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Georgia Southern Tidies Up With “The Clean House”
The Theatre & Performance program at Georgia Southern University presents Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean House. The production opens Sept. 25 on campus in the Center for Art & Theatre’s Black Box Theatre and serves as the kick-off to the 2013-2014 season.The play is a whimsical romantic comedy centered on Matilde, a Brazilian cleaning woman who would rather be a comedian. Her employer, Lane, is a doctor who wants a spotless house. Lane’s sister, Virginia, cleans the house on the sly to satisfy her need; “To be useful.” Things heat up when Lane’s husband, a surgeon who specializes in breast cancer, falls in love with a patient and leaves to pursue a cure.
Two design students join the student-cast in this production. Senior Julianne Norkus will be designing costumes and junior Loren Haynes will serve as lighting designer. The practice of students working in design positions with theatre professionals is a part of the program’s tradition of excellence in artistic achievement.
The Theatre & Performance program is teaming up with Georgia Southern’s Colleges Against Cancer to promote breast cancer awareness during the production. Paper apples will be sold and displayed in the Center for Art & Theatre as a part of the “Take a bite out of Breast Cancer” campaign. The paper apples are $1 and can be purchased at the theater during the show or at the Center for Art & Theatre Box Office.
The Clean House opens Wednesday, Sept. 25, and runs through Wednesday, Oct. 2. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m.
Student and youth tickets are $5; faculty, staff and community tickets are $10. All seating is general admission. The House opens at 7 p.m. and we encourage audience members to arrive no later than 7:15 p.m. to ensure good seats. The Balcony will serve as overflow seating. The Box Office can be reached at 912-478-5379 to make reservations and is open for ticket sales from 3 to 5 p.m. prior to performances and at 6 p.m. on performance days.
Cast members: Laura Henry, Sally Henry, Karen Aguirre, Brandon Muggy, and Victoria Crawley Directed by Lisa L. Abbott, Scenic Design: Sean M. DeVine, Costume Design: Julianne Norkus, Lighting Design: Loren Haynes, Sound Design: Kelly Berry.
‘Elisabeth Condon: The Seven Seas’
Exhibition an Exploration of 1970s, ‘80s Los Angeles Nightclub Culture
Elisabeth Condon All That Glitters Is Gold (Rock Opera), 2012 Mixed media and mylar on linen 65 x 215 in. Courtesy of Emerson Dorsch, Miami
Georgia Southern University’s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art presents Elisabeth Condon: The Seven Seas from August 19 through September 27 in the University Gallery at the University’s Center for Art & Theatre.
The exhibition includes an artist lecture Thursday, September 5, at 5 p.m. in the Visual Arts Building, Room 2071, followed immediately by an artist reception in the gallery. The event is free, and the public is welcome.
The Seven Seas explores a teenager’s first encounter with the nightclub culture found within Los Angeles during the late 1970s and early 1980s. By utilizing both memory and reference material, Condon seamlessly blends the architecture, lifestyle and aesthetics associated with Sunset Strip nightclubs such as Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco. Known for her exploration of various painting techniques, Condon creates stunning paintings and mixed-media objects that capture the uncertainty and excitement surrounding the rock ‘n roll lifestyle and the landscape of childhood.
“We are thrilled to introduce Georgia Southern and Statesboro residents to the work of internationally renowned artist Elisabeth Condon,” said Marc Mitchell, gallery director for the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. “The exhibition is centered around themes of memory and nostalgia, which are melded with elements of popular culture. The result is an amazing visual experience filled with paintings that utilize materials such as glitter, fur and rhinestones to truly capture a certain environment and time period.”
Condon’s work has been shown at venues such as the National Art Museum of China; Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, N.C.; Hunter College in New York; Whitecliff College of Art & Design in Auckland, New Zealand; STOREFRONT in New York; Winkelman Gallery in New York and many others. Condon is represented by Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, and Lesley Heller Gallery, New York.
‘Rena Leinberger: Zero Panorama’
Exhibition Uses Installations to Explore Landscape, Artifice, Spectacle
Rena Leinberger The Unfinished Plinth (also called the Wasteland), 2013 Rubber, cardboard, and contact paper 120 x 72 x 8 inches.
Georgia Southern University’s Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art presents Rena Leinberger: Zero Panorama from August 19 through September 27 in the Contemporary Gallery at the University’s Center for Art & Theatre.
The exhibition includes an artist lecture Monday, September 16, at 5 p.m. in the University’s Visual Arts Building, Room 2071, followed immediately by an artist reception in the gallery. The event is free, and the public is welcome.
Zero Panorama is a survey of mixed-media installations, photographs and videos by Leinberger. Working primarily with web-based images, she constructs artworks that utilize subtle shifts in material as a vehicle for exploring notions of landscape, artifice and spectacle.
“It is a great privilege to bring the work of internationally renowned artist Rena Leinberger to Georgia Southern and the Statesboro community,” said Marc Mitchell, gallery director for the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art. “While many of the images are challenging, Leinberger is concerned with issues of the digital age. Her photos, videos and sculptural installations tackle the way that we gather and process information, whether via the Internet or the natural landscape.”
Leinberger’s work has been shown at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in New York, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Threewalls in Chicago, Queens Museum of Art in New York, STOREFRONT in New York, Smack Mellon in New York, Mariane Boesky Gallery in New York, Jack Shainman Gallery in New York and many others. She has received several awards, including the Swing Space Residency at the Lower Manhattan Culture Council, Catwalk Institute Residency in New York; AIM at the Bronx Museum and the International Studio & Curatorial Program in NewYork.
Theatre & Performance Fall Auditions
Mark your calendars to audition for Theatre & Performance’s fall shows!
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl (4 women 1 man) and Flyin West by Pearle Cleage (4 African American Women 2 Men – 1 African American) will be scheduled by appointment for Wednesday, August 21 and Thursday, 22.
Georgia Southern theatre & performance auditions are open to all members of the University and Statesboro communities. By appointment only. Schedule your appointment by calling the CAT Box office at 912-478-5379 or stopping by beginning on Monday August 19th to sign up.
All auditions are cold reads, all are welcome to audition.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition
The Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art (BFSDoArt) at Georgia Southern University presents the works of the Bachelor of Fine Arts graduating class of Spring 2013. The exhibition will be on display in the Center for Art & Theatre from May 6-10 with a closing reception Friday, May 10, from 5-7 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the BFSDoArt is comprised of a dynamic and multi-faceted curriculum that is led by exceptional faculty. Every year, the Department graduates many gifted and diverse undergraduate students that go on to successful careers in a variety of professions. This exhibition is a cohesive record of the ideas and images that each student has investigated throughout the last semester of their academic pursuits.
The Spring 2013 BFA Senior Exhibition features the work of the following students: Zach Blount, Amy Bryan, Jamie Clarke, Haley Coker, Julie Ducker, Dalton Foret, Anotonia Gorham, Lois Harvey, Mary Hathaway, Aulbri Little, Kayla McCarthy, Amanda Moersch, Andrew Pate, Elisabeth Poore, Sara Sheffield, Katie Sullivan, Meryl Sutton, Matthew Swab, Ruth Williams, Justin Wilson, and Aaron Young.
CLOSING RECEPTION
Friday, May 10th from 5-7 p.m.
Center for Art & Theatre
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