There are changes on the Second Floor of PAC

Caption this photo... winner gets 2 FREE tickets to Avenue Q - Winner chosen TOMORROW Nov. 16th NOON!!

Caption this photo... winner gets 2 FREE tickets to Theatre VCU's Avenue Q - Winner chosen TOMORROW - Nov. 16th NOON!!

Nov. 17 - 17 & Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 at 7:30pm

Nov. 18 & Dec. 2 at 3:00

vcutheatre.showclix.com

This is what I'm talking about... A great BOGO - just for VCU Faculty & Staff.... AND Great Reviews from Our Audience!!

Here's what we are hearing from audiences who have already seen Avenue Q:

"Your team has done an amazing job with Avenue Q!  Well done!!  I greatly enjoyed it and I know my parents did as well.  I have not stopped talking about if since Saturday!  Congratulations!  Very well cast, very well staged, very well acted and sung.  Such an enjoyable experience!"

"Really enjoyed the play last night! You should be very proud of your students!"

"Congrats on a terrific rendition of Avenue Q! I had a blast at the show - very funny! Thank you again for including me.

Here's to a great run!"

Avenue Q is a HIT! Check out this review from ShowBiz Radio!

"I promised myself I would never do a review that is all positive or all negative; 

but there is positively nothing negative to say about this production. 

 This group of college students put on what was clearly the most professional show I
 have seen in the ten years I have lived in Virginia."


Showbiz Radio gushed about Avenue Q's actors, set, costumes, lights & music!

Go HERE and read what Bruce Levy has to say about Theatre VCU's production on the 

ShowBizRadio - Theatre Information for the Richmond region site!

Get your tickets NOW for the last two weekends of Avenue Q!

Nov 15-17 & Nov 29 - Dec 1 at 7:30pm

Nov 18 & Dec 2 at 3:00 pm!

On-line - vcutheatre.showclix.com

or Call the Box Office - 804-828-6026

A big weekend for Theatre VCU & Avenue Q

Just take a look!

Ave. Q cast and VCU President Dr. Rao at the Volunteer Alumni Gala
on Friday night!

 Isn't that Lucy loving up the Prez?

Then Saturday morning... 
there they were singing to the Open House performing arts
families at the Music Center.

Today... it was The Virginia Morning Show on Channel 6

and know what....?

they were adorable!!!

Go HERE to see "For Now"! and a great interview

It's a tie!

44 to 44. 

(Rio Carnival got 6 votes...)

Yep. You voted for the them and we can't ask the House of Representatives to decide who wins... 

it's up to you.

So bring your dollars and for every cupcake/muffin/ brownie/cookie baggie/ you buy 

you can vote for our 2013 Masquerade Ball Theme.

(Some folks voted 20 times at our last bake sale... really 20 times!) 

So....

Will it be James Bond... or will it be Alice in Wonderland?

Please bake some goodies for our Bake Sale next Thursday... the Music Dept always has great stuff on their table... heck, they even sell hot chocolate. We can do that right???!

If we can put up a show like Avenue Q, surely we can bake some brownies.

Just sayin'.

email the blogster at gmbrannan@vcu.edu - so we know what you are making.

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Theatre VCU students - 

Remember - YOUR night to shine at Avenue Q 

is Saturday, Nov. 10th, 2012

tickets are ONLY $5.00 for every Theatre VCU student

for that performance!

Buy your tickets NOW at the Box Office!!

St. Crispin's Day at Theatre VCU.... and man are we busy...

Today is October 25. St. Crispin's Day. 

Shakespeare lovers know what day this is... 

If not, let this be a reminder:

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,

(thank you to the King - Aaron Anderson)

Yesterday was the Costume Sale and looking at the photos it went pretty well.. 

don'cha think?

Willa Piro & Max Erhlich looking mysterious!

 Coming up - RTCC award-winning Studio B is putting up a staged reading featuring several Theatre VCU actors and directed by our own Mauricio Marces -

 and take a look at Avenue Q - it's coming together...

 The walls are going up

as  Linda Nyugen

paints bricks...

one brick at a time.

and check out adorable Brent Gallahan with his rehearsal puppet - 

he's being featured in his hometown paper!

Costume Sale Tomorrow - PAC Building Second Floor

First Theatre VCU Masquerade Ball Meeting - Monday, 1 pm - Student Lounge!!

Join the crew to create the 

Most Memorable Theatre VCU

Masquerade Ball 

of them all!

Student Lounge • PAC

1:00 pm

Monday, October 22, 2012

Actors, Techs, Undergrads, Grads

This could be the best celebration of your 

college career - with your help & imagination.

 

God knows you have plenty of imagination....

Monday 1:00 pm - please stop by to help

Right?

Do you know who your advisor is?

Oh lovely Theatre Students...

Before you escape in the Reading Days vacation ask yourself...
Do I know who my departmental advisor is?
Do I have my Degree Audit printed out?

Do I have any idea what electives I would like to take in Spring 2013?

and then pause and ask yourself....
have I gone to the second floor of the Singleton Building to make my appointment with my departmental advisor.

at this point you may want to ask yourself...
Did I know that on  
Monday, October 22nd is
ADVANCED REGISTRATION 
ADVISING DAY!

Oh... word to the wise:
Do not assume your Theatre classes have been cancelled on Monday - confirm with your instructor!!

Have a brilliant college career!

Congratulations to All the RTCC Award Winners!! Especially the Theatre VCU Alums Who Made Us So Proud!!

many thanks to David Timberline who worked so hard to pull this evening of awards together!! This list is from his blog - richmondvatheater.blogspot.com/

 

And the Artsie goes to...

Here is a list of last night's recipients of the 2012 Richmond Theatre Critics Circle awards:

Best Musical
Spring Awakening produced by Virginia Repertory Theatre

Best Direction of a Musical
Chase Kniffen for Spring Awakening

Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Musical
Terence Sullivan for The Rocky Horror Show

Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Musical
Stacey Cabaj for My Fair Lady

Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Musical
Nick Aliff for The Rocky Horror Show

Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Musical
Christie Jackson for Spring Awakening

Best Musical Direction
Ben Houghton for My Fair Lady

Best Choreography
Maggie Marlin for The Rocky Horror Show

Best Play
August: Osage County produced by Cadence Theatre & Virginia Repertory Theatre

Best Direction of a Play
Jan Powell for The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Play
Ryan Bechard for The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Play
Melissa Johnston Price for August: Osage County

The Ernie McClintock Best Ensemble Award
God of Carnage produced by Virginia Repertory Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Play
Matthew Mitchell for Kimberly Akimbo

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Play
Katie McCall for August: Osage County

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design
Joe Doran for The 39 Steps

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design
Holly Sullivan for The Rocky Horror Show

Outstanding Achievement in Set Design
Phil Hayes for August: Osage County

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Paul Deiss for It's a Wonderful Life

Outstanding Achievement in Fight Choreography
Kevin Inouye for The Tragedy of Macbeth

Outstanding Achievement in Stage Magic
Tom Width for Numerous productions

Best Locally-Developed New Show
Brew: Locally Grown Stories from Richmond's Coffee Community produced by Stage B Theatre Company 
Created by Theatre VCU undergrad alums Tommy Callan, Lucien Restivo & Lisa Hardt, Brew was written by Ian Page

Knock-Out Night for FDP (First-Year Discovery Project 2012) Senior Showcase Cast List Posted, Big Spring Audition & Puppets Out of Control!!

The Bloginator spent yesterday afternoon updating the Backstage Pass Blog banner to promote Avenue Q - let me tell you... those puppets were tough to manage... would not go on the page...

As the struggle ensued - news backed up!!

The Cast of First-Year Discovery Project 2012

For instance - take a look at these First-Year Performance majors - It was their first time on the Shafer stage - Monday and Tuesday nights - and they lit it up! A great First-Year Discovery Project for the class of 2016.

34 actors in 17 scenes - comedy, romance, moments of discovery, glimpses into secrets - and for 80 minutes on both nights a packed audience was enthralled! Congratulations Class of 2016 - and -
WELCOME to the family!!

Also on Tuesday the Fourth-Year Performance majors auditioned for the 

2013 Senior Showcase

The Cast has been posted:

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ERIN ADELMAN 

TIFFANY BYRD

CAITLIN CARBONE

CELINE DAUBRESSE

BRENT GALLAHAN

HAYDEN IRELAND

AMBER JOHNSON

MAGGIE HORAN

MAURCIO MARCES

EMILY MARSH

RACHEL McMANUS

KENDRA MOSLEY

JACKIE REYNOLDS

NICK SKLIRIS

BROOKE TURNER

MIRANDA WEBSTER

CAT WHEELAHAN

BYRON WIGFALL

SARAH WILSON

SEAN WYLAND

ALAN VOLLMER

These actors will be in NYC & LA this spring - attending workshops & strutting their stuff.

This is a life-changing opportunity for our seniors -  

Congratulations Class of 2013! 

Not to be out done

The Blogster was invited to Toni-Leslie James' Advanced Costume Design class to photograph the project review. Here are the snapshots -soon to be followed by some of the amazing art created by our designers. So Damn Good. 

Frances Ritter (designer) & Giselle modeling her Venus in Furs design transforming an existing costume from stock.
Much in the way of leather, zippers and garters...

Kate models Matt Armentrout's creation from existing stock for Venus in Furs.

Gloria Kim shares her renderings of Avenue Q costumes to Shea and Kiyoshi.

Toni suggests just a few changes to Matt.

Virginia Varland shares Venus In Fur renderings to Neno & Toni - with Gloria and Bonnie looking on.

 ...and Tonight...

To all our performance majors, each and every one of you, break legs at the Spring 2013 Mainstage Auditions. May you make it  a very, very difficult choice for the directors of The Colored Museum (February) & Sweeney Todd (April). Be brilliant!!

 

 

FIRST YEAR DISCOVERY PROJECT 2012!

A Noises off Sampler

It all starts with a rehearsal....

Followed by....

 

And then there is a misunderstanding or 2....

And then all hell breaks out....

Ahhhh.....Was that someone falling down the stairs?

All this chaos was brought to you by...

Our late cast, and crew.

Don't miss the hysterically funny 

final weekend of Theatre VCU's

Noises Off

The Bloginator Enjoys an OMG moment!

NOISES OFF!

OMG What a great time!!

Applause, applause for  the entire cast and crew; Anita Maynard-Losh (the wonderful, patient, inspired director); the stage manager - Erin Lowndes, who may get some sleep now; the designers - Chris Hershey - the set • Virginia Varland - costumes,  Zach Townsend - lights, Will Wacker - sound, whose breaking glass noise never failed to make me laugh.
The Blogster is giving you all a standing O in her tiny windowless office as we speak!

And to all the hardworking students who made this hysterically funny gem come together - coaches & carpenters & runners & costume construction... and the guys who turn the set around as a team - every one of you!

The audience howled last night - and you deserved every laugh. It was a funny funny night.

YOU GUYS ROCK!

Below are some cast photos taken by Madeline Lovegrove last night.

Dixon Cashwell, Madeline Lovegrove, John Curry, Elliot Duffy, Jackie Reynolds,  Justin Ahdoot, Jasmine Hammond, Richard Chan, & Lauren Davis in front,

 Noises Off runs tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30

Sunday at 3:00 

and next weekend Thursday - Sunday

at the Singleton Performing Arts Center.

Tickets - theatretix@vcu.edu

Do not miss this show - it will make you laugh... the Bloginator guarantees it

Attention all High School Seniors!!

Open House Schedule
October 13, 2012

Check In: 7:30 to 8:30am -Siegel Center, Lobby

School of the Arts Overviews: 10am

Theatre: W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, Raymond E. Hodges Theatre

Department Overviews: 10:30 to 11am

Theatre Audition Prep Workshop: 11:45am to 12:45pm - 
Shafer Street Playhouse

This workshop is for students who are planning to audition for admission into the VCU Department of Theatre. The workshop will prepare students by providing information and preparation tips for the audition, as well as a question-and-answer session.

Avenue Q Rehearsals - Don't they look like a good time!