Dr. Amy Steiger, assistant professor of theater studies, has recently published two articles on performance and actor training, in Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed Journal (“Moving Forward, Living Backward, or Just Standing Still?: Newspaper Theatre, Critical Race Theory, and Commemorating the Wade-Braden Trial in Louisville, Kentucky”) and Howlround (“Whiteness, Patriarchy, and Resistance in Actor Find out more »
Archives for 2019
Auditions for The Nether, Monday, February 3, in the BDT
Auditions for THE NETHER, by Jennifer Haley, directed by Mark A. Rhoda, will take place in the Bruce Davis Theater (BDT), Montgomery Hall, on Monday, February 3, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Callbacks will be scheduled on Tuesday, February 4, beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the BDT. An audition sign-up sheet is posted on the TFMS bulletin Find out more »
Acclaimed Happenstance Theater to Perform “Cabaret Macabre,” November 20-21
Happenstance Theater (www.happenstancetheater.com) is a six-member, Rockville, MD-based performance troupe steeped in the traditions of commedia dell’arte, clowning, circus, and vaudeville. The award-winning company, which visited St. Mary’s College two years ago for its performances of BROUHAHA, is committed to devising, producing, and touring original, performer-created visual and poetic theater that stretches the boundaries of Find out more »
Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” Given Site-Specific Halloween Performance at Historic St. Mary’s City
Shakespeare’s tale of terrors and of unbridled ambition is full of “present fears” and “horrible imaginings” – witches, ghosts, and deadly violence both actual and imaginary – that trouble boundaries between the material world and systems or feelings that can less easily be clutched in the hands. Exploring the remarkable natural and architectural landscape of Find out more »
“Stick Fly” performs in the Bruce Davis Theater
The affluent African American LeVay family gathers at their Martha’s Vineyard home for the weekend, and brothers Kent and Flip have each brought his girlfriend home to meet the parents for the first time. Kent’s fiancée, Taylor, an academic whose absent father was a prominent author, struggles to fit into the LeVay’s upper-crust lifestyle. Kimber, Find out more »
10-Minute Play Festival performs in the Bruce Davis Theater
Following are festival play titles, authors, and directors: Union, by Allison Claggett, directed by Amy Steiger Silence Too Loud, by Rebecca Weber, directed by Kori Taber Speak for Me No More, by Samantha Reed, directed by Rebecca Weber Hashtagtivism, by Oli Platt, directed by Amy Steiger Heaven Spots, by Cameron Kelley, directed by Amy Steiger Find out more »