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Volume 18, 11 | December, 9. 2019

Finals Week NEWSLETTER

Department News

Week 11 - Dec 9 - Dec 13, 2019

Updated Schedule for the Wagner New Play Workshop

The Wagner New Play Workshop

Thursday Dec 12

6:30pm The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes by Vivian Barnes

8:00pm The Haunting at Camp Winona by Mara Nelson-Greenberg

Friday Dec 13

5:00pm Blue by Ali Viterbi

7:30pm Watch Me by Dave Harris

Playwrighting Faculty Nominated for the Writers Guild Award

Professor Naomi Iizuka and her co-writers on The Terror:Infamy which aired on AMC this fall were nominated for aWGA award for best original long form series.

Set during World War II, The Terror: Infamy centers on aseries of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese-Americancommunity and a young man’s journey to understand andcombat the malevolent entity responsible.

https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners?fbclid=IwAR1YToy_H2O-YnHb6oKyrfMu8YYVBJNprlo6ek6q29pK35MkbleePmvawGo

Coming This Winter

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MFA Dance Thesis I: The Undergrounda dance performance directed by Marcos DuranShow dates: January 23, 24 & 25 @ 7:30pm

MFA Dance Thesis II: An Object, Screaminga dance performance directed by Paulina ColmenaresShow dates: February 6, 7 & 8 @ 7:30pm

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespearedirected by Will JonesPreview: February 10 @ 7:30pmShow dates: February 12, 13, 14 & 15 @ 7:30pm and February 15 @ 2pm

LAB/Winter 2020a laboratory of exploratory worksShow dates: Weeks 6-11 of Winter Quarter

Orestes 2.0 by Charles Meedirected by Joseph HendelPreview: February 26 @ 7:30pmShow dates: February 28 & 29, March 6 & 7 @ 7:30pm and February 29 @ 2pm

winterWORKS 2020a dance performanceShow dates: March 12, 13 & 14 @ 7:30pm

For more information on the Winter Season, click the link below

http://theatre.ucsd.edu/season/index.htm

The Quarter in Review

Balm in Gilead

We all spent some time in Frank's Cafewith director Kim Rubenstein's productionof Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead.

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PC: Jim Carmody

Man in Love

The women of Midwestern Metropolis foundthemselves under threat in director StephenBuescher's production of ChristinaAnderson's Man in Love.

PC: Manuel Rotenberg

Elektra

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Second Year Director Juliana Kleist-Mendez gave us a new spin on an ancient GreekStory in Timberlake Wertenbaker translation of Elektra.

PC: Manuel Rotenberg

Alumni News

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Playwrighting Alumna's Play Set for the Geffen Playhouse

MFA playwriting alumna Anna Moench’s play Man ofGod will be part of the Geffen Playhouse’s upcomingseason.

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'The play is described by the Geffen as a funny feministthriller about that moment when girls realize the malegaze has been watching all along (and decide they’redefinitely gonna do something about it).'

Man of God had its world premiere earlier this year asan East West Players (EWP) production at the DavidHenry Hwang Theatre at the Union Center of the Arts inLos Angeles. EWP is the largest producing organizationof Asian American artistic work.

http://www.playbill.com/article/geffen-playhouse-adds-anna-moenchs-man-of-god-to-2020-season?fbclid=IwAR0tKaWHfknN1cKxgbE9bqKGdfIjPpZlSikjhrdCon9NAe81r_W3pPjfPQ4

Acting Alumnus Appears in Amazon Series

MFA acting alumnus Todd Cerveris is featured in the recentseason of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Todd plays uncle Liev inSeason 3, episode 2.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is a period comedy/drama starringRachel Brosnahan, a housewife in 1958 New York City whohas a knack for stand-up comedy. It streams on AmazonPrime.

MFA Acting Alumnus Bringing you Holiday Tidings This Winter

MFA acting alumnus John-Andrew Morrison is back atHartford Stage for A Christmas Carol. During this run theirproduction will hit its 1,000 performance.

The Hartford Stage is renowned for producing innovativerevivals of classics, as well as provocative new plays andmusicals, Hartford Stage has earned many of the nation’smost prestigious awards, including the 1989 Tony Awardfor Outstanding Regional Theatre. Additional nationalrecognition includes honors from the Outer Critics Circle,Drama Desk, American Theatre Wing (OBIE), and theNew York Critics Circle.

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