As our fall 2021 semester comes to a close, here's a quick peek at what we having coming up in our spring 2022 season!
As our fall 2021 semester comes to a close, here's a quick peek at what we having coming up in our spring 2022 season!
To learn more about our inaugural Emerging Women's Playwriting resident, click here: https://libarts.olemiss.edu/inaugural-playwriting-resident-to-work-this-summer-at-um/
To hear an interview with new faculty member Lindsay Rae Taylor, check out: https://stageandscreen.simplecast.com/episodes/lindsay-rae-taylor-assistant-professor-of-performance
For tickets and other information about our department and our spring 2022 season: http://theatreandfilm.olemiss.edu/
From the Department of Theater and Film at the University of Mississippi, this is Stage & Screen.
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Hi everyone, welcome back to stage and screen. I'm your host Katherine Stewart and we have something a little bit different today here in the Department of Theater and Film we're in the last days of the fall 2021 semester and heading into our winter break.
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So today we're just going to take a minute to give you a sneak peek at what we have coming up next season.
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First up is an original work titled.
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Hazel this is.
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A really interesting show.
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The playwright, Annemarie Camerato, was the inaugural recipient of our brand new emerging Women Playwriting residency.
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This program was designed to support and highlight new voices in theater who might not otherwise have the time, space, or resources to focus on creating new works.
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And Maureen came to Oxford, Ms in the summer of 2019 and spent a month immersing herself in the culture here and focusing on her work.
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The play itself is about a family living on a small island that is slowly being swallowed by the rising sea.
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It's a fascinating look at how global issues impact individual choice as well as family dynamics.
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The show is directed by faculty member Peter Wood and it runs from February 25th to March 6th. We'll have interviews with both the playwright and the director for you next season.
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In the meantime, check out the show notes where I've linked a story about the emerging women playwriting residency, and you can learn more about that program and the.
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Author of this play.
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The second show of our spring 2022 season is William Shakespeare's well known and well loved play Romeo and Juliet.
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This will be directed by new faculty member Lindsey Ray Taylor and again check out the show notes for an earlier interview we did with Lindsay to learn more.
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About her, you may have seen Romeo and Juliet before, but you have not seen this version. It runs April 21st, 22nd and 24th and again you can find more information about that in the show notes.
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That's all we have for you today. We hope you have a wonderful holiday and we'll see you back here in January 2022.
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Until next time this is Stage & Screen