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THEATRE DANCE FEARLESS NEW PLAY FESTIVAL Jennifer Barclay, festival director Lauren Yee, keynote playwright

ONLINE NOVEMBER 19-22, 2020

MACHINAL by Sophie Treadwell Brian MacDevitt, director

ONLINE FEBRUARY 2021

TDPS MUSICAL THEATRE REVUE Monique Midgette, director

ONLINE MARCH 2021

THE REVOLUTIONISTS by Lauren Gunderson Leigh Wilson Smiley, director

ONLINE MARCH 2021

ORLANDO by Sarah Ruhl Eleanor Holdridge, director

OUTDOORS MAY 2021

FALL MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT Ghost Bride by Rose Xinran Qi Responsive Wild by Krissy Harris

DANCE THEATRE, STREAMING NOVEMBER 19 & 20, 2020

SPRING MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT re/living by Gabriel Mata Untitled by Renee Gerardo

KOGOD THEATRE, STREAMING FEBRUARY 2021

TDPS SPRING DANCE CONCERT Patrik Widrig, director

DANCE THEATRE MAY 2021

SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES Maura Keefe, Producing Director

GHOST BRIDE Choreographer ................................................................................................. Rose Xinran Qi Scenic Designer .........................................................................................Aleksandr Shiriaev Costume Designer ........................................................................................ Channing Tucker Lighting Designer ................................................................................................... Eric Pitney Projection Designer .......................................................................................... Taylor Verrett Sound Designer .................................................................................... Veronica J. Lancaster Stage Manager ...............................................................................................Maria De Barros Performers ..................................................................................Casie Curry, Amber Daniels,

Carissa Kwan, Rose Xinran Qi, Grace Zhang, Vicki Zhang

Music Credits ..............................................................................Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin, Zhengdao Lu, Ozley ASMR,

Chris Davey, Mark Isham, Zhengdao Lu, Olafur Arnalds

RESPONSIVE WILD Choreographer (in collaboration with the dancers)......................................... Krissy Harris Scenic Designer .........................................................................................Aleksandr Shiriaev Costume Designer ........................................................................................Ashlynne Ludwig Lighting Designer......................................................................................... J. Mitchell Cronin Projection Designer .......................................................................................... Taylor Verrett Sound Designer .................................................................................... Veronica J. Lancaster Stage Manager ........................................................................................................Sara Reilly Performers .......................................................Hana Huie, Maggie Laszewski , Krissy Harris Music Credits.................................................................. Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Patti Smith,

Cocteau Twins, June Carter Cash, Claude Debussy, AC/DC, Diamanda Galás,

Led Zeppelin, Ludwig Minkus, with sound mixing by Krissy Harris

NOVEMBER 19 & 20, 2020 DANCE THEATRE/STREAMING

This performance will last approximately 90 minutes

VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. 3

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Ghost Bride is an Asian folklore that has the elements of romantic love, tradition, culture, Yin Yang, sacrifice for one’s family, and femininity. In old Asian societies, when a man died before marrying, the man’s mother ofen recruited a young woman who sacrifices her freedom to marry the ghost of the dead man and settle his spirit. Throughout the presentation, the choreographer links her personal journey to the deeper meaning and evolution of women’s rights for self-determination. The performance illustrates a transition between two dimensions, similar to the transformations women have needed to experience culturally, politically, socially, and economically through time.

I wish to give special thanks to Helen Huang who introduced the story of Ghost Bride to me, and to the dancers for their dedication and efort while working on this production through COVID-19. I dedicate this production to my Dad as my work has given me an opportunity to share the dimensional transition he might have experienced since I lost him.

--ROSE XINRAN QI, choreographer

Grappling with questions of womanhood, femininity, and rock and roll ideology, Responsive Wild explores feminisms through movement. As methodologies and forms of disruption, the work accesses: physics concepts, somatic memory, isolation, stark interruption, and choreographic stridency. The dancing you will see is driven by my desire to both understand and harness what I define as the body’s interior environment – bringing it forth to boldly participate in the exterior space. I connect this to my desire to understand feminism, and empowered femininity, through movement.

I want to express my gratitude to the network of collaborators that have supported this work’s production, students, faculty, and staf, within TDPS and The Clarice. Though you will see three dancing bodies onstage, this work has been a part of a large community efort, that began before, and will continue afer, this performance. I especially want to thank the designers for being sources of inspiration and camaraderie; and Hana and Maggie, for bringing in their generosity, ferociousness and humor to the journey.

--KRISSY HARRIS, choreographer

CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTE FOR RESPONSIVE WILD

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This performance is dedicated to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Krissy, Maggie, and Hana also ask for your support towards the following human and civil rights organizations:

Innocence Project | www.innocenceproject.org | @innocenceproject The Okra Project | www.theokraproject.com | @theokraproject For The Gworls | https://www.artsbusinesscollaborative.org/asp-products/for-the-gworls-fg/ | @forthegworls

Austin Conlee (assistant costume designer, Responsive Wild)

J. Mitchell Cronin (lighting designer, Responsive Wild) is a second-year MFA candidate in lighting design. He has designed well over 100 fully-produced projects in his hometown of Houston, Texas, with companies such as The Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, Prague Shakespeare Company, The Ensemble Theatre, Main Street Theater, Stages Repertory Theatre, The Catastrophic Theatre, A.D. Players, Classical Theatre Company, Horsehead Theatre, Opera In The Heights, and others. www.JMCdesigns.info.

Casie Curry (performer, Ghost Bride) is a sophomore dance and horticulture double major at University of Maryland, College Park. She has been named a Creative and Performing Arts Scholar since 2019 and is an apprentice in Misako Ballet Company.

Amber Daniels (performer, Ghost Bride) is working towards her MFA in dance at University of Maryland, College Park. She has served as assistant coordinator of the 2020 Mid Atlantic North American College Dance Association conference, a panelist for the Maryland State Arts Council, and a guest instructor for the Maryland Thespian Festival.

Maria De Barros (stage manager, Ghost Bride / assistant stage manager, Responsive Wild) senior theatre major. Creative and Performing Arts Scholar. UMD selected credits: A Doll House, Flyin’ West, Shared Graduate Dance Concert 2019 (stage manager). Hamlet Replayed, Citizen: An American Lyric (assistant stage manager). Selected outside credits: Into the Woods, Gertrude and Claudius, Fall Springs (Barrington Stage Company); Mamma Mia!, Sister Act (Maltz Jupiter Theatre). Undergraduate Theatre Artists Society President.

Krissy Harris (choreographer and performer, Responsive Wild) is an independent dance and teaching artist. Recent UMD TDPS performances include works by Heidi McFall, Monica Bill Barnes, Shawn Truman Stone, and her choreography has been seen in TDPS’ Second Season concerts. Prior to UMD, Krissy gallivanted throughout New York performing, making dances, and teaching. She taught at Adelphi University and Berest Dance Center. She performed/collaborated with: TYKE Dance Company, Falcon Dance Company, Stephanie Saywell, Amanda Hinchey, Sarah Lass, Chris Ferris, Deborah Lohse, Suzan Polat, and Sukalyann D. Entourage. Krissy’s choreographic work was shown at Gibney Dance Center, Dixon Place, Built on Stilts, Triskelion Arts, NACHMO, and Movement Research Open Performance. Krissy received her BFA in dance from Adelphi University.

Jacob Hughes (assistant projection designer)

Hana Huie (performer, Responsive Wild) recently graduated from UMD with dual degrees in dance and theatre and has worn many hats in a myriad of dance and theatre pieces and Second Season shows. Former Creative and Performing Arts Scholar and Dorothy Madden Dance scholarship recipient and proud alum of Delta Chi Xi Honorary Dance Fraternity. 6 7

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S Carissa Kwan (performer, Ghost Bride) is a second-year MPH candidate studying biostatistics. Having trained in various Eastern and Western dance styles, she continues to explore her passion as a member of Xuejuan Dance Ensemble and Tianyi Dance Team as well as through individual opportunities.

Veronica J. Lancaster (sound designer) is a graduate of UMD and is happy to be back designing at her alma mater. At UMD, she most recently designed sound for the Madden Dance Project, as well as Fall 2019, Spring 2019, and Fall 2018 MFA Dance Thesis concerts. Her other recent UMD credits include Love & Information and The Schooling of Bento Bonchev. Outside of academia, Veronica is a company member with Rorschach Theatre and enjoys designing sound and projections for theaters in the DMV area and around the country.

Maggie Laszewski (performer, Responsive Wild) is a first-year MFA dance candidate and an independent artist from Rochester, New York. She is a recent graduate from SUNY College at Brockport where she studied dance and philosophy. Maggie is grateful to have been able to work so closely with Krissy and Hana in Responsive Wild.

Ashlynne Ludwig (costume designer, Responsive Wild) is a second-year MFA candidate in costume design. She holds a BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and she worked as the resident costume designer at Cumberland County Playhouse from 2015-2018 (The Drowsy Chaperone, Hunchback of Notre Dame, etc). Other credits include Noises Of (2020), work at Studio Theatre (2019, assistant to the designer), Opera Theater St. Louis (2019), Glimmerglass Festival (2014-2015), and the Bucks County Playhouse (2013).

Stephanie Parks (assistant costume designer, Ghost Bride) is a first year MFA candidate in costume design and is thrilled to be assisting on her first production at University of Maryland. Before arriving at UMD, Stephanie worked as a costume designer and technician in regional and broadway theatre. Some of her credits include Scrooge in Rouge (The Hippodrome State Theatre), Mary Poppins (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Motown (Broadway), Mesmeric Revelations (Submersive Productions), and Next to Normal (Weston Playhouse).

Eric Pitney (lighting designer, Ghost Bride), second-year MFA candidate. UMD credits: Ariodante (LD), A Doll House (ALD), The Visit (ALD). Outside credits: Man of La Mancha, Abilene Convention Center (LD), Bridges of Madison County and Mary Poppins, The Legacy Theater (TD). Training: Abilene Christian University, BFA Theatre: Design/Tech.

Rose Xinran Qi (choreographer and performer, Ghost Bride) is a dancer, choreographer, teaching artist, and art director. She began professional dance training in ballet and Chinese classical dance at age ten. She was awarded a BFA in dance from Shanxi Academy of Arts, and currently is a Master of Fine Arts candidate in dance and teaching assistant at the University of Maryland. She is a former member of Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble from 2008-2013. From 2008 to 2015, she performed as a dancer in the production Forbidden Fruit Under the Great Wall and Opera Warriors that toured to over 100 cities and many more theatres including the China Greater National Theatre, the Great Hall of the People, the Beijing Poly Theater, the Shanghai Greater Theatre, Hangzhou Grand Theater, Ningbo Grand Theater, Chongqing Grand Theater, Singapore Kallang Theatre, Hong Kong Tuen Mun Theater, Sydney Opera House, Kennedy Center Opera House, and others. She served as artistic director and choreographer for the Pragnell 2019 Mrs. Legend Global Final Talent Contest held at the O2 Arena in London. She also is a producer of international cultural and art exchanges.

Aleksandr Shiriaev (scenic designer)

Sara Reilly (stage manager, Responsive Wild / assistant stage manager, Ghost Bride), third-year theatre major. Creative and Performing Arts Scholar. UMD credits: She Kills Monsters (assistant stage manager), The Triumph of Horus (chorus). Outside credits: Side Show (stage manager), Little Women (stage manager), Spring Awakening (marketing manager).

Zavier Augustus Lee Taylor (assistant projection designer) is an artist/actor/ designer from North Carolina. He has a BA in dramatic art with a focus in New Media and Performance Studies. He is currently earning an MFA in design with a specialization in projection/media.

Channing Tucker (costume designer, Ghost Bride)

Taylor Verrett (projection designer) is originally from Lafayette, Louisiana. She is currently a second-year MFA candidate in projection design. UMD credits: The Visit (assistant projection designer), She Kills Monsters (projection designer/ media designer).

Grace Zhang (performer, Ghost Bride) is a senior computer science and operations management & business analytics double degree student at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has trained in Vaganova classical ballet for 10+ years and is a performer and choreographer with the Tianyi Chinese Dance Team at UMD. She enjoys challenging herself to learn new dance forms and hopes to continue dancing beyond college!

Vicki Zhang (performer, Ghost Bride) is from Maryland and is currently a sophomore pursuing a double degree in dance and computer science. She has experience in ballet for 10+ years, and is excited to try new styles of dance!

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ASSISTANT DESIGNERS AND STAGE MANAGERS Assistant Costume Designer (Ghost Bride) Stephanie Parks Assistant Costume Designer (Responsive Wild) Austin Conlee Assistant Projection Designer Jacob Hughes Assistant Projection Designer Zavier Taylor Assistant Stage Manager (Ghost Bride) Sara Reilly Assistant Stage Manager (Responsive Wild) Maria De Barros

COSTUMES Draper Susan Chiang, Lisa Parkell Burgess,

Tessa Lew First Hand Amy VanderStaay

TECHNOLOGY Technology Graduate Assistants Mitchell Cronin, Heather Reynolds

PROPERTIES Properties Shop Manager Tim Jones Properties Shop Assistant Linda Di Bernardo Prop Shop Graduate Assistant Mark Williams

PAINTS Paint Shop Graduate Assistant Mollie Singer

SCENIC Set Construction Crew Earl Browne, Devin Kohn Student Set Construction Crew Aleksandr Shiriaev, Mollie Singer,

Mark Williams

SHOW CREW Light Board Operator Cody Petenbrink Sound Board Operator Michael Houser

FACU LT Y

JENNIFER B A RCL AY JA ME S H A RDING A LV IN M AY E S Dire c tor of Under gr aduate Studie s; Head of MA /PhD Theatre S cholar ship Head of Dance Per for mance and

Play wr ight ing and Per for mance and Per for mance Studies; S cholar ship; Head of His tor y/ The or y ; Mo der n Dance Te chnique

MELISS A B L A NCO BORELLI Theatre and Per for mance Studie s Dance His tor y and Ethnogr aphy ; JA RED ME Z ZOCCHI

Black ne s s in L at in A mer ic a Pro duc t ion Me dia and Te chnolog y FR A NK LIN J. HILDY Theatre His tor y and The or y A NDRE W CISSN A LIS A N ATH A NS

Light ing De sign and C A D De sign Voice and Ac t ing HELEN Q. HUA NG Cos tume De sign DA NIEL CON WAY S A R A PE A RSON

Dire c tor of Gr aduate Studie s; Chore ogr aphy and Improvis at ion MISH A K ACHM A N S cene De sign Head of MFA in De sign; K ENDR A PORTIER

S A M CR AW FORD Maya Br in Endowe d Cos tume and S cene De sign

S ound and Me dia Te chnologie s Profe s s or in Dance; M AUR A K EEFE in Per for mance Chore ogr aphy, Mo der n Dance

Dire c tor ; Te chnique, and Ballet Dance His tor y and The or y ; CRYS TA L U. DAV IS

Head of MFA Dance; Chore ogr aphy SCOT REE SE Dance Educ ation, Head of Theatre Per for mance;

Movement A nalysis , Dire c t ing , Black Theatre, B RI A N MACDE V IT T Light ing De sign and Dance Ethnogr aphy and Music al Theatre

C A ITLIN M A RSH A LL A DRI A NE FA NG LEIGH W IL SON SMILE Y Theatre His tor y and The or y Mo der n Dance Te chnique Voice for the Ac tor,

Ac t ing , Sp e e ch & Diale c t LE SLIE FELB A IN

Movement for Ac tor s and Ac t ing PATRIK W IDRIG Mo der n Dance Te chnique

K A REN B R A DLE Y MITCHELL HÉB ERT A NNE WA RREN Profe s s or Emer ita Profe s s or Emer itus Profe s s or Emer ita

PAT TI P. GILLE SPIE W ILLI A M V. PAT TERSON A LCINE W ILTZ Profe s s or Emer ita A s s o ciate Profe s s or Emer itus Profe s s or Emer itus

DA NIEL WAGNER Profe s s or Emer itus

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JOCELY N C A LLIS TER S A NDR A JACK SON SUS A N MILLER B usine s s S er vice s Sp e cial is t A s s o ciate Dire c tor for B usine s s Co ordinator of Student S er vice s &

Op er at ions Ac ademic Advis or CRYS TA L G A S TON

A s sis tant to the Dire c tor & ISI A H JOHNSON RENEE N YACK Co ordinator of Gr aduate Studie s Accompanis t Progr am Management Sp e cial is t

BOB BY HUNTER JENNIFER SCH WA RTZ Pro duc tion and Event s Co ordinator Pro duc t ion Manager

A R TIS T- I N - R E S I D E N CE M A RIELIS G A RCI A

Chore ogr aphy, Contemp or ar y Dance Te chnique, L at in x Per for mativ it y, Me dia and Te chnolog y

LEC TU R E R S

SUS A N CHI A NG AMA LAW JANET SCHROEDER Cos tume Cons tr uc t ion Hip Hop Dance Cultur al Ins t itut ions

LE AY NE DEMPSE Y MONIQUE MIDGETTE JENNIFER SCHWARTZ A r t s Leader ship Music al Theatre Stage Management

MICHAEL DRIGGERS SUSAN O’NEILL Te chnic al Pro duc t ion F igure Dr awing

G R A DUATE A SS IS TA NT S A N D FE LLO W S Ronya Lee A nder son, Lindsey Bar r, Jeremy Bennet t , Madison Booth, Aus tin Conlee, J. Mitchell Cronin, Connie Dai, A mber Daniel s , Tara Demmy, Jordan Ealey, Renee Gerardo, Jenna Gerdsen, Jack Golden, K ioumr s Haer i, Sarah Beth Hall , K r is s y Har r is , All ison Hedges, Rebecca Hill , Jacob Hughes, Tr is tan Koepke, Margaret Laszewski, Gianina Lockley, A shlynne Ludwig , Rochele Mac , Chr is ten Mandracchia, Gabr iel Mata, Alex Miller, John Monday, Zahr ia Moore, Stephanie Par k s, Er ic Pitney, A ndres Poch, K r is topher Pour zal , S ean Pres ton, X inran (Rose) Qi, Heather Reynolds, Leticia Ridley, Chr is t ina Robson, Caroline Rocher Bar nes, Alek sandr Shir iaev, Mollie Singer, Fraser Stevens, Jared Strange, Melis sa Sturges, Zavier Taylor, Channing Tucker, Taylor Ver ret t , Car lo A ntonio V il lanueva, Jonelle Walker, Cyrah Ward, Mar k Will iams, Michael Wins ton, Y i Lin Zhao

SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES FACULTY AND STAFF

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’Cast of TDPS’ Fall 2019 production, Flyin West. Photo by David Andrews.

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