Performing Arts League Spring 2015 Season Guide

This packet includes information on auditions, rehearsals, and performances for Spring 2015 seasons of some of CUPAL member groups. If you’re interested in getting involved with any of the productions and organizations, email [email protected], or contact the appropriate individuals from the group you’re interested in.

CUPAL Member Groups Bach Society Barnard Theatre Department* Black Theatre Ensemble CoLab Columbia Ballet Collaborative (CBC) Columbia Classical Performers (CCP) CU Bellydance Columbia Musical Theatre Society (CMTS) CU Players (CUP) CUPAL Special Project: Film Fatale King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe (KCST) Latenite Theatre New Opera Workshop (NOW) NOMADS Orchesis V-Day Varsity Show Wind Ensemble XMAS!

CUPAL Executive Board: CUPAL Board: [email protected] [email protected] Bach Society: Vincent Peng President: Allie Carieri Barnard Theater Dept Liaison: Alex Dabertin Vice President: Ally Engelberg BTE Rep: Amanda Perry Treasurers: Ankeet Ball, Emily Snedeker CoLab Secretary: Christina Kyrillos Columbia Ballet Collaborative Rep: Alyssa Technical Director: Aramael Pena-Alcantara Hubbard Columbia Classical Performers Rep: Katherine Cartusciello CU Bellydance CMTS Rep: Isabella Rosner CUP Rep: Rachel Cramer CUPAL Special Project: David Silberthau KCST Rep: Marilyn Minton Latenite Rep: Agnes Carlowicz New Opera Workshop Rep: Stepan Atamian NOMADS Rep: Waverley Engelman Orchesis Rep: Connor Yockus V-Day Rep: Casey Gilfoil Varsity Show Reps: Nikita Ash, Emily Snedeker Wind Ensemble Rep: Sara Wright XMAS! Rep: Matt Seife

Tentative Performance Calendar

February 21: Egg and Peacock X (KCST) April 16-18: Film Fatale (CUPAL Special February 26-28: Beyond Cis-terhood (V-Day) Project) Late February: MaMa Project (Orchesis) April 18: Spring Performances (CBC) March 1: Festival of Winds (Wind Ensemble) April 19: CCP @ CMS Trip March 1 - CCP @ CMS Trip April 23-25: Senior Theses in Directing March 5-7: Madame Bovary (Theatre (Theatre Department) Department) April 23-25: (CMTS) March 5-7: Dead Man’s Cell Phone (CUP) April 26: Lerner 555 - CCP Concert March 8: Sulzberger - CCP Concert April 30-May 2: Much Ado About Nothing March 26-29: Double Bill: Handel's La (KCST) Lucrezia and Blow's Venus & Adonis (NOW) May 1-2: Senior Theses in Solo Performance March 28: Harvard Concert (CCP) (Theatre Department) April: Latenite Spring Anthology May 1-3: The 121st Annual Varsity Show April: Senior Showcase (CMTS) May 3: Sulzberger - CCP Concert Mid April: New Works Performances (NOW) Late April: Orchesis Spring Showcase TBD: April 2-4: Maybe I Am Not Reading This Map Black Theatre Ensemble Spring Productions Correctly (NOMADS) April 5: Lerner 555 - CCP Concert April 9-11: Joyriders (CUP)

Actor Share, Auditions and Callbacks for Week 1 Productions

“Week 1 Productions” are theatrical productions that hold auditions the first week of the semester (January 20th­22nd). Students interested in auditioning for any of these productions can attend auditions any day (information is listed on production pages) and should communicate all potential callback or rehearsal conflicts (class, work, other auditions or callbacks) at their audition. Productions will provide tech and rehearsal times to the auditioners so that both parties are aware of scheduling from the top of the process, and can better resolve or adjust respective conflicts and schedules if need be. Any student then invited to Callbacks that weekend will receive an email from the production they are being called back for; Callbacks will be that Friday, Saturday or Sunday and time and location will be sent out by the production. Students should look at the production pages for more information on what to prepare for their auditions. A member of the CUPAL Executive Board will be present and available for students at the beginning or end of each callback for any questions or clarification. An Actor Share Agreement will be sent out to all students who are called back to any CUPAL Week 1 production via email. Students must fill this form out after their final callback, and before 8:00 p.m. on Sunday January 25th—regardless of the number of shows they were called back for. Students who do not fill out an Agreement will not receive a call from CUPAL Executive Board members to discuss potential casting conflicts. Students can call a CUPAL Executive Board member anytime before 8:00pm on the 25th should they need to discuss potential conflicts, or be unsure about their plans for the semester. The Actor Share Agreement is designed to help students called back for multiple productions create a game plan should they receive parts in multiple shows, and allow the CUPAL Executive Board members to best help the actor in phone calls and on their behalf in the Actor Share room. These Agreements, as well as all phone calls between actors and CUPAL Executive Board members are completely confidential and are not shared with the productions. In order to allow each production and actor to work with each other in the most efficient way possible, CUPAL hosts an Actor Share at the end of this week, in order to ensure that there is not considerable overlap in an actor’s schedule so that both the actor and the production are able to function. The decision of the actor as to which production(s) and role(s) they would like to accept is completely up to the actor. Actors who are cast in multiple productions will receive calls from a non­biased CUPAL Executive Board member (i.e., someone not involved in any of the productions the actor is called back for). The Executive Board Member will inform the actor of the roles offered to them, as well as if the actor can take one or multiple roles due to the dates of production and rehearsal schedule. Absolutely no decisions will be made on behalf of the actor by the CUPAL Executive Board or the productions. Actors must keep their phones on and nearby in order to keep the process going. Actors who do not receive calls from CUPAL that night may still be cast in one production. Only actors who are offered roles in multiple productions will receive calls. We ask that actors keep their phones on and nearby beginning at 9:30pm on Sunday as to keep the process going so all shows can cast their productions in a timely manner. Should an actor need time to decide on their semester, the actor will decide on a time that night when the CUPAL Executive Board Member will call them back for a decision. Actors cast in Department productions and still interested in student productions must prioritize their Department involvement and rehearsals when considering their student production involvement. Actors auditioning for additional productions later in the semester must also communicate their Week 1 involvements to these productions. Barnard Theatre Department Spring 2015 Events

Auditions for the spring are tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. There's a meeting at 5.30 which will be MUCH SHORTER than usual, and then auditions beginning at 6. We will audition 6­8 and 8­10, with a short break in between. Tuesday 6­8. If you are auditioning Tuesday we encourage you to get there before 8 as we have a lot of work to do sorting out the classes, etc. We encourage people to come on Tuesday. No different days for first­years. Info on the department website: http://theatre.barnard.edu/auditions

Callbacks will be Thursday evening, cast lists for all shows posted Friday. If you are cast, you must sign up for the appropriate section of THTRV 3122 Rehearsal and Performance. Students cast must provide director with all potential conflicts to rehearsal as part of casting.

Auditions are open to all undergraduate students, and casting is up to the directors. We are always looking to put together the best cast for each production. b. Our first show, which runs March 5­7, is Madame Bovary, directed by Kyle deCamp. Kyle is a terrific solo performer and has extensive experience with doing devised work in NYC. This performance, which will feature a cast of 10 or so, will be devised in rehearsal; each of the actors will play all of the parts (i.e., men and women will play Mme Bovary, etc.). Rehearsals will begin a week from today. c. We have three terrific senior theses in directing, as well as five playwriting theses in the works for the later spring. Festival I: Senior Theses in Directing Thursday, April 23 – Saturday, April 25 (exact times TBA) The Crazy Locomotive by Stanislav Witkiewicz Directed by Dafna Gottesman The Serpent by Jean­Claude van Itallie Directed by Andrea Marquez Woyzeck by Georg Büchner Directed by Adrian Alea Thesis directors will be casting at the departmental auditions tomorrow and Wednesday; rehearsals begin the week prior to spring break.

Festival II: Senior Theses in Solo Performance and in Playwriting Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2 This year we will have plays by Nissy Aya, Rae Binstock, Anuradha Golder, Mingjing Huang, Piper Rasmussen. Each of the plays will have a staged reading, and we will be looking for both directors and performers. Contact Andy Bragen in the Theatre Department, or the playwrights. d. Backstage: as always, we have plenty of opportunity for backstage technical theatre work if you are interested. This work is credited; we also have workstudy and occasionally nonworkstudy employment opportunities as well. If you are interested see Mike Banta, Milbank 504 [email protected] CU Players Presents: Dead Man’s Cell Phone!

This is a show that has it all: death, the afterlife, gun fights, true love, make-outs, stationary and flip phones. Dead Man's Cell Phone opens when Jean answers Gordon's cell phone and then proceeds to discover that he is dead. Instead of leaving the phone like a normal person, she assumes the identity of one of Gordon's colleagues (before she discovers the secret of his profession) and becomes enveloped in his life. She breaks the news of his death with incredible gentleness and often even more incredible lies. The whole play is set anytime and anywhere, but often no time and nowhere. We are looking for actors and a production team who are comfortable relying upon their own imaginations and bravely pursuing them in order to make the insanity and beauty that is Sarah Ruhl's masterpiece into a reality.

Auditions: Please come prepared with a 1-2 minute modern monologue or ready to read provided sides. Comedic or dramatic, we don’t care as long at it shows you off. Be ready to have some fun.

Character Breakdowns: We are looking for 6 actors of all backgrounds and identities.

JEAN- A woman in her late 30s who has blended in her entire life until answering the phone of a dead man. She enjoys having her hair braided, answering other people’s phones, and really nice paper samples. Also can do some form of martial arts and knows how to hold a gun. (Don’t worry, we can teach you that stuff) GORDON- A man in his late 40s who is now dead. Enjoys organ smuggling, sleeping with other woman, and lobster bisque. (No need to like lobster bisque, we can make it something else…but if you have a thing against soups, contact us) MRS. GOTTLIEB- A woman in her mid 60s. The mother of Gordon and Dwight and the human equivalent of a really old but beautiful fur coat. Enjoys treating her sons unequally, making nice with her dead son’s wife, and walking into fires. (Again, the fire thing is not a must) HERMIA- A woman in her 30s who is trapped by her past decisions. We wonder why such a beautiful woman married Gordon. Enjoys getting drunk with Jean, imagining other men when having sex, really nice doorknobs, and imagining other women when having sex. DWIGHT- A man in his 30s. Gordon’s brother and a significantly more genuine version of him. Totally underappreciated by those around him. Heartthrob to a true romantic, but also a little off-kilter. Enjoys making stationary, attempting to braid Jean’s hair, and being a total Ted Mosby on a first date. THE OTHER WOMAN/THE STRANGER- A woman in her 30s. Gordon’s lover/business partner, but also sort of a mysterious androgynous super villain. (Can be played by anyone)…(okay maybe anyone who thinks they are capable of learning how to pistol-whip someone)

We will also be interviewing for the following production team positions: Assistant Director Assistant Producer Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Lighting Designer Sound Designer Composer Sound mixer (can be same as designer) Publicity Manager Props Designer/Creator

Creative Team: Director:[email protected]! ! Producer:[email protected]! Stage!Manager:!Danielle!Crosswell! ! ! ! Art!Director/Set!Designer:!Christina!Tang! Costume!Designer:!Aaron!Kane! Technical!Director/Lighting!Designer:!Aramael!Andres!PenaHAlcantara! If!you!have!any!questions!about!auditions!and/or!interviews,[email protected]!and! we'll!get!back!to!you!right!quick!! KCST Presents Egg and Peacock X: Real World

Everyone’s favorite all­day play is turning 10! This year’s Egg and Peacock is drawing from the defining movement of television in the last decade: reality TV. We’re pulling from everything from Survivor to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to provide inspiration for our writers, directors and actors. Come stay up all night with us as we hit double digits and continue the tradition of writing plays at 11:59pm on a Friday, casting them that morning, and putting them in front of an audience at 8:00pm on a Saturday. What can happen? Who knows! If you’ve never done any theatre and you want to try it out, if you can only commit one day to doing a show this semester, or if you are looking for a completely different theatrical experience, come get involved with KCST’s Egg and Peacock!

What are we looking for? To make Egg and Peacock, we need writers, directors, actors, and production team members! We’re looking for 5­6 writers or writing teams, who will be paired with directors or directing teams a few weeks before Egg and Peacock. We also will have applications for a stage manager, sound operator, and lighting operator, as well as crew to help during the day of the show.

This sounds so cool! How do I sign up?! Applications for writing, directing, and crew will be sent out via the CUPAL listserv and the KCST listserv. Email [email protected] or [email protected] to sign up to receive our emails! Auditions for the shows will be the morning of Saturday, February 21, and all you have to do is show up—no experience or preparation necessary. Everyone will be cast! The day of, writers will begin at 11:59pm on Friday the 20th, and directors will start that morning. Actors will begin rehearsals immediately after auditions that Saturday.

Dates and Deadlines to Remember Writer/Director Applications due: February 2nd at 11:59pm Technical Applications due: February 7th at 11:59pm Actor Auditions: February 21st at 9:00am Show Dates: February 21 at 8:00pm and 10:00pm

Want more information? Email producers Marilyn Minton and Allie Carieri at [email protected]!

CUPAL&Special&Project:&Film&Fatale& ! ! CUPAL’s!special!project!this!semester!is!a!film!noir!but!with!a!few!twists:!it!is!in!the! Lerner!Black!Box,!not!on!the!big!screen!and!instead!of!dialogue,!the!action!will!be! accompanied!by!an!original!score.!!! ! Plot!Summary:!Detective!Charlie!Dixon!is!ready!to!retire!when!Marion!Montgomery,!a! sensual!and!mysterious!heiress,!asks!for!his!help!solving!her!brother's!brutal!murder.! What!follows!is!an!investigation!filled!with!seduction,!scandal,!booze,!and!money.! ! Character! Description! Time!commitment!

Charlie!Dixon! The!hardKboiled!private!eye,!fed!up!and! Large!(avg.!4! ready!to!quit!his!job!as!a!detective! rehearsals/week)!

Marion! From!a!wealthy!family,!accustomed!to! Large!(avg.!4! Montgomery!! using!seduction!to!get!her!way! rehearsals/week)!

Richard! Marion’s!older!brother,!in!line!to!inherit! Moderate!(avg.!2K3! Montgomery! their!father’s!fortune! rehearsals/week)!

Irene! Richard’s!wife,!spends!a!lot!of!time!at!The! Moderate!(avg.!2K3! Montgomery! Bar! rehearsals/week)!

Tom! Bartender,!Owns!The!Bar! Moderate!(avg.!2K3! rehearsals/week)!

Lucy! The!Montgomery’s!maid,!was!having!an! Moderate!(avg.!2K3! affair!with!Richard! rehearsals/week)! ! We!are!also!looking!to!fill!the!following!spots!on!our!Production!and!Creative!Teams:! Art!Director! Stage!Manager! Technical!Director! Costume!Designer! Set!Designer! Lighting!Designer! Props!Team! Publicity!and!Marketing!Team! Assistant!Director! Assistant!Producer! ! The!creative!team!will!meet!once!each!week!over!the!weekend!(time!and!day!to!be! determined!by!everyone’s!availability).! ! Auditions&and&interviews!will!be!held!Tuesday,!Wednesday!and!Thursday!(January!20K 22)!from!8K11pm!in!Hamilton!Hall!(room!TBD).!!If!you!are!interested!in!auditioning!you! may!either!prepare!a!short!dramatic!monologue!or!read!from!one!of!the!sides!provided!at! auditions.!Callbacks!will!be!held!the!weekend!of!January!24th,!and!rehearsals!will!begin!the! following!week.!! ! There!will!be!three&shows&the&weekend&of&April&16th,!tentatively!set!for!that!Thursday,! Friday!and!Saturday.!! ! Director:!Rachel!Shafran! Producer:!Emma!Finder! Composer:!Ethan!Fudge! ! If!you!have!any!questions!or!can’t!make!it!to!auditions/interviews!but!would!still!like!to! participate,[email protected].! CU Players Presents Joyriders! ) Joyriders!is!the!story!of!a!generation!trying!to!overcome!trauma,!war,!and!violence.!Christina!Reid's!script! tracks!teenagers!in!Belfast!in!1986,!in!the!middle!of!the!Irish!Troubles,!as!well!as!their!middleEaged,!middleE class!boss.!Actors!of!any!race!or!gender!are!welcome!to!audition.!Joyriders!is!a!play!with!music,!so!we!are! looking!for!both!singers!and!nonEsingers!!! ) Auditions:)! Prepare!a!contemporary!monologue!or!read!from!sides!provided!([email protected]!to!receive! sides!ahead!of!time).!! ! Characters:))! Arthur:!aged!17E18.!A!skinhead!by!accident!rather!than!by!choice.!Was!accidentally!shot!by!the! army.!His!injuries!have!left!him!with!a!shaven!head,!a!scarred!face,!and!a!limp.!He!looks! dangerous/menacing,!but!is!generally!a!cheerful!joker.!!Any!race/ethnicity.!4E5!rehearsals!a!week.!! Maureen:!aged!16E17.!Hopeful,!dreamy.!Lives!alone!with!and!is!constantly!worried!about!her!12E yearEold!brother!Johnnie!who!is!a!compulsive!joyrider!and!glueEsniffer.!!Any!race/ethnicity.!Apprx.! 4!rehearsals!a!week.!! Tommy:!aged!17E18.!Slight!physical!signs!of!possible!mixed!racial!parentage.!Interested!in!politics.! Steals!for!himself!and!for!others.!Any!race/ethnicity.!3E4!rehearsals!a!week.!! Sandra:!aged!16E17.!Tough,!cynical,!intelligent.!Protects!herself!by!refusing!to!believe!in!or!aspire! to!anything.!Any!race/ethnicity.!3E4!rehearsals!a!week.!! Kate:!!aged!34.!A!social!worker!in!charge!of!the!Youth!Training!Programme!that!the!four!teenagers! are!attending.!MiddleEclass,!concerned,!committed.!Frustrated!by!the!futility!of!the!scheme.!Tries!to! interest!the!teenagers!in!art,!theatre,!and!so!on.!Any!race/ethnicity.!3E4!rehearsals!a!week.!! ! Rehearsals!are!scheduled!for!Monday,!Wednesday,!Thursday,!Saturday,!and!Sundays!from!8pm!E 11pm,!locations!TBD.!All!actors!MUST!be!available!for!Tech!Week!and!shows!(April!6E11)!from! 6pm!E!midnight.!Actors!must!list!any!conflicts!at!their!callback.!! ! INTERVIEWS)will!be!held!at!the!same!time!during!auditions.!We!are!looking!for:! Movement!Director!(1)! ! Stage!Manager!(1)! ! Assistant!Stage!Managers!(2)! ! House!Manager!(1)!! ! Publicity!Team!(4E5)! ! Contact!Talley!Murphy!(director:[email protected])!or!Caroline!Hirsch!(producer:! [email protected])!with!any!questions.!!

Columbia)University)New)Opera)Workshop)Presents:)) Handel’s)La#Lucrezia)&)Blow’s)Venus#&#Adonis# ! The!New!Opera!Workshop!(NOW),!Columbia’s!only!student!group!committed!to! performing!opera,!presents!its!first!full!opera!production:!a!double!bill!of!Handel’s! La#Lucrezia#with!John!Blow’s#Venus#&#Adonis.!Not!ordinarily!staged,!Handel’s!solo! cantata!is!a!vivid!depiction!of!the!aftermath!of!the!disturbing!rape!of!Lucretia.!It!is! paired!together!with!Blow’s!landmark!Venus#&#Adonis,!a!genreHdefying!retelling!of! the!famous!tale!of!these!doomed!lovers.!Together,!the!doubleHbill!highlights!various! unsettling!manifestations!of!physical!and!psychological!abuse!that!can!occur!in!even! the!most!intimate!of!relationships.!The!production!premieres!at!the!GlickerHMilstein! Theater!in!late!March.! ! Auditions! ! We!will!be!holding!auditions!for!all!remaining!parts!and!CHTeam!positions!in!713! Hamilton!from!8H10PM!on!1/20!and!1/21.!If!you!are!interested!in!auditioning!and! cannot!make!this!time,!please!send!the!board!an!email!(listed!below).!Any!possible! callbacks!will!occur!that!weekend,!and!rehearsals!will!begin!the!following!week.! ! Singers!should!prepare!two!contrasting!songs!(arias,!art!songs,!musical!theater! songs,!etc.)!for!the!audition.!The!commitment!is!relatively!light,!around!two! rehearsals!a!week!(with!one!of!them!most!likely!on!Saturday!afternoons).!Closer!to! the!performance,!we!might!have!additional!rehearsals,!but!it!would!be!possible!to! commit!to!multiple!productions.! ! We!are!always!looking!for!more!members,!for!both!current!and!future!semesters.!In! particular,!we!are!interested!in!finding:! ! Directors! Choreographers! Assistant!Directors! Assistant!Producers! Music!Director! Assistant!Music!Directors! Rehearsal!Pianists! Instrumentalists! Production!Designers! Costume!Designers! Stage!Managers! Lighting!Designers! Graphic!Designer! Website!Manager! ! If!there!is!some!other!way!you!would!like!to!work!with!us,!come!to!auditions!and!let! us!know!!! Latenite Theatre

Latenite Theatre is a big, boisterous community of artists and performers, with a reputation for general chaos and irreverence. We offer a fun, relaxed, and low­commitment opportunity for students of any level of experience to write, direct, and act.

About Us Latenite Theatre was created in 1995 by a group of Theatre and English majors who wanted to produce their own original works. They offered their innovative theatrical fare after other events on campus were over – hence the name Latenite Theatre. Seventeen years later, Latenite continues to evolve while maintaining its commitment to the student playwright.

We have a simple purpose: to offer our playwrights the opportunity to see their work on stage, giving them freedom to experiment, to take artistic risks, and above all, to have fun in a non­competitive artistic environment.

Our Shows Each semester, we put on an anthology of seven student­written one­act plays of any genre. This semester’s anthology will be held on March 26th, 27th, and 28th at 11PM and March 28th at 8PM. Our shows are free and open to the public!

The plays in our anthology are chosen early in the semester from the pool of submissions we receive. The deadline for play submission this semester is Friday, January 30th.

Rehearsals are held throughout the semester at the discretion of each play’s director(s), usually for a few hours each week. There is a mandatory group rehearsal held every Sunday night from 9 to 11PM.

Auditions and Interviews Director interviews are held immediately after the anthology plays are chosen. The selected playwrights interview and chose the directors for their respective shows. Interviews this year will be held on Monday, February 2nd in Hamilton Hall.

Auditions for the anthology will be held that week on Tuesday through Thursday, February 3rd through 5th, from 8­11pm. You only need to attend one day, and can come any time during that time window. Auditions will be held in Hamilton Hall. Cast lists will be announced that weekend and rehearsals will begin the following week. Students may be cast in more than one play per anthology; please indicate on your audition sheet if you would be willing to be cast in more than one play.

For more information… If you’re interested in joining, would like more information about our performances, or would like to be added to our listserve, email us at [email protected] or check out our website, www.latenitetheatre.com.

Drama. Mystery. Seduction. Dick jokes…

Latenite happens.

Our Board PRESIDENTS: Chloé Durkin and Chris Evans [email protected]

SECRETARY: Noel Gutierrez­Morfin [email protected]

TREASURER: Emily Snedeker [email protected]

SUBCOM CHAIRS: Ana Gonzalez and Sergio Saenz [email protected]

CUPAL REP: Agnes Carlowicz [email protected]

PR CHAIR: Zachary Collazo [email protected]

KCST Presents Much Ado About Nothing

Show Dates: April 30th at 8:00pm, May 1st at 11:59pm and 2nd at 8:00pm Tech Dates: April 26­29th Auditions: January 20th, 21st, and 22nd 8 ­ 11 pm in Hamilton Hall (Room TBD)

About KCST’s Spring Show

KCST is throwing a party and everyone is invited! KCST’s 21st annual Spring Show will be Much Ado About Nothing. Every spring, KCST produces a roaming, raucous, outdoor extravaganza in which everyone is cast. Spring Show is the perfect way to get involved in theater if you have been performing for years or have never been onstage before. No matter what your background, you can find a family in KCST.

About Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing is not only a story about love, but it is also about how our sight informs our prejudices and our prejudices our sight. Our production will be set at present­day Columbia, but not an exact replica of our daily lives here. Little bits and pieces of the Columbia we know will together create a larger­than­life party at the center of campus. The experiences of our cast, especially the ensemble, will be integral in constructing this universe.

Casting Information

Characters

Name Description Time Commitment, hrs/wk

Beatrice Niece of Leonato, witty rival of Benedick 7­12

Benedick Member of Don Pedro’s company and Beatrice’s rival 7­12

Hero Daughter of Leonato and sweetheart of Claudio 5­10

Claudio Member of Don Pedro’s company and Hero’s intended 5­10

Don Pedro A prince visiting the house of Leonato 5­10

Leonato Governor of Messina, Hero’s father and Beatrice’s uncle 5­10

Don John Don Pedro’s ill­willed brother 5­10

Antonio Brother of Leonato 2­7 Margaret Hero’s maid 2­7

Ursula Another of Hero’s maids 2­5

Borachio Drunken follower of Don John, Margaret’s lover 2­5

Conrade Another follower of Don John 2­5

Roles that will double in the ensemble, minimal time commitment (~2 hrs/wk)

Dogberry ­ Inept head of the Prince’s watch Verges George Seacole and Watchmen Friar Sexton Balthasar ­ a musician

Rehearsals

The ensemble will meet twice a week, including our customary Sunday rehearsals from 12­2pm. Ensemble rehearsals are very flexible, and it is easily possible to be involved with other commitments and still participate. We are more than willing to share most actors with other commitments. The only roles unable to be shared with other productions are Benedick and Beatrice. Sunday rehearsal is a weekly, full­cast gathering during which we enjoy bagels and juice, play theater games, and rehearse.

After Spring Break, the ensemble will attend more rehearsals to be incorporated into the show. All cast members, including the ensemble, are expected to be available for all of tech week, which is April 26th to 29th.

If you are auditioning for a speaking role, please prepare a Shakespearean monologue (2 minutes maximum) or be prepared to read from sides. If speaking roles aren’t your thing and you are auditioning for the ensemble, just come show us something that makes you special (juggling, headstands, DiCaprio impressions). Remember, everyone who auditions is cast!

Interviews for Production and Design positions will be held at the same place and time as the auditions­­and everyone who interviews will be involved! We are looking for:

Assistant Producer(s) Assistant Production Manager Assistant Technical Director Assistant Costume Designer Co­Publicity Manager Graphic Designer Director of Photography/Video Props Team Costume Team Set/Run Crew Lights/Tech Crew Publicity Team

Production and Design Team meetings will occur bi­weekly before Spring Break, and weekly after Spring Break.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact [email protected]. Orchesis

About Us Orchesis is Columbia/Barnard's largest dance group! We are completely student-run, from the production to the choreography to the dancing. We welcome all styles of dance, and we take all levels of dancers. We do one performance showcase every semester, and everyone who auditions will be cast!

Auditions Orchesis auditions will be held on: Saturday, January 24th from 9-11 am for individuals with last names A-I Sunday, January 25th from 9-11 am for individuals with last names J-R Sunday, January 25th from 12-2 pm for individuals with last names S-Z

Auditions will be held Studio 1 in the basement of Barnard Hall. All who audition will be cast! *Please bring pointe and tap shoes if you have them.*

Conflicts, questions, concerns? Email us at [email protected].

Performances Orchesis holds one showcase performance per semester. The Spring semester performance will be in late April in Roone Arledge Auditorium. The showcase will feature 14-17 pieces choreographed and danced by Orchesis members. It will feature a wide variety of skill levels and styles - jazz, ballet, contemporary, tap, hip hop - to name just a few!

Rehearsal schedules vary based on how many pieces each dancer chooses to be in. Each piece rehearses one hour per week from January to April. Dancers can be in 1-3 pieces. Additional rehearsals will include two Works in Progress (WIP) showcases. Both showcases will be on Sunday mornings in April. There will also be a full tech week, two dress rehearsals, and two (maybe three) performances of the show.

Anyone who has previously participated in Orchesis is eligible to choreograph for our semesterly show. If you are interested in choreographing, please email [email protected]. Choreographer applications are due on January 17th.

Other Ways to Get Involved At the end of the Spring semester, we will be looking for new members for our board. Stay tuned for information on the application process!

For More Information Please direct all inquiries to [email protected] or to Bridget Jamison (Chair) at [email protected] and Cara Lachtrupp (Producer) at [email protected].

Connect Check out our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CUorchesis Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUorchesis Follow us on Instagram: @columbiaorchesis Join us on LionLink: https://lionlink.columbia.edu/organization/Orchesis

CMTS PRESENTS:

“RENT” By Jonathan Larson Based on Giacomo Puccini’s “La Boheme”

RENT is the story of a community in ’s Lower East Side striving to celebrate life in the face of poverty, homelessness, death and AIDS at the end of the 20th Century. It follows the lives of 8 characters, Mark, Roger, Mimi, Maureen, Joanne, Collins, Angel, and Benny as they all lead their separate lives, yet somehow collide to become the family they all need to get through their individual journeys. Many of the characters written in RENT were based on Jonathan Larson’s friends, many of whom lived with or died from HIV/AIDS. This resulted in an ensemble that was incredibly well drawn and authentically imperfect, making RENT last over a decade on stage in New York City and continue around the world. Our team will strive to create a diverse and inclusive production that holds the values of Jonathan Larson’s work (celebrating love and life, making art, and giving others the experience of musical theatre) at the forefront of our rehearsal process. If we succeed, we hope to have created a new and original production of a very well known musical, and to leave a positive impact on all involved.

AUDITIONS: If auditioning for a role in the cast of RENT, please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue (there will also be sides provided), as well as a 32-bar cut from a musical in the style of our show, or from a song you see fit. Composers to look at include Jonathan Larson, Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey, Duncan Sheik, Pasek & Paul, Green Day, Paul Scott Goodman, Stephen Sondheim, Dave Stewart & Glen Ballard, Markéta Irglová & Glen Hansard, Stephen Schwartz, Stew, and James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Galt MacDermot.

Character Description Vocal Range Time Commitment

Benjamin Coffin III Mark, Roger, and Collins’s Bass Supporting: former roommate and the Moderate amount of landlord of their Lower East rehearsals per week. Side apartment building. Mid- Around 2 or 3 late 20s. depending on the schedule.

Mark Cohen The narrator of the play. Mark Baritone Lead: Most if not is an aspiring filmmaker, nearly all rehearsals. trying to document the final Mark manages to moments of his friends lives work his way into a as they live with HIV/AIDS. majority of the play. Mid 20s.

Thomas B. Collins Collins, Tom Collins, is a Bass Lead: Most professor formerly at MIT, rehearsals, 3-4 per most recently at NYU week depending on specializing in Actual Reality. schedule. Living with HIV/AIDS, one of the most optimistic and positive of the gang. Mid-late 20s.

Roger Davis Doesn’t want to go out in the Tenor Lead: Most if not all cold in fear of catching one, rehearsals sits and brudes over his depending on newly realized mortality. Mid schedule. 20s.

Angel Dummot The most fabulous of the Tenor/Baritone Supporting: 2-3 Schunard gang. Angel is Alphabet rehearsals a week City’s most stunning Drag depending on Queen. Angel brings schedule. everyone together. BFFs with Mimi. Mid 20s.

Joanne Jefferson Ivy League Law School grad, Mezzo/Soprano Supporting: Around smitten with an eccentric Strong Belt 2-3 rehearsals per performance protester, week depending on surrounded by a crazy family the schedule. of bohemians. Mid 20s.

Maureen Johnson A passionate, eccentric, Mezzo/Soprano Supporting: Around unique, and the first person to Strong Belt 2-3 rehearsals per decide to wear a leather cat week depending on suit for every special the schedule.. occasion.

Mimi Marquez Mimi Marquez, dancer at the Mezzo/Alto Lead: Most if not all Cat Scratch Club, best rehearsals friends with Angel, ain’t dyin depending on of no disease, she’s living schedule. with it. 19 years old.

Ensemble (7) Differing roles such as Varied Featured: 1-3 homeless New Yorkers, drug rehearsals per week dealers, Joanne’s parents, depending on the Mark’s mom, Roger’s mom, direction each scene scattered soloists, etc. Each takes and the ensemble member will play schedule permits. multiple roles and solos in songs such as Seasons of Love, I’ll Cover You Reprise, etc, will be divided up amongst the ensemble as well.

**Rehearsals will take place Mondays-Thursdays from 8-11pm and Saturdays from 1-4pm. Throughout the first few weeks of our 11 week long rehearsal process, we hope to be rehearsing only 4 days a week and will transition to 5 rehearsals a week as needed. Tech Week will be the week of April 20th-22nd, 2015, and our show will take place April 23rd and 24th at 8pm and April 25th at 2pm and 8pm.

INTERVIEWS for PRODUCTION and DESIGN Teams will be held at the same time during auditions. We are looking for (in order of descending commitment expectation):

● Music Director (1-2) ● Set Designer (1) ● Tech Director (1) ● Costume Designer(s) (1-2)* ● Assistant Director (1)* ● Assistant Producer (1-2)* ● Assistant Choreographer (1) ● Assistant Stage Manager (1)* ● Assistant Music Director (1) ● Rehearsal Pianist (1) ● Assistant Set Designer (1)* ● Publicity Manager (1)* ● Publicity Team (3)* ● Costume Team (2--3)* ● Makeup Artist (1) ● Makeup Team (2-3)* ● Props Master (1)* ● Assistant Props Master (1-2)* ● Assistant Lighting Designer (1) ● Sound Designer (1) ● Build and Paint Team* ● Run Crew* *NO experience required

Production and Design Team positions will meet for an hour once a week to keep up to date on all things related to the show. The meeting time will be determined based on the team’s availability. Assistants to the Creative Team will be thoroughly trained on each of their respective positions and should expect to be able to take on their role in future productions.

Creative Team/Contact Information: Director: Cristina Angeles (BC’16) Producer: Daniel Garton (CC’16) Choreographer: Lauren Wigenroth (BC’15) Lighting Designer: Aramael Peña-Alcántara (CC/SEAS’17) Stage Manager: Shira Harris (BC/JTS’18) Costume Advisor: Rebecca Deczynski (BC’16)

If you have any questions, shoot an email to [email protected]

CMTS PRESENTS: OUR 1st ANNUAL SENIOR SHOWCASE

Date TBD One Night Only. Lerner Black Box

CMTS presents SENIOR SHOWCASE: a new project made entirely by the Class of 2015! Whether you've done one musical or two each semester, we invite you to audition and/or interview for a song cycle performed and produced by the seniors of our community. We hope that this is the beginning of an annual CMTS tradition that celebrates the talent of our seniors and gives them one last chance to say goodbye to theatre at Columbia. The Senior Showcase is designed to be a low commitment show, with one to two rehearsals a week, including full-team Sunday rehearsals. The song list will be determined after casting as to best fit the artists in our show. Please contact Ally ([email protected]) with questions! !

Auditions/Interviews: Monday, January 26th & Tuesday, January 27th

Directors: Carolina Garrigo, Sophie Solomon-O'Connell Producer: Ally Engelberg Music Director: Michael Gildin Dramaturg: Zachary Small

Columbia)University)New)Opera)Workshop)Presents:)) Student)Works) ) As#part#of#the#New#Opera#Workshop’s#mission#statement,#we#will#be#premiering#several# works#that#are#currently#being#written#and#composed#exclusively#by#Columbia#University# students.#We#have#several#projects#that#will#be#presented#in#semiCstaged/concert#formats,# most#likely#in#midCApril.# # Auditions# # We#will#be#holding#auditions#for#all#parts#and#CCTeam#positions#in#713#Hamilton#from#8C 10PM#on#1/20#and#1/21.#If#you#are#interested#in#auditioning#and#cannot#make#this#time,# please#send#the#board#an#email#(listed#below).#Any#possible#callbacks#will#occur#that# weekend,#and#rehearsals#will#begin#the#following#week.# # Singers#should#prepare#two#contrasting#songs#(arias,#art#songs,#musical#theater#songs,#etc.)# for#the#audition.#For#new#works,#the#commitment#is#light#and#to#be#determined#by#the# demands#of#the#composer’s#work#and#the#schedule#of#the#performers.#It#is#definitely# possible#to#be#involved#in#other#projects#and#still#do#this.# # We#are#always#looking#for#more#members,#for#both#current#and#future#semesters.#In# particular,#we#are#interested#in#finding:# # Directors# Choreographers# Assistant#Directors# Assistant#Producers# Music#Director# Assistant#Music#Directors# Rehearsal#Pianists# Instrumentalists# Production#Designers# Costume#Designers# Stage#Managers# Lighting#Designers# Graphic#Designer# Website#Manager# # # # # # # # # V­Day at Barnard College of Columbia University

V­Day seeks to enlighten and inspire our community through performance. We are committed to combatting gender­based violence and confronting the stigma surrounding discussions of sexual assault, trans* and queer identities, racialized womanhood, abuse, and the word 'vagina.' V­Day puts on the annual production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.

After the success of last year’s production with an all self­identified women of colour cast and the new inclusion of the “Snatch­Chats”, a response to a show we understand isn't representative of all women and folks who experience gender­based oppression, we want to keep on pushing so that our productions are as inclusive as possible so that all identities on our campus can be represented. This year we aim to use our platform to center the voices of queer and trans women as well as non­binary and gender­nonconforming people in our new collection of original, student­written monologues, Beyond Cis­terhood.

Beyond Cis­terhood’s show dates will be February 26­28th in the GMT. Our auditions were held last semester. However, in addition to our cast, we can always use some help on our creative and production teams, including: ● Outreach/Publicity Chairs (1­3) ● Visual/Graphic Design Team (2­3) ● Anyone else who wants to lend a hand!

The producers and directors finalize decisions about creative and production roles after attendance and demonstrated interest at the first few production team meetings. Our rehearsals are held weekly on Sunday afternoons, with some smaller rehearsals on weeknights as the show appraoches; production team members meet during the weekly rehearsal time and are invited to attend as many rehearsals as they wish. To receive updates about Beyond Cis­terhood or to get involved, feel free to reach out to us at any of the following:

❖ Casey Gilfoil | Co­Producer | [email protected] ❖ Nicole Blakeman | Co­Producer | [email protected] ❖ Isabella Johnson | Co­Director | [email protected] ❖ Lhana Ormenyi | Co­Director | [email protected], or ❖ [email protected]

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The$121st$Annual$Varsity$Show$ $ May$1st,$2nd,$and$3rd$

The$ Varsity$ Show,! founded! in! 1894,! is! one! of! the! oldest! traditions! at! Columbia! University,!and!certainly!its!oldest!performing!arts!tradition.!Its!long!list!of!alumni! include! such! distinguished! names! as! Oscar! Hammerstein! II! ’16,! Lorenz! Hart! ’18,! Richard! Rodgers! ’23,! and! I.A.L.! Diamond! ’41.! Each! year,! The$Varsity$Show!attracts! some!of!Columbia!and!Barnard!College’s!finest!actors!and!creative!talents.!

Founded!as!fundraiser!for!Columbia!athletics,!The$Varsity$Show!now!draws!together! the!entire!Columbia!undergraduate!community!for!a!series!of!soldNout!performances! every!April/May.! ! Dedicated!to!producing!a!unique!fullNlength!show!that!skews!and!satirizes!many! dubious!aspects!of!life!at!Columbia,!The$Varsity$Show!is!often!written!and!inspired! by!a!long!list!of!contributors,!including!the!cast,!production!and!creative!teams.! ! Get$Involved!$ ! The!121st!Annual!Varsity!Show!held!auditions!and!interviews!last!semester,!but! we’re!always!looking!to!get!more!people!involved!in!The$Varsity$Show!through!our! build!team!and!run!crew!!If!you’re!interested!in!either!or!both!of!those!positions! [email protected]! ! Connect$With$The$Varsity$Show!$ ! Website:!www.thevarsityshow.com! Facebook:!https://www.facebook.com/VarsityShow! :!@thevarsityshow! Instagram:!@thevarsityshow! Snapchat:!thevarsityshow! Email:[email protected]! Columbia University Wind Ensemble

Description

Formed in 1999, the Wind Ensemble has grown from a small group of 15 to its current roster of nearly 60 musicians. Members hail from many of the different schools at Columbia University, as well as from the greater Columbia community. Since its inception, the Wind Ensemble has continued to gain recognition for its high level of musicianship and its unbridled enthusiasm for the performing arts. Collaboration is a core value, leading the ensemble to take part in a wide variety of joint programs and performances with the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and most recently, the Brown Wind Symphony.

In 2006, the ensemble formed the Teacher’s College Conducting Partnership which enables students from Columbia University Teacher’s College to gain experience as guest conductors. In 2009, the Wind Ensemble started two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125, funded in part by the Festival of Winds.

Auditions

Auditions will be held in the first two weeks of the spring semester. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Upcoming Events

Festival of Winds- Saturday, March 1st, 2015

Riverside Park Concert- Sunday, May 3rd, 2015

Board

President- Sophia Dolan

Vice President- Charles Sanky

Deputy Vice Presidents- Sara Koutcher and Jose Mata

Treasurer- James Horner

Deputy Treasurer- Wallace Teska

Secretary- Annemarie Chen

Social Chair- Nick Luber

Media Chair- Allison Scott

Personnel Manager- Hannah Liu

Publicity Manager- Kevin Bi

Librarians- Erica Yee and Eric Ho

Equipment Manager- Yuxuan Xia

Webmaster- Stephen Carr

CUPAL Liaison- Sara Wright

Alumni Chair- Esther Moerdler

MMC Liaison- Cindy Saenz ! Additional Member Group Information and Announcements

CUPAL − The 15th ANNUAL CUPAL SHOWCASE will be February 26th in Roone Arledge Auditorium. Ticket and Table information will be sent out soon! − CUPAL has a new website! Visit it at www.columbia.edu/cu/cupal. If you have any photos or videos you’d like to submit to the site, please email your group’s Member Rep, or [email protected]

Columbia University Players Columbia University Players (CUP) is excited to be back for another season. This spring we’re staging Deadman’s Cell Phone March 5th-7th in the GMT as well as Joyriders April 9th-11th in the Lerner Black Box. Auditions for both shows will be held January 20th-22nd from 8-11pm in Hamilton Hall. Callbacks will be held that weekend and rehearsals will begin the following week on Tuesday, January 27th. Feel free to contact us at [email protected] with any questions!

CU Players E-Board: Danitra Campbell, President Alex Taylor, Vice President Cristina Angeles, Treasurer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

New Opera Workshop Contact Information: New Opera Workshop email: [email protected] Stepan Atamian (Communications Officer): [email protected] Mounir Ennenbach (Financial Officer): [email protected] Esther Adams (Production Officer): [email protected]

Ways to connect: Check out our website: http://cuoperaworkshop.wix.com/httpwwwnewoperaworkshopcom Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewOperaWorkshop Follow us on Twitter: @cuoperaworkshop or https://twitter.com/cuoperaworkshop