黑料正能量鈥檚 spring 2017 production of 鈥淭he 39 Steps鈥� has been selected for presentation at a regional event of the (KCACTF).
The Region II festival is Jan. 16-20 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and includes university and college theater programs in Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C., New Jersey, western New York, northern Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
鈥淥nly a handful of productions are selected each year to appear at the festival,鈥� said , the production鈥檚 director and a professor of . 鈥淭his is a great opportunity for the students to show off their outstanding work to peers, academics, and professionals in their field, and all the faculty, staff and students of 黑料正能量 Theater deserve to be recognised for this accomplishment.鈥�
The department is now conducting a and will present three benefit performances to cover travel costs. Those performances are as follows:
- Sunday, Jan. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium;
- Monday, Jan. 8, at 10 a.m. in Lehman Auditorium;
- Sunday, Jan. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater.
An Alfred Hitchcock spoof, The 39 Steps has been called 鈥渮any鈥� and 鈥渜uirky,鈥� and Poole has described it as 鈥渁 mashup of Looney Tunes, Charlie Chaplin, Monty Python, and good old-fashioned spy thrillers.鈥�
The seven-character cast, which received a Certificate of Merit for Ensemble Acting from the KCACTF in spring 2017, includes Esther Ajayi, Clara Bush, Collin Dutt, Abigail Greaser, Jeremiah Hines, Dylan Peachey, Emma Roth and Robert Weaver. Greaser and Bush also earned nominations for the KCACTF鈥檚 Irene Ryan Acting Competition, and stage manager Ezrionna Prioleau was recommended for the KCACTF national competition in stage management. Also working on the play were Jim Clemens (musician), Ethan Eldred (sound), Holly Labbe (costumer), and David Vogel and Phil Grayson (lights and set).
KCACTF selects students each year for individual competitions. For example, for their work with the fall 2015 production of the musical 鈥�,鈥� Derrick Turner was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival鈥檚 (KCACTF) Student Dramaturgy Award, Christian Parks and Myriam Aziz were invited to participate in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition, and Caitlin Randazzo in stage management.
The KCACTF boasts 18,000 student participants from college and university theater programs across the United States, and seeks to be 鈥渁 catalyst in improving the quality of college theater.鈥�
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