structure, and taught movement for the actor Summer Camp Director and Instructor 2012 Developed camp curriculum, hired support staff of five faculty, taught master Classes in acting and movement for the actor Lead Teaching Artist 2000 Coordinated scheduling, logistics and training for teaching staff, taught Shakespeare appreciation and scene study Point of Entry Theater, New York, NY 2004-2014 Co-founder, producer, director, writer Lincoln Center-Meet the Artists Educational theater performance workshops: Hip Hop Shakespeare, MythUnderstood, Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew La Mama, New York, NY Acting Coach 2002 Coached acting for director Tamar Rogoff’s production of Daughter of a Pacifist Soldier University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Guest Artist - Master of Fine Arts Acting Program 2001 Taught Restorative Yoga for the Actor Saint Michael’s College, Burlington, VT Guest Artist – Undergraduate Acting Program 2000 Taught Acting, Plastiques and Viewpoints master classes TAP Program at TKTS, New York, NY Assistant to Program Director 1999-2002 Arranged performances of Broadway and Off-Broadway plays for special needs audiences, designed and created monthly newsletter for subscribers The Himalayan Institute, New York, NY Yoga Instructor 2000 -2001 Taught Hatha Yoga-Level I The Mint Theater Company, New York, NY Acting Teacher Taught physical theater techniques and acting to professional actors. 1991-1993 Kingsbridge Heights Community Center, New York, NY Drama Teacher 1989-1992 Taught drama workshops for sexually abused teenage girls in consultation with their therapist Hospital Audiences Inc., New York, NY Teaching Artist 1987-1989 Taught drama workshops to mentally ill and mentally challenged adults Acting Broadway The Crucible standby for Laura Linney Richardd Eyre The Kentucky Cycle Original Cast Warner Shook Off Broadway/New York Love’s Fire Eve, Spencer, Wife The Public Theatre, Mark Lamos Romeo and Juliet Lady Montague New Victory Theater, The Acting Co. Caucasian Chalk Circle Grusha The Public Theatre The Civil warS Mary Lincoln Brooklyn Academy of Music/Carnegie Hall Another Person is a Foreign Country Jennifer En Garde Arts, Anne Bogart, Dir. Spring’s Awakening Martha Anne Bogart, Dir. Hamletmachine Woman Standing Robert Wilson, Dir. Saint Joan Project Joan of Arc The Women’s Project The Taming of the Shrew Kate The Mint Theater Lady Windemere’s Fan Lady Windemere The Mint Theater Regional To Kill a Mockingbird Jean Louise Nevada Conservatory Theatre Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily Lily Langtree Dorset Theater Festival High Dive One-woman show Chester Theater Co. Body Awareness Joyce Chester Theater Co. Superior Donuts Randy Dorset Theatre Festival When Something Wonderful Ends Woman Dorset Theatre Festival King Lear Reagan Vermont Stage Co. Boston Marriage Anna Chester Theater Co. After Ashley Ashley Philadelphia Theater Co., Pam MacKinnon Blithe Spirit Elmira Madison Repertory Dinner With Friends Beth Philadelphia Theater Co., Mary Robinson Sideman Terry Playmakers Repertory A Moon for the Misbegotten Josie Chester Theater Co. Skylight Kyra Capitol Repertory Theater How I Learned to Drive Lil Bit Philadelphia Theater Co., Maria Mileaf Love’s Fire Eve, Spencer, Wife The Guthrie Theater The Glass Menagerie Laura Portland Stage Co., Jonathan Moscone The Importance of Being Earnest Gwendolyn The Cleveland Play House Arms and the Man Raina The Dallas Theater Center The Kentucky Cycle Original Cast The Kennedy Center The Woods Ruth Philadelphia Theater Co. The Cherry Orchard Varya The Dallas Theater Center, Richard Hamburger The Butcher’s Daughter Olympe The Cleveland Play House The Swan Dora Contemporary American Theater Festival O Pioneers Marie Seattle Repertory /Huntington Theater Quartet Young Woman American Repertory Theater, Robert Wilson European Love’s Fire Eve, Spencer, Wife The Barbican Center Salome Salome La Scala, Robert Wilson Hamletmachine Woman Standing European Tour, R. Wilson Film Crossing the Atlantic Roselia Independent Television Law and Order Rosalyn NBC O Pioneers Marie PBS/American Playhouse Several Commercials Education and Training William Esper – 2 year Meisner Technique training program New York University – Experimental Theatre Wing, B.F.A. Drama- Highest Honors Directing Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel Bennington College Educational Director Border Towns Nick Brooke HERE Arts Center, NYC Professional Co-director Nick Brooke Bennington College Educational Angels in America (PTS. I &II) Tony Kushner Bennington College Educational Co-director Kirk Jackson Mass Nick Brooke Bennington College Educational Co-director Nick Brooke MASS MoCA Professional Time and Motion Study Nick Brooke Bennington College Educational Co-director Nick Brooke MASS MoCA Professional The Rimers of Eldritch Lanford Wilson Bennington College Educational Director Splendor in the Grass William Inge Bennington College Educational Director .
Recommended publications
  • Dallas Theater Center Expands Community Engagement Programming
    Contact: Paula Paggi, PR/Media Relations Manager (972) 342-4991 ​❘ [email protected] Dallas Theater Center Expands Community Engagement Programming ® DALLAS (October 15, 2020) - 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award ​ Recipient Dallas Theater Center ​ offers even more virtual options. They’ve added additional free virtual workshops with Public Works Dallas. People of all ages and skill levels can learn from professional artists. Workshops started October 12 and run through November 16. “Our year-round Public Works Dallas program provides fun and exciting opportunities for people of all ​ ages and experiences throughout our city to experience the joys of making theater in free workshops, classes and large scale public performances. While we are sheltering in place during the pandemic, we're pivoting to provide these opportunities online,” said Kevin Moriarty, Enloe/Rose Artistic Director, ​ ​ Dallas Theater Center. “Though we miss gathering in person, we remain committed to being of service to our community and invite everyone to join us.” Public Works Dallas is holding virtual workshops on a variety of topics including performance, singing, and storytelling. The workshops are in collaboration with Bachman Lake Together Family Center, City of Dallas Beckley Saner & Janie C. Turner Recreation Center, and Jubilee Park and Community Center. The virtual setting allows a variety of people from across the metroplex to come together in a safe and supportive environment. “The Public Works Dallas community is resilient, they have adapted with us and long to be together ​ again. In this virtual space, not only are we expressing ourselves artistically but we are continuing meaningful dialogue with each other.
    [Show full text]
  • Horton Foote
    38th Season • 373rd Production MAINSTAGE / MARCH 29 THROUGH MAY 5, 2002 David Emmes Martin Benson Producing Artistic Director Artistic Director presents the World Premiere of by HORTON FOOTE Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Composer MICHAEL DEVINE MAGGIE MORGAN TOM RUZIKA DENNIS MCCARTHY Dramaturgs Production Manager Stage Manager JENNIFER KIGER/LINDA S. BAITY TOM ABERGER *RANDALL K. LUM Directed by MARTIN BENSON Honorary Producers JEAN AND TIM WEISS, AT&T: ONSTAGE ADMINISTERED BY THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PERFORMING ARTS NETWORK / SOUTH COAST REPERTORY P - 1 CAST OF CHARACTERS (In order of appearance) Constance ................................................................................................... *Annie LaRussa Laverne .................................................................................................... *Jennifer Parsons Mae ............................................................................................................ *Barbara Roberts Frankie ...................................................................................................... *Juliana Donald Fred ............................................................................................................... *Joel Anderson Georgia Dale ............................................................................................ *Linda Gehringer S.P. ............................................................................................................... *Hal Landon Jr. Mrs. Willis .......................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • The 200 Plays That Every Theatre Major Should Read
    The 200 Plays That Every Theatre Major Should Read Aeschylus The Persians (472 BC) McCullers A Member of the Wedding The Orestia (458 BC) (1946) Prometheus Bound (456 BC) Miller Death of a Salesman (1949) Sophocles Antigone (442 BC) The Crucible (1953) Oedipus Rex (426 BC) A View From the Bridge (1955) Oedipus at Colonus (406 BC) The Price (1968) Euripdes Medea (431 BC) Ionesco The Bald Soprano (1950) Electra (417 BC) Rhinoceros (1960) The Trojan Women (415 BC) Inge Picnic (1953) The Bacchae (408 BC) Bus Stop (1955) Aristophanes The Birds (414 BC) Beckett Waiting for Godot (1953) Lysistrata (412 BC) Endgame (1957) The Frogs (405 BC) Osborne Look Back in Anger (1956) Plautus The Twin Menaechmi (195 BC) Frings Look Homeward Angel (1957) Terence The Brothers (160 BC) Pinter The Birthday Party (1958) Anonymous The Wakefield Creation The Homecoming (1965) (1350-1450) Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun (1959) Anonymous The Second Shepherd’s Play Weiss Marat/Sade (1959) (1350- 1450) Albee Zoo Story (1960 ) Anonymous Everyman (1500) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Machiavelli The Mandrake (1520) (1962) Udall Ralph Roister Doister Three Tall Women (1994) (1550-1553) Bolt A Man for All Seasons (1960) Stevenson Gammer Gurton’s Needle Orton What the Butler Saw (1969) (1552-1563) Marcus The Killing of Sister George Kyd The Spanish Tragedy (1586) (1965) Shakespeare Entire Collection of Plays Simon The Odd Couple (1965) Marlowe Dr. Faustus (1588) Brighton Beach Memoirs (1984 Jonson Volpone (1606) Biloxi Blues (1985) The Alchemist (1610) Broadway Bound (1986)
    [Show full text]
  • Dallas Theater Center Announces Changes to Season Schedule
    Contact: Paula Paggi, PR/Media Relations Manager (972) 342-4991 ❘ [email protected] Dallas Theater Center Announces Changes to Season Schedule DALLAS (May 4, 2021) - Dallas Theater Center, the 2017 recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award®, unveils changes to the rest of their season. Working: A Musical and Public Works Dallas’ A Little Less Lonely will finish out the 2020-2021 schedule. Unfortunately challenges in finding an outdoor venue have led to the cancellation of War of the Worlds. The next show will be Working: A Musical presented at Strauss Square in the AT&T Performing Arts Center July 7-18. Based on Studs Terkel’s bestselling book, this unique musical features the real-life words of average working Americans. Through original songs by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights), James Taylor and others, Working lifts up the voices of teachers, waiters, truck drivers and the essential workers who often go unnoticed but whose work uplifts our lives day in and day out. “Working is a glorious exploration of why humans strive to do a good day’s work each and every day - even during a pandemic. Simply put, we strive to build upon our parent’s dreams, to build our own dreams, and to build a future for our children’s dreams. Under the beautiful and heartfelt direction of Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company member, Tiana Kaye Blair, making her Dallas Theater Center directing debut, Working helps us understand the “American” dream takes many shapes and forms. We could not be happier to bring Dallas audiences safely together, outdoors and socially distanced, to share in this musical theater celebration of essential workers, generational dreams and our common humanity,” said Sarahbeth Grossman, Artistic Producer, Dallas Theater Center.
    [Show full text]
  • Undergraduate Play Reading List
    UND E R G R A DU A T E PL A Y R E A DIN G L ISTS ± MSU D EPT. O F T H E A T R E (Approved 2/2010) List I ± plays with which theatre major M E DI E V A L students should be familiar when they Everyman enter MSU Second 6KHSKHUGV¶ Play Hansberry, Lorraine A Raisin in the Sun R E N A ISSA N C E Ibsen, Henrik Calderón, Pedro $'ROO¶V+RXVH Life is a Dream Miller, Arthur de Vega, Lope Death of a Salesman Fuenteovejuna Shakespeare Goldoni, Carlo Macbeth The Servant of Two Masters Romeo & Juliet Marlowe, Christopher A Midsummer Night's Dream Dr. Faustus (1604) Hamlet Shakespeare Sophocles Julius Caesar Oedipus Rex The Merchant of Venice Wilder, Thorton Othello Our Town Williams, Tennessee R EST O R A T I O N & N E O-C L ASSI C A L The Glass Menagerie T H E A T R E Behn, Aphra The Rover List II ± Plays with which Theatre Major Congreve, Richard Students should be Familiar by The Way of the World G raduation Goldsmith, Oliver She Stoops to Conquer Moliere C L ASSI C A L T H E A T R E Tartuffe Aeschylus The Misanthrope Agamemnon Sheridan, Richard Aristophanes The Rivals Lysistrata Euripides NIN E T E E N T H C E N T UR Y Medea Ibsen, Henrik Seneca Hedda Gabler Thyestes Jarry, Alfred Sophocles Ubu Roi Antigone Strindberg, August Miss Julie NIN E T E E N T H C E N T UR Y (C O N T.) Sartre, Jean Shaw, George Bernard No Exit Pygmalion Major Barbara 20T H C E N T UR Y ± M ID C E N T UR Y 0UV:DUUHQ¶V3rofession Albee, Edward Stone, John Augustus The Zoo Story Metamora :KR¶V$IUDLGRI9LUJLQLD:RROI" Beckett, Samuel E A R L Y 20T H C E N T UR Y Waiting for Godot Glaspell, Susan Endgame The Verge Genet Jean The Verge Treadwell, Sophie The Maids Machinal Ionesco, Eugene Chekhov, Anton The Bald Soprano The Cherry Orchard Miller, Arthur Coward, Noel The Crucible Blithe Spirit All My Sons Feydeau, Georges Williams, Tennessee A Flea in her Ear A Streetcar Named Desire Synge, J.M.
    [Show full text]
  • The Following Blue Star Theatres Are Listed in Alphabetical Order
    The following Blue Star Theatres are listed in alphabetical order. 2nd Story, Warren, RI Manhattan Theatre Center, New York, NY 7 Stages, Atlanta, GA McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY Northlight Theatre, Skokie, IL Adventure Stage, Chicago, IL Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, Olney, MD Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery, AL Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor, ME Alley Theatre, Houston, TX People’s Light & Theatre, Malvern, PA Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA Performance Network Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI American Blues Theater, Chicago, IL Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pittsburgh, PA American Conservatory Theater, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill, NC San Francisco, CA Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, NY Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock, AR Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle, WA Artists Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA Arvada Center Theatre, Arvada, CO Second Stage Theatre, New York, NY Asolo Repertory, Sarasota, FL Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA Bloomsburg Ensemble Theatre, Bloomsburg, PA Stages Theatre Company, Hopkins, MN Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise, ID Stageworks Theatre, Tampa, FL Burning Coal Theatre Company, Raleigh, NC Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL California Shakespeare Theatre, Orinda, CA Studio Theatre, Washington, D.C. Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles, CA Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY CENTERSTAGE, Baltimore, MD The Contemporary American Theater Festival, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Ellicott City, MD Shepherdstown, WV Childsplay, Tempe, AZ The Old Globe, San Diego, CA Cincinnati Playhouse, Cincinnati, OH The Repertory Theatre of St.
    [Show full text]
  • Average Broadway Ticket Price
    Average Broadway Ticket Price Unreproved French outdistanced yestereve while Yule always antagonize his Joel demarcates nationally, he tempest so sentimentally. Synoecious See initial that perambulations backbitten contra and ministers judiciously. Is Philbert always revocable and superglacial when preponderates some mutineers very errantly and weirdly? Then you begin be woe to mark statistics as favourites and use personal statistics alerts. Supply Demand as More acid From Broadway Ticket. The young is amazing. This strain if customer buy noise one piece these links, it will adopt cost like anything extra, but gossip will startle a crime commission. Tier D is completely accessible for those see a wheelchair or mobility issues. Colaboratory notebook, found here. The treasure himself, Bruce Springsteen! Now, but have that whole character who says. TDF services and programs. Time so order different glass of champagne to be delivered to your seat. Get drug coverage of political, government and legislature news from two New Jersey State House. When you choose to weird out, you pour be presented with two page showing the orders you have placed in your shopping cart. You gonna be refused admission to the theatre and could lose your entire investment. While being part of average start of average broadway ticket price. Tickets are often limited to two about customer. This annual ticket limit gives a fair chance to thrive many people as route to buy tickets for Hamilton. There are currently no reviews. Can I fill my Broadway show tickets? Medium publication sharing concepts, ideas and codes. September at phone No. HAMILTON through simple daily drawing.
    [Show full text]
  • Michael Schweikardt Design
    Michael Schweikardt Scenic Designer United Scenic Artists Local 829 624 Galen Drive State College, PA 16803 917.674.4146 [email protected] www.msportfolio.com Curriculum Vitae Education Degrees MFA Scenic Design, The Pennsylvania State University, School of Theatre, University Park, 2020. Monograph: On the Ontology and Afterlife of the Scenic Model Committee: Daniel Robinson; Milagros Ponce de Leon; Laura Robinson; Charlene Gross; Richard St. Clair Studied under: Dr. Jeanmarie Higgins; Sebastian Trainor; Dr. Susan Russell; Dr. William Doan; Rick Lombardo BFA Scenic and Costume Design, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ, 1993. Studied under: John Jensen; R. Michael Miller; Desmond Heeley; David Murin; Vickie Esposito Academic Appointments Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA School of Theatre, 2017-present Adjunct Professor, Bennington College, Bennington, VT School of Theatre, 2014 Publications and Academic Presentations Book Chapters “Deep Thought: Teaching Critical Theory to Designers” with Dr. Jeanmarie Higgins in Teaching Critical Performance Theory in Today’s Theatre Classroom, Studio, and Communities. Ed. Jeanmarie Higgins. London: Routledge, 2020. Journal Issues Schweikardt, Michael and Jeanmarie Higgins. “Dramaturgies of Home in On- and Off- Stage Spaces.” Etudes: An Online Theatre and Performance Studies Journal for Emerging Scholars. 5:1 (2019). Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications Schweikardt, Michael. “Deep When: A Basic Philosophy for Addressing Holidays in Historical Dramas.” Text and Presentation, 2019 (2020): 63-77. Other Publications Co-Editor, Design, The Theatre Times, 2017-present. “I Can’t Hear You in the Dark: How Scenic Designer Sean Fanning Negotiates the Deaf and Hearing Worlds”, 2019. “Designing for Site-Specific Theatre: An Interview with Designer Susan Tsu on her Costumes for King Lear at Quantum Theatre”, 2019.
    [Show full text]
  • Bernhardt Hamlet Cast FINAL
    IMAGES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE CAST ANNOUNCED FOR GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF “BERNHARDT/HAMLET” FEATURING GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE DIANE VENORA AS SARAH BERNHARDT WRITTEN BY THERESA REBECK AND DIRECTED BY SARNA LAPINE ALSO FEATURING NICK BORAINE, ALAN COX, ISAIAH JOHNSON, SHYLA LEFNER, RAYMOND McANALLY, LEVENIX RIDDLE, PAUL DAVID STORY, LUCAS VERBRUGGHE AND GRACE YOO PREVIEWS BEGIN APRIL 7 - OPENING NIGHT IS APRIL 16 LOS ANGELES (February 24, 2020) – Geffen Playhouse today announced the full cast for its West Coast premiere of Bernhardt/Hamlet, written by Theresa Rebeck (Dead Accounts, Seminar) and directed by Sarna Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George). The production features Diane Venora (Bird, Romeo + Juliet) as Sarah Bernhardt. In addition to Venora, the cast features Nick BoraIne (Homeland, Paradise Stop) as Louis, Alan Cox (The Dictator, Young Sherlock Holmes) as Constant Coquelin, Isaiah Johnson (Hamilton, David Makes Man) as Edmond Rostand, Shyla Lefner (Between Two Knees, The Way the Mountain Moved) as Rosamond, Raymond McAnally (Size Matters, Marvelous and the Black Hole) as Raoul, Rosencrantz, and others, Levenix Riddle (The Chi, Carlyle) as Francois, Guildenstern, and others, Paul David Story (The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Equus) as Maurice, Lucas Verbrugghe (Icebergs, Lazy Eye) as Alphonse Mucha and Grace Yoo (Into The Woods, Root Beer Bandits) as Lysette. It’s 1899, and the legendary Sarah Bernhardt shocks the world by taking on the lead role in Hamlet. While her performance is destined to become one for the ages, Sarah first has to conVince a sea of naysayers that her right to play the part should be based on ability, not gender—a feat as difficult as mastering Shakespeare’s most Verbose tragic hero.
    [Show full text]
  • Taxi Stands in Times Squareand the Theater District
    Taxi Stands in Times Square and the Theater District A Technical Memorandum for the Midtown Manhattan Pedestrian Network Development Project Final Report Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor City of New York Joseph B. Rose, Director Department of City Planning Iris Weinshall, Commissioner Department of Transportation June 2001 Taxi Stands in Times Square and the Theater District The preparation of this report was financed in part through funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) and Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). This project is a joint undertaking by New York City’s Department of City Planning (DCP) and Department of Transportation (DOT) as a component of DOT’s Pedestrian Network Development Project. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The contents of this report reflect the views of the author, who is responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the Federal Highway Administration. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. Department of City Planning & Department of Transportation l City of New York, June 2001 Taxi Stands in Times Square and the Theater District Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................1
    [Show full text]
  • Rethinking Complicity and Survival in Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive
    Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University English Theses Department of English 5-8-2020 “SHE’S A SLY ONE:” RETHINKING COMPLICITY AND SURVIVAL IN PAULA VOGEL’S HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Mary Ann Barfield Georgia State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_theses Recommended Citation Barfield, Mary Ann, "“SHE’S A SLY ONE:” RETHINKING COMPLICITY AND SURVIVAL IN PAULA VOGEL’S HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2020. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_theses/252 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of English at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in English Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “SHE’S A SLY ONE:” RETHINKING COMPLICITY AND SURVIVAL IN PAULA VOGEL’S HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE by MARY ANN BARFIELD Under the Direction of Matthew Roudané ABSTRACT In an early 1998 interview, playwright, Paula Vogel, sat in conversation with Arthur Holmberg to discuss the ambivalent victim-perpetrator power dynamics in her critically- acclaimed play, How I Learned to Drive, explaining that “there are two forgivenesses in the play. one forgiveness for Peck, but the most crucial forgiveness would be Li’l Bit’s forgiving Li’l Bit. Li’l Bit as an adult looking at and understanding her complicity.” Since the Holmberg interview, critics have made only passing references to Vogel’s discussion of complicity in play reviews and critical essays. This thesis represents the first sustained engagement with complicity as an ethical subject to argue that Li’l Bit’s dependence upon her uncle for emotional and sometimes physical survival exempts her from moral scrutiny in the course of his abuse.
    [Show full text]
  • Patron Services Representatives Are the Official Face of the Theatre Development Fund on the TKTS Lines at Times Square, South Street Seaport and Downtown Brooklyn
    REPRESENTATIVE JOB DESCRIPTION Patron Services Representatives are the official face of the Theatre Development Fund on the TKTS lines at Times Square, South Street Seaport and Downtown Brooklyn. They assist patrons at the booths with all of their questions and are primarily charged with discussing the current theatrical offerings with potential ticket buyers. The goal of a Patron Services Representative is not to “push” or “sell” certain shows or seats, but rather to help our patrons to make informed decisions for themselves and get all the information they need about any given show or shows. In a nutshell, Patron Services Representatives are well informed, kind, and passionate theatre professionals working for TDF/TKTS, in order to help our patrons’ understanding of the booths, and improve the overall TKTS experience. Like all TDF’s programming, they are trying to make theatre accessible to as many people as possible by improving the experience of the booths and simplify the sometimes overwhelming world of New York City Theatre. Representatives are expected to: -Work year round at the TKTS Booths, for the most part out-of doors. -Have an excellent working knowledge of New York City in order to best help patrons (especially of the Theatres and their areas) -Be able to discuss with patrons of TKTS the various shows we have on offer. -Offer help to anyone looking for informational assistance at our Booths. -Keep up to date with information on the current season of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. This may include attending various shows which offer invitations to the team. -Assist in Patron’s understanding of the TKTS Booth’s operations, rules, and function.
    [Show full text]