Theatre & Performance
10 Minute Play Festival Call for Scripts
Submissions for the Annual Play Festival are due on Dec. 5.
Due: December 5th
Contact: labbot@georgiasouthern.edu
Race; A Play to Begin Showing at the CAT
The Theatre & Performance program at Georgia Southern University kicks off its 2013-2014 season Sept. 24 with David Mamet’s Race; a Play in the Center for Art & Theatre’s Black Box Theatre.
Race explores the tension between perception and intent when a law firm of three attorneys, two black and one white, defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman. Thought-provoking and challenging, the play raises questions about how each of us perceives race in today’s world and will leave audiences with more questions than answers. Because of adult subject matter and strong language, the play is recommended for mature audiences.
Theatre & Performance audiences will recognize actors Whitaker Gardner and Tatyana Arrington from last year’s production of Hamlet when they were matched against each other as Claudius and Gertrude. New to the Black Box stage are actors V. Akil Jackson and Harry Hudgins, who round out the cast. Student designers complete the production team with Lawrence Hancock as scenic designer and Loren “Zo” Haynes overseeing costumes and lighting design.
Race; a Play opens Wednesday, Sept. 24, and runs through Wednesday, Oct. 1. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. The play is recommended for mature audiences because of language and content.
Cast members: Tatyana Arrington, Whitaker Gardner, V. Akil Jackson, and Harry Hudgins
Directed by: Lisa L. Abbott
Scenic Design: Lawrence Hancock
Costume Design: Loren Haynes
Lighting Design: Loren Haynes
The George-Anne Breaks down the Wham Bam Play Slam!
The George-Anne offers up a break down of what happens behind the scenes at the 24-hour play festival, Wham Bam Play Slam!
The George-Anne Breaks down Wham Bam Play Slam in their August 26 issue. CLICK TO ENLARGE
Located in the Tuesday, August 26, 2014 edition of The George-Anne
During Wham Bam Play Slam!, writers pick a director out of a hat, directors then pick actors out of a hat, and they all get together to improvise and the playwright has until 3pm the next day to finish a script for their cast. At 7:30 they perform their new creations. Wham Bam Play Slam! was held Saturday, August 23, 2014.
Ancient Greek Comedy “The Birds” Playing in Black Box Theatre
The Summer Theatre Rehearsal and Performance Class at Georgia Southern University presents “The Birds” by Aristophanes.
Summer performances are Thursday through Saturday in the Center for Art & Theatre’s Black Box Theatre. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
“The Birds” is a comedy by Greek playwright Aristophanes. First performed in Athens in 414 B.C., the timeless story follows Pithetaerus, an Athenian slacker and opportunist who, with the help of his cowardly sidekick Euelpides, persuades Epops, the King of the Birds, to have all the world’s birds create a new city in the sky called Cloud Cuckoo Land.
While attempting this great feat, Pithetaerus is met with many of the pests that he left Athens hoping to avoid. In addition, he hopes to control the gods as they previously controlled mankind. And if he can survive certain death, a Beatnik Poet, an oracle-monger with prophecies for sale, a Real Estate Man, an Inspector, a Lawyer, and a whirlwind one-sided romance with an airhead goddess, he may just get the chance.
Lisa L. Abbott, an associate professor of theatre at Georgia Southern, is the play’s director.
Admission is free, although donations to the Friends of Theatre Foundation are welcome. The house opens at 7 p.m., and audience members are encouraged to arrive no later than 7:15 p.m. to ensure good seats.
The box office can be reached at 912-478-5389 to make reservations and is open for ticket sales from 3-5 p.m. prior to performances and at 6 p.m. on performance
days.
from The Statesboro Herald
The Arts Have Arrived
In what could be compared to a Renaissance, or at the very least a Revival, the visual and theatre arts are soaring to new heights at Georgia Southern as they move their public programming into state-of-the-art facilities in the new Center for Art & Theatre.
1. Center for Art & Theatre Building:
In July 2006, construction began on the Center for Art & Theatre at Georgia Southern University. This 30,000 square feet public facility will house three exhibition galleries curated by the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art, and the Black Box Theatre managed by the Department of Communication Arts. The new Center for Art & Theatre opens its doors to the public in March 2008 and will be a beacon for the visual and performing arts at Georgia Southern University.
2.Visual Art Programming:
Exhibition Program Overview: Visual art galleries in the Center for Art & Theatre offer public exhibitions of visual art created by contemporary professional artists as well as space for display of student art. Galleries in the new Center for Art and Theatre located next to the Visual Arts Studio Building on Pittman Drive offer multiple venues to view contemporary and traditional art and design. A rotating exhibition season presents over twelve exhibitions annually of art and design created by contemporary professional artists and students in the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art.
Contemporary Galleries: The Contemporary Galleries present solo and group exhibitions in two distinct exhibition spaces of art and design by professionals and students working in a range of media, from traditional paintings to multi-media installations.
Annual Student Exhibitions: Exhibitions highlighting outstanding work created by Georgia Southern art and design students from the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art are presented throughout the year. These exhibitions are juried by an external professional and provide students with additional experiences in presenting their creative work publically. Form and Content highlights exemplary works created in foundation level drawing and design coursework; the Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition presents selected works completed under the tutelage of Georgia Southern faculty; the Graphic Design Portfolio Reveal presents the professional portfolios of senior graphic design students to the public and art directors in the region; the MFA Biennial presents a juror’s selection of art and design created by candidates in the Master of Fine Arts degree program.
The Betty Foy Sanders Georgia Artists Collection represents a diverse collection of artwork created by artists with a connection to the state of Georgia-whether the artist is native to the state, the artwork is created with materials indigenous to the state, or the imagery is about the state of Georgia. Curated by Betty Foy Sanders since 1967, the extensive permanent collection resides in its own gallery.
The Smith Callaway Banks Southern Folk Art Collection and Research Center located in the Visual Arts Studio Building, houses an extensive collection of folk art of varying genres and media from the southeastern United States.
Ascend, a public sculpture celebrating the Arts at Georgia Southern, greets visitors at the East Entrance. Created by artist and sculpture professor, Marc Moulton, with the assistance of graduate students, this monumental scale sculpture was commissioned by the Honorable Governor Carl Sanders in tribute to his wife Betty Foy Sanders for her life-long civic vision in support of the visual arts.
Sculpture Garden: The Center’s courtyard adjoins the existing Visual Arts Building with the Center for Art & Theatre and features a sculpture garden offering a fourth exhibition space for three-dimensional works of art.