Theatre Arts Divisional Brochure 2017–18
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THEATRE ARTS<br />
MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE | 1
THEATRE ARTS AT<br />
MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE<br />
A liberal arts education is an integral<br />
part of students’ theatre studies and<br />
training. It is our philosophy that the<br />
more well-rounded the education of<br />
theatre students, the better prepared<br />
students are to create and produce<br />
compelling and imaginative theatre.<br />
We take great pride in mentoring our<br />
students. Faculty meet with students on<br />
an on-going basis to review class work,<br />
discuss progress, advise on projects, and<br />
guide artistic growth.<br />
“A true testament to a<br />
school is its teachers. I<br />
was trained by teachers<br />
that I will consider<br />
mentors for the rest of<br />
my life. Plus, I got to go<br />
to college in New York<br />
City … I mean, come on!”<br />
—Dan Bittner ’04<br />
Broadway: The Vertical<br />
Hour; Film: The Producers<br />
and The Wolf of Wall Street;<br />
TV: The Good Wife, The<br />
Leftovers, Elementary,<br />
Person of Interest and<br />
Law & Order<br />
BFA IN ACTING<br />
is a 60-credit acting<br />
program, with integrated<br />
courses in the liberal arts.<br />
BA IN THEATRE ARTS<br />
• Design and Technical Production<br />
• Directing<br />
• Producing and Management<br />
• <strong>Theatre</strong> History and<br />
Performance Texts<br />
• <strong>Theatre</strong> and New Media<br />
• <strong>Theatre</strong> Performance<br />
MUSICAL THEATRE<br />
is a 24-credit program integrating<br />
Daily Dance and Private Voice,<br />
typically paired with the <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Performance concentration.<br />
OPTIONS FOR FURTHER<br />
STUDY (SAMPLING):<br />
• <strong>Arts</strong> for Communities<br />
• <strong>Arts</strong> Management<br />
• Drama Therapy<br />
• Fashion Studies<br />
• Music<br />
• Writing for the Stage<br />
Spring Awakening, Stefanie Flamm Photography<br />
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ON OUR MAINSTAGE<br />
AT MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN…<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is literature...<br />
Into the Woods<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is philosophy...<br />
Waiting for Godot<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is history...<br />
Our Country’s Good<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is mathematics...<br />
Arcadia<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is psychology...<br />
Reckless<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is politics...<br />
Angels in America<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is ethics...<br />
Caucasian Chalk Circle<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is sociology...<br />
Carousel<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is activism...<br />
A Political Review<br />
Red Curtains, Miguel Urbino Photography<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is law...<br />
The Old Law<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is classical antiquity...<br />
Antigone<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is religion...<br />
Major Barbara<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is rhetoric...<br />
The Importance of Being Earnest<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is logic...<br />
Triumph of Love<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is gender studies...<br />
Cloud Nine<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is citizenship...<br />
Ragtime<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is economics...<br />
The Grapes of Wrath<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is technology...<br />
The Adding Machine<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is adaptation...<br />
Native Son<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is American...<br />
Our Town<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is international...<br />
Ruined<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is dance...<br />
Thoroughly Modern Millie<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is music...<br />
The Light in the Piazza<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is art...<br />
The Colored Museum<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is global conflict...<br />
Trojan Women<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> is life...<br />
A View from the Bridge<br />
THEATRE IS THE<br />
LIBERAL ARTS.<br />
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’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Susan Cook Photography<br />
BFA in Acting<br />
(Audition and Interview Required)<br />
The BFA in Acting is an intensive program that prepares<br />
students for acting careers in the professional theatre and<br />
offers education and training in contemporary realistic<br />
acting, period styles, and Shakespeare. Our BFA in Acting<br />
is an atypical 60-credit program. Most conservatory style<br />
BFA programs require 90 credits in theatre and don’t offer<br />
the integrated liberal arts education that Marymount<br />
Manhattan College provides to prepare students for the<br />
wide range of drama presented in the professional theatre.<br />
BFA in Acting majors are exposed to a wide variety of<br />
playwrights and acting styles in the four years of study.<br />
Beginning in the spring semester of the freshman year, BFA<br />
in Acting students audition for main stage productions<br />
presented in the Theresa Lang <strong>Theatre</strong> and for student<br />
directing projects.<br />
“MMC, with its strong liberal arts<br />
foundation and passionate faculty,<br />
provided me with the opportunity<br />
to grow ... as an artist and as<br />
a human being ... opening my<br />
eyes to imagine my future…with<br />
curiosity, hope, and a viewpoint of<br />
limitless possibilities.”<br />
—James Cusati-Moyer ’11<br />
(Broadway: Six Degrees of Separation;<br />
Williamstown <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival;<br />
MFA: Yale School of Drama)<br />
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BA in <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
With its seven concentrations, the 42-credit BA<br />
in <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> offers students opportunities<br />
to study with theatre professionals, work<br />
on main stage productions or in video/film<br />
projects, establish professional contacts, and<br />
obtain internships with New York City’s major<br />
theatres and professional organizations. Since<br />
Marymount Manhattan is an undergraduate<br />
college, students don’t compete with graduate<br />
students for production, performance and<br />
design opportunities.<br />
Design and Technical Production<br />
(Interview Required)<br />
Students study one or more areas of theatre<br />
design—sets, lights, costumes or sound—as<br />
well as acquire technical production skills.<br />
Students work on premieres of new works,<br />
contemporary and period plays, film/video<br />
projects, as well as musicals and dance<br />
concerts in the Theresa Lang <strong>Theatre</strong> and the<br />
J. William Bordeau Black Box <strong>Theatre</strong>.<br />
Directing (Audition and Interview Required)<br />
Our student directors discover their artistic<br />
voices through learning to analyze texts,<br />
making conceptual choices and guiding actors<br />
in the rehearsal process, as well as directing<br />
one-act plays and assisting faculty and guest<br />
directors on the main stage.<br />
Photo by Andreas Wagner, AD Lubow<br />
Producing and Management<br />
(Interview Required)<br />
Students gain progressive experience in<br />
running and calling productions in a variety<br />
of styles in the Theresa Lang <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
and our J. William Bordeau Box <strong>Theatre</strong>.<br />
Courses in production management and arts<br />
administration provide an overview of how<br />
arts organizations are managed and funded<br />
throughout the United States, allowing<br />
students to develop the skills and knowledge<br />
for producing commercial and not-for-profit<br />
productions. The inclusion of an internship<br />
is specifically designed to help students<br />
make connections to the job network in<br />
New York City.<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> History and Performance<br />
Texts (Online Application Required)<br />
Students explore many aspects of theatre<br />
studies including dramatic literature,<br />
theatre history, performance dramaturgy,<br />
and criticism. Electives offer courses from a<br />
variety of fields, including art history and film<br />
studies. This concentration is particularly<br />
beneficial to students interested in careers in<br />
literary management, dramaturgy, education,<br />
journalism, historical research, and directing.<br />
“The hands-on nature<br />
of the classes… left<br />
me ready to jump into<br />
the technical theatre<br />
world with real,<br />
applicable skills and<br />
knowledge.””<br />
—Seán Linehan ’04<br />
(Lighting Designer, Master<br />
Electrician, The Lighting<br />
Syndicate and The T.E.A.M.)<br />
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<strong>Theatre</strong> and New Media<br />
(Online Application Required)<br />
Students interested in video, music, the web,<br />
social media, writing, theatre, and performance<br />
will explore emerging media technologies and<br />
learn to work across media platforms to create<br />
their own content and modes of expression.<br />
Internships, field trips and projects with<br />
innovative companies in the field connect<br />
students to the digital arts scene in<br />
New York City.<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Performance<br />
(Audition and Interview Required)<br />
The <strong>Theatre</strong> Performance concentration offers<br />
educational and training in a variety of acting<br />
styles, from contemporary realism to more<br />
experimental approaches. After two years of<br />
intensive acting exploration and scene study,<br />
students can choose from a variety of acting<br />
courses, such as: Acting for the Camera, Audition<br />
Techniques, Beyond Naturalism, Viewpoints,<br />
Performing Shakespeare, and Clown Technique.<br />
Beginning the spring semester of freshman year,<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Performance students audition for main<br />
stage productions presented in the Theresa Lang<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> and for student directing projects.<br />
Writing for the Stage<br />
(Online Application Required)<br />
Photos by Andreas<br />
Wagner, AD Lubow<br />
Students develop individual voices and<br />
writing techniques through classwork and<br />
collaboration with actors and directors to<br />
present their work in staged readings and<br />
productions. Electives in creative writing<br />
and screenplay, television, and webisode<br />
writing help students to expand their abilities,<br />
and an internship in literary management<br />
places students in literary offices and script<br />
departments of New York theatre companies<br />
that match their interests.<br />
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MUSICAL THEATRE (Audition and Interview Required)<br />
The Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> program is a four-year<br />
sequence of year-long academic and performance<br />
classes incorporating labs in Daily Dance and<br />
weekly Private Voice. Typically paired with the<br />
BA in <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> major, with a concentration<br />
in <strong>Theatre</strong> Performance, the Musical <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
program prepares students for professional<br />
careers as “triple threat” actor-singer-dancers.<br />
Daily Dance is held in professional off-site<br />
studios and a special topics class in production<br />
numbers is the capstone to this training.<br />
Private Voice is taught in professional studios<br />
weekly, and students are placed with a teacher<br />
who matches their vocal needs.<br />
Performance opportunities include three<br />
musicals per year in both the Theresa Lang<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> and off-campus venues, with partners,<br />
such as The National Dance Institute, The York<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Company, and Contemporary Musical<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Writers.<br />
Our students have had the privilege of working<br />
with music directors, such as Stephen Oremus,<br />
Darren R. Cohen, and David Loud; stage<br />
directors/choreographers, such as Patricia Birch,<br />
Larry Fuller, Ryan Kasprzak, Marcia Milgrom<br />
Dodge, Christine O’Grady, and Josh Bergasse;<br />
and composers, such as Charles Strouse, Paul<br />
Jacobs, and Larry Grossman.<br />
Taking advantage of our New York City location,<br />
master classes and lectures continue to be<br />
offered by Broadway’s finest such as Betty<br />
Buckley, Jeff Calhoun, Martin Charnin, Adam<br />
Guettel, Marc Kudisch, Norm Lewis, Donna<br />
McKechnie, Lonny Price, Hal Prince, Chita<br />
Rivera, Steven Sondheim, Tommy Tune, and<br />
Frank Wildhorn.<br />
Laurence Agron/PRPhotos.com<br />
“I always knew that my<br />
opportunity to become<br />
a better artist would<br />
start with living in<br />
New York City. I could<br />
further my education<br />
as a performer with all<br />
the best resources at my<br />
fingertips. Marymount<br />
Manhattan College and<br />
New York City were a<br />
perfect match for me.”<br />
—Annaleigh Ashford ’05<br />
was the 2015 Tony Award winner for Best<br />
Featured Actress in a Play (You Can’t Take It<br />
With You)! Other Broadway credits include:<br />
Sunday in the Park with George, Kinky Boots,<br />
Wicked, and Legally Blonde.<br />
Daily Dance, Stefanie Flamm Photography<br />
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<strong>Theatre</strong> Season<br />
Fall 2017<br />
Machinal<br />
By Sophie Treadwell<br />
Directed by Ellen Orenstein<br />
Performed in the Theresa Lang <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
The Laramie Project<br />
By Moisés Kaufman and members of the<br />
Tectonic Theater Project<br />
Directed by Johanna Pinzler<br />
Performed at New York Live <strong>Arts</strong><br />
An Enemy of the People<br />
By Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by<br />
Rebecca Lenkiewicz<br />
Directed by Antonio Suarez<br />
Performed in the Theresa Lang <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Fall Directing Projects<br />
Fall 24-Hour Play Festival<br />
Fall Advanced Playwriting Projects<br />
Fall <strong>Theatre</strong> & New Media Projects<br />
Myth, Mirth, Music:<br />
The Medieval World in Performance<br />
Susan Cook Photography<br />
January/Spring 2018<br />
Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival 2018:<br />
Make a Difference<br />
“Musicals are popular. They’re a great<br />
way to state important ideas. Ideas that<br />
could make a difference. Charley, we can<br />
change the world”<br />
—Merrily We Roll Along<br />
Merrily We Roll Along<br />
Book by George Furth<br />
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim<br />
Based on the original play by George S.<br />
Kaufman and Moss Hart<br />
Direction by Brendan Clifford<br />
Music Direction by Brett Kristofferson<br />
Pangaea<br />
Book & Lyrics by Lee Summers<br />
Music by Janet Noh<br />
Directed and Choreographed<br />
by Devanand Janki<br />
Music Direction by Christine Riley<br />
Performed at National Dance Institute<br />
Parade<br />
Book by Alfred Uhry<br />
Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown<br />
Co-Conceived by Harold Prince<br />
Direction by Roger Ellis<br />
Music Direction by Ryan Touhey<br />
Choreography by Catherine Hamilton<br />
Performed in the Theresa Lang <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Smash<br />
Curated, Directed and Choreographed<br />
by Bill Castellino<br />
Music Direction by Justin S. Fischer<br />
Performed at the York <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
The Servant of Two Masters<br />
By Carlo Goldoni<br />
Directed by Ryan Kasprzak<br />
Performed in the Theresa<br />
Lang <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Spring Directing Projects<br />
Spring 24-Hour Play<br />
Festival<br />
Spring Advanced<br />
Playwriting Projects<br />
Spring Video Projects<br />
“Learning from<br />
professors who<br />
are also working<br />
theatre professionals<br />
afforded me hands<br />
on experiences… and<br />
prepared me for an<br />
immediate career in<br />
the arts.”<br />
—Cati Pishal ’11<br />
(Stage Manager,<br />
Sleep No More, NYC)<br />
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Robert Dutiel, Associate Professor of<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>; Mark Ringer, Professor<br />
of <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>, and Elizabeth Swain,<br />
Professor Emerita, with students in front of<br />
the Acropolis of Athens (Directed Study:<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> and Drama of Ancient Greece).<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Awards<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Awards for both the BFA in<br />
Acting and the BA in <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> majors are<br />
available. These competitive financial aid<br />
awards are based on auditions or portfolio<br />
reviews. <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Awards are renewed<br />
each year for students who maintain the<br />
required GPA. Your admissions file to the<br />
College must be completed in the Office of<br />
Admission by March 15, 2018 to be considered<br />
for a <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Award. Any admissions file<br />
completed after this date will be considered<br />
for a <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Award based on remaining<br />
funds available. No additional written<br />
application is required for <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
<strong>Arts</strong> Awards.<br />
If you have questions regarding academic<br />
scholarships, please contact the College’s<br />
Admissions Office at 1-800-MARYMOUNT.<br />
Internships<br />
Marymount Manhattan College offers<br />
excellent internships that help students gain<br />
work experience, resume credits and develop<br />
professional relationships. <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> students<br />
have interned with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop,<br />
The Audio Engineering Society, H B Playwrights<br />
Foundation Inc., Playwrights Horizons, New<br />
York Shakespeare Festival, Saturday Night Live,<br />
New Dramatists, Ensemble Studio <strong>Theatre</strong>,<br />
Circle Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong>, Negro Ensemble<br />
Company, New York <strong>Theatre</strong> Workshop, Joyce<br />
Soho, P.S. 122, Willow Cabin <strong>Theatre</strong> Company,<br />
HERE Performance Space, Nuyorican Poets<br />
Café, Manhattan <strong>Theatre</strong> Club, Second Stage<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong>, PBS, HBO, CBS, NBC, ABC, as well<br />
as with many Broadway and Off-Broadway<br />
theatres, New York City cultural institutions,<br />
and in the offices of numerous producers,<br />
casting directors and theatrical agents.<br />
Study<br />
Abroad<br />
Students in <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> have studied abroad<br />
in a variety of countries including through<br />
the Semester at Sea program and in fields<br />
other than theatre. Many of our students<br />
study each year at the British American<br />
Dramatic Academy (London), the Guildhall<br />
School of Music & Drama (London), L’École<br />
Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq<br />
(Paris), and the Accademia dell’Arte (Arezzo,<br />
Italy). Additionally, each year the department<br />
offers courses with opportunities to study<br />
theatre abroad, such as Performing <strong>Arts</strong> in<br />
London and Directed Study: <strong>Theatre</strong> and<br />
Drama of Ancient Greece.<br />
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Student and Alumni Credits<br />
ADRIENNE WARREN ’09<br />
Broadway<br />
Act One<br />
After Midnight<br />
Aida<br />
American Buffalo<br />
A Night with Janis Joplin<br />
Bandstand<br />
Beautiful—The Carole King Musical<br />
Big Fish<br />
Book of Mormon<br />
Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in Da’ Funk<br />
Bring It On: The Musical<br />
Bullets Over Broadway<br />
Chaucer in Rome<br />
Hair<br />
Hairspray<br />
Hamilton<br />
Hand to God<br />
Hands on a Hard Body<br />
How to Succeed In Business Without Really<br />
Trying<br />
Jekyll & Hyde<br />
Kinky Boots<br />
Leap of Faith<br />
Legally Blonde<br />
Little Shop of Horrors<br />
Mamma Mia<br />
Mary Poppins<br />
Next to Normal<br />
Once<br />
Paramour<br />
Peter and the Starcatcher<br />
Rent<br />
Rock ’n’ Roll<br />
Shuffle Along: Or, The Making of the Musical<br />
Sensation of 1921 and all that Followed<br />
Sister Act<br />
Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark<br />
Spring Awakening<br />
Suddenly Last Summer<br />
Sylvia<br />
Tarzan<br />
The Father<br />
The Heiress (2013)<br />
The King and I (2015)<br />
The Lieutenant of Inishmore<br />
The Lion King<br />
The Vertical Hour<br />
Wicked<br />
You Can’t Take It With You<br />
Off-Broadway<br />
and New York City<br />
54 Below<br />
A2K Productions, LLC<br />
American Globe <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Atlantic Theater Company<br />
Birdland<br />
Blueprint Theater Project<br />
Boomerang <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
Broadway’s Rising Stars<br />
The Civilians<br />
Classic Stage Company<br />
Classical <strong>Theatre</strong> of Harlem<br />
Dixon Place<br />
Encores! Off-Center, New York City Center<br />
Hip to Hip <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
La MaMa<br />
Lincoln Center <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Manhattan <strong>Theatre</strong> Club<br />
Metropolitan Opera<br />
Metropolitan Room<br />
Midtown <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival<br />
New World Stages<br />
New York Classical <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
New York International Fringe Festival<br />
New York Music <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival<br />
New York Shakespeare Festival/ Public<br />
Theater<br />
New York <strong>Theatre</strong> Workshop<br />
Ontological Hysteric <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
P.S. 122<br />
Pearl <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Playwrights Horizon<br />
The Public Theater<br />
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater<br />
Red Bull Theater<br />
Repertorio Español<br />
Roundabout <strong>Theatre</strong> Company/Studio 54<br />
Second Stage <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Signature <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
Sleep No More NYC<br />
Take Wing and Soar Productions<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> for New York City<br />
The Culture Project<br />
The Duplex<br />
The Kitchen<br />
The Manhattan Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
The Mint <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
The New Group<br />
The Puppet Shakespeare Players<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> for the Free People<br />
Under the Radar Festival/ Public Theater<br />
National Tours<br />
101 Dalmatians<br />
Aida<br />
Aladdin<br />
American Idiot<br />
Basetrack Live<br />
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical<br />
Billy Elliot<br />
Bring It On: The Musical<br />
“Marymount Manhattan<br />
is where I learned to run<br />
a light board, help build a<br />
set, and assist in hanging<br />
lights. As an actor, I<br />
believe it is important to<br />
have an appreciation for<br />
every aspect of what goes<br />
into making a complete<br />
piece of theatre. Now<br />
I joke with the crew of<br />
shows I work on and say,<br />
‘I know how to do that!’”<br />
— Adrienne Warren ’09<br />
(2016 Tony Award nominee, Best<br />
Featured Actress in a Musical<br />
for Shuffle Along, or, the Making<br />
of the Musical Sensation of<br />
1921 and All That Followed)<br />
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Kiss Me, Kate<br />
Susan Cook Photography<br />
Chicago<br />
Dreamgirls<br />
Evita<br />
Fosse<br />
Grease<br />
Guys & Dolls<br />
Hair<br />
Jekyll & Hyde<br />
Kinky Boots<br />
La Cage Aux Folles<br />
Legally Blonde<br />
Mamma Mia<br />
Mary Poppins<br />
Memphis<br />
Next to Normal<br />
Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />
Sister Act<br />
Spamalot<br />
Spring Awakening<br />
The Lion King<br />
The Producers<br />
The Wizard of Oz<br />
Urban Cowboy<br />
War Horse<br />
West Side Story<br />
Wicked<br />
Tours<br />
Missoula Children’s <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
National Shakespeare<br />
Company<br />
Sesame Street Live<br />
Shenandoah Shakespeare<br />
The Acting Company<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong>Works, USA<br />
Trans-Siberian Orchestra<br />
Two Beans Productions<br />
Regional and Other<br />
50 th Anniversary West<br />
Side Story (London’s<br />
West End)<br />
Actors <strong>Theatre</strong> of<br />
Louisville<br />
Alabama Shakespeare Festival<br />
Alley <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Alliance <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
American Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Arkansas Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Buenos Aires in Translation Festival<br />
(Argentina)<br />
Center Stage<br />
Chatham Players<br />
Chautauqua <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
Cider Mill Playhouse<br />
Connecticut Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Dallas <strong>Theatre</strong> Center<br />
Denver Center for the Performing <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Disney Cruise Lines<br />
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland)<br />
Florida Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Florida Studio <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Gateway Playhouse<br />
Geva <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Goodman <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Gretna <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Guthrie <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Hairspray (Beijing)<br />
Hangar <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Hong Kong Disney<br />
Jupiter <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
La Jolla Playhouse<br />
Laboratorio Teatral<br />
Willaldea (Argentina)<br />
Luna Stage<br />
Lyric Stage<br />
Maltz Jupiter <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
McCarter <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Milwaukee Repertory Theater<br />
National <strong>Theatre</strong> of Hungary (Budapest)<br />
North Shore Music <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Norwegian Cruise Lines<br />
Old Globe <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Oregon Shakespeare Festival<br />
Paper Mill Playhouse<br />
Pennsylvania Shakespeare<br />
Shakespeare <strong>Theatre</strong> of New Jersey<br />
Shenandoah Shakespeare<br />
Signature <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
The Folger <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Trinity Repertory<br />
Two Rivers <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Viking Cruises<br />
Walnut Street <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Weathervane Playhouse<br />
Wicked (Japan)<br />
Westchester Broadway <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Williamstown <strong>Theatre</strong> Festival<br />
Yale Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Film and Television<br />
100 Center Street<br />
666 Park Avenue<br />
Adventureland<br />
America’s Got Talent<br />
American Idol<br />
As the World Turns<br />
The Big Bang Theory<br />
The Black Donnellys<br />
Bridge the Gap<br />
Bringing Out the Dead<br />
Burn Notice<br />
Castle<br />
Chaplin<br />
Cold Case<br />
Criminal Intent<br />
CSI: Miami<br />
The Cutting Edge<br />
Drive, She Said<br />
The Edge of Seventeen<br />
El Cantante<br />
ER<br />
Field of Dreams<br />
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“...the professors<br />
give generously of<br />
themselves in the<br />
classroom and as<br />
lifetime mentors ...<br />
they encouraged<br />
and allowed me to<br />
emerge as the artist<br />
I was destined to be.”<br />
—Ryan Kasprzak ’03<br />
(Broadway: Bandstand;<br />
TV: Smash [Assistant<br />
Choreographer],<br />
So You Think You Can Dance;<br />
National Tour: Billy Elliot)<br />
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Glee<br />
The Good Wife<br />
Grand Street<br />
Grease: You’re the One That I Want<br />
Greatest Mysteries: Buckingham Palace<br />
Greek<br />
Guiding Light<br />
Hairspray Live! (2016)<br />
The Houseboy<br />
Illegal Tender<br />
In Living Color<br />
Jerry Maguire<br />
Julie & Julia<br />
Kevin from Work<br />
Last Resort<br />
Law & Order<br />
Law Abiding Citizen<br />
The Leftovers<br />
Leverage<br />
Life on Mars<br />
Little Children<br />
Little Man<br />
Little Odessa<br />
Mad Men<br />
Magic City<br />
Make the Yuletide Gay<br />
Masters of Sex<br />
Medium<br />
Men in Black III<br />
Mooz-Lum<br />
NCIS: Los Angeles<br />
NUMB3RS<br />
Nurse Jackie<br />
The Office<br />
One Life To Live<br />
One Tree Hill<br />
Orange is the New Black<br />
Penny Dreadful<br />
Peter Pan Live!<br />
Person of Interest<br />
Pride & Glory<br />
The Normal Heart<br />
The Producers<br />
Rachel Getting Married<br />
The Riches<br />
Rockaway<br />
Rocky Horror Picture Show (2016)<br />
Sex and the City<br />
Side Effects<br />
Smash<br />
So You Think You Can Dance<br />
Super Clyde<br />
Supergirl<br />
The Men Who Built America<br />
TMZ on TV<br />
True Blood<br />
The West Wing<br />
White Collar<br />
The Wiz Live! (2015)<br />
Employment in the <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Academic Counselor,<br />
Fashion Institute of Technology<br />
Account Supervisor,<br />
Serino/Coyne, Inc.<br />
Agent, About Artists Agency<br />
Anchor, www.PopSugar.com<br />
Annual Giving/Development,<br />
Please Touch Museum<br />
Artistic Director,<br />
Astoria Performing <strong>Arts</strong> Center<br />
Artistic Director,<br />
Brooklyn Center for the Performing <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Artistic Director,<br />
Jersey Productions, Inc.<br />
Artistic Director, LoNyLa<br />
(Singapore)<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> Manager,<br />
Cooper-Hewitt Museum<br />
Assistant Company Manager,<br />
The Drowsy Chaperone LLC<br />
Assistant Costume Designer,<br />
Playwrights Horizons<br />
Assistant to the Artistic Director,<br />
The Mint <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Assistant Choreographer NBC’s Smash<br />
Assistant to the Executive Director,<br />
The Broadway League<br />
Assistant to the President & Managing<br />
Director, Cirque du Soleil Theatrical<br />
Assistant to the Producer,<br />
The Producing Office, Inc.<br />
Assistant Professor, (Lighting Design)<br />
North Carolina School of the <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Associate Artistic Director,<br />
Actors <strong>Theatre</strong> of Louisville<br />
Associate Producer,<br />
Discovery Channel’s Bering Sea Gold<br />
Associate Producer,<br />
Project Runway All Stars<br />
Associate Producer, VH1<br />
Associate Professor of English in the<br />
University <strong>Theatre</strong>, Colgate University<br />
Associate Talent Coordinator, JB Talent<br />
Author, In Stone: A Grotesque Faerie Tale<br />
(Bold Strokes Books)<br />
Casting Director, Central Casting<br />
Casting Director,<br />
Fox Broadcasting Company Casting<br />
Casting Director,<br />
Impossible Casting<br />
Casting Director,<br />
Jeff Greenberg Casting<br />
CFO, EcoMedia, LLC<br />
CFO, Heavy.com<br />
CFO and Founder, Platt Productions<br />
Co-Founder/Artistic Director,<br />
Railroad Playhouse<br />
Company Manager,<br />
Asolo Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Costume Designer/Costume Shop<br />
Manager, The Pearl <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
Costume Designer,<br />
Steppenwolf <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
Costumer, The Walt Disney Company<br />
Creative <strong>Arts</strong> Therapist,<br />
Kings County Hospital<br />
Creative Coordinator, Ogilvy<br />
Director of Audience Services,<br />
Primary Stages<br />
Director of Financial Planning and<br />
Analysis, NBC-Universal
“Marymount Manhattan<br />
College allowed me to<br />
create the exact college<br />
experience I wanted! The<br />
wide variety of classes,<br />
the wonderful professors,<br />
and the convenience of<br />
being in New York City<br />
all helped me explore<br />
many different aspects<br />
of theatre arts. I got<br />
real-life experience in<br />
the city during my years<br />
in school. That was the<br />
most invaluable part of<br />
my time at Marymount<br />
Manhattan.”<br />
—Emmy Raver-Lampman ’12<br />
(Broadway: Hamilton,<br />
A Night with Janis Joplin,<br />
Jekyll & Hyde, Hair;<br />
National Tours: Hamilton,<br />
Wicked, and Hair)<br />
Director of Marketing,<br />
TADA! Youth <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Director of Programming, Manhattan Youth<br />
Ballet<br />
Director/Company Member,<br />
Shakespeare & Company<br />
Drama Therapist,<br />
Castlewood Treatment Center<br />
Editor, ITV<br />
Education Director,<br />
Society of the Educational <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Event Coordinator, Work Science Festival<br />
Event Manager, Union Square Events<br />
Executive Producer, Bridge the Gap TV<br />
Executive Producer, Media at Large<br />
Featured Writer, www.huffingtonpost.com<br />
Finance Director, Fox News<br />
Financial Aid Officer,<br />
New England Institute of Art<br />
Founder/Executive Producer,<br />
Born for Broadway<br />
Founder/Producer, Poetic People Power<br />
General Management Coordinator,<br />
The Public <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Head of the Video Department,<br />
Schaubüne <strong>Theatre</strong> (Berlin)<br />
Lightboard Programmer,<br />
The Vineyard <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Lighting Designer, PRG Productions<br />
Lighting Designer/Master Electrician,<br />
The Lighting Design Group<br />
Lighting Designer/Master Electrician,<br />
The Lighting Syndicate<br />
Lighting Designer/Production Electrician,<br />
Beijing Olympics<br />
Make-up Artist, MAC Cosmetics<br />
Managing Director, <strong>Theatre</strong> Aspen<br />
Managing Director, Triad <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
Media Manager, Artify It<br />
Membership Assistant,<br />
Dramatists Guild of America<br />
Occupational Therapist,<br />
Mary Cariola Children’s Center<br />
Owner, The Michael Howard Studios<br />
Producer, (323)<br />
Entertainment, LLC<br />
Producing Artistic<br />
Our Country's Good<br />
Director,<br />
Susan Cook Photography<br />
Take Wing and Soar<br />
Productions<br />
Production Manager/<br />
Technical Director,<br />
Abingdon <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Program Assistant for<br />
Public Programs,<br />
Winterthur Museum,<br />
Garden and Library<br />
Project Coordinator/<br />
Investor Relations,<br />
Dodger Properties, LLC<br />
Entertainment<br />
Projects Manager/Producer,<br />
Mind the Art<br />
Entertainment<br />
Rental Shop Manager,<br />
Bentley Meeker Lighting<br />
and Staging<br />
Resident Director, INTAR<br />
Special Events Coordinator,<br />
Empire State Pride Agenda<br />
Stage Manager, Geva <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Stage Manager,<br />
Sleep No More NYC<br />
Story Producer, MTV Reality<br />
Supervisor of Project Accounting,<br />
Jim Henson Productions<br />
Talent Assistant,<br />
ABC Television Network<br />
Talent Manager, Essay Management<br />
Talent Manager,<br />
Sweet 180 Management<br />
Talent Manager,<br />
The GROUP Entertainment<br />
Talent Manager, TMT Entertainment<br />
Technical Director,<br />
Baryshnikov <strong>Arts</strong> Center<br />
Technical Director, BRICstudio<br />
VP of Editorial and Creative,<br />
Media Management Group, LLC<br />
Wardrobe Supervisor,<br />
Mac Haydn <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Wardrobe Supervisor,<br />
National Tour of Hairspray<br />
Wardrobe Supervisor, Wicked (Broadway)<br />
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Love's Labour's Lost<br />
Susan Cook Photography
Audition and Interview Information<br />
To schedule a <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> audition or<br />
interview, please visit our website at<br />
www.mmm.edu. We urge you to schedule<br />
your audition prior to November 15th, 2018,<br />
as audition spaces will fill up. While we will<br />
continue to take audition requests past that<br />
date, if an audition date is full, your name will<br />
be added to a waitlist. It is to your advantage to<br />
audition in person at one of our audition sites<br />
(NYC or regionally). However, if extraordinary<br />
circumstances prevent travel, a video<br />
audition can be submitted through the MMC<br />
Admission’s Portal. Please review the guidelines<br />
for specific video audition requirements.<br />
An audition for the BFA in Acting and/or the BA<br />
in <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> with a concentration in <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Performance consists of one contemporary<br />
monologue (from a full length play) no more<br />
than two minutes in length. An audition for<br />
the Musical <strong>Theatre</strong> program consists of one<br />
contemporary monologue (from a full length<br />
play) no more than two minutes in length.<br />
In addition, you should also prepare 16 bar<br />
cuts from both an uptempo and a ballad. For<br />
students who sing in two distinct voices (belt<br />
and soprano for women, chest and falsetto for<br />
men), the music selections should showcase<br />
each of your capabilities. Sheet music is required<br />
and there will also be a brief dance call.<br />
Students interviewing for programs in Design &<br />
Technical Production, Producing & Management,<br />
and Directing are asked to bring their portfolio<br />
of work with them. This portfolio will mainly<br />
serve as a starting point for a conversation<br />
about theatre between you and the faculty<br />
member. Materials can include designs, sketches,<br />
photographs, renderings, prompt books, scripts,<br />
or anything else that you feel comfortable talking<br />
about in terms of your work.<br />
Daily Dance, Stefanie<br />
Flamm Photography<br />
Prospective students of <strong>Theatre</strong> History and<br />
Performance Texts, <strong>Theatre</strong> and New Media, and<br />
Writing for the Stage prospective students must<br />
complete an online application for acceptance.<br />
The online application is available on the MMC<br />
Admissions Portal. These concentrations are a<br />
strong complement to the College’s Business,<br />
English, History, and Communications <strong>Arts</strong><br />
majors, should a student wish to consider a<br />
double major.<br />
2017-2018 THEATRE ARTS<br />
AUDITION DATES<br />
New York City<br />
November 18<br />
January 20<br />
January 27<br />
February 3<br />
February 10<br />
February 24<br />
Regional<br />
Atlanta<br />
Denver<br />
San Francisco<br />
For further information please see our website<br />
at www.mmm.edu. <strong>Theatre</strong> Recruitment and<br />
Admissions can be reached at:<br />
212-774-0767<br />
theatre@mmm.edu<br />
For further information on admission,<br />
financial aid and housing, contact the Office<br />
of Admission at:<br />
1-800-Marymount<br />
212-517-0430<br />
admissions@mmm.edu<br />
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Front Cover Photos: Kiss Me, Kate, Susan Cook Photography; The Skin Of Our Teeth, Susan Cook Photography; Hand Drafting Photo by Andreas Wagner, AD Lubow<br />
Back Cover Our Country’s Good, Susan Cook Photography<br />
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