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H.M.S. Pinafore By Stacie Jensen // Photography Dean Cates 38
The IUSB Theatre and Dance Company and the South Bend Symphonic Choir worked together to produce of H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor, a comedic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan. The production was directed by Associate Dean Randy Colborn with music direction by Dean Marvin Curtis. For many students, this was their first opportunity to perform an operetta. This can be a challenge, especially for young actors. Actors must be able to distinguish the difference between singing and speaking, and mesh them together. It was the first time that IU South Bend students worked with an exceptionally large cast, totaling around 70, often Mary Mills, who has been a part of the South Bend Symphonic Choir for 45 years, enjoyed the unmatchable excitement of performing on stage. “It was wonderful to be part of the cast, even though we were mostly background,” she says. “There is a thrill about the theatre that nothing can imitate. Developing a character for the part on stage, even though it wasn’t a speaking part, was fun. For the first time since 1966, an adjudicator from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival watched the performance and reviewed the show. Students Emily Beck and Marlon Burnley were chosen to compete in the 2013 College Theatre Festival acting competition. with everyone onstage at once. This required focused precision from actors who needed to travel around the set, dance in limited spaces, and form onstage relationships with other characters. Because the piece is a period show, women had to learn how to properly move around the stage in elaborate costumes and sing while wearing a corset. IU South Bend theatre major Dorea Britton enjoyed this challenge. “It was interesting and difficult. It was interesting because the costume changes how you walk, take steps, or do the choreography. It was difficult because the corset sometimes slipped, and the boning would start to poke me.” Britton also stresses the importance of proper breathing while wearing a corset. Senior theatre major Kyle Techentin was declared eligible to enter his lighting design into the student design competition and will be competing next year. There is a great deal of preparation required for the competition, but the rewards benefit both the students and the school. “This is important for IU South Bend because it has been many years since we have had students competing on the collegiate level and representing IU as a whole,” he says. H.M.S. Pinafore was also part of the summer theatre program at Elkhart’s newly renovated Lerner Theatre. Theatre major Stacie Jensen spent the summer studying at the Moscow Art Theatre School.
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