September 22, 2014
Newsletter
Fall 2014
Hope College at Art Prize
On Repeat
Productions:
End Days
by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Directed by Daina Robins
October 2-4, 9-11, 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Hope Theatre
Alum, Jared DeBacker ‘05,
On Repeat is a new 8 minute
2 actor performance staged
Urinetown
and performed in a loop
Music by Mark Hollmann, Lyrics
weekly. A site-specific guer- by Hollmann and Greg Kotis
rilla-theatre performance
Book by Greg Kotis
of three connected plays. Directed by Richard Perez
On repeat. An exploration November 18-22, 7:30 p.m.
November 22, Matinee
of circular story telling.
Each of the three weeks will focus on new orignal content. Tackling
themes of social justice that have repeated themselves throughout
human history. The final weekend will culminate in a performance
of the full thematic trilogy.
Tues/Thurs/Fri: 5pm-8pm. Saturdays: 12pm-8pm. Sundays: 12pm6pm.
Upcoming
Dates:
“When the Days Become a Moment, When the Body
Becomes Adrift”
A time-based weaving of dance, poetry and live music conceived
and performed by twenty-four student and faculty artists from
Hope College. This original work explores time, memory, and human connection while responding to the landscape and texture of
Cathedral Square. A shifting stage invites the viewer to experience
the performance from different vantage points.
Featuring students and staff of Hope College, including work from
Theatre Department students Meredith Martin ‘17, Mollie Murk
‘16, Nick Richardson ‘16, and Deana Velandra ‘18.
Saturday, September 27 & Saturday, October 4, 11am and 3:30pm
Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Piazza Secchia
September
29 & 30, House Manage-
ment Workshop, 5pm, DeWitt
Lobby.
1
October
, Off-campus Study applications for Spring 2014 due.
2-4, 9-11, End Days, 7:30
p.m, DeWitt Main Theatre
12, The Hinterlands Ensem-
ble workshop, 2-5pm, Studio
Theatre
Ushers Needed
November
If you are interested in participating in one of this fall’s productions as an usher, please sign up in the theatre office. See the performance for free! No prior experience is required.
The Hinterlands Ensemble workshop, time TBD, Studio Theatre
23,
House Management Workshop
September 29 and 30 at 5:00 PM
Meet in the DeWitt Lobby
Come learn about the ins and outs of house management at Hope and beyond! This one hour
workshop will cover everything you need to know from emergency preparedness to patron services
to disability accommodations to career opportunities! This training is mandatory for all wishing to
house manage or assistant house manage this year. Students who have experience house managing
at Hope ARE STILL REQUIRED TO ATTEND due to some policy changes.
Please contact Bridget McCarthy (mary.mccarthy@hope.edu) with questions or if you absolutely
cannot make one of the dates.
Grand Rapids City High School
Seeks Director
In this coming year, the Speech and Debate program at Grand Rapids City HS would like to provide a theatrical experience for their students. Two years of highly successful musicals at the school
have demonstrated a desire for theatre in the student body. The stage production would complement these activities (as well as the competitive Forensics program). To provide this opportunity
they are looking for an outside resource (faculty, staff, advanced/graduate student) to help with the
direction and staging. This is a first year, “beta” project, part of a longer-term initiative to embed
speech, debate and the performing arts as an established part of the extracurricular programming
at the school. They anticipate being able to offer a stipend, conditional on present grant requests.
For more information, Contact: William Harris wmrharris@sbcglobal.net or Visit: Talk Talk Talk
(cityhighforensics.wordpress.com).
Student Representative Reminder
Bridget McCarthy (senior class), Kenny Cole (junior class), and Sean Zorn (sophomore class), have volunteered to represent their respective classes at council meetings. If you are still interested in becoming a student representative at the weekly
Theatre Countil meetings (Tuesdays 12-1:45pm in DeWitt 221), please contact
Daina Robins at robins@hope.edu.
As a reminder, council meetings are open to all students who would like to attend,
except when matters of confidentiality are being discussed
Have something you would like to share? Please send an email by Thursday afternoon for inclusion in the Monday newsletter to Reagan Chesnut at
chesnut@hope.edu