Richmond Shakes' King Lear features Theatre VCU students past and present

Richmond Shakespeare's King Lear is playing at Agecroft until July 3rd and the reviews have been outstanding!

Below, in green, are our students (past) and in blue (present) who are involved.

Starring Alan Sader as King Lear, Foster Solomon as the Earl of Kent, Adrian Rieder as Edmund, and Thomas L. Cunningham as the Fool

featuring Ryan Bechard, Augustin Correo, Jai Goodman, Adrian Grantz, Matt Hackman, Sarah Jamillah Johnson, Dean Knight, Kerry McGee, Charlie Raintree, Walter Schoen, Alex Tissiere

Master of Verse: Melissa Carroll-Jackson
Stage Manager: Lisa Hardt
Fight Director: Ryan Bechard
Costume Design: Rebecca Cairns and Ann Hoskins
Lighting Design: Maja E. White
Properties Manager: Noah Downs
Assistant Stage Manager: Kevin Cisek
Assistant Director: Adrian Grantz

Check out this stellar review on Dave Timberlane's blog "Dave's Theater Blog" here
or Style's review here

Yep, we are proud and pleased for our Theatre VCU players.

Student voices 2011 opens today!

Student Voices is opening it's 7 week run - starting today at 4:00 pm in the Raymond Hodges Theatre.

Student Voices was written by students for students about the pitfalls and joys of the first year of college life. Theatre VCU actors depict a gamut of real-life situations from FaceBook stalking, the perils of credit card binging, to the joy of supportive friends and room-mates.

Developed & Directed by Associate Professor Barry Bell
The Theatre VCU cast includes:

Richard Chan
Alina Collins
Jasmine Hammond
Jessica Johns
Anna Jones
Courtney McCotter
Zachary Page
Ian Stearns

and is teched by Rebecca Brooks.

The performances are: June 13, 14, 15 • 20, 21, 22 • 27, 28, 29 and July 6,7 • 12, 13 • 18, 19, 20 21 at 5:00 - 5:45 for the parents and 6:00 - 6:45 for the students.

Student Voices will be standing room only and this Bloginator can report first-hand that it is an eye-opening production for most of the parents, and very educational (though they may not admit it) for all of the students.

Break a leg Student Voices cast - and never forget how important this production is for everyone in the audience!

Our First Theatre VCU Alumni Event Outreach - Mark your calendar for April 21, 2012

Attention ALL Theatre VCU Alumni -

 Theatre VCU is creating an Alumni Reunion to be held on April 21st 2012.

 Highlights of the day will include:

 • Renewing old friendships, socializing and networking with fellow Theatre VCU alumni from around the country.

 • A Welcome Breakfast hosted by Liz and Gary Hopper

 • Symposium for alumni to share their experience and hard-won knowledge with other alums and current students in the following areas:

        - Acting

        - Set Design

        - Costume Design

        - Lighting Design

        - Stage Management

        - Directing and Producing

 • Guided tours of updates to the campus and department.

 • An evening banquet in the VCU Ballroom.

 • A special performance of the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee directed by Gary C. Hopper.

 • An evening reception and entertainment following the performance.



We hope you will join us.



We are seeking your input on the following questions:

 • Are you interested in participating in a panel discussion for current undergraduate students?

 • If so what topic interests you?

 • Are you interested in being a VCU alumni contact for your region?

 • If not, can you recommend someone else who might be a good contact? (name and contact information)

 • Would you enjoy a walking tour of the campus?

 • Would you be interested in displaying some of your creative work in the lobby? (photographs, models, drawings, reviews etc.)

 • Are you interested in sharing photographs or old headshots of the time you were a student at Theatre VCU?

 We are excited about this event and look forward to hearing from you.



Please send your response e-mail to TheatreVCU Administrative Director:

Bonnie McCoy

bsmccoy@vcu.edu