Melancholy Play
by Sarah Ruhl UW-Parkside
A fun fight by two characters in love with the same woman...fighting over a vial of her tears. About a minute and a half in which no real violence occurs, all accompanied by live viola. (pictured Michael Dalberg, Roberto "Bobby" Johnson)
A fun fight by two characters in love with the same woman...fighting over a vial of her tears. About a minute and a half in which no real violence occurs, all accompanied by live viola. (pictured Michael Dalberg, Roberto "Bobby" Johnson)
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
by John Bishop UW-Parkside
A lot of fun violence in this clever piece of theatre.
(pictured: Aaron Verbrighe and Robyn Schneider)
A lot of fun violence in this clever piece of theatre.
(pictured: Aaron Verbrighe and Robyn Schneider)
Twelfth Night
Shakespeare UW-Parkside
I'm always conscious of over-choreographing fights in Shakespeare; the sudden lapse of text becomes very apparent. Since this production was set in the era of early cinema, with the help of sound effects, a subtle strobe light and some ragtime piano, it was easy to create a fun, silent movie duel that could be stylistically sustained between Viola and Aguecheek.
(pictured: Michael Dalberg & Brenna Kempf.)
I'm always conscious of over-choreographing fights in Shakespeare; the sudden lapse of text becomes very apparent. Since this production was set in the era of early cinema, with the help of sound effects, a subtle strobe light and some ragtime piano, it was easy to create a fun, silent movie duel that could be stylistically sustained between Viola and Aguecheek.
(pictured: Michael Dalberg & Brenna Kempf.)
Company
Sondheim UW-Parkside
This great domestic quarrel, interrupted by musical verses, benefitted from the sole piece of furniture (a bar), allowing them to "dissappear" and pop back up to comic effect.
(pictured: Karl Gfall, Holly Wiesner & Chad Bay)
This great domestic quarrel, interrupted by musical verses, benefitted from the sole piece of furniture (a bar), allowing them to "dissappear" and pop back up to comic effect.
(pictured: Karl Gfall, Holly Wiesner & Chad Bay)
Photographs courtesy of Don Lintner