{"id":186,"date":"2009-02-21T01:23:09","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T06:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeconley.ca\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2023-12-20T16:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:25:22","slug":"ucdp-showcase-the-directors-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeconley.ca\/blog\/2009\/02\/21\/ucdp-showcase-the-directors-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"UCDP Showcase: The Directors’ Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m super exhausted tonight, but I wanted to make sure I wrote about the UCDP Directors’ Shows – because they’re coming up!<\/p>\n

Let me explain.<\/p>\n

At the UCDP, there is a 400 level course for Directing (I think it’s called Seminar in Directing, but I’m not sure…check the course calendar).\u00a0 The students in this course each select a play that they’d like to direct, and pitch a concept to the UCDP faculty for consideration.\u00a0 Upon approval, they cast the show, start rehearsals, work with designers, work with production people, and slowly assemble their shows.<\/p>\n

They’re also my friends and colleagues, and I think they’re all very talented!<\/p>\n

So the shows from this year’s directors are coming up.\u00a0 Here are the dates and descriptions, copied verbatim from the program website:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Week 1: Thursday \u2013 Saturday March 12th -14th 2009\u00a0 8pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n

White Biting Dog<\/em> \u2013written by Judith Thompson, directed by Yevgeniya Falkovich<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the beginning there is a rapidly shrinking universe that is one life.\u00a0 A young and successful man seems to have lost the warm little centre of his world, that something which is the reason for waking up in the morning, the “stuff that makes a smile rise up”.\u00a0 He hasn’t smiled in years, he’s become emotionally numb, and settled in a place where the search for any meaning in life has ended with inconclusive results, where there is a void so profound that he lacks even the drive to keep filling it with day to day living.\u00a0 It is at the moment when he stands at the top of a bridge prepared to exit when the play begins.<\/p>\n

The Universe<\/em> \u2013written by Richard Foreman, directed by Olga Ryabets<\/strong><\/p>\n

This play has no story, no climax or anything. I think the point is contained not in the play, but rather in the experience of watching the play. I think experiences like this can potentially help a person in dealing with the unexpected. This is a theory I am testing out.<\/p>\n

Week 2: Friday \u2013 Sunday March 20th – 22nd 2009\u00a0 8pm<\/h3>\n

Shape of a Girl<\/em> \u2013written by Joan MacLeod, directed by Sarah Miller-Garvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Little Girls Killing Each Other: It’s 1997 and all of Canada is shocked by the murder of Reena Virk, a young girl killed by several female classmates who claimed she had stole their boyfriends and spread rumours about them.\u00a0 15-year-old Braidie stands alone on a beach and finds herself haunted by the similarities between herself and Reena’s murderers, forcing her to rethink everything she’s based her world on.<\/p>\n

The (abridged) Adventures of Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil: A divertimento for warlords<\/em> \u2013 written by Marcus Youssef, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Camyar Chai, directed by Jiv Parasram <\/strong><\/p>\n

They made it through Mogadishu! They brought Hilarity to Haiti! They made Kabul Kollapse with laughter (may be related to bombings)! Now we’re bringing them to the UCDP! They’re Ali Hakim, and Ali Ababwa! And they’re bringing a Korean!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

GSS \/ Highschool Folk Auditioning for DRM200<\/strong>:\u00a0 It would be a good idea to see these shows – it’ll certainly get the interviewer’s attention if you tell them that you saw some student work at the UCDP.\u00a0 Big plus.\u00a0 If you miss these shows, it’s not the end of the world, but still, any edge you can get…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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