Hi All,
It is Steven here again. I know it has been a long time since I have put up a blog post, however I am back in the swing of things. It has been a crazy couple of months. We first had the Zombie Experience Haunted House on Halloween. Then it was Julius Caesar which was a hit for us from the 18-22nd of November. Of which we had two of our cast from Julius Caesar nominated for KCACTF Jessica Schiermeister as Cassius and Manny Elliot as Brutus. We then finished up on year on a good note with a Christmas Carol and had our next show the Importance of Being Earnest casted before we went home for break. Over break we found out that Tag Team, although it had not been taken as a full production would be part of the scene showcase for KCACTF or The Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival happening in Lawrence Kansas at the University of Kansas or KU as it is known from January 18-23rd 2009. So that was what happened in the closing months of 2008 for us here at the Waldorf Theater Department.
Coming back in the New Year we have been doing a crazy rehearsal schedule since January 4th when we would do two rehearsal a day for a week straight. Classes then started on the 12 of January and we had a week of straight rehearsals. The entire department then went to KCACTF and although none of the nominees got past to the semifinal round. We ended up having a lot of fun. As of right now we officially have casted our last four final shows. Three of which are student productions of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, which will be directed by Alex Collins, No Exit which will be directed by Immanuel Elliot as a capstone project, and Doubt, the play which as a movie was recently nominated for many Oscars and other awards, which will be direct by Katy Snow, also as a senior capstone project. We will have more information about these plays as it gets closer to opening night for them. We also have casted South Pacific which start rehearsal as soon as The Importance of Being Earnest is over.
We are currently starting Techical Rehearsals for The Importance of Being Earnest. The show will open next week on Tuesday February 10 and run through Saturday February 14th or Valtines Day. Tickets are $8 for Adults $6 for Students and Seniors and $2 for Waldorf Students. To reserve Tickets please call our box office at 585-8585 or you can email us at Theater@Waldorf .edu.
I hope you all had a safe and wonderful Christmas and New Years. It has been busy busy busy around and will continue to be so for the next couple months.
Until next post,
Steven Van Overbeke
Theater Operations Associate
Goals and Hello World!
December 11, 2007
Hello World,
My name is Steven Van Overbeke, and I would like to be the first to say hi. Also, I would like welcome you all to what will be a bi-weekly blog for the theatre here at Waldorf College as soon as the college starts back up in January.
This is the start of a new era at the college. Never before has this college ever had a blog on which students could tell the world what is happening in a certain area of the college. This is a momentous occasion for us all here at Waldorf and especially for the Theatre Department.
There are many things which we hope to do with this blog. First, we here in the Theatre Department want to show the world what is happening with our theatre program here at Waldorf College. We want to show the changes that occur here all the time.
The next thing that we want to be able to do is give you different insights into what is occurring in the program as of right now. That is why we will be having many different people contributing to this blog, and not just one person. Along with different people sharing their own insights into the program we will also be sharing are own personal insights to the field of Theatre.
The third thing we wish to do is to highlight what a great place the Waldorf Theatre Department is to participate in. We wish to show what a positive environment it is. Also, how much one can learn and grow as a person here.
The final thing that we hope to accomplish with this blog is to share with people the philosophy that the Theatre Department here at Waldorf has developed, and what one would gain from participating in this program which will be shared at some point in the future.
So, to close out this first entry into the Waldorf College Theatre Blog I would just like to say I hope to have fun coordinating this blog. Also, I want to say have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Steven Van Overbeke
Head of Communications for Waldorf College Theatre
