WELCOME BACK…. how about some really good news.

We are here!

Rehearsals of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are going brilliantly!

New Good News - From the Grad Students:

Current Students:

VCU School of Graduate Studies - Thesis Fellowship awards: 

Brittany Ginder 

Marisa Guida

Grant Freeman 

VCUArts Graduate Research  Award:  Kathyrn LeTrent

Alums:

kb Saine - Assistant Professor, Davis & Elkins College, West Virginia

Christopher Shorr - Tenured at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 

New Good News - From the Undergrad Students:

Students who received scholarship money…

Kathryn Lea
Kaelie Ukrop
Morgan Barbour
Shelby Smith
Anastazia Whittle
Alexandia Gogolin
Roland Brown
Sophia Shaw

Congratulations to our students!!

And Let's not forget our fabulous faculty

Noreen C. Barnes

elected to Exec. Board of the Theatre Library Association

Patti D'Beck

Was assistant on TAPPIN' THRU LIFE, starring Maurice Hines at Arena Stage in November 2013 I will also mount that production in LA in May.

Is assisting Bway director Jeff Calhoun (Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde... ) on the 100th anniversary of the female Japanese performing troupe TAKARAZUKA.  And I will be work shopping ideas for the number with 100 girls in it this weekend with VCU undergrads & grads.

Is on the board of Senior Theatre USA (STUSA) and am one of the headliners for their conference this summer in Atlantic City.

David S. Leong

In June and December of 2013, 14 graduates of the MFA program in Theatre Pedagogy convened at Arena Stage in Washington, DC (one of the nation's best theatres) to workshop a new production of Bertolt Brecht's musical Mother Courage and Her Children with the actor Kathleen Turner. The two weeks were instrumental in helping the theatre prepare for rehearsal which is taking place now. The production is now in rehearsal. 

The production also features the choreography of Theatre VCU chair David S.Leong assisted by current MFA student Brad Willcuts. The production runs from Feb 1 - March 9th. The show will brings lots of national attention because of it's major star performer and will also feature the artistic work of Theatre VCU. (The Richmond Times Dispatch will publish a feature story on Theatre VCU at the end of this month).

This is  a major national production!

YES!

Theatre VCU is BACK in style!

Contact the Bloginator at gmbrannan@vcu.edu with YOUR Blog ideas…

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Here are some future blog titles - tune in next week:

What the heck is the VCU Arts New Media Project?

Why are they throwing people around late at night in the basement?

Poked anyone with a sword lately?

Have You met Ed Herendeen?

Violence and Verse - What's that?

The Senior Showcase is Sneaking Up on You - are you ready?

Are the Inmates Taking Over the Asylum?