Theatre Festival preview
Patrick Riley
Issue date: 1/26/10 Section: Arts & Life
It's that time of year again, the time when enthusiastic thespians all over ASU celebrate the Fourth Annual Theater Festival by utilization of individual talents and all appropriate tools of the trade to portray the life of another interesting character.
Delighted audiences will be certain to return for the fourth year, but what makes this year even better than the last? "We keep getting better" Professor Davis of the communications Department stated with a slight smile, "the first year we had 15 plays [all over campus], then the next year we had three sets of plays each night. This year we have seven plays repeated each night, the students get to perform their plays three times this year".
When asked how the plays for this year came fruition, Professor Davis proudly announced, "All the plays showcase the work of the theater students and other interested students at ASU. The plays that we produced were written in my creative writing class, they were work shopped in the class and of the 18-20 plays seven top plays were chosen. The idea is to let the students set the stage. Students have written the plays, will direct the plays and act in the plays".
This year's theater festival is set for March 25-27, 2010. When asked about the philosophy of this year's festival, Professor Shelly Ford, of the communications department, head of the festival enthusiastically stated, "To get as many students involved as possible! And through that large number of students to share with the audience and the community the power and the obligation of theater to change society".
Students will have the chance to participate in this year's festival. There will be an opportunity to audition for the plays, along with several workshops for students to take advantage of. Devon Yeager, a graduate of the Theater department at ASU, believes that the theater festival "is a really good opportunity to try all different aspects of theater without a huge life commitment, you can kind of get your feet wet and get experience in anything that you want to try."
Delighted audiences will be certain to return for the fourth year, but what makes this year even better than the last? "We keep getting better" Professor Davis of the communications Department stated with a slight smile, "the first year we had 15 plays [all over campus], then the next year we had three sets of plays each night. This year we have seven plays repeated each night, the students get to perform their plays three times this year".
When asked how the plays for this year came fruition, Professor Davis proudly announced, "All the plays showcase the work of the theater students and other interested students at ASU. The plays that we produced were written in my creative writing class, they were work shopped in the class and of the 18-20 plays seven top plays were chosen. The idea is to let the students set the stage. Students have written the plays, will direct the plays and act in the plays".
This year's theater festival is set for March 25-27, 2010. When asked about the philosophy of this year's festival, Professor Shelly Ford, of the communications department, head of the festival enthusiastically stated, "To get as many students involved as possible! And through that large number of students to share with the audience and the community the power and the obligation of theater to change society".
Students will have the chance to participate in this year's festival. There will be an opportunity to audition for the plays, along with several workshops for students to take advantage of. Devon Yeager, a graduate of the Theater department at ASU, believes that the theater festival "is a really good opportunity to try all different aspects of theater without a huge life commitment, you can kind of get your feet wet and get experience in anything that you want to try."