Friday, March 19, 2010

Apply to the Sock & Buskin Board!

Below is the application for the S&B Board. If you're interested in applying, e-mail us (sockandbuskin@gmail.com) and we'll connect you with a board buddy who can walk you through the process, help with your application, and answer any questions you might have. We look forward to hearing from you!

Sock & Buskin
New Members Application: Spring 2010

Name:
Email:
Year:
Phone:

This application is due by 5pm EST on Tuesday, April 13th. Please email it to sockandbuskin@gmail.com. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to speak with/email anyone on the board. We will hold a Meet & Greet for prospective new members on Monday, March 22nd at 5:30pm in Lyman 005, and we encourage you to attend one or more of Sock & Buskin’s open meetings on Tuesdays from 12-1pm, also in Lyman 005.

1. Please list all experience that is relevant to S&B.

2. What draws you to theatre? By extension, what will you bring to S&B?

3. Please mention any ideas you have to improve S&B.

4. A significant portion of the job of S&B members is to decide the department's season for the following year. Please pick a show and speak in favor of its inclusion in the S&B season.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

IMMEDIATE CASTING FOR READING AT RITES AND REASON

3 male voices are needed right away for a reading of a screenplay, Barsisa, at Rites & Reason Theatre.

Barsisa is an ancient Persian tale by Prof. Iraj Anvar of the Language Studies Center. The performance is this coming Tuesday, 3/23, at 7PM.
Rites & Reason is located in the Africana Studies Department, at 155 Angell St.

Interested actors should contact Sevita_Qarshi@brown.edu directly.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Audition for BTV

Tuesday, March 16th, 7-9 PM in Wilson 306
and Wednesday, March 17 7-9 PM in Wilson 106


Foxhunt, BTV's newest action/college/spy drama, is looking for a cast, and hence is holding auditions for actors. The show has some great characters, and is going to need a lot of great actors.

We'll be filming over the next two semesters. It should be a blast!

No experience or preparation necessary—but if you want to learn more about the show, check out
http://groups.google.com/group/foxhunt

If you can't make the audition times but would still like to try out, contact abe_pressman@brown.edu

Thursday, March 11, 2010

LAST WEEKEND TO SEE LULU

LULU by Frank Wedekind
Directed by Spencer Golub

March 11-14, 2010
8pm Thurs-Sat, 2pm Sun in Stuart Theatre


TALKBACK SESSION with the cast after TONIGHT's performance (Thurs, 3/11).

Get your tickets at www.brown.edu/tickets
Brown students: if you haven't already, check your mailboxes for a $2-off coupon and present it to the box office in the Leeds Breezeway.


Read the BDH review here!


LULU follows the rise and fall of one dangerous and doomed creature: the sexually educated but passive woman who will go by any name her lovers wish to call her. From presiding over high society Parisian balls to selling herself in London basement rooms, Lulu ruins those around her, and is ruined, for love. Donald Lyons called LULU a “symphony – or rather a cacophony – of deotic sexual rhetorics….among the supreme masterpieces of nineteenth-century theatre.” Director Spencer Golub calls LULU “very nasty.”

An Eyes Wide Shut for an earlier century’s turn, LULU is a sex tragedy - or comedy - about how basic need and desire are made base by social convention, bourgeois morality and the fantasy life of the mind. Smart, dark, beautiful, twisted, tragic, haunting – you will not forget LULU, or Lulu.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

CAC and FirstWorks present: Michael Moschen, Genius Illusionist

Later this week, Brown Creative Arts Council and FirstWorks welcome performing artist and MacArthur “Genius” grant winner Michael Moschen to campus for a two-day artist residency. Residency activities lead up to a public performance Saturday night at the VMA Arts & Cultural Center. Brown students are invited to attend on-campus residency activities for free, and a number of free tickets to Saturday’s performance are available to students through the participating departments!

MICHAEL MOSCHEN - BROWN CAC RESIDENCY SCHEDULE

Thursday, March 11, 5PM - 6:30PM
FILM SCREENING: In Motion with Michael Moschen
PANEL DISCUSSION to follow
Location: Smith-Buonanno 106
FREE - Pre-registration required*

Friday, March 12, 4PM - 5:30PM
MASTER CLASS with MICHAEL MOSCHEN
Location:
McCormack Family Theater
FREE - Pre-registration required*

Saturday, March 13, 7:30PM
PERFORMANCE: Illusions in motion*
Be there as this master of illusion and MacArthur Genius Fellow wields the power of physics, math and art for an unforgettable performance experience. Stay after the show for an Artist Up
Close discussion.
Location: Veterans Memorial Auditorium (VMA Arts and Cultural Center)
1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence
Performance tickets available online at www.first-works.org or 401.421.ARTS
*BROWN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: Please visit the departments of Applied Math, Performance Studies, Physics, or Visual Arts to pre-register for residency events. A limited number of FREE TICKETS are available to students for the March 13 performance.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

LULU opens TOMORROW - get your tickets!

LULU by Frank Wedekind
Directed by Spencer Golub

March 4-7 & 11-14, 2010
8pm in Stuart Theatre


Get your tickets at www.brown.edu/tickets
Brown students: check your mailboxes for a $2-off coupon and present it to the box office in the Leeds Breezeway.
Tomorrow night (Thurs), FRESHMEN GET IN FREE! Bring your Brown ID.


LULU follows the rise and fall of one dangerous and doomed creature: the sexually educated but passive woman who will go by any name her lovers wish to call her. From presiding over high society Parisian balls to selling herself in London basement rooms, Lulu ruins those around her, and is ruined, for love. Donald Lyons called LULU a “symphony – or rather a cacophony – of deotic sexual rhetorics….among the supreme masterpieces of nineteenth-century theatre.” Director Spencer Golub calls LULU “very nasty.”

An Eyes Wide Shut for an earlier century’s turn, LULU is a sex tragedy - or comedy - about how basic need and desire are made base by social convention, bourgeois morality and the fantasy life of the mind. Smart, dark, beautiful, twisted, tragic, haunting – you will not forget LULU, or Lulu.

Monday, March 1, 2010

The Rhythm of Change Festival

AFRICAN PERFORMANCE WEEKEND 2010


Presented by the Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies
Co-sponsored by BRIO, Office of International Affairs, Brown Haiti Fund, and the CAC


Artists from Africa and the diaspora come together with community leaders and social initiatives to lead workshops, performances, and panels to look at performance's power to enact social change.

Workshops all day Saturday and Sunday
Performances Friday evening, Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon.
Panels on Friday night and Sunday afternoon
Full list of events and workshops here: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Theatre_Speech_Dance/about/africanist.html

Tickets per workshop or event: $10 Brown / $15 Students

OF PARTICULAR NOTE:

Saturday, March 6th: 6pm, Ashamu Dance Studio

TOMMY DEFRANTZ, Performance Artist & Scholar, performs excerpts from ‘“Monk’s Mood”: A Performance Meditation on the Life and Music of Thelonious Monk’, exploring tap dance as a narrative form through Monk's life and music as well as personal relationships with his wife, Nellie, and the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, who befriended Monk and other jazz musicians of the bebop era. The work approaches his isolation, melancholy, creative genius, and ultimately his madness.

Sunday, March 7th: 5:30pm, Ashamu Dance Studio
THE INZIRAGUKANYA BURUNDI ENSEMBLE, comprised of resettled Burundi refugees, uniting the Burundian-Rwandan community after years of displacement in refugee settlement camps in East Africa. This performance hopes to raise funds for the purchase of traditional drums to preserve their culture and strengthen their community here in America; with THE HAITIAN CHOIR from St. Michael’s Church, headed by Elza Leger; and "BUS STOP:" A short play examining genocide and conflict in Rwanda.

AFRICA FOR HAITI Concert with Troupe Komee Josee from Mali, West Africa
Featuring New Works / World Traditions
ALL PROCEEDS TO HAITI RELIEF
Saturday, March 6th, 8:30pm Sayles Hall