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Master CarpenterI worked as the Master Carpenter for the 2013 season of Tent Theatre which is a Summer Stock produced on the Missouri State Campus. I worked in the same position in 2012 as well. It was very difficult but rewarding work that let me work at something I love, just from a different perspective.
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BarestageIt is a Theatre for Social Change group that I was the director and producer for. Barestage usually takes topics that are of interest and concern to the community, and cultivate it into a show. The group uses free writing, improvisation, and research to help build a structure and script that will culminate at the end of the year into a performance. In the past they have delved into the issues of domestic abuse, drug use, alcoholism, body image, connectivity through technology, and discrimination and bullying. Before I graduated I worked to create a booklet for future directors of the organization.
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Grin-and-Bear-itA student founded organization;
Grin-and-Bear-it is an Improv Troupe that holds shows regularly for the Missouri State University campus. Our smaller shows were based around short form games that were further developed with suggestions from the audience. The larger forms still include short form games, but are also filled with film segments and original sketches and scripts written by members of the Troupe. While I was a member we had begun to experiment with long for creations of small musicals. The ensemble is ever changing, but the group is still alive and active on campus. |
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The OdysseyThe fall semester of my Senior year, I worked as the resident dramaturg (theatrical researcher) for the Theatre and Dance Department’s mainstage show The Odyssey by Mary Zimmerman. I was tasked with editing the script, assisting the director during rehearsals, maintaining overall continuity, and applying artistic vision. I went on to become the Assistant Director and an Understudy (with a performance) by the end of the production process
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A Thousand CranesIn the Spring of 2012, I directed the children’s play A Thousand Cranes. The show was written about the after effects of the atomic bomb being dropped during WWII. The story is based upon the true life of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl faced with cancer as a result of her over-exposure to radiation, and her dream of folding a thousand cranes to wish that she can get better.
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