M.F.A. Acting Solo Projects
By M.F.A. Acting Class of 2012
Coordinating Director Jeanine Thompson
Mount Hall Studio Theatre
May 17 - 19 at 7:30 PM
May 19 and 20 at 3:00 PM
May 23 - 25 at 7:30 PM
As the final project for our three-year Master of Fine Arts in Acting program, each of the students will share their artistry with an original solo project. In a festival atmosphere in our Mount Hall Studio Theatre, groups of students will perform their works on successive nights, pushing themselves to new creative heights and challenging our audience with the best of contemporary new work.
Scarlet Cast: Alison Vasquez, Alex Boyles, Ashley Kobza, Kevin McClatchy
One 15 minute intermission, approx. 2 hours
Thursday, May 17 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 19 at 3 PM
Wednesday, May 23 at 7:30 PM
Friday, May 25 at 7:30 PM
Alison Vasquez: La Flor de La Canela is an incisive expression of the Latina experience in the U.S. Alison Vasquez delivers her theatrical performance of identity politics as witnessed by three generations of Mexican American women.
Alex Boyles: Peppered with comedy and music, Discovering Dad is the story of a young man's quest to create a meaningful relationship with his father.
Kevin McClatchy: When an ex-Special Forces veteran suffering with PTSD seeks to become whole again, who will be there to welcome him back? Scrap Heap examines America's silent epidemic of PTSD through the eyes of one damaged hero.
Ashley Kobza: Heart Breaking and Entering explores the necessity and science (in a surreal vaudevillian sort of way) of heartbreak and why you should buck up and get over it!
Gray Cast: Ibsen Santos, Tory Matsos, Aaron Zook, Moopi Mothibeli, Charlesanne Rabensburg
One 15 minute intermission, approx. 2 hours and 20 minutes
Friday, May 18 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 20 at 3 PM
Thursday, May 24 at 7:30 PM
Ibsen Santos: Quintal do Ceu, is the story of Pedro, a Brazilian immigrant, who after 10 years away from his native country of Brazil takes a trip home to reconnect with his roots and his estranged father.
Aaron Zook: The Long Night: sketches from the end of the world; a multimedia theatrical meditation on forgetfulness and loss.
Tory Matsos: The life and legend of Lizzie Siddal is at the heart of Dante's Muse, a show about a woman's struggle to reclaim her identity amidst the rubble and commotion of her memories.
Charlesanne Rabensburg: A Fit Woman to be Removed is a story of three women made powerless by the voices in their heads and the cruelty and ignorance of the world around them.
Moopi Mothibeli: Fearing the wrath of the fierce dictator, Ledimo the Terrible, Morena escapes from the impoverished, slave-ridden island, only to be recaptured by Ledimo's evil henchman – General Mjabana. Grey-I-land is a beautiful tale about the triumphant spirit in the face of adversity.