Tawnya Pettiford-Wates PhD is selected as recipient of the 2015 Women in the Arts Award by Style Weekly!

Congratulations Dr. T!!

Guest Artist Kevin Jones invites Theatre VCU students & faculty to his master class Wednesday, Feb. 4, 5 - 6 pm in B72, PAC

Kevin Jones is an accomplished musical director, director, and choreographer of musical theater, and teacher of acting and musical theater (including musical theater performance, acting for the stage, acting for film and television, musical theater history, and music theory). 

Over the course of his career Kevin has acquired one of the largest private collections of musical theater scores (in excess of 10,000 songs) in the United States. 

Kevin has a natural gift where he is able to assess an actor and select the perfect audition song and monologue from his collection in just a matter of minutes. He then coaches the actor on all aspects of the audition (vocal technique, musical staging, character work, etc.). His success rate is extraordinary. He has coached hundreds of actors into Broadway shows, national tours, and regional theater productions. 

As a musical director, Kevin has a most unique insight into the rehearsal process because he has also worked professionally as an actor, singer, dancer, director, choreographer and producer. He is extremely organized and often breaks his rehearsal schedules down to fifteen-minute time blocks. 

Actors and musicians alike appreciate his work ethic, specificity in his conducting and musical direction, and the tremendous amount of positive energy that he brings to each production. Kevin has a true passion for the theater. He founded the Opening Doors Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit in 2003 to provide theater training and performance opportunities for youth, while at the same time, offer free, quality theater productions for the people of the Roanoke Valley - thus making live theater accessible to everyone, regardless of their financial status.

Specializing in teaching actors proper singing technique, how to “belt” safely, and how to dramatically interpret musical theater songs. Kevin will work with selected students and take questions from the observers. This is open to all VCU students and faculty.

Man of La Mancha comes to Channel 6

This was SUCH a great experience yesterday at Virginia This Morning on Richmond's Channel 6 (CBS)

Go here: http://wtvr.com/2014/11/13/the-epic-tale-of-don-quixote-comes-to-life-on-the-theatre-vcu-stage/

Check out James Taylor (Don Quoxite) mahlon Raoufi (Sancho) and Emily Adler & Alex Burkart (the Horses) singing and galloping their way through "I Don Quixote" - SO much fun!

Don't miss this show - it's one of the last Golden Age musicals -

winner of 5 Tony Awards - and the Theatre VCU production features a magnificent set, exquisite costumes and the beautiful voices of our students. Plus Don Quixote is played by James Taylor, known for his international operatic work. He brings not only his incredible vocal talent, but also his true understanding of Cervantes magical character…. James Taylor IS Don Quixote!

There is still a GroupOn deal out there…. shhh… don't tell anyone, but it's:
https://www.groupon.com/deals/gl-vcu-dept-of-theater-2012-1-4

Come downtown and support the work of our artists - it's well worth the trip.

Two more weeks of Man of La Mancha!!

MAN OF LA MANCHA IS ABOUT TO ENTER IT'S SECOND WEEK! 
Audiences are raving!
Here's what John Porter (Theatre Reviewer of WCVE) has to say:

If you need a reason to head over and see one of the great musicals of the American theatre  currently playing at VCU trust me, MAN OF LA MANCHA is well worth the effort if only to admire Ron Keller’s towering set. In an era of tiny stages with rotating turntables, this set rises a good thirty feet in the air with a staircase that lowers out of the ceiling like the hand of God passing judgment or deliverance to the actors below.

Since most theatre goers don’t just go to be amazed by the set, let’s look at some of the other reasons to enjoy the play. MAN OF LA MANCHA is a play within a play detailing the life and adventures of Don Quixote de La Mancha – a chivalrous knight roaming the land some 300 years after knights stopped serving king and country.

As the nobleman knight, James Taylor (not the pop singer) is a commanding presence. In the dual role of Don Miguel de Cervantes and Quixote, he has to move from madness to lucidity and back again. His voice is strong and clear, and his interpretation of the big song, “The Impossible Dream” is a highlight.

Kamaron Carter makes a strong Aldonza – the stable girl who becomes the noblewoman muse of Quixote and is elevated by his adoration.

The rest of the cast takes on multiple roles, most without much of a hitch, and under Patti D’Beck’s direction and choreography handle the varied dance moves well. These characters start off waiting trial – some portray murderers and thieves while others play characters with mental disorders and must move accordingly.

David Leong provides the fight choreography and utilizes stylized movements for one fight to comedic effect, and brutal more realistic movements for another in order to emphasize the horror that Aldonza faces.

Devario D. Simmons’ costumes work very well – showing differences in status, and in the case of Quixote versatility moving him back and forth between his two characters. Michael Jarett’s lights are very good – equal to just about any seen on a professional stage this season. Ben Miller serves as the Musical Director and keeps the music moving very well.

I don’t get out to see University productions as often as I would like. Often they operate on short schedules and are in conflict with professional shows I need to see. However, I may have to reevaluate that policy as invariably I find things that excite me and give me hope for the future of theatre.

Now if we could only offer these talented performers more incentive to stay in Richmond after graduation and continue to grace our stages. Even though there are more and more opportunities to perform, making a living creating the art they love is always going to be a struggle.

Okay, I’ll climb off my soapbox now and get back to MAN OF LA MANCHA. This production will be running through November 23 and is well worth making the journey.

For 88.9 WCVE, I’m John Porter.



Thank you John Porter!!

We have heard such wonderful things from our audience about Man of La Mancha - Don't miss it!

This weekend  - Nov. 13-15 at 7:30 pm and 
Sunday Nov. 16 at 3:00 pm

Next weekend - Nov. 20 - 22 at 7:30 pm and 
Sunday Nov. 23 at 3:00 pm

vcutheatre.showclix.com

Kudos for Toni-Leslie James from VCU News!

VCU News just posted a wonderful article about Theatre VCU's very own Toni-Leslie James - Director of Costume Design/Tech.

"James joined Theatre VCU in 2007, and she has eagerly shared her vast experience, as well as the attendant prestige and opportunity, with her students and colleagues during her tenure, including hiring them to work with her on productions."

Illustrated with her work from Amazing Grace (previewing in Chicago right now) and Bull Durham (in previews in Atlanta), the article talks about how she is giving our students and alumni opportunities to work on shows bound for Broadway.

In the article J. Theresa Bush (theatre VCU MFA, 2011) says: 
“She works in the business, and she trains us to do so,” Bush said. “She also has an impeccable eye, a spot-on intuition and 40 years of experience working at full tilt. She is a woman of discerning tastes and has the highest standards for herself and everyone in her sphere, and she has elevated me to a level that I did not know I could reach.”

Go HERE and read the complete article

Thank you Toni!

Only one week left for you to see Theatre VCU's beautiful production of MACBETH!

Theatre VCU's Macbeth has everything 

that makes live theatre fun…. and exciting!

Take a look…

Sexiness….

Lots and Lots of Blood

Comedy…. yes. really...

Fighting….

More Fighting…..

Bloody Ghosts…..

And Macbeth Madness.

 One last week.

Don't miss MACBETH

Something wicked this way comes….

Tickets to Macbeth are moving fast…
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Let's Get This Party Started!!

It's true the 2014/15 year is about to roar out of the gate - and there are all kinds of news you need to know. Let's start with this:

The Scottish Play is in Rehearsal

Warming up in 72

 Director Barry Bell explaining the finer points

The Team - Stage Managers Rachel, Hannah & Barry

Check out Xiaolin Lan's 

gorgeous Macbeth costume renderings:

Lady Macbeth

One of the Witches

Murderer I

MacDuff

MacBeth Himself.

ALL THEATRE VCU STUDENTS:

Don't forget

Departmental Welcome on 

Wednesday, Aug. 20th is 

FOR EVERYONE

First years - 2:00 in the PAC lobby

EVERYONE 

(you too grad students)

3:00 pm

You don't get in the building if you don't fill out a 

NEW Locator Card.

(We don't care if you filled it out last year, really, we don't.)

End-of-the-Year Portfolio Review 2014

This year Toni Leslie James (Head of Costume Design) and Ron Keller (Head of Design) arranged to have these nationally known Scenic, Costume and Lighting Designers, Technical Director and Stage Manager spend and entire day at Theatre VCU reviewing our Design/Tech students’ portfolios,  - allowing our students to meet some of the nation's finest theatrical design/tech.

Below are their bios:

Scenic Design

Tony Cisek 

Mr. Cisek has created designs for Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap Opera, Folger Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Signature Theatre and Theatre of the First Amendment, among others. Regionally, his work has been seen at the Guthrie Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Delaware Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival and City Theatre. Hewas the theatre consultant on the theater construction for the new Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast Washington, D.C., which he designed with Dan Covey. He is the recipient of four Helen Hayes Awards for outstanding set design and holds an M.F.A. in design from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Shannon Robert 

Clemson, Paint Crafts Manager of The Spoon Group Productions : The Grinch, Grease (and national tour), Xanadu, Legally Blonde, Inherit the Wind, The Pirate Queen, Coram Boy, The Color Purple (and Chicago production), Jersey Boys (and national tour and Vegas), Spamalot (London West End and Vegas), Hairspray (and Vegas) and Sponge Bob Squarepants (Asian tour). 

Shannon Robert received the M.F.A. in scene design from Florida State University. While at FSU, she participated in an international exchange with the Moscow Art Theatre Conservatory. Shannon was director of theatre and head of design at William Carey University, where she taught scene design for 14 years. She served KCACTF as Region IV design chair (3 years – managed the design exposition), regional vice chair (3 years – managed the Irene Ryan acting scholarships), regional chair (1 year) and served on national design committees. Shannon has worked internationally in venues in Nairobi, Bratislava, Moscow and Edinburgh and has designed for Mill Mountain Theatre, New Stage Theatre, Auburn University Theatre, Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts (MTSU), Southern Arena Theatre, University of Southern Mississippi, SC Governor’s School for the Arts, The Fine Arts Center, The Peace Center, and ReelRock Productions. She was a consultant for The Saenger Theatre renovation in Hattiesburg, MS for Albert and Associates Architects. 

Shannon has also worked as an evaluator, respondent and adjudicator for a number of productions/projects and has presented several workshops and served on panels throughout the U.S. She is currently the Associate Artistic Director and Scene Designer in Residence for The Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, SC.

James Schuette 

James Schuette’s work at Steppenwolf includes set designs for Time to Burn, Space, Berlin Circle, The Royal Family (Jeff Award) and Homebody/Kabul, as well as costume designs for Mother Courage, Purple Heart and Time of Your Life. Recent work includes set or costume designs for Of Thee I Sing directed by Tina Landau (Papermill Playhouse), Frank Galati’s Oedipus Complex (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Nixon in China directed by James Robinson (Opera Theatre of St Louis), Intimations for Saxophone directed by Anne Bogart (Arena Stage) and Doug Varone’s Deconstructing English. His work has been seen at the Goodman Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, A.C.T, Long Wharf, Yale Rep, Prince Music Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theatre, Glimmerglass Opera, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, New York City Opera and Santa Fe Opera. Upcoming projects include Rigoletto and Marriage of Figaro at Opera Colorado and After the Quake at Steppenwolf.

Stanley Meyer

Stanley Meyer was the set designer for Disney Theatricals’ Broadway hit, Beauty and the Beast, which was the sixth longest running Broadway show in history, and the designer of the world premiere of Aida at the Alliance Theatre for Disney Theatricals. He was the first receiptient of the League of American Theatre Producers “National Broadway Award” for his North American design of the national tours of Beauty and The Beast. Stanley Meyer has more than four dozen credits as a scenic designer/production  designer/ illustrator that have earned him numerous awards and nominations, including an American Theatre Wing nomination, A National  Broadway Theatre Award Nomination, A LA Ovation Award Nomination, the THEA Award winner-Best Outdoor Nighttime Spectacular (Peter Pan’s Neverland at Universal Studios Japan), and the IAPPA Brass Ring Award Winner for Best Outdoor Daytime Spectacular (Seaworld’s Blue Horizons, Orlando, FL and San Diego, CA). He has also designed the national & world tours of Alice Cooper, The Steve Miller Band, Cindi Lauper, Disney Ice Shows, and The Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.  He has been a concept designer for Nike, Sony, Inmotion Entertainment, Clear Channel, Thinkwell Design & Entertainment, Mdame Tussand’s NYC and Las Vegas, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

CostumeDesign

James Schuette (see bio above.)

Leslie Yarmo  

Leslie Yarmo was the costume designer for the pilot and seasons 1 through 3 of Law & Order: SVU for NBC. USA Television Network and Wolf Films Prod. Other film and television credits include: Empire (Touchstone/CBS), The Rage: Carrie II (United Artists), Cadillac Records (Sony Pictures, costume consultant), Rome (HBO, costume consultant), Lipstick Jungle (NBC, Asst. Designer), The Siege (20th Century Fox, Asst. Designer), I Am Legend (Warner Bros., Asst. Designer), The Eye of the Dolphin(Paradise Productions), History is Made at Night (Shaftsbury Films Inc.), Ricochet River (Dee Gee Entertainment), and Hudson River Blues (The Shooting Gallery), among other credits. She received a dual MFA in Costume & Set Design from NYU, where she was the winner of the S. Seidman Award for Design Excellence. Ms. Yarmo completed her B.A in Theatre Arts from UCLA. and also holds a certificate in French Language & Culture from The Paris Fashion Institute and The Sorbonne in Paris, France.  She is an currently assistant professor of theater, costume design, period production as interdisciplinary study and researcher of Medieval dress codes st Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD.  As a professor of costume design, history of architecture, fashion, and International Studies in Theatre in Italy, Leslie endeavors to inspire her students to create work with integrity, thought and conscience. She has also taught at Theater Conservatory, Design-Tech Department, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, and,The Accademia Italiana di Design, Rome, Italy International Design School for Theatre & Film. Ms. Yarmo is fluent in the Italian language. 

Joe Solasavich 

Joe Solasavich is a costume designer and the Costume Director at Arena Stage, where he has worked for thirteen seasons on over 100 productions. Mother Courage and Her Children is his Arena Stage design debut. He has realized designs for Theoni Aldredge, Susan Benson, Linda Cho, Anne Hould-Ward, Toni-Leslie James, Willa Kim, Jess Goldstein, Martin Pakledinaz, Carrie Robbins, ESosa, and Paul Tazewell, among others. In addition to his work at Arena Stage, Joe has served in various capacities in costume departments for the Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre, Virginia Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, NBC, HBO and Disney. His internships were with Williamstown Theatre Festival and Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. Joe studied at the University of Dayton.

Emily DeAngelis 

Emily received her MFA from the University of California San Diego and her BA from Michigan State University. In NYC, she has designed at The Working Theatre, Theatre for the New City, Daryl Roth Productions, The Parsons Dance Company, New Georges, Classical Theatre of Harlem/ HHTF,  The Public Theater Summer Play Festival, Central Park Summer Stage, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and for Frankel Green Theatricals. She has also designed productions for the national tour of The Soul Doctor, La Jolla Playhouse, The Hungarian Theatre of Clu in Romania, the Yale Dramatic Association, Pacific Coast Performing Arts Center, SEED, Victory Gardens Theatre, and The EPA Theatre in Chicago. Ms. DeAngelis has also been a costume stylist for various commercials for Netflix and Nickelodeon Music Videos.

Carol Ramsdell

Head Draper at Arena Stage, Washington D.C.

Lighting Design

Ken Billington

Since joining the United Scenic Artists Local 829 in 1968,  Ken Billington has worked as an assistant to such designers to Tharon Musser, Thomas Skelton, William Ritman and Pat Collins. In 1973 he lit his first Broadway show, The Visit, directed by Harold Prince and as of April 2014, Ken has designed 98 Broadway productions including Act One, Chaplin, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It, The Scottsboro Boys, are among his numerous Broadway credits. Ken works in all forms of theatrical lighting including opera, dance, concerts and spectaculars. He has designed lighting for 13 productions for the NY City Opera. Other companies include Dallas Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, La Scala, Theatro Real in Madrid and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. Some of the great entertainers that Ken has lit include Ann Margret, Shirley MacLane, Liberace, Sigfried and Roy, Juliet Prowse, Chita Rivera and Lisa Minelli to name just a few. For 27 years the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular had lighting by Ken Billington as well as the annual Easter Show. Other spectaculars include the relighting of Jubilee at Bally’s Las Vegas in 2004, Fantasmic! at Disneyland, Shamu Rocks at the Seaworld Parks and lluminights at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Ken Billington has been nominated for nine Tony Awards (winning in 1997 for Chicago), and six Drama Desk Awards (once again winning for Chicago in 1997). Ken has been received many awards including the Ace Award for Television Lighting, the Luman Award for Architectural Lighting and many theatre awards including the Tony, NY Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics and Boston Drama Critics to name a few. A more complete list of his credits can be found at www.kenbillington.com.

David Arch

Lighting Programmer for Broadway including: If/Then; Matilda; Ghost; Lysistrata Jones; Hugh Jackman “Back on Broadway”; Baby Its You; The Book of Mormon; Million Dollar Quartet - On and Off Broadway; Memphis; 9 to 5; West Side Story; Guys and Dolls; “13”; In the Heights; Sunday in the Park with George; Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; A Bronx Tale; Grease; The Pirate Queen; High Fidelity; Lestat; Ring of Fire; The Color Purple; Lennon; Sweet Charity; Pacific Overtures; Fiddler on the Roof; Never Gonna Dance; Dance of the Vampires; Into the Woods; The Crucible; Dreamgirls; 42nd Street; The Rocky Horror Show; Fame; The Life

Lighting Programmer,  Off Broadway & Theatre Tours: The Book of Mormon - Chicago; The Book of Mormon - 1st National Tour; Fela - Off Broadway; The Drowsy Chaperone - Tour; Memphis - 1st National Tour; High School Musical - Tour; The Wiz (Encores); Merrily We Roll Along (Encores); On your Toes (Encores); “First You Dream” Kennedy Center DC; Wonderland (Tampa); White Christmas - Tour; West Side Story - 1st National Tour; Dreamgirls - Tour.

Lighting Programmer, Concerts/Tours - 1993 – 2012 (19 years)Barbra Streisand - Back to Brooklyn Tour; Hugh Jackman - In Performance; Prince - Musicology; Madonna - Drowned World Tour; Madonna - Don’t Tell Me Promo Tour; Madonna - Girly Show Tour; Barbra Streisand - Timeless Tour; Reba McEntire - 1994 -2000; Michael Crawford - Concert tour; Bette Midler - Experience the Divine; Ricky Martin - Livin La Vida Loca Tour; Shakira - 2001 Sony Record Debut; Yanni - 1997 World tour; Lighting Programmer

TV shows and Special Events 1997 – 2011 (14 years) The Tonight Show (Programming Consultant); Iron Chef America; Who wants to be a Millionaire; Sweet Genius; “Living it Up” with Alley and Jack; The Tony Danza Show; Studio 7; The Boston Pops 4th of July; The Apprentice; Imagination Movers; The Conan Writers Live; The James Beard Awards; Fast Track To Fame; Tyra; 2 Minute Drill; Heisman Awards; Viva Variety

Anthony Pearson 

Anthony Pearson is an Australian lighting designer and a member of KB Associates.  He received his degree in lighting design from The National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney (NIDA).  He has designed off-Broadway and regionally at The New York Musical Theatre Festival, The Asolo Repertory Theatre in FL, and at Busch Gardens Williamsburg  His Broadway credits include: as Associate Lighting Designer on Pippin  (Broadway, 2013), Kinky Boots (Broadway, 2013), Finian’s Rainbow (Broadway, 2009), and Boeing-Boeing (Broadway, 2008). As an assistant designer he has contributed to the productions of Other Desert Cities (Broadway, 2011), Looped (Broadway, 2010), Bye Bye Birdie (Broadway, 2009), High Fidelity (Broadway, 2006) The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway, 2011.)

Technical Director

John Forsman  

Technical Director.  M.F.A., University of Virginia; B.F.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University. Forsman has worked in a variety of theatres across the country. He has worked as the Assistant Technical Director for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and as Stage Crew Supervisor at the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico. Currently the Technical Director for Hollins Universtiy. 

Stage Management 

Cary Lawless  

Production Manager, Arena Stage, Washington, DC; Production Manager, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, WI; Production Manager Actors’ Studio Drama School, New School University, NY; Theater Manager, Graduate Theater Division, Columbia University, NY; Stage Manager, The Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, Utah; Production Manager, School of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine, California. Member of the Actor’s Equity Association and the American Guild of Variety Artists. Professional member of the Stage Manager Association. Ms. Lawless received her Master of Science at Illinois State University

End of the year at Theatre VCU - so much great stuff...

So many things they should be numbered…
                        (not in order of importance)

one.

Isabel in front of her work at the Anderson Gallery

For the FIRST time our Theatre VCU Grad students have been included in the School of the Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions (April 25 - May 18, Anderson Gallery). Isabel Tavares de Melo (Costume Design) and Torrie Sanders (Scene Design) are both exhibiting and their work is brilliant!

Please go HERE for more information, and then take a stroll to the Anderson Gallery.

Congratulations to both Isabel & Torrie, as well as many thanks to the fabulous Toni Leslie-James for her perseverance in making this happen!


two.

Yesterday was the 3rd year Musical Theatre Final.

It was a wonderful conclusion to their year. Kudos to the students and to Miss Patti D'Beck and her talented assistants Brad Willcuts and Rebecca Frost Mayer who created SO MANYshow-stopping moments. Ya' know, it's pretty wonderful when a Broadway legend creates magic in your basement, right?

three.

Monday was the Family and Friends night for the 2014 Senior Showcase. It was a great night Two packed performances - ready to hit LA and NYC with 45 minutes of fast tight scenes and 2 great songs. SO much fun. So much talent. A few highlights in photos...

four.

The ball.

coming soon to the blog…. the AMAZING Portfolio Review Day 2014.

Arabian Nights - Tonight and Tomorrow night _ BOGO nights for VCU/MCV Faculty & Staff!

Just bring your VCU ID to the Theatre VCU Box Office - buy one ticket and the second ticket is FREE!

Tonight & Friday night only!!!

http://arts.vcu.edu/theatre/on-stage/

Important stuff you need to know RIGHT NOW if you are Theatre VCU student.

(not necessarily in order of importance)

1 Fabulous Guest Artist Lynn Thomson is here now until Friday! Nationally-known Dramaturg and author. Her Friday workshop on Theatrical Collaboration is open to both grad and undergrad students and should not be missed.

Pearls, people, we are laying pearls before you - 

please take advantage!

Here is her information:

2. There is a Masquerade Ball bakesale right this minute in PAC. Deliciousness (there are homemade Truffles on the table y'all) And HOT cocoa and HOT coffee - come on… you need these things.

3. David Leong is hoping EVERYBODY is coming to B72 at 5:00 today to eat (FREE) pizza this afternoon, and talk about Theatre VCU and you. Very important to your future here, right?

4. Sign-up sheets are UP for the Fall MainStage shows - Macbeth & Man of La Mancha. Get those Macbeth 1 minute monologues polished, and be ready to sing 16 bars. Play the guitar? Then bring it and strum your little heart out.

5. Posters. We are two weeks away from the Opening Night of Arabian Nights. We have hundreds of posters and postcards just sitting here in the office waiting for YOU to hang them up. Don't you have Volunteer Credits you need to earn in order to graduate? This is how you do it baby! Hang up 20 posters and BAM you are DONE!

6. The Ball - 39 Days Away!!! Woo Hoo (Who are you going to be?)

Theatre VCU (and Morgan Meadows) make it real

This is from one of our seniors, Morgan Meadows:
"I haven't been able to talk about it for almost a month, but now that is airing, I am SO excited to announce that I am the new voice of Virginia Commonwealth University. Here is one of two commercials I did, and they will be airing nationally on television as well as at all the VCU Basketball games! This is truly a full-circle moment for me because if it wasn't for my training, teachers and mentors at VCU, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to get the job of dreams.
Check out this gorgeous commercial! I am so proud to be a Ram. VCU. Make It Real."

GO HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4C-IegZmHg

Photo Homage to Cuckoo's Nest