Department of Theater Studies Plans Rich 2005-06 Season
Durham, N.C. - Duke's Department of Theater Studies has planned a diverse season for theater-goers, according to John Clum, department chair. "Our Theater Studies productions will involve multiple faculty and students in special interdisciplinary enterprises, and three of our outstanding seniors will direct productions as well. Our student group, Duke Players, will present Lab Theater in the fall and spring, and again, we will present original plays by students in our annual New Works Festival," says Clum.
In the fall, Ellen Hemphill, Artistic Director of Archipelago Theatre and long-time Lecturing Fellow in Theater Studies, will direct The Trojan Women, based on a new adaptation/translation of the Euripides' play, by Alan Shapiro, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill with Duke's own Peter Burian, chair of Classical Studies and professor of Comparative Literatures and Theater Studies. A musical score by New York based composer Alison Leyton-Brown will be an integral part of the production, and faculty member Jan Chambers will be the production designer.
In the spring, Professor Jody McAuliffe will direct her new translation of Gogol's classic farce, The Inspector General. She will call her adaptation The Special Prosecutor. Theater Studies alumnus Jim Findlay, now designer for the distinguished New York Wooster Group, will design the production.
The three student-directed productions from senior honors candidates include The Walls by Griselda Gambaro, directed by Marshall Botvinick, Loyal Women by Gary Mitchell, directed by Vanessa Rodriguez, and Works by Ludmila Petrushevskaya directed by Bridget Bailey. Duke Players will present their lab productions in the fall and spring. Titles are yet to be determined. The New Plays Festival will occur in the spring and will feature original plays from students. A Shakespeare class in the fall and a musical theater class in the spring will give culminating performances as well.
Following is the season listing. Please check the Theater Studies website for any schedule changes. www.duke.edu/web/theaterstudies . Tickets can by purchased at University Box Office (919-684-4444 or www.tickets.duke.edu).
2005 Fall Season
The Trojan Women
By Euripides
Created and directed by Ellen Hemphill of the Theater Studies faculty
From the translation by Alan Shapiro with Peter Burian
Music/lyrics by Allison Leyton-Brown/Stephen TolmacSheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West CampusNovember 10-12, 17-19 at 8:00 p.m., November 13 and 20 at 2:00 p.m.
The Walls
By Griselda Gambaro
Directed by Marshall Botvinick (T'06)
209 East Duke, East Campus
November 16-19 at 8:00 p.m.
Duke Players LabTitleTBA
209 East Duke, East Campus
December 1-3 at 8:00 p.m. and December 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Shakespeare Workshop PerformanceSheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus
December 7 at 8:00 p.m.
FREE
2006 Spring Season
Loyal Women
By Gary Mitchell
Directed by Vanessa Rodriguez (T'06)
Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus
February 9-11 at 8:00 p.m. , February 12 at 2:00 p.m.
Duke Players Lab
Title TBA
Brody Theater, East Campus
March 2-4 at 8:00 p.m. and March 5 at 2:00 p.m.
Works by Ludmila Petrushevskaya
Directed by Bridget Bailey (T'06)
209 East Duke, East Campus
March 25-26
The Special Prosecutor
Translated, adapted and directed by Jody McAuliffe of the Theater Studies faculty
from Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol's The Inspector General
Sheafer Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus
April 7-9, April 12-13, and April 15 at 8:00 p.m and April 9 and 15 at 2:00 p.m.
Theater 2006: New Works Festival
Workshops and readings of plays by advanced playwriting students.
Titles TBA.
Brody Theater, East Campus
April 19-22 at 8:00 p.m. and April 23 at 2:00 p.m.
Musical Theater Workshop Performances
209 East Duke, East Campus
April 24 and 25 at 8:00 p.m.
Free###
