Mea Culpa & Kudos

In yesterday's post the bloginator totally forgot to mention several key players in Richmond Triangle Theatre's production of Suddenly Last Summer:

There was the lovely Ms. Sarah Jamillah Johnson, a alumnus of Theatre VCU, who played the put-upon Miss Foxhill.

Miss Becky Brooks, a fourth-year Lighting major, who designed the lighting and works every show.

Ms. Maura Cravey, a faculty member who specializes in wig and make-up here at Theatre VCU and was the costume designer for this production.

Mr. Tommy Callan, who graduated last year with a BFA in performance, and was the assistant director and stage manager for Suddenly.

And wasn't great to see Melanie Richards, VCU Dance Dept faculty, as Sister Felicity, hiding all that wonderful red her under her habit.

Kudos to all.


with chocolate on the side.

Theatre VCU well represented in Suddenly Last Summer - LAST WEEKEND of SHOW

Suddenly Last Summer

by Tennessee Williams

Richmond Triangle Players Theater

1300 Altamont Avenue

Richmond, VA

The Blogster has printed our VCU participants with VCU gold:

 Directed by Josh Chenard

 

Starring: Sarah Cole, Augustin J. Correro, Lauren Marie Hafner, Lorri Lindberg, Jacqueline O'Connor, Charley Raintree, Melanie Richards

Plays Thursday through Saturday at 8 pm through October 22. 

This is what the critic say:

"Director Josh Chenard has managed to release the poetry of Tennessee Williams ... Suddenly, Last Summer should be high on your must see list." --- John Porter, WCVE Radio

"Powerful ... RTP has done a good job here.  Lorri Lindberg's performance balances viciousness and refinement, like a switchblade at an elegant table setting."     

       -- Rich Griset, Style Weekly 

"A disturbingly wild ride ... with tension, emotion and mystery!"   -- Lauren Grant, RVANews.com

"A definite artistic and technical thumbs-up ... This play is classic Tennessee Williams, evoking the eerie, spooky ambience of New Orleans."                              -- Matthew K Miller, GayRVA.com 

"RTP's production has a pair of fine actresses in the pivotal roles. Lorri Lindberg is powerful as the ruthless Violet .. Lauren Marie Hafner embodies Catherine's sensuality, confusion, and fear ..."                        

                     -- Susan Haubenstock, Richmond Times-Dispatch 

Set in the overpowering tropical conservatory in a mansion in the Garden District of New Orleans, Suddenly, Last Summer is a landmark work by one of America's greatest playwrights, and a battle of wills between two of Williams' most memorable female characters.

Reading Days and your daily dose of adorableness

Sarah Worden (Stage management) and Johnny K (Lighting) bringing in the fall... literally.

 

nice.

RTCC recognizes talent!

Last night all the Richmond theatre folk donned their finery and celebrated the brilliant work brought forth last year on Richmond stages at the annual RTCC (Richmond Theatre Critic's Circle) ARTSIE awards. A fine time was had by all. To read a funny insightful blog written by a theatre  "outsider" go here. And for the whole wonderful insider list go to Dave's Blog here.

And thanks to Blair Russell, here are the Theatre VCU students, faculty and alumni who's work was recognized by  RTCC:

Best Actress In A Supporting Role in a Play - Maggie Horan - (undergrad student) Legacy of Light
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design - J. Theresa Bush (grad student) - Legacy of Light
The Ernie McClintock Best Ensemble Award - Jitney - Justin Delaney  (undergrad student) in the Cast.
Outstanding Achievement in Set Design - Brian C. Barker (alumnus & adjunct faculty) - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design -  Derek Dumais (alumnus)  - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Best Musical - [title of show] dir. Justin Amellio, (alumnus & adjunct faculty), Dan Cimo  (undergrad student) AND Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Katie Ford, Maggie Horan, Lauren Hafner, (undergrad students) Gianna Barone (music student) in cast)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Musical Andrew Hamm, (alumnus) This Beautiful City

and for next week....

Are you ready for the Rapture??

Tonight

Friday October 14, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Shafer Street Playhouse Room 302

Eric Coble's Southern Rapture

A staged reading

FREE

Two men humping in a park?!

Have your heard about that gay play? 
The one aboput AIDS? 
That kind of profanity does not belong in a God fearing society - yet these heretic thespians insist on shoving it in our face!
GOD IS NOT GAY
Join me, Reverend Dupree, in protesting this atrocity (in order that you may go to heaven).

ARE your ready for the SOUTHERN RAPTURE???

Theatre VCU shines at the Presidential Gala!!

Kudos and a standing ovation is what our students received last night after their rousing performance at the Presidential Gala celebrating President's Rao's inaugaration!!

Patti D'Beck and David Leong carefully arranged an assortment of popular music from "The Best is Yet to Come" to "The Impossible Dream" - all with VCU's Quest for Distinction theme in mind.

Twenty minutes of  finger popping music delivered with enthusiasm and style by six of our undergraduate Performance majors:

Nate Betancourt

Debbie Crabbe

Kyle Cornell

Katie Ford

Ahjah Prom

Antonio Tillman

By the time they got to "Celebrate" the entire ballroom was on their feet clapping in time to the music followed by an ovation that had to make all the extra hours of rehearsal well worth the time.

Many thanks to Thomas Vecchione for making all sound so good, and Blanton Bradley for the background music.

What a great team!!