Encore 2014

Letter from the Chair

Dear Friends of Ohio State Theatre, With this 2013-2014 issue of Encore we are scrolling back time to look at an amazing dynamic, fruitful year of productions, partnerships and research as well as…

2014-2015 Season and Encore Editorial Credits

Ohio State Theatre 2014 - 2015 Season The Lab Series A student-driven, department-nurtured production series. Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:00PM September 2014 - April 2015 New Works Lab and…

2013-2014 Season Review

The Lab Series Pulling a Tom Sawyer September 9 A reading of a new play by BA student Elisabeth Rogge The Butchery, by Emma Dante September 10 Translated and Directed by PhD…

Guest Artists and Scholars

Autumn 2013 Zombie Prom composer and Ohio State alumnus Dane P. Rowe led a talk and discussion about the production. Students also had an opportunity to…

School Tour

As You Like It School Tour By Geoff Wilson (PhD Student) In spring semester 2014, the Ohio State University Department of Theatre presented a touring production of Shakespeare’s As…

TRI Report

TRI Report By Nena Couch, Beth Kattelman, and Mary Tarantino Symposia/Events: The Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute displayed fifteen woodblock…

Spotlight on Students

By Shelby Brewster, Damian Bowerman and Beth Josephsen Simon Autumn 2013 PhD student Elizabeth Harelik attended the Intersections: Arts and Special Education Conference August 7-8,…

Alumni and Friends

Alumni and Friends News By MA Student Shelby Brewster and Damian Bowerman 1970s Laralu Smith (BA, 1971) appeared in A Bright Room Called Day with…

Regional Campus Reports

Ohio State Newark By Edie L. Norlin, Lecturer During the 2013-2014 academic year, a play was produced each semester. In the fall we produced Vanities, a comedy-drama by Jack Heifner. Performance…

Syndicate Symposium

Graduate Theatre Syndicate Symposium, 2014, “Position: The Power and Politics of Witnessing” By Geoffrey Wilson (PhD Student) Symposium Dates: February 28 - March 1, 2014 On February 28th and…

The Partnership Expands: The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Ohio State University

The Partnership Expands: The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Ohio State University By Elizabeth Harelik (PhD Student) The partnership between The Ohio State University and the UK’s Royal…

London Study Abroad

London Study Abroad Program 2014 By Melonie Mazibuko, MFA Acting Student This summer, a group of eight graduate and twelve undergraduate students traveled to London for a four-week Study Abroad…

Chiller Plant, Site of One-of-a-Kind Lighting Project

Chiller Plant Site of One-of-a-Kind Lighting Project College of Arts and Sciences News November 8, 2013 Architecture and theatre students from The Ohio State University partnered with the university…

Student Team Wins National Theatre Architecture Competition

By Brad Steinmetz, Assistant Professor A team of students from the Department of Theatre and the Knowlton School of Architecture was awarded the top prize this weekend for their theatre architecture…

The First Actresses: 1660-1930s

By Lesley Ferris, Interim Chair, Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor and Nena Couch, Head, Thompson Library Special Collections In May, The Ohio State University’s Department of Theatre…

Jennifer Schlueter Wins 2014 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching

From: University Awards & Recognition May 22, 2014 The Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching honors faculty members for superior teaching. Recipients are nominated by present and former…

Big Ten Theatre Consortium Supports Female Playwrights

Naomi Iizuka The Big Ten Theatre Consortium, made up of theatre department heads at Big Ten Conference universities, has established a commission program…

Making the Invisible Visible: Mime’s Contemporary Legacy

By Jeanine Thompson, Associate Professor Symposium Date: April 11, 2014 As the founding fathers of contemporary mime, Étienne Decroux (1898-1991) and Marcel Marceau (1923-2007) have, through their…