Internships, Activities and Honors
Jen Schlueter
presented at the Mid American Theatre Conference's Theatre History
Symposium in March 2004 and at the Association for Theatre in Higher
Education Conference in August 2004. Other graduate students who
presented papers at ATHE in Toronto included Peach Pittenger,
Nick Dekker and Christina Ritter.
Katie Whitlock presented papers
at the Popular Culture Conference in San Antonio in April 2004 and
at the Scenography and Performance Conference at Loughborogh University,
United Kingdom in July.
WETCO, Women's Explosive Theatre Company, had
a terrific first season. Company founders are: Lindsey Carr,
Katie Miller, Allyson Morgan,
Leah Reddy, Amy Tzagournis and
Sue Wismar. Their productions included Free
Will and Wanton Lust by Nicky Silver, Keely and Du
by Jane Martin, See Kate Run by Wetco, and Aloha, Say
the Pretty Girls by Naomi Iizuka.
The original work of Katarina Aubrecht,
Jonathan Barnes, Alexandria Cree,
Kristin Green, Catherine Hughes,
Joelle Joseph, Eric Keitel, Katie
Kimmel, Aiyana Marcus, Bonnie
Milligan, Allyson Morgan, Jon
Nawn, Tyler Seiple and Cole Simon
was showcased in an open performance on June 3 in the Roy Bowen
Theatre. Selections from monologues, oral histories, 2-minutes scenes,
Conversations with Self (interactive video performances)
and 5-minutes scenes on the theme “In the Classroom”
were presented during the Writing Company showcase.
Joelle Joseph, Aiyana
Marcus, Jon Barnes as well as Allyson
Morgan participated in creating Take Out Theatre performances
for Lift Every Voice performances with at-risk high school
students at the Village Theatre in New York. This is a project of
OSU grad Laura Gale Simpson.
Undergraduate Allison Walker
was the Assistant Director for the Rosemore Middle School Theatre
Department’s production of Honk! The Story of the Ugly
Duckling.
Peach Pittenger received the
ASTR Marshall Grant for travel to the November conference in Las
Vegas and the Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Dissertation
Research Grant.
Katie Kimmel received funding
from the College of the Arts International Matching Travel Grant
and spent the summer in Toledo, Spain. She spent 6 weeks at Fundacion
Ortega y Gasset taking classes on the culture of Spain; Christian,
Muslim, and Jewish art of Toledo; and folklore of the Iberian Peninsula.
Eric Colleary and Aiyana
Marcus received USG Academic Enrichment Grants. USG offered
50 academic enrichment grants of $500 for the 2004-2005 school year
to undergraduates interested in enhancing their education through
research. The grant can be applied to research, creative work and
professional development.
Buckeye Searchlight, an independent film project
managed by the Ohio State Film and Video Society, held a screenwriting
competition and produced the winning script, which was filmed on
location at Drake Center and other Columbus campus sites in July
2004. The final product will premiere in January 2005 – look
for more information in the next edition of Encore. Founders
of Buckeye Searchlight include Nate Hahn and Mark
Laivins with Kara Ulseth serving as the
production manager.
On April 16, Antonio Garcia performed
at Hughes Auditorium as part of the Latino/a Studies in the Midwest
Symposium. His piece, entitled I’m not ready… Yet!
is his own work that he began shaping during the Winter Quarter.
Let's Have A Dance...: The Significance of
Social Dance in Shakespeare, directed & choreographed by
Amy E. Long as partial fulfillment of Bachelor
of Arts in Theatre graduating with distinction was presented in
May. Let’s Have A Dance is a short program exploring
Renaissance dance as a vehicle of character and plot progression
in scene excerpts from Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado
About Nothing and Richard III.
Letting Go, by Jennifer Stoessner,
was presented as part of the Contemporary American Theatre Company’s
Shorts Festival. Letting Go tells the story of a newlywed
couple who encounter unexpected tension when the wife's secret is
exposed. CATCO had over 90 plays submitted, and only eight were
chosen. Jon Putnam directed, and alumnae Robin
Amy Gordon and Anne Diehl – along
with frequent OSU guest artist Patricia Winbush
– were among the performers.
During the summer, Jennifer Stoessner
led a workshop at the Wexner Center for eight to ten year olds introducing
them to different puppetry styles and how to make puppets of their
own out of everyday objects. Westie Grosh assisted
the week long exploration.
J. Briggs Cormier received
the Board of Trustees Student Recognition Award this past autumn
and was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest, largest,
and most selective all-discipline honor society. Additionally, he
received a Director's Award from the Multicultural Center for contributions
to diversity at Ohio State and a commendation at the Rainbow Graduation,
sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transsexual Student
Services for contributions to the GLBT community at Ohio State.
Recent Publications
Lise Evans: Performance Review of Improbable Theatre's Hanging
Man in the current issue of Theatre Journal.
Peach Pittenger: Essay on the Cherry Sisters in
current issue (2004) of Theatre History Studies.
