5/1/2010
Hello all!
We have been on this trip since Tuesday, and let me tell you, it has been amazing. I have only seen commercial shows that are big money makers, but I have found a new appreciation for more styles of theatre. Some of my favorites that we have seen this week are: Woman's Minyan, Queens of Burlesque, Dead Man's Cell Phone, and the amazing M. Butterfly. The production of M. Butterfly was amazing. I ahd never seen a show at the Guthrie Theater, and I was so glad that this was the first show I saw there. The mixture of comedy and tragedy were perfectly blended, giving me an emotional ride through the story. All in all, my first theatre trip with Culver has been fantastic. It was well worth coming here!!! Thanks!
Posted at 11:05 PM by Timothy Maples
Theatre Trip to the Twin Cities
5/1/2010
On our trip we have done many things, I feel like we have went non stop. We first went to an alumini dinner which was neat to hear stories from culver from their generation. We then went onto our quest to see 10 plays in 5 days.
We have now just finished our eight one, "The King and I", which was one of my favorites. I loved the costumes and the beautiful singing. My favorite charactor was Tuptim played by Isabella Dawis. She had the best voice I have ever heard, it made me get goosebumps.
I loved my experiences at the Gutherie Theatre; we took a tour, a "How They Do It" Presentation, and the play "M. Butterfly". My favorite was the "How They Do It" Presentation, we actually got to talk to the lead character who plays song.
I think the one play that impressed me the most so far is "Women's Minyan". We were so close a personal with the stage and Adina Sheinhoff who was played by Bethany Ford. Her character was great and really made me feel for her.
I have truely loved the trip so far, I cannot forget to mention my fun at the Mall of America. I got to go shoping and experience Nicklodeon Universe which was a blast. I feel as if I have had so many experience that I will never forget.
Posted at 11:03 PM by Brittany Brummer
On our trip we have done many things, I feel like we have went non stop. We first went to an alumini dinner which was neat to hear stories from culver from their generation. We then went onto our quest to see 10 plays in 5 days.
We have now just finished our eight one, "The King and I", which was one of my favorites. I loved the costumes and the beautiful singing. My favorite charactor was Tuptim played by Isabella Dawis. She had the best voice I have ever heard, it made me get goosebumps.
I loved my experiences at the Gutherie Theatre; we took a tour, a "How They Do It" Presentation, and the play "M. Butterfly". My favorite was the "How They Do It" Presentation, we actually got to talk to the lead character who plays song.
I think the one play that impressed me the most so far is "Women's Minyan". We were so close a personal with the stage and Adina Sheinhoff who was played by Bethany Ford. Her character was great and really made me feel for her.
I have truely loved the trip so far, I cannot forget to mention my fun at the Mall of America. I got to go shoping and experience Nicklodeon Universe which was a blast. I feel as if I have had so many experience that I will never forget.
Posted at 11:03 PM by Brittany Brummer
Lets talk Minnesotan
5/1/2010
At the close of our 5th day in minnesota I can say that this is a very fast paced trip. We are using every oppurtunity to experience as much as this area can offer. I am thrilled to have already seen 8 shows in this short amont of time. Two of my favorite would have to be Women's Minyan and M. Butterfly. Both of these plays showed a struggle within a culture and contained very distinct viewpoints that cause you to re-evaluate your own mindset and take on another.
One of the most interesting things about this trip is getting to see the different theatre spaces that are offered from having 100 seats to 1,000.
I also enjoyed the workshop we attended for M. Butterfly this morning. This was very insightful and helped me to further decide on the theory I would decide to research for my upcoming paper.
Tomorrow will be the last days of shows, which I am eager to see because I am not familiar with either. I am ready to make my play count go from 8 to 10.
Posted at 11:00 PM by Jerica Exum
At the close of our 5th day in minnesota I can say that this is a very fast paced trip. We are using every oppurtunity to experience as much as this area can offer. I am thrilled to have already seen 8 shows in this short amont of time. Two of my favorite would have to be Women's Minyan and M. Butterfly. Both of these plays showed a struggle within a culture and contained very distinct viewpoints that cause you to re-evaluate your own mindset and take on another.
One of the most interesting things about this trip is getting to see the different theatre spaces that are offered from having 100 seats to 1,000.
I also enjoyed the workshop we attended for M. Butterfly this morning. This was very insightful and helped me to further decide on the theory I would decide to research for my upcoming paper.
Tomorrow will be the last days of shows, which I am eager to see because I am not familiar with either. I am ready to make my play count go from 8 to 10.
Posted at 11:00 PM by Jerica Exum
Getting To Know You...
5/1/2010
The alumni dinner was a great chance for students to interact with other people that shared a passion not only for Culver-Stockton College, but also a passion for innovation. They seemed to be very excited about the things that they were hearing concerning the EXP program. Danielle and Whitney C. gave wonderful speeches that shared their experiences with the program. It was a very good thing for the donors to see where their money is going and that it is not unappreciated.
After the dinner we all returned to our lovely hotel rooms with our ballin' roommates and slept for a a short period of time. The next day we set out on our marathon of theatre pieces for five short days.
Posted at 10:43 PM by Ellie Shoemyer
The alumni dinner was a great chance for students to interact with other people that shared a passion not only for Culver-Stockton College, but also a passion for innovation. They seemed to be very excited about the things that they were hearing concerning the EXP program. Danielle and Whitney C. gave wonderful speeches that shared their experiences with the program. It was a very good thing for the donors to see where their money is going and that it is not unappreciated.
After the dinner we all returned to our lovely hotel rooms with our ballin' roommates and slept for a a short period of time. The next day we set out on our marathon of theatre pieces for five short days.
Posted at 10:43 PM by Ellie Shoemyer
A Bit of Background
4/27/2010
I thought I would write a post giving everyone a little background on just exactly what the Applied Theatre Theories course is all about. This course is team taught by the entire full time theatre faculty. We spent the first four days of class introducing the students to various ways of looking at theatre, in text format as well as in performance.
Since I am the theatre history and playwrighting professor, I spent my day acquainting the students with Aristotelean criticism, plot structures and genre studies. We then spent some time analysing Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as a group.
Haidee Heaton spent her day introducing the students to theatre theory and how they might compare the various theories to different lenses they might use in examining theatre. The students had all read a couple of articles on feminist theory as a beginning point for our disussions. We examined various strains of feminist theory and then began to apply them to David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly.
Kent Miller, our design professor, used his day to discuss aesthetics and design theory with the students. He drew on the the work of Robert Edmund Jones in The Dramatic Imagination and on the laws of visual thinking and perception that were identified through the gestalt movement in psychology.
Each of the students in the class will choose one of the approaches we presented to them and apply it to one or more of the plays they will see on our trip to Minnesota. Each of us as faculty will serve as mentors and help guide the students in formulating original research questions, guiding them toward appropriate theorists and thinkers to draw on in their arguments, and provide feedback on their writing as they develop their work. The final two days of class are reserved for panel presentations of the papers the students have written. We hope to provide the students with an experience similar to what they might expect at a scholarly conference or meeting of a "learned society".
Now that you have an idea what the course objectives are the FUN part can begin. We will be seeing ten shows over the next five days!
Posted at 10:50 PM by Jeff Kellogg
I thought I would write a post giving everyone a little background on just exactly what the Applied Theatre Theories course is all about. This course is team taught by the entire full time theatre faculty. We spent the first four days of class introducing the students to various ways of looking at theatre, in text format as well as in performance.
Since I am the theatre history and playwrighting professor, I spent my day acquainting the students with Aristotelean criticism, plot structures and genre studies. We then spent some time analysing Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as a group.
Haidee Heaton spent her day introducing the students to theatre theory and how they might compare the various theories to different lenses they might use in examining theatre. The students had all read a couple of articles on feminist theory as a beginning point for our disussions. We examined various strains of feminist theory and then began to apply them to David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly.
Kent Miller, our design professor, used his day to discuss aesthetics and design theory with the students. He drew on the the work of Robert Edmund Jones in The Dramatic Imagination and on the laws of visual thinking and perception that were identified through the gestalt movement in psychology.
Each of the students in the class will choose one of the approaches we presented to them and apply it to one or more of the plays they will see on our trip to Minnesota. Each of us as faculty will serve as mentors and help guide the students in formulating original research questions, guiding them toward appropriate theorists and thinkers to draw on in their arguments, and provide feedback on their writing as they develop their work. The final two days of class are reserved for panel presentations of the papers the students have written. We hope to provide the students with an experience similar to what they might expect at a scholarly conference or meeting of a "learned society".
Now that you have an idea what the course objectives are the FUN part can begin. We will be seeing ten shows over the next five days!
Posted at 10:50 PM by Jeff Kellogg
10 Hours Later...
4/27/2010
Following the 10 hour long trip to Minnesota, we finally made it to the hotel.
We were loading up the vans at 5:45 this morning and made our way to the Amana Colonies in Iowa for breakfast. There was more food than anyone could eat, but they wouldn't let us have more than one glass of orange juice. Sad day. After breakfast, we visited the Amana Woolen Mill where the mill was working and there were a plethora of stellar items, including a $249.99 wool formal dress.
Finally, we left Amana and drove north once again for a few hours until reaching a gas station and a Wendy's where we had Frosty's and 5 Hour Energy Drinks.
Currently, my roommates and I are watching Brain Surge on Nickelodeon, eating Cherry Sours and Beef Jerky, and checking out the thermostat in our room.
Tonight, we are attending an alumni reception in town. More on that later.
Posted at 4:04 PM by Sam Kheim
Following the 10 hour long trip to Minnesota, we finally made it to the hotel.
We were loading up the vans at 5:45 this morning and made our way to the Amana Colonies in Iowa for breakfast. There was more food than anyone could eat, but they wouldn't let us have more than one glass of orange juice. Sad day. After breakfast, we visited the Amana Woolen Mill where the mill was working and there were a plethora of stellar items, including a $249.99 wool formal dress.
Finally, we left Amana and drove north once again for a few hours until reaching a gas station and a Wendy's where we had Frosty's and 5 Hour Energy Drinks.
Currently, my roommates and I are watching Brain Surge on Nickelodeon, eating Cherry Sours and Beef Jerky, and checking out the thermostat in our room.
Tonight, we are attending an alumni reception in town. More on that later.
Posted at 4:04 PM by Sam Kheim
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