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Volume 18, 9 | November, 25. 2019

Week 9 NEWSLETTER

Department News

Week 9 - Nov 25 - Nov 27, 2019

Get Ready For Elektra Adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker in the ShankTheatre December 4-7

Come one, come all! Step right up to see Elektra by Sophocles in a new music-infusedtranslation by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Elektra finds herself in an endless circusorchestrated by her father’s murderers: her mother, The Queen, and her mother’s loverwho masquerades as The New King. Elektra cannot take part in the charade of happinessand rages against the court, waiting for her exiled brother, Orestes to return and avengetheir father. Through music, movement, and the female voice, Elektra takes us inside thetoxic cycles of violence that plagued the Ancient Greeks and continue as nationalspectacle today.

Directed by MFA Juliana Kleist-Mendez, Elektra Previews on Dec 2 and performs Dec 4 -7 at 7:30pm and Dec 7 at 2pm.



For information click the link below.

http://theatre.ucsd.edu/season/Elektra/index.htm

Professor Allan Havis attends the Kyoto Prize Presentation

Department Chair Allan Havis recently went to Kyoto andTokyo to witness the Kyoto Prize recipients honored,including Ariane Mnouchkine.

Ms Mnouchkine is a founder and director of the Théâtredu Soleil in Paris. 'Since 1964, she has producedmasterpieces with historical and political themes referringto traditional performances of both the East and theWest'.

Professor Havis will be the faculty host to Ms.Mnouchkine in March, 2020, when she visits UC SanDiego. She will deliver a public evening address; thedepartment is also in the process of planning someinformal time with her to engage with students during theday. In preparation for her visit we plan to screen herfilms. More information will be posted at a later date.

About the Kyoto Prize Symposium:

"The Kyoto Prize is an international award to honor thosewho have contributed significantly to the scientific,

cultural, and spiritual betterment of mankind. The Kyoto Prize Symposium is a three-daycelebration of the works of those receiving the Kyoto Prize. Thanks to a grant from theInamori Foundation, and the many generous supporters, the symposium lectures takeplace in San Diego each year and are open to the public at no charge."

Learn more about the history of the prize. https://www.sandiego.edu/kyoto/info.php

Stage Management Professor Lisa Porter Publishes New Text

Congratulations to StageManagement Professor LisaPorter who has co-authoredher first book, StageManagement Theory as aGuide to Practice: Cultivatinga Creative Approach (fromRoutledge), with ProfessorNarda E. Alcorn, Chair of theStage ManagementDepartment at Yale School ofDrama. Professors Alcornand Porter met in the Fall of1992 when they started in theMFA program at Yale Schoolof Drama. For more detailsabout the book, click the linkbelow.

"Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice offers theory and methodology fordeveloping a unique stage management style, preparing stage managers to develop an

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adaptive approach for the vast and varied scope of the production process, forge theirown path, and respond to the present moment with care and creativity.

This book provides tactile adaptive strategies, enabling stage managers to navigatediverse populations, venues, and projects. Experiential stories based on extensiveexperience with world-renowned artists exemplify the practices and provide frameworksfor self-reflection, synthesis, and engagement with theory-guided practice. This bookempowers stage managers to include the ‘How You’ with ‘How To’ by flexing collaborativemuscles and engaging tools to guide any collaborative project to fruition with creativity,curiosity, and the drive to build connections.

Exploring topics such as group dynamics, ethics, culture, conflict resolution, and strategiccommunication, Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice: Cultivating a CreativeApproach is an essential tool for advanced stage management students, educators, andprofessionals."

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First-Year PhD Jesse Marchese Produced Musical Wins AUDELCO forBest Revival of a Musical

Before beginning the PhD program at UC San Diego Theatre and Dance, Jess Marcheseserved as Executive Director of Astoria Performing Arts Center where he produced theDev Bondarin directed revival of Caroline, Or Change.

On November 18th Caroline, Or Change was selected as Best Revival of a Musical for the2018-2019 Season by AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee, Inc.).The AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee, Inc.) is an organization thatacknowledges and honors Black Theatre and its artists in New York City. Established andincorporated in 1973 by Vivian Robinson (1926-1996), to stimulate interest in and supportof performing arts in black communities.

To learn more about Jesse, click the link below.

http://theatre.ucsd.edu/people/Graduates/PhD/JMarchese/index.htm

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Sharing Knowledge From the Field

Actor, Director, Playwright and star ofAMC's Fear the Walking Dead, ColemanDomingo, brought his considerableknowledge to bear when he worked withthe MFA Actors early last week.

Also on Monday, November 18th, Mr.Domingo hosted a Q & A withundergraduate and grad students. Hespoke passionately about the many hats hehas worn in his career in theatre, television& film.

Mr. Domingo spoke about his early daysstarting out in the business and answeredquestions on the challenges faced and thepositive attitude needed to persevere witha career in the performing arts. Mr. Domingo was endearing and engaging and wasgreeted with heartfelt applause at the end of his session.

Workshop Presentation of Second Year Playwright Vivian Barnes Heap atClubbed Thumb

Congratulations to Vivian Barnes, who afterwinning the 2018 open-applicationcommission at Clubbed Thumb participatedin a workshop this past week of her newplay Heap.

Heap is a kaleidoscopic imagining of thebook of Job seen through the eyes of hisnameless wife and the denizens of theirsuburban cul-de-sac.

In describing Heap, Barnes said: "Myparents are ministers and my mom reallyloves the book of Job so I sort of grew upknowing the whole thing by heart. Recently,I really felt an itch to write a play about his

wife because she gets one line in the story and is never heard from again."



On Monday, November 18th the creative leadership of La Jolla Playhouse spoke with theMFA II's about their upcoming season and the graduate student residency process.

That's a wrap for Man in Love

Congratulations to our incredible cast and creative team on their run of Man in Love, byChristina Anderson, directed by Stephen Buescher!

PC: Manuel Rotenberg

Another Story Told and Gone with Balm in Gilead



A hearty round of congratulations for the cast and crew of Balm in Gilead who completedtheir successful two week run this weekend.

PC: Left Jim Carmody Right Manuel Rotenberg

Happening Around Campus

Nov 27, at 12:00 pm 2019 Turkey Calling Show In Geisel Library

The UC San Diego Libraryinvites you to learn turkeycalling techniques andparticipate in an old-schoolradio broadcast filled withmusic and stories! Investigatethe American turkey’ssurprising presence inEuropean art and learn moreabout the bird through turkeycalling techniques. This noisy

show has become a signature study break for college students at the Library. Youngerkids on vacation from local schools are welcome (and they’ll be reciting turkey-relatedriddles). Presented as an old-time radio show, this celebration is filled with music, sound-effects, stories, and facts of interest.

Nov 27, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Seuss Room, Geisel Library

https://calendar.ucsd.edu/event/2019-turkey-calling-show/

Alumni News

If you have news to share please send it to us at [email protected] and we'll post in subsequent newsletters. Photos are encouraged.

PhD Alumna Publishes New Book With Palgrave Macmillan

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Congratulations to UC San Diego Theatre and DanceAlumna, Dr. Maiya Murphy (of the National University ofSingapore) on the publication of her new book, EnactingLecoq: Movement in Theatre, Cognition, and Life, whichexamines the theatrical movement-based pedagogy ofJacques Lecoq (1921-1999) through the lens of thecognitive scientific paradigm of enaction.

For more iformation, click the link below.

https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030056148

Alumna Playwright Lauren Yee Returns to La Jolla Playhouse for 2020-2021 Season

The La Jolla Playhouse has announcedthat Lauren Yee's Mother Russia, Directedby Tyne Rafaeli, will be included in theupcoming 2020-2021 Season.

About the play: Set briefly after the fall ofthe Soviet Union a pair of Russiansurveillance workers find themselves in alove triangle with their assigned target, afallen pop star named Katya.

For more about the upcoming season, clickthe link below.

http://www.playbill.com/article/what-the-constitution-means-to-me-bhangra-musical-lauren-yee-premiere-join-lempicka-in-new-la-jolla-season?fbclid=IwAR3ZgqwdungVXnmKID6tR2GaWf7-Jzgb8VyRIrro3Tcclm7SmAf4qhJ3Txs

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