Friday, March 18, 2011

We Want YOU To Be A Sock Or Buskin! (Or: Apply to S&B!)

It's that time again...
Time for the newest additions to S&B's family...
And we want you!

Start thinking about applying to be a member of the S&B Board!




To get started, e-mail Alex Keegan (alexandra_keegan@brown.edu) and she'll connect you with a board buddy who can answer any questions you might have and who will walk you through the process and help you with your application.

After that you can:

1. Start thinking about/working on the application, which is posted below. It will be due at 5pm EST on Wednesday, April 20th.

2. Come join in on one of our weekly Open Meetings Tuesdays at noon in Lyman 005. If you want to read one of the plays we'll be discussing, check the sidebar on this blog a few days before the meeting to see what plays are on tap for the upcoming week :)

3. Come to our low-key New Members Schmooze (there will be pizza!) for prospective new members on Wednesday, April 13th at 6:00pm in Lyman 005.

And, of course, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to speak with/email anyone on the board.

And now, without further ado:

The Sock & Buskin New Members Application: Spring 2011


Name:
Email:
Year:
Phone:


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.

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Again, the application is due by 5pm EST on Wednesday, April 20th.

Please submit it via email it to our new members coordinators Alex and Jared at alexandra_keegan@brown.edu and jared_bellot@brown.edu.


We're so excited to hear from you!
(Seriously. Feel free to stop us on the main green for a chat!)


Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Freshmen Free Thursdays!



Remember all you class of 2014ers out there! You are special. Why? Well, because you get FREE tickets to Sock & Buskin shows on Thursday nights!

When can you take advantage of that? How about this Thursday, March 3rd?

Come see As You Like It for FREE in Stuart Theatre this Thursday at 8pm. Just got to the box office during the hour before the show starts, show your ID and get your FREE ticket.

Did I put the word FREE in large enough type?

Good. See you there!

AS YOU LIKE IT!!!

Sock & Buskin is proud to announce the opening of the fourth show of our 2010-2011 season:

As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare
Directed By: Nicholas Ridout



Featuring In No Particular Order: Michelle Migliori, Ariel Hudes, Patrick Madden, Sophie Netanel, Abby Colella, Nicola Ryan, Ned Risely, Liz Rothman, Gerrit Thurston, Jared Bellot, Mariagrazia LaFauci, Margaret Maurer, Jen Therrien and Ellen Shadburn

Performances will be March 3-6 & 10-13
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm

...in Stuart Theatre (entrance just north of the Bear off the Main Green)

Reserve today at brown.edu/tickets
(Students look in your mailboxes for a $5 coupon!)

Friday, January 28, 2011

Come Talk With Us!

AUDITION ALERT!!!

Audition for Sock and Buskin's final show of the 2010-2011 season! 

We're doing Talk by visiting professor Carl Hancock Rux, directed by our own Erik Ehn.


Representative Image for TALK


 









Auditions will be held in Lyman 005 on:
Monday, January 31st from 6pm to 10pm
and
Tuesday, February 1st from 3pm to 6pm AND 7pm to 10pm

Callbacks, if needed, will be held in Lyman 005 on:
Thursday, February 3rd from 7pm to 10pm


***IMPORTANT DATES***
Rehearsals begin Wednesday, February 23rd
Tech begins Saturday, April 2nd (THIS IS THE 2ND WEEKEND OF SPRING BREAK)
Performances are April 7-10 and April 14-17


What is talk?


Talk = verbal animation, a rhetorical vibration exloring/exploding i) what and how artists know what they know ii) what audiences know about artists and what artists know iii) how any of us talks about the forces that form our minds and souls and iv) what we really just don't know and cant' say about each other...

Words from Erik (the director) for all you auditioners out there:
"Greetings! Welcome to Talk auditions! All pretty simple. Nothing to prepare... Read the play, pick a character. Audition with just one side (familiarize yourself with it, but you don't have to memorize) - the character you read for will be taken as representative - you'll be put into consideration for various roles. Thanks!"



Sides, incidentally, are currently available in the Becker (the theatre department's library across the hall from Lyman 211).


Email us at sockandbuskin@gmail.com for an electronic copy of the script.

((Same information also available at the Facebook Event Page))

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

...Aaaaaand We're Back!

Well, welcome to Spring semester 2011!

Sock and Buskin is already off to a running start. Rehearsals for our first show of the semester, As You Like It, are in full swing in Stuart theater and auditions for our final show of the season, Talk, begin Monday January 31st.
Did you catch that?

AUDITIONS for TALK
begin
MONDAY JANUARY 31ST

Stay tuned for more information and a Facebook event coming very soon.

As always, our Tuesday meetings in Lyman 005 are open to visitors. Check on the sidebar of this lovely blog to see what plays we'll be discussing and come on in to join us.

Happy shopping period everyone!
Love,
S&B