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FROM THE CHAIR
Jim Hunter
It has always been our mission to bring to our students and
our community theatrical works of the highest caliber by the
master artists of the form. It is particularly special, then, to
have the chance to showcase the wider range of a legendary playwright’s canon.
Such was the case when we decided that our Fall, 2011 semester would be the perfect time to celebrate the life and work of American
playwright, Tennessee Williams. In this, the 100th anniversary of Williams’
birth, we originally sought to present just one of his seminal works. However,
we soon realized that we had an incredible opportunity to shine a light on the
spectacular breadth of Williams’ genius, both for those new to his works and
those who have been lifelong Williams fans.
On our stages during this festival are plays that highlight the massive impact
of Williams on the American theatre, and perhaps none stretched the conventions of the art form more than A Streetcar Named Desire. With an unflinching
approach to characters and situations which challenge societal norms, and its
juxtaposition of naturalistic settings with heightened “inner” spaces, Streetcar
opened up avenues for writers which continue to be explored today.
Williams dedication to the craft is plainly evident in the four short plays we
present in An Evening of One-Acts. Especially notable is The Pretty Trap, an
early version of The Glass Menagerie. We’re one of only a handful of theatres
around the country to have presented the piece, which was only recently uncovered and first performed as a staged reading in NY in 2005. The Pretty
Trap -- indeed, all of the short plays -- provide a fantastic opportunity to appreciate Williams’ process, as each piece gives a glimpse into how he would
employ character sketches and reoccurring motifs into the classic major
works we all know today.
I hope you enjoy these productions as much as we have enjoyed putting them
together for you.
WELCOME to our Tennessee Williams Festival!
Jim Hunter
Chair, Department of Theatre and Dance
Artistic Director, Theatre South Carolina
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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier
Williams in Columbus, Mississippi on March 26,
1911. Though he began writing short stories and
poetry as early as 12, it wasn’t until he was a
student at the University of Missouri (and, later,
Washington University) that he began to write
plays.
His first great theatrical success was The Glass
Menagerie, which premiered in Chicago in 1944
before moving to a Broadway run that would cement Williams’ place in the pantheon of American playwrights. Menagerie’s central conflict Tennessee Williams in 1965, celebrating the
20th anniversary of “The Glass Menagerie.”
between a nostalgic dream and the relentless Photo in the Library of Congress.
Photographer: Orlando Fernandez.
march of time became a thematic thread through
most of his later works. His central character archetypes -- the aging southern belle, the lost girl, and the somewhat helpless boy -- would be repeated
(with variations) in many of his great plays. He often created characters within
his plays that carried neurotic traits that mirrored his own life, as well as many
of his own family members.
His next major theatrical work, A Streetcar Named Desire, is widely considered
to be his masterpiece. Published in 1947, Streetcar further developed Williams’ penchant for conflict between an idealized world and the harsh tragedy
of reality, a notion perfectly summed up by the high stakes friction between its
now iconic central characters: the blue-collar brute Stanley Kowalski and the
seemingly aristocratic Blanche DuBois. Streetcar went on to win the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama in 1948, a feat he repeated in 1955 with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Williams struggled with his own demons throughout his career. He suffered
from depression, as well as alcohol and drug addiction, and at times was
institutionalized. However, his personal challenges never eclipsed his dedication to the craft. He continued to write every day, his own deterioration and
loss of control becoming the central subject matter of many of his works.
Though acclaim for his later output never matched the level of his earlier successes, Williams continued writing until his death in 1983. In the New York
Times obituary, actor Marlon Brando -- the original Stanley in Streetcar -- said
of the playwright, “He told the truth as best he perceived it, and never turned
away from things that beset or frightened him.”
The theatre programs of the USC Department of Theatre and Dance are accredited by the National
Association of Schools of Theatre. The Department is a member of the University/Resident
Theatre Association and is affiliated with the Shakespeare Theatre ofWashington, DC
and the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.
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*Appears by permission of Actors’ Equity Association. This theatre operates under an
agreement between the Uni­versity Resident Theatre management program and Actors
Equity, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
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*Appears by permission of Actors’ Equity Association. This theatre operates under an
agreement between the Uni­versity Resident Theatre management program and Actors
Equity, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
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CAST
Catherine Davenport
Willie: This Property is
Condemned
Catherine
Davenport
is a freshman Psychology major and Theatre
minor at the University of South Carolina, and is thrilled to begin her theatre
experience here with This Property is
Condemned. Heavily involved with theatre in high school at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and
Humanities and Dreher High School,
she is excited to carry her love of theatre with her to the university. Favorite
roles include Penny in Hairspray, Sarah
Brown in Guys and Dolls, Dorothy in
The Wizard of Oz, and Cassie in Neil Simon’s Rumors. Catherine is so grateful
for the wonderful experience this production has given her.
Amanda Forstrom
Flora: 27 Wagons Full of
Cotton
Mrs. Wire: The Lady of
Larkspur Lotion
Laura: The Pretty Trap
Amanda Forstrom is a second year
M.F.A. Acting Candidate and was last
seen on the USC stage as Nell in The
Comedy of Errors, Raisa Filippovna in
The Suicide and in last year’s Big Love
as Olympia. She received her B.A in
Theatre and Hispanic Studies from
The College of St. Benedict/St. John’s
University in Minnesota where she performed in several productions, her favorites including Toinette in The Imaginary Invalid, Lula in Dutchman, and
Louise in The Underpants. Amanda
would like to thank the faculty and staff
at USC for the incredible opportunity
to continue studying this wonderful art,
as well as her family and friends for all
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their love and support; she would not
be here without you!
Catherine Friesen
Mrs. Hardwick-Moore:
The Lady of Larkspur
Lotion
Amanda: The Pretty Trap
Catherine Friesen is a second year
MFA Acting candidate at USC. Last academic year, she performed in the USC
main stage productions of The Suicide,
Big Love, and The Comedy of Errors.
Prior to South Carolina, she performed
with The South Wing in New York City in
AOI! at the Japan Society and Death in
Vacant Lot! Other New York credits include Alcestis with East 3rd Ensemble,
Agamemnon and Fires with the Vortex
Theater Company, AutoMotive with
East River Commedia, and Macbeth
under the direction of Gisela Cardenas.
Catherine’s theater training includes
an undergraduate degree from Goshen College, study at ACT and training
with the SITI Company and The South
Wing. Catherine is grateful for the privilege of being here with you.
Andy Hernandez
Silva: 27 Wagons Full of
Cotton
Writer: The Lady of Larkspur Lotion
Tom: The Pretty Trap
Andy Hernandez is a second year MFA
acting candidate from Newport, RI. He
received his BA in Theatre from The
Ohio State University and has previously acted in Columbus, OH. Favorite
past productions in the Columbus area
include Footloose, Mame, Machinal,
and Almost, Maine. He was last seen
in Theatre South Carolina’s productions
of Big Love (Constantine), The Suicide
(Alexander), and The Comedy of Errors
(Duke Solinus). He spent this past summer at Theatre West Virginia in Beckley,
WV where he performed in Hatfields &
McCoys (Ellison Hatfield), Honey in the
Rock (Sneath), All Shook Up (Sheriff
Earl), and The Jungle Book (Kaa). He
is thankful to his family and friends for
their support in the pursuit of his career,
and to Amy and the USC faculty for the
opportunity to be here.
Don Russell
Jake: 27 Wagons Full of
Cotton
Jim: The Pretty Trap
Don Russell is a second
year MFA Acting Candidate. Previous productions he has been
involved with at USC include The Comedy of Errors, The Suicide, Big Love,
Earth and Sky and 1942. He received
his B.A. from Slippery Rock University
of Pennsylvania and his M.A. from California State University, Northridge. Don
would like to express his gratitude to
the faculty and staff for the opportunities to further develop his craft here at
USC.
William Vaughan
Tom: This Property is
Condemned
William Vaughan is a
junior theatre major at
USC, and is excited to
be appearing on the main stage again.
His USC credits include The Comedy
of Errors, The Winter’s Tale, Our Country’s Good, Language of Angels, Bent,
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, and
Spinning Into Butter. He was also recognized by the South Carolina Theatre Association and the Southeastern
Theatre Conference for his portrayal of
Dennis in Scooter Thomas Makes it to
the Top of the World. Enjoy the show!
ARTISTIC COMPANY
Amy Boyce Holtcamp
Director: 27 Wagons Full
of Cotton, The Lady of
Larkspur Lotion, The
Pretty Trap
Amy Boyce Holtcamp
is a writer and director. Her directing
credits include Julius Caesar (New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane),
R&J (Serenbe Playhouse),Waxie Moon:
Extreme Boylesque (Northwest New
Works at On the Boards), Waxie Moon:
Boylesque Cinematheque (Next Stage),
Heavens to Betsy by Stephanie Timm
(Next Stage), Wonderful Life (Washington Ensemble Theatre), Romeo and
Juliet (EVE Productions), A Christmas
Story (Everett Historic Theatre), Having
Our Say: The Delaney Sisters First 100
Years (Public Theatre of Kentucky), Sorry, Wrong Number (The Culture Project,
NY), Christina and Apartment Building of the Blind (Soho Rep, NY) , and
Machinal and Stage Blood at the University of Washington. Her play, Dead
Reckoning, was produced as part of the
Soho Rep Summer Camp Festival of
New Plays and The Mystery of Chung
Ling Soo (created with The Flying Carpet Theatre Company) ran in Atlanta’s
Seven Stages Studio Space (Creative
Loafing Award for Best Touring Show
of 2005) and at festivals throughout
Europe. Her plays, Relevant, Adult,
Uncensored, and Island of Misfits were
produced in Seattle, WA and her latest
work, String Theory, was performed at
The Studio in New York City and at Vassar College. Holtcamp is a graduate of
Vassar College and holds an M.F.A. in
Directing from the University of Washington. She currently resides in Columbia, SC where she has directed A Few
Good Men (Workshop Theatre), Gross
Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar
Wilde, Iphigenia and Other Daughters,
Language of Angels, Arabian Nights,
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Dead Man’s Cell Phone and Our Country’s Good, at the University of South
Carolina.
David Britt
Director: This Property is
Condemned
David Britt has appeared
on stage at Theatre South
Carolina in Measure for
Measure, A View from the Bridge, Bus
Stop, Dancing at Lughnasa, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Violet Hour.
He is from Raleigh, NC, where he appeared in more than 30 roles. He has
trained at the New Actors Workshop in
New York City and at the world renowned
Shakespeare and Company in Lenox,
MA. David also completed the Second
City Comedy Improvisation Boot Camp.
For the Lab Theatre, David has directed
Sylvia, Proof and Spinning into Butter,
among others.
Brad Cozby
Scenic Designer
Brad Cozby is a third year
M.F.A. candidate in Lighting Design. He received
his BA in Theatre at Grand
Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ. This
will be his tenth design at USC, while only
his first scenic design. His last lighting
design was the production of Dead Man’s
Cell Phone for the Lab Theatre Series.
Some of his past notable designs include
Our Country’s Good, Bent, The Suicide,
The Arabian Nights, Kabuki Lady Macbeth
and the CD premier concert of Christian
music artist Justin Unger. You can also
see another example of his scenic design
with A Streetcar Named Desire performing at Drayton Theatre in conjunction with
the Tennessee Williams Festival. To see
other designs of his, visit his website at
www.lostcozdesigns.com.
April Andrew
Costume Designer
April Andrew is a first year
Costume Design MFA student. She received her
BA in German at Furman
University where she worked as a costume shop assistant for four years. She
has designed works for The Order of the
Furman Theater, Furman University Pauper Players, and Centre Stage Theater
in Greenville, SC, including Fat Pig, Little
Shop of Horrors, Driving Miss Daisy, and
See Rock City.
Caitlin Moraska
Costume Designer
Caitlin is a first year MFA
candidate in Costume Design. She is excited to be
apart of her first production at USC and has enjoyed working and
getting to know everyone in the program.
Caitlin is a recent graduate of Savannah
College of Art and Design with a BFA in
Production Design and has worked on
several academic productions at SCAD.
She would like to thank her family for all of
their love and support and looks forward
to other USC shows and design experiences.
Sean Smith
Costume Designer
Sean Smith is a first-year
Costume Design MFA
student and is pleased to
have worked on The Pretty
Trap, his first show at The University of
South Carolina. Sean is a recent graduate of Ashland University in Ashland,
Ohio where he received his BA in Theatre
and English. Previous costume designs
include Sunday in the Park with George
and Marisol. He thanks the South for accepting his Yankee ways and is excited
for what the next three years will provide.
Christine Jacky
Lighting Designer/Assistant Technical Director
Christine Jacky received
her MFA from Southern Illinois University in Theater
with emphasis in lighting design and theatrical management. She specializes in
stage electrics, sound technology, production management, and photography
for the stage. She has worked at Central
Piedmont Summer Theater, Long Lake
Camp for the Arts, McLeod Summer
Playhouse, New York City International
Fringe Festival, and Lookingglass Theater
in Chicago.
Aaron Pelzek
Sound Design
Aaron is happy to be back
working with his friends at
USC. He has been working
around town for over five
years now and has worked in every venue
and theatre he allowed inside the door of.
His experiences as a sound designer include USC’s own A View from the Bridge.
He is looking forward to a huge season
and a fun year ahead.
Valerie Pruett
Hair/Wigs/Makeup
Valerie is the instructor
and designer for hair and
makeup at Theatre South
Carolina. She started out
in professional theatre as a makeup and
hair artist for such outdoor pageants as
Tecumseh! and Unto These Hills. After
paying her dues with the outdoor circuit
Valerie went on to work and sub-contract
with several regional theaters including
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, American
Players’ Theatre, Utah Shakespearean
Festival, Dallas Theatre Center, Hippodrome, New American Theatre, Heritage
Repertory Theatre and most recently the
American Folklore Theatre. Before returning to USC, Valerie was a guest instructor
and artist at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee’s Professional Theatre Training Program and at Lawrence University
in Appleton, WI. She is a registered artist with the SC Film Commission and the
makeup artist for the Addy Award-winning media company, Mad Monkey.
Jane Hearn
Production Stage
Manager
Jane is a junior theatre major in the USC Honors College. Previous stage management credits include
The Comedy of Errors, The Last Days of
Judas Iscariot, John & Jen, The Sweet
Abyss, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore.
Jane has also assistant stage managed
several productions at USC and served
as Props Assistant at The Lost Colony.
Many thanks to friends and family for all
their support and to Amy for this opportunity.
Louis Colaianni
Vocal/Text/
Dialog Coach
Louis Colaianni most recently served as dialect
coach to Bill Murray for
the upcoming film, “Hyde Park On Hudson.” He was vocal coach to Will Ferrell
for the Broadway and HBO productions
of “You’re Welcome, America.” He was
also dialect coach for the soon-to-bereleased film “Little Red Wagon.” OffBroadway, he was dialect coach for “The
Little Flower of East Orange,” directed by
Phillip Seymour Hoffman at the LAByrinth
Theatre. He served as Voice and Text Director for three seasons at The Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, and has coached
voice and dialects for productions at the
Utah Shakespearean Festival, Milwaukee
Rep, Trinity Rep, Seattle Rep, Kansas
City Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His books include “How to
Speak Shakespeare,” “The Joy of Phonetics and Accents,” “Bringing Speech to
Life,” and “Shakespeare’s Names: a new
pronouncing dictionary.” Colaianni teaches Acting Classics at The Actors Studio
MFA program at Pace University, in New
York City.
Walter Clissen
Sound Design Advisor
Walter has 25+ years of experience in all aspects of the
audio world. He received his
BFA/MFA from the Higher
Institute of Theatre and Culture Spreading in Brussels, Belgium. Born in Belgium
and working in venues all over Europe, he
moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1988. His
Sound Designs have been heard internationally in Theatre and Opera houses (e.g.
L.A.’s Center for Bilingual Arts, La Mama
ETC - New York City, PCPA Theatrefest
- Santa Maria-Solvang CA, Arizona Repertory Theatre - Tucson AZ, Romanian
National Theatre - Cluj, Romania, The
Flanders Opera - Belgium, etc.). Recent
work includes Arno Raunig’s Barrock and
Subsonic Sonar’s Emerald Green Vortex.
He composed and designed the new musical, SEVEN STARS IN PARADISE, with
his partners Jean-Louis Milford (France)
and Francis Dixon (England). He started
Sound Design on a new musical My Fairy
Tale (a musical about Hans Christian Andersen, original idea & concept by Flemming Enevold, Music & Lyrics by Stephen
Schwartz, book by Phillip LaZeb), commissioned by PCPA Theatrefest to have
it’s American premiere Summer 2011 in
Solvang, CA. He has taught several audio courses, workshops and lectures in
Europe, at UCLA, CSU Fresno, Pacific
Conservatory of Performing Arts in Santa
Maria,CA, and at the University of Arizona
in Tucson, AZ. He is currently Asst. Professor in Sound Design at the University
of South Carolina teaching Sound Design courses for the Dept. of Theatre and
Dance and the Dept. of Media Arts.
Sam Gross
Assistant Technical
Director
Sam Gross is a graduate of
Indiana University where he
earned an MFA in Theatre
Technology. He specializes in mechanized scenery, computer-controlled systems, electronics, set construction, and
rigging. He has designed and built motion
control systems for such productions as
The Real Thing, Sweeney Todd, Romeo
and Juliet, Sweet Charity, Dracula, and
Pal Joey. He has overseen the construction of USC productions since 2005. Mr.
Gross received his Bachelor of Science
degree from the University of North Alabama where he also worked as a sound
designer, lighting designer, sound engineer, carpenter, and actor. In his position as Assistant Technical Director, Sam
supervises graduate and undergraduate
students in the construction of scenery
and props for USC Theatre and Dance
productions.
Spencer Henderson
Costume Studio Supervisor
M. Spencer Henderson is a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
where he received an MFA
in Costume Shop Management and Costume Technology. He received his BA in
theatre from Florida State University. His
costuming credits include Playmakers
Repertory Company, The Utah Shakespearean Festival, and Glimmerglass Opera. He has spent the last three summers
at the Williamstown Theatre Festival as
the Costume Shop Manager. Spencer supervises the USC costume shop, assists
with the pattern making and construction
of costumes, and teaches costume construction classes. He is also an advisory
board member of SC Pride and has designed at Workshop Theatre here in Columbia.
Victor Holtcamp
Dramaturg
Dr. Holtcamp has been an
actor, dancer, director, and
dramaturg, as well as a theatre historian and theoretician. He earned dual degrees in History
and Drama at the University of Washington, received his Master’s degree from
Brown University in Providence, RI, and
completed his Ph.D. in 2003. Major areas
of study include the intersections of industry, culture, and theatre; Shakespeare;
and 20th century U.S. theatre history. He
has presented papers at a variety of national and international theatre conferences, and published on topics as varied
as the apocryphal Shakespearean play
Mucedorus to the Broadway musical A
Chorus Line. His performance credits run
the gamut from West Side Story to works
of physical theatre and modern dance.
As a dramaturg, Victor has supported
productions at the University of South
Carolina, and worked with playwrights
to develop new works for the stage. He
recently completed an adaptation and
performance of Barry Lopez’s The Rediscovery of North America. He is currently
working on a book project investigating
the influence of industrialization on approaches to stage and screen performance.
Jim Hunter
Chair/Artistic Director/Set
Design Advisor
Jim’s scene and lighting
designs have been seen
at such theatres as Arkansas Rep, Charlotte Rep, Playhouse on
the Square, Drury Lane Theatre, Theatre Virginia, the World Stage Exposition
in Toronto, Heritage Rep, LaMama in
NYC, The Flat Rock Playhouse, the Veggie Tales Live! National Tour, Wall Street
Danceworks and others. Recent designs
include the lighting design for The Lost
Colony in Summer 2010 and the scene
design for Thoroughly Modern Millie at
Phoenix Theatre in Arizona, for which he
was awarded his second consecutive
AriZoni Award for Excellence in Scene
Design. Jim is a member of the national
designers union, United Scenic Artists,
Local 829, in scene and lighting design.
Recent national service activities include
the Commission for Accreditation with
the National Association of Schools of
Theatre, and as a mentor for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s
Leadership Institute. Visit his website at
www.jimhunterdesigns.com.
Jennifer Kingsmore
Assistant Stage Manager
Jennifer Kingsmore is excited to be working on her
first show at Carolina! She
has been participating in
school, community, and church theatre
for over ten years. She was most recently
the stage manager for her high school’s
production of The Government Inspector. Some of her other recent works include, Cheaper by the Dozen (playing
Martha Gilbreth), Romeo and Juliet, and
multiple high school showcases. Jennifer
has been taking dance from Dance World
for thirteen years. She has sung in her
church choir and played the piano since
she was a small child. Jennifer would like
to thank God, her Mama, her Daddy, and
her brother, Mark, for their unconditional
love and support.
Lisa Martin-Stuart
Costume Design Advisor Professor
Martin-Stuart
has served as the Head
of the Costume Design
Program at the University
of South Carolina for the past 17 years.
Her training is in costume design, historical costume research, and costume
technology. She has contributed on
over 60 productions for Theatre South
Carolina, including the recent Cyrano de
Bergerac and Gravity, which performed
in 2008 at the Connelly Theatre in New
York City and the 2008 production
Arienne Thacker
of The Violet Hour. Design credits in
Assistant Sound
film include: Ruby in Paradise, winner
Designer
of the 1993 Sundance Film Festival
starring Ashley Judd; Ulee’s Gold
Arienne is a senior
(1997) starring Peter Fonda, winner of
transfer student mathe Best Actor Golden Globe Award;
joring in theater. DurCoastlines (2002) starring Josh Brolin ing her first season at USC she has
and Timothy Olyphant. She has de- worked on Our Country’s Good and
signed costumes for several regional The Suicide, and she is grateful for
theatres including American Folklore the opportunity to work on her third
Theatre, Asolo State Theatre, Aquila main stage production. Some of her
Theatre Company of London, Char- favorite previous credits include Little
lotte Repertory Theatre and Hippo- Shop of Horrors, Blues for Mr. Chardrome State Theatre. Lisa continues lie, and The Nutcracker.
to work as the wardrobe stylist for
Mad Monkey, a nationally recognized
Rocco Thompson
media production company, and has
Assistant Director:
collaborated on numerous national
This Property is
and regional award winning televiCondemned
sion commercials including University of South Carolina’s Bicentennial
Rocco Thompson is
Campaign and “Cheerleader” from
a Junior Theatre and
the USC 2004 recruitment campaign. Media Arts double major. He reProfessor Martin-Stuart also serves cently directed the highly successful
as the Director of Undergraduate Gruesome Playground Injuries (his
Studies for the Department of The- first full-length show) for Greenroom
atre and Dance.
Productions in Benson Theatre. Al
though an actor most of his life, he
Andy Mills
has found much joy and fulfillment in
Technical Director
directing and is very glad to be working with David Britt. He has learned
Andy has designed pro- much from this process and cannot
fessionally at Shake- wait to carry it over to his next projspeare Theatre’s Young ect. He hopes that audiences leave
Company (Washington, with a new-found love of Tennessee
DC), Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Williams; the man truly was an artist.
Carolina Opera, USC Opera, and Trustus. Andy currently teaches InNic Ularu
tro to Theatre Design and Theatre
Scenic Design Advisor
Laboratory. He specializes in the area
of properties, finding or building the
Professor Ularu has exmost obscure of items. Andy is a
tensive design credits
Member of USITT.
in the USA and Europe,
including theatres in
Sweden, Northern Ireland and Romania. Nic Ularu was the Head of
Scenography at the National Theatre of Bucharest - Romania, and
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served for four years as a board
member of The European League of
the Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has
taught scene and/or costume design
in Romania, Germany, Sweden, UK,
Italy, Denmark and Hong Kong. Prior
to USC, he taught at Smith College,
National Theatre School of Denmark and The University of Theatre
and Film, Romania. In 2003, Professor Ularu received an OBIE award
for outstanding achievement in OffBroadway theater. Ularu’s designs
appeared in the USA entries at the
Prague Quadrennial International
Exhibitions of scenography in 2007,
2003 and 1998. In 2005, Nic co-designed the exhibit and designed the
poster of the World Stage Design
Exhibition, Toronto - Canada, and
was appointed by the United States
Institute of Theatre Technology as the
leading designer and curator of the
USA National Exhibit at the Prague
Quadrennial International Exhibition
of 2007. Besides his national and international design activity Nic Ularu is
a playwright and director. His recent
freelance work as playwright and
director includes several acclaimed
productions at LaMaMa ETC - New
York, Sibiu International Theatre Festival - Romania, Teatrul Foarte Mic,
Bucharest - Romania, “O” Teatret
- Sweden, National Theatre of Constanta - Romania, and National Theatre of Cluj - Romania.
WADSWoRTH
Chamber Music Series
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2011 - 2012 Season
Thursday, November 3, 2011
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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Behind the Scenes
Technical Director Andy Mills
Assistant Technical Directors Sam Gross, Christine Jacky
Assistant Director, This Property is Condemned Rocco Thompson
Assistant Sound Designer Arienne Thacker
Assistant Stage Manager Jennifer Kingsmore
Properties Andy Mills
Scenic Graduate Students Meredith Paysinger, Cap Xiemer,
Heather Abraham
Scenic Artists Heather Abraham
Scenic Undergraduate Assistants Katie Perry, Matt Burcham, Ait Fetterolf, Bo Booram, Karleigh Brunson and
students of the Theatre Lab program
Lighting Graduate Students Marc Hurst, Brad Cozby
Light Board Rachel Player
Sound Board Mary Miles
Deck Crew Octavious Galloway, Paris Richardson, Marvin Casasola
Costume Graduate Students April Andrew, Sean Smith,
Caitlin Moraska
Stitchers
Dresser
Wig/Hair Assistant
Costume Studio Supervisor
Artistic Director/Chair
Production Manager
Financial Manager
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November 11-19, 2011
LONGSTREET
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Polaroid
Stories
By
Naomi Iizuka
Directed by
Steven Pearson
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November 11-19, 2011
LONGSTREET THEATRE
Polaroid Stories
By
Naomi Iizuka
Directed by
Steven Pearson
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