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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival's 2023 Summer Season Announced!
Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival presents…
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, July 28-August 6
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, August 3-13
Lowell Observatory, under the Festival Tent
This summer, Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival presents two of Shakespeare’s most popular plays: Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet. Join us on the campus of Lowell Observatory under our festival tent for Shakespeare under the stars!
“If music be the food of love, play on.” So begins Shakespeare’s famous comedy Twelfth Night, a story about finding love, overcoming adversity, and yellow stockings! Twelfth Night follows the story of Viola, who washes ashore on Illyria, where she disguises herself as a boy in order to serve the handsome Duke Orsino. Comedy ensues as feelings are caught between all the wrong people, identities are mistaken, and our favorite characters must navigate tumultuous island waters. And their love lives …
Romeo and Juliet is the infamous story of two “star-crossed lovers,” children of two dueling families in Verona. When Romeo meets his Juliet, they will stop at nothing to be together despite the danger it presents. A tale of love, family, grudges, and innocence, this romantic classic will have you misty-eyed, remembering what it felt like the first time you fell in love.
Both plays are directed by renowned Shakespeare director Jim Warren, founding Artistic Director of the American Shakespeare Center, and include a dynamic, professional company of actors and artists from all over Arizona and the country.
The shows stagger in performances! Twelfth Night opens first and runs July 28-August 6. Romeo and Juliet opens second and runs August 3-13. Each show will have a Pay-What-You-Will Preview the night before opening. On the overlapping weekend, the shows will switch off nightly.
Twelfth Night show dates include:
Thursday, July 27 @ 7 pm, Pay-What-You-Will Preview
Friday, July 28 @ 7 pm, Opening Night
Saturday, July 29 @ 2pm and 7 pm
Sunday, July 30 @ 2 pm
Friday, August 4 @ 7 pm
Saturday, August 5 @ 2 pm
Sunday, August 6 @ 2 pm, Closing Night
Romeo and Juliet show dates include:
Wednesday, August 2 @ 7 pm, Pay-What-You-Will Preview
Thursday, August 3 @ 7 pm, Opening Night
Saturday, August 5 @ 7 pm
Friday, August 11 @ 7 pm
Saturday, August 12 @ 2pm and 7 pm
Sunday, August 13 @ 2 pm, Closing Night
Grand Canyon University is hiring a Technical Director
Are you a forward thinker and confident working on changing motion-based technologies? Grand Canyon College of Arts and Media is looking for a Technical Director. You will have the opportunity to mentor and train theater staff and students in the construction of sets and technical operations for our school performances.
What you will do:
Manage, supervise, and act as a primary technician in scenic construction. Prepare cost estimates for productions, maintenance, and facility or equipment improvements. Construction, installation and dismantling of all scenic elements.
Maintains the performance spaces, lighting and sound equipment and related supplies.
Maintains scene shop and its equipment, materials, and facility spaces.
Assists in recruiting, training and assignment of volunteer or paid technical staff (student workers) for each show.
Ensures correct design, functionality and placement of lighting, audio and scenic elements for performances.
Establishes training protocol for student stage crew and ensures training and safety protocols are followed.
Direct crew in set up, testing, operation of carpentry and rigging equipment including portable staging, risers, chain motors, fly system, hydraulic lifts and other motorized equipment.
Routine administrative responsibilities, completion of required reports, documentation of safety incidents, etc.
Auditions for YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN at Inspire Theatre Company announced for June 23 & 24
Auditions are June 23 and 24 with callbacks on the 27th.
The information can all be found on our Auditions page: https://inspiretheatre.org/auditions/
Audition packets are available here: https://inspiretheatre.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Charlie-Brown-Audition-Packet.pdf
And sign-ups are happening here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ea8ac2da5fdce9-youre#/
WEEK AT A GLANCE: June 12-June 18, 2023
Click on any show title to get more information on that production
CLOSING:
LIMITED RUN:
OPENING:
STILL PLAYING:
OPENING SOON:
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Monday, June 12, 2023
Casting Call for CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD at Order Chaos Theater Company announced
Order Chaos Theater Company is holding a casting call for roles in "Children of A Lesser God" by Mark Medoff for roles of:
- James Leed, 30s/40s, Male Leading role, must be fluent in ASL
- Orin Dennis, early 20s, Male Supporting role
- Lydia, late teens/20s, Female Supporting role
Order Chaos Theater is dedicated to casting the roles of Orin and Lydia to deaf or hard of hearing actors. All other roles have been cast. Production will be directed by Mark Alan C. Clemente with Assistant Director, Renee Jantz.
Rehearsals begin July 10th and Production runs from September 8th to 24th at the Herberger Kax Stage.
Individual auditions will be scheduled after your audition form has been submitted. For more detail and audition form submission, go to https://www.order chaos theaters.org/get-involved
Saturday, June 10, 2023
ASU alumna designs red carpet gown for Tony Awards
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| Colleen Jennings-Roggensack (left) wearing the gown designed by Abigail Davis Photo courtesy ASU Gammage |
By Jillian Cote
Arizona State University alumna Abigail Davis has always had her heart set on the world of fashion.
First learning to sew at age 5, Davis is ambitious and dedicated in her design ventures, which range from her senior capstone collection to her debut couture business.
Now, at age 23, Davis has completed her biggest venture yet: a unique designer gown to be worn at the 76th Tony Awards red carpet and ceremony set for June 11 in New York City.
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, the executive director of ASU Gammage and ASU’s vice president for cultural affairs, is the sole voter to represent Arizona for the Tony Awards and will be wearing Davis’ creation on Broadway’s biggest night. Jennings-Roggensack sought Davis out following her tradition of enlisting Arizona-based designers for the event and was quickly acquainted with her in the process.
“Abigail is magic. Absolutely magic,” Jennings-Roggensack said. “She figured out how to outshine the stars I’ll be there with. I'm always so proud to say there is tremendous talent in Arizona.”
Davis graduated from ASU’s fashion program in 2022, before forming her company, PHENOM Couture, with her senior capstone fashion collection. Her brand aims to create custom couture fashion that exudes the personality of her clients and blends with her playfully elegant aesthetic. Above all, Davis emphasizes inclusivity of each body in every way possible.
“PHENOM believes at its core that everyone is phenomenal and deserves to be celebrated and accelerated,” Davis said. “It's all about reaching their ultimate potential through fashion, because ultimately the best dress is a great smile.”
Creating a gown this intricate, unique and thoughtful is a feat within itself — five months of work went into the process. Fashion design takes just as many technical skills as it does creative energy, but Davis has already mastered these abilities at ASU.
After graduating from high school in 2017, Davis decided against out-of-state fashion school due to cost – but ASU's fashion program started that same year. Davis to chalk it up to divine timing.
“If ASU fashion didn't create their program when it did, I wouldn't have even been able to go to college,” Davis said. “It's been such a crazy experience to see the program grow so much, to move into the ASU Downtown (Phoenix) campus, and all the incredible things they're doing with this new technology. I'm very proud to be from Arizona and be affiliated with ASU.”
Davis is thankful for ASU’s innovative nature. Her exposure to cutting-edge fashion technology during her time as a student introduced her to the new age of sustainable couture.
“ASU is the exclusive place where you can learn how to use the newest software, like Opex. It creates an extremely sustainable and rapid process of pattern making, and it's so much more accurate to the person or body that you're trying to dress,” Davis explained. “Learning it provides such an edge in this industry, so it’s incredible that ASU can even offer that at a public university. You wouldn't even find that at some of the top fashion schools in New York City.”
“Sustainability takes form through several different factors for us here. Every project gets repurposed as filling for making coats — we're repurposing every single scrap that we produce,” Davis said. “As far as sustainability goes with our couture services, I'm a pattern maker originally, so there's sustainability within the integrity of our designs as well. Our gowns will grow with you and will be able to be passed on generationally because it’s not made out of a fixed material.”
Jennings-Roggensack’s gown puts Davis’ words to life, as the unique 3D lace fabric was hand sourced by Davis in 2020 and used to its entirety, meaning that no other dress can be made with this now archived material. Additionally, the spandex-based materials found in the corset expands up to three sizes, allowing the design to breathe with the person wearing it.
Abigail has an incredible contemporary eye,” Jennings-Roggensack said. “When I wear this gown, I will be channeling two things: a very talented designer who happens to be a graduate of ASU and the state of Arizona. People will be shouting, 'Who designed your dress?' Abigail Davis did.”
When given the role of representing Arizona at one of the biggest awards events of the year through fashion, Davis set herself and the brand aside to focus on celebrating Jennings-Roggensack at every level she possibly could and sharing this Southwestern vision with the world.
“Through our entire process together and how we came up with the final design, it is such a co-creation. Colleen is extremely inspiring, playful and such a force of nature,” Davis said. “This is the biggest opportunity I've had in my career thus far, and I truly could not be more honored to have Colleen wearing it.”
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