Some Assembly Required: Lighting the Stage
Presented by Jason Zanitsch
COVID-19 Policy
Masks are required.
COVID-19 vaccination will be required to attend this event.
Learn how theatre lighting happens, from concept to finished design. See how much lighting adds to what you experience at a performance. As one lighting designer said: “Lighting is another character.” Jason is an experienced actor, director, acting teacher, and lighting person, last seen in our Saint Joan this July. Questions welcome.
Some Assembly Required
October 22nd | 2 PM
Costuming Actors
presented by Alexa Krepps
Part of our Some Assembly Required series
Costuming: a puzzle to be solved but crucial to your theatre experience, even in the simplest show. Alexa will use examples from costuming Saint Joan to show you the art and skill of costuming: from research to the evolution of costumes that work well in a quick-change, suit the actor, look good under lights, move well, and reveal character and situation.
Reader's Theatre
October 15th | 2 PM
Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance
Script-in-hand Reader's Theatre, with a cast of 10
Adapted for length & smaller cast by John Hruschka
A feast of Wilde’s signature wit. Wilde’s biographer described it this way: “There is something Chekhovian in this study of England, which exposes the immorality and hypocrisy, and the immense self-satisfaction, of the English ruling classes… showing glimpses of the charm and elegance, the allure of a way of life….”
October 29th | 2 PM
Frances Burney's The Woman-Hater
Script-in-hand Reader's Theatre, with a cast of 12
Adapted for length & smaller cast by John Hruschka
A witty 18th century proto-feminist comedy of manners. Broken engagements and a misguided misogynist. Unforgettable characters and wonderful absurdity. A rarely seen gem.