• 6-30, FOVA Gallery To Impel: The Annual Faculty Exhibition. (No
admission charge) • 14, SAT, 8:00 pm, Hemmle Recital Hall Gene
Hemmle Memorial Concert Series: Faculty/Student! Alumni Chamber
Orchestra-Featuring the works of Mendelssohn, Schubert and
Gershwin. (Tickets- 742-2270)
lclaller • 4-21, FOVA Gallery As the Twig is Bent: New
Installations by Kate Budd. (No admission charge) • 7·13, Lab
Theatre Red Nose.r-The dark Peter Barnes comedy, set in 1348
France. (All weekday performances at 8:00 p.m., Sunday matinees at
2:00. Tickets-742-3601) • 17·20, 24-27, MalnstageTheatre Cabaret-A
musical favorite! (All weekday performances at 8:00p.m., Sunday
matinees at 2:00. Tickets-742- 3601) • 18, FRI, 8:00 pm, Allen
Theatre Gene Hemmle Memorial Concert Series: 21st Annual
Scholarship Concert-Featuring the University choirs and orchestra
along with the Lubbock Chorale. (Repeats Sunday, October 20,
tickets-742-2270) • 20, SUN, 4:00 pm, Allen Theatre 21st Annual
Scholarship Concert. (Tickets-742-2270)
llvem~er • 1, FOVA Gallery Discerning Passions II: An Exclusive
Look at a Pre eminent Private Collectiof}-Both functional and
decora tive. (No admission charge) • 11·17, Lab Theatre True
West-Contemporary theatre by Sam Shepard. (All weekday performances
at 8:00p.m., Sunday matinees at 2:00. Tickets-7 42-3601)
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University Theatre Season Announcements There is something for
everyone in the
upcoming 1996/97 season at the University The atre at Texas Tech.
The Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce its
selection of productions:
+ ·· Cabaret, music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb. October 17-
20 and 24- 27. Directed by Richard Weaver. "What good is sitting
alone in your room? Come to the Cabaret!" We jump-start the ·season
with this energy-charged musical favorite!
+ ·· A Christmas Carol based on the classic Charles Dickens tale.
No vember 29.and 30; December 1-3 and 5-8. Di rector to be
announced. This charming holiday treat is guaranteed to delight
your family and friends.
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2 and 6-9. Directed by Norman E$ert. A grip ping·new drama about
three Mexican-American brothers in El Paso. This story is told by
our o\vn about our own; as much a part of West Texas as Bar-B-Que
and rodeo.
+ ·· The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere. April 17-20 and 24-27.
Directed by Jonathan Marks. This classic comic romp is be ing
translated by our own Dr. Jonathan Matks and includes the "missing"
ballet which features everything from clowns to dancing
monkeys.
+ ·· A Laboratory "Grab-Bag"- This added feature allows you to
select one of four incredible productions featured in our Labo
ratory season. Included this year are Red Noses, True ll~t.
H'aitingfor Godot and Division Street.
lfyou need additional infonnation or would like to inquire about
purchasing tickets, call 742- 3601.
Texas Tech University Mainstage:· 1996-97 Season
Cabaret Oct 17-20 & 24-27 music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred
Ebb
"Wha~ good is sitting alone in your room? Come to the Cabaret!" We
jump-start the season with this energy-charged musical favorite! A
Christmas Carol
Nov 29 & 30; Dec 1-3 & 5-8 based on the tale by Charles
Dickens
This charming holiday treat is guaran teed to delight your family
and friends. Santos & Santos
Feb 27, 28; March l-2 & 6-9 by Octavio Solis
A gripping new drama about three Mexican-American brothers in El
Paso. This story is told by our own about our own; as much a part
of West Texas as Bar-B-Que and rodeo. · The Imaginary Invalid
April17-iO & 24-27 by Moliere
This classic comic romp is being trans lated by our own Dr.
Jonathan Marks and includes the ''missing" ballet which fea tures
everything from clowns to dancing monkeys.
Laboratory Season includes Red Noses, True West, Waiting for Godot
and Division Street.
For further information call 742-3601.
Mainstage Theatre
CABARET Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on ~e play by JQhn Van Druten and stories by Christopher
Isherwood ' Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb Broadway ·production by Harold Prince
October 17th-20th & 24th-27th Directed by Richard Weaver
A CHRISTMAS CAROL November 29th & 30th
December lst-3rd &5th-8th Director to be announced
IJ"ilfersity 16 199 eatre
October 7th-1 3th Directed by Paula Rodriguez
TRUE WEST SANTOS & SANTOS
March 1st-2nd & 6th-9th Directed by Norman Bert
by Sam Shepard november 11th-17th
D~rected by Usa Lawrence Holland
WAITING FOR GODOT
THE IMAGINARY INVALID by Samuel Beckett
February 1 7th-23rd Directed by Rod Vann by Mo l ie r e
Apri l 17th -20th & 2 4th-27 t h Di rected by Jona tha n
Marks
742-3601
Directed by Norman Gruenich
A Newsleiler cJ the
Spri-o'Sllllmer 1997
Mr. Rick Tuman, Business Manager
Ms. Mary Cervantes, Secretary
Jason Lee Publications Director
TIU Opens Ex-/New Student Regional Centers
On page five of the current Texas Techsan Magazine for May/June
1997, are listed the addresses and phone numbers of three new
regional TTU offices. Each ofthese spaces is shared by the
Ex-Students Association, the Office ofDevelopment, New Student
Relations, and the Red Raider Club.
While the full details can be found in the Techsan, the addresses
and phones are included here for your convenience.
AUSTIN - 7745 Chevy Chase Drive, Bldg. V, Rm 5.200, Austin, TX
78752 Phone: (512) 420-9401; fax 420-9316
HOUSTON - 8588 Katy Freeway, Suite 348, Houston, TX 77024 Phone:
(713) 467-5100; fax 467-2597
DALLAS/FORT WORTH- 1420 W. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 765, Dallas, TX
75247 Phone:(214) 630-8324; fax 630-5413
IN THE SPOTLIGHT is published two times a year by the Texas Tech
University Department ofTheatre and Dance for the purpose of
informing graduates of developments in fuculty, courses of study,
and activities of current students within the department.
Comments and suggestions should be addressed to: Jason Lee, Editor,
In the Spotlight, Department of Theatre and Dance, Texas Tech
University, P.O. Box 42061 , Lubbock, Texas 79409-2061 , or
call806-742-3601.
EndoWm.ents for Ashby, Sorensen fully funded
Since the last publication of In The Spotlight, the Ashby and
Sorensen Endowments have become funded.
The Ashby Endowment is currently building principle in advance of
designating scholarship recipients.
The high level of funding achieved through the October 1996
retirement benefit for Dr. Sorensen permits scholarship
distribution starting in the fall of 1997.
Additional contributions to any ofthe endowments are always
welcome, since the larger the principle, the greater its earning
power for scholarships.
Alumni News and Notes:
Page 2.
Two students in the interdisciplinary PhD Fine Arts program have
secured positions for the fall: Kerry Graves will teach at Eastern
Michigan University in Ypsilanti; Allen Partridge will be teaching
at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa.
Congratulations to these students who continue the frequent
department tradition of Doctoral student job placement prior to
completion of studies.
National search complete for new faculty members Department of
Theatre and Dance Chair
Dr. Norman A. Bert, and the faculty are pleased to announce the
results of national searches for professors of theatre management
and acting.
Directing the theatre management program will be TTU Fine Arts PhD,
Dr. Linda Donahue, currently Director of Theatre at the University
of Texas, Pan American, Edinburg.
Coming to head the acting program is Professor Seth Baumrin, now
completing his doctorate with the City University of New
York.
Since the winter publication of In the Spotlight, the Department of
Theatre and Dance was granted an additional faculty line. This
position has been accepted by Christopher Markle, MFA, Yale,
formerly Visiting Assistant Professor of Acting.
Biographies of our newest faculty additions will be published in
the Fall ' 97 issue of In the Spotlight.
Contribute to the Dr. Richard A. Weaver Scholarship Campaign
-See Page 3
DT &D ALUMNI NOTES Texas Tech University Department of Theatre
and Dance
Ed. Note: [Peter Harris has compiled a list ofT exas Tech's theatre
productions from 1928 to the present, and has graciously supplied
the information to us to distribute to interested alumni. If you
wish to receive a copy of this listing, request it at the
department address, p.J.]
'70's PATRICK CATES- (BA, Theatre/75, BSEd, Secondary Education/76,
MEd, Secondary Ed/84) has been teaching Theatre and English in the
Lubbock I.S.D. since 1976. Patrick was named 1st runner-up for
Texas Teacher of the Year by the Texas Education Agency in 1991,
and was cited as Assistant Principal of the Year ofRegion XVIT in
1995. He has been the Principal of Lubbock High School since July,
1996, and is currently working on the EdD at Tech. His wife, Deb
Robinson Cates (BSEd, TTIJ/76) , teaches English in the LISD. Their
son Christopher is sixteen years old and is a 1Oth grader at
Lubbock High.
'80's ESTHER SUNDELL LICHTI - (PhD/86) is Assistant Coordinator of
Women's Studies at Texas Tech, and enjoys the interaction with
faculty and students from every part of campus. She is married to
Roger and has two children, Nathanael, 23, and Steven, 20.
DEEANN DUKE WARD- (BS, PE Dance/81) has her MAin English from
Tarleton State University, and is an Instructor in English at Texas
Wesleyan University. DeeAnn is married to C. Rafe Ward, and has a
daughter, Daphne Miranda Ward, age 3.
'90's ROBERT APREA- (MFA/93) is the Technical Director at Texas
A&M University. He has been TO/Production Manager at NewStage
Theatre, Jackson, Mississippi, and TD at the Barter Theatre,
Abington, Virginia. Robert and Jennifer Draper married in June of
1993.
JENNIFER (DRAPER) APREA- (BFA /93) is currently completing an MFA
in Arts Administration from Virginia Tech University, expecting to
graduate in December. She has worked variously in stage management
and administration with NewStage Theatre, Blowing Rock Stage
Company, and the William King Regional Arts Center, Abington, Va.
In February, Jennifer began an internship with the Bush
Presidential Museum and Library in College Station, Texas.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM- (MA, PhD /91) has completed his first year as
Designer and Assistant Professor at Arkansas Tech University,
Russellville. Previously, he was Asst. Prof./Designer at Florida
Southern College for six and one half years. James and his wife
Tonya have a son, Stephen Hunter Cunningham, born in June of 1996.
James is glad to be back in the region with so many Texas Tech
friends.
PETER HARRIS - (BA, MA/97) has been working "off and on" at
HealthNet, a telecommunications division of the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center, since November, 1990. He hopes
to develop a writing career drawing on his experiences at TTUHSC.
Peter has worked with many theatrical groups in the Lubbock area,
and, in 1990, directed Dracula for Renegade Theatre. Last October,
Peter appeared in George!, the retirement tribute to Dr. Sorensen,
and was seen in April as Mr. Sniffeur in Dr. Jonathan Marks's
translation and production of Moliere's The Imaginary
Invalid.
ANA HARRISON- (BA/95) has worked on two movies of the week for
television, The Face in the Mi"or and Love's Deadly Triangle: The
Texas Cadet Murder. Ana misses home, but North Carolina has
provided some "great opportunities." One ofher films was even
partly set in Lubbock, "if Lubbock had lots of trees, and rained a
lot."
LEIGHANN McNIEL- (MA/94) is Director of Student Entertainment
at
Abilene Christian University. She directs, designs, and produces
two variety shows a year in venues of 11,000 and 3,900, while
managing the box office and marketing. LeighAnn is also the musical
director and sound engineer for two a cappella touring groups, and
produced and mixed a professional recording in June of 1996. In
addition, she continues to sing and perform professionally with the
group "Siren's Song", and also serves as their business
manager.
RICHARD D. STAFFORD (PhD/91) is Associate Professor of Theatre at
Piedmont College, Demorest, Ga. Their ACTF production of The Last
Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia was "highly
recommended" to advance to the ACTF regionals in Tennessee.
Richard's new novel, The Funeral Club, was reviewed
- in the Atlanta Constitution, is in its third printing since April
of '96, and is available through major bookstore chains. He is
married to Kristal Wooten Stafford and they have two sons, Kirk,
10, and Daniel, 15.
TExAs TECH Ex-SruoENTS AssociATION
For help in finding your local branch, or for information on
other Ex 's who live in your area, contact:
Texas Tech University Ex-Students Association,
P.O. Box 45001, Lubbock, Texas 79409-5001
or call (806)742-3641, or fax (806)742-3604,
or E-mail at 76702,
[email protected]
Weaver Endowment Seeks Funding
Dr. Richard A. Weaver retired in January, and a fund to establish
an endowed scholarship in his name has been set up to benefit
students of the Department ofTheatre and Dance.
Kitty Nodsle, Chair of the Dr. Richard A. Weaver Endowment
Committee, sent us an E-mail describing the fund-raiser intended to
vest the Weaver Fund.
From: Nodsle, Kitty Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 1997 Subject: Weaver
Endowment
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to put something in the
newsletter regarding the Weaver Endowment.
The Dr. Richard A. Weaver Endowment campaign was kicked off at a
retirement reception honoring Dr. Weaver at the SW/'A Convention in
November.
Donors to this endowment can purchase an engraved plaque with a
personal inscription which will be permanently affvced to a seat in
Tech's Lab Theatre, for a 100% t{D( deductible donation
of$250.
After an initial fund of $5000 has been created, a scholarship will
be presented each year to a theatre department student.
For more information or for donation opportunities, contact Rick
Tuman, Business Manager, TTU Department of Theatre and Dance (806)
742-3601, or Dr. Kitty Nodsle (409) 935-8680.
Thanks so much for giving the Weaver Committee such a wonderful
opportunity to reach the alums!
Thanks, Kitty
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(806) 742-1338
Alumni News? Please return the form below to:
Reprints available of Dramaturgical and
Director's notes
Beginning in the fall semester of 1996, the present faculty of the
Department of Theatre and Dance, with editorial super vision by
the Director of Publications, initiated inclusion of dramaturgical
and director notes in audience programs.
All Mainstage productions, and several of the Lab productions have
included these materials in their playbills.
Usually the dramaturgical material is produced by graduate students
who are also serving as assistant directors for the
productions.
Additionally, interviews of directors (and occasionally authors)
are conducted by members of the Promotion Team as feature material
to be submitted to local publications. Even when the articles do
not provoke audience attendance, they amplify the reading public's
appreciation of theatre arts and the written drama.
Reprints of these notes and interviews can be provided to
interested alumni upon request.
Cabaret A Christmas Carol Santos & Santos The Imaginary Invalid
Red Noses Waiting for Godot Division Street
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01-director interview; Alffl- author/translator interview
In The Spotlight, Alumni News, Department ofTheatre and Dance, Box
42061, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, or Fax to (806)
742-1338.
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1997 -1998 PRODUCTION CALENDAR 1EXAS 1ECHUNIVERSITY
DEPAR1MENT of TI:IEA1RE and DANCE
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MAINSTAGE SEASON
OCTOBER 16-26
Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon
Music & Lyrics by: Book by: FRANK LOESSER Jo SWERLJNG AND ABE
BURRows
NOVEMBER28-DECEMBER7
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Based on the Novella by Charles Dickens
FEBRUARY 26- MARCH 8
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-, AGNES OF GOD by John Pielmeier Directed by C. Patrick
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MARCH .30 - APRIL 5
APRIL 27- MAY 3
A Newsletter of the Texas Tech University
Department of
Mr. Rick Tuman, Business Manager
Ms. Mary Cervantes, Secretary
Edited by Jason Lee
"Exciting things continue to happen here in your department."
This fall we return to ACTF competition with our Lab Theatre
production of Red Noses under the direction= of MFA student Paula
Rodriguez ... For Spring Semester, 1997, Professor Peggy
Willis-Aarnio has been awarded a sabbatical leave to do
· research for a book on the life and work of Russian ballet
pioneer Agrippina Vaganova . . . In February, the Omaha:Magic
Theatre will hold a week-long residency and present four TTU
performances of Megan Terry's new play, Star Path Moon Stop . . .
Our facilities are being enhanced with a new roof, new carpet, and
a new lighting system . . . and we are pursuing two national
searches for professors of acting and management.
We have four new faces on the faculty and staff: Two new positions
have been filled by Assistant Professor of theatre history Dr. Dean
Wilcox, and Costume Shop Supervisor Sherry Lyon, MFA, while
Visiting Assistant Professor of acting Christopher Markle, MFA, and
Business Manager Rick Tuman, MFA, are filling previously existing
positions. It is my pleasure to introduce these new
colleagues.
Dr. Dean Wilcox received his MFA in lighting design from the
University of South Carolina, and his PhD in Theatre History,
Theory, and Criticism from the University of Washington.
Dr. Wilcox is teaching both graduate and undergraduate theatre
history and criticism,
and also will direct and design. He is currently "obsessed" in
liis'research
with the ideological convergence 'of · medievalism and
postmodernism.· He has articles appearing this fall in Theatre~·;-
· · ·- · Research International, and Theatre Survey.
Dr. Wilcox has taught at Corneti; as.· · · Mellon Post-doctoral
Fellow, arid atthe .
. University of California, San Diego.
Professor Christopher Markle was educated at Indiana University,
and at the Yale School of Drama. He has worked in professional and
academic theatres as a writer, director, actor, acting teacher, and
producer.
Mr. Markle was Resident Director at The Guthrie Theatre from
1981-1985, and has long been associated with Tile Acting Company
and with director Livui Ciulei.
He has directed and taught at a variety of institutions including
the British American Drama Academy, Princeton, NYU, SMU, and the
Studio School of the Moscow Art Theatre.
Recently, he collaborated in the founding ofthe Sage Repertory
Company in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
This past summer he staged Othello for the Los Angeles Shakespeare
Festival.
Ms. Sherry L. Lyon received her MFA in Costume Design from the
University of South Carolina. Her resume includes an internship at
the Folger Shakespeare
Theatre, and management of costume shops for the Empty Space
Theatre, and Mount Holyoke College.
She worked extensively as a designer in Seattle at the Empty Space
Theatre, the Seattle Shakespeare Festival, the Annex Theatre, and
Renton Civic Theatre. As
- resident designer for the Bathhouse Theatre she designed Love 's
Labours Lost, which was recognized by the Seattle Times as one of
Seattle's best designs.
Most recently, Sherry taught patterning and construction, and
rendering techniques at Dartmouth, was a cutter/draper at Cornell,
and gave birth to daughter, Emma Christine!
Mr. Rick Tuman received his MFA in Drama at Syracuse University in
1996.
Rick studied and participated in acting, directing, and arts
administration. Therefore, Rick now asserts equal commitments to
the directing of plays and the monitoring of their budgets.
A native "New Yawka" from the borough of Brooklyn, Rick also admits
to a problem adapting to the paucity of seltzer, New York delis,
crunchy bagels, and mountains. He finds "the pleasantness of the
climate and the people of Lubbock," however, has eased his "dietary
and visual cravings for things eastern."
Alumni News and Notes:
Page 2.
DT &D ALUMNI NOTES Texas Tech University Department of Theatre
and Dance
JUANICE (NEWBILL) MYERS (BA/65) is the Admissions Secretary of
Central Community College. She is the recent recipient of a $2000
Individual Artist's Fellowship in Playwriting from the Nebraska
Arts Council. She has had plays produced in Texas, Virginia,
Oklahoma and Nebraska. Her full-length play Carrion, had a
successful run earlier this year at Hastings College
ROLAND W. MYERS - (BA/65, MA/67, PhD/85) is Chair of the Department
of Theatre Arts, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska. He and his
wife Juanice have two grown children. He plans to take a production
of Story Theatre to Ozu, Japan, in January 1997.
D. PATRICK CATES- (BA/75, BS Ed/76, MEd/84) is Principal of Lubbock
High School, and is pursuing a Doctorate in Education at TTU. He
was named Assistant Principal of the Year of Region XVII in 199~.
He is married to Deb, and has one child, Christopher Michael.
LEESA(LOHOEFER)CATTLEY (BA/76- Dance) earned her MFA in Dance from
SMU in 1978, and taught dance part-time at Richland College and
Northlake College and then taught full time at the Dallas
Metropolitan Ballet. She is married to Robert Cattley, and after
raising two children, returned to teaching with Carrollton lSD in
Theatre Arts and Language Arts. She sent special greetings to
Professors Moore and Willis-Aamio.
BILL DURHAM- (BA/80) has an MA in creative writing from NYU, and
teaches English at Austin Community College. Bill was Duncan in
Macbeth, and Sir Andrew in Twelfth Night ,both for the Austin
Shakespeare Festival, and Capulet in Romeo and Juliet for the
Vortex Theatre. Bill judges UIL One-Act Play contests and is
currently writing a novel. He is married to Sandy Stone.
JACK P. HAGLER - (BA/82) is a Senior Theatre Consultant with Pelton
Marsh Kinsella, a Dallas firm which
consults in Acoustics, Theatre, Television, and AudioNisual Design.
Jack is married to Carole and ·has two children, Megan and
Molly.
DONNA (WEINER) HOROWITZ (MF A/85) owns a Beverly Hills, CA
personal management firm - The Seymour Company. Her clients have
appeared on such primetime series as "Picket Fences," "Ellen," and
"Charlie Grace." She is . married, and at last word was expecting a
child in October. According to Donna, she has helped several TTU
alumni (including Stephanie Geyer and Roxanna Augesen Manuel) with
their careers.
BETHANY A. LARSON- (BFA/86) has the MA from the University of
Arkansas, and is currently pursuing a PhD from the University of
Kansas. At the Playwrights Theatre ofNew Jersey, Bethany performed
the role of Lindsey in Sister Calling My Name - a role she
originated at the Mi: Sequoyah New Play Retreat. A free-lance
performer/teacher, she is married to David Grant Walker.
DONALD W. SEAY- (PhD/1987) is Chair and Artistic Director of the
Department of Theatre of the University of Central Florida in
Orlando. Don and Ingrid now have two grandchildren: Tyler and
Bryce. According to Don, "Life's a wonderful thing and
grandchildren are the most wonderful of all!"
JAMES IVEY- (PhD/91) is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at
Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene. He directed J.B. and Guys and
Dolls in 1995-96, co ordinated the first-ever Baptist Theatre
University Festival in March, and was selected to attend Saratoga
International Theatre Institute at Skidmore College in June.
ALISON MURPHY - (BA/92) graduated in May from KD Studio in Dallas.
She performed last summer as Fibula in Atomic Cavegirls of Island
Zero. She is represented in Dallas by Double Take Talent.
LISA PETERSON- (BFA/93) is acting in Dallas, and had a lead role in
Late Bloomers, one of 18 dramatic films competing at the 1996
Sundance Film Festival. The film also showed at the Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Sydney, Seattle, New York and Austin film festivals.
Negotiations are underway for national theatrical
distribution.
CHRISTY C. BALDOZA - (BA/95) who now lives in Austin, played
Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night 's Dream, and performed in a rock
video by the Austin-based band "Nobody."
NOE MENDIOLA - (BA/95 - Dance) is Dance and Cheerleader Coach for
the El Paso Public Schools, has begun Masters studies at UT, El
Paso, appeared in the musical Viva El Paso, and is part of the UTEP
Cheer Squad.
TASHAWNA THOMAS- (BFA/96) went to Seattle in June, moving into a
house within sight of the Olympic Mountains, the Cascade Range, and
Mt. Rainier. At last word, she was preparing auditions for the
1996-97 Seattle theatre season.
Please join the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association
For help in .finding your local branch, or for information on other
Ex's who live in your area, contact:
Texas Tech University Ex-Students Association,
P.O. Box 45001, Lubbock, Texas 79409-5001, or call (806) 742-3641,
or fax (806)742-3604, or E-mail at 76702,
[email protected]
Congratulations! To two current graduate students in our department
for taking the top two places in the competition for The
Debut Panel in Theatre History of the Southwest Theatre
Association. MiChael Hannah, a second-year PhD student was awarded
First Place and the Oscar Brockett Award for his
paper: "Playwrights in Petticoats: The Case of Female Authors in
the Restoration," and second-year PhD student, Darise Error, was
awarded second place in the competition for her paper: "Minnie
Maddern Fiske: A Modern Actress." Both Michael and Darise presented
their papers at this year's SWTA conference held November 8- 12, in
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Also, Junior Rachel Greene presented her paper "The Rational
Ecstasy of Brecht and Euripides" (an analysis of the conceptual,
stylistic, and textual similarities of The Trojan Women and Mother
Courage) at the National Collegiate Honors Conference in San
Francisco, California, on November 1st. This conference is intended
to give Honors undergraduates the opportunity to share their
research.
The Department of Theatre and Dance is in the process of
establishing three scholarship endowments in honor of three
long-time members of the Department faculty: Dr. Clifford Ashby,
Dr. George Sorensen, and Dr. Richard Weaver. DoQations to these
endowments will establish the principal for three separate
scholarship funds. The earnings from these funds will be used for
student scholarships.
The Clifford Ashby Endowment: At this writing, we have accumulated$
2825.90 toward the Ashby Scholarship Endowment. A total of $5000 is
needed to establish the fund permanently. Interested donors should
make checks payable to Texas Tech University Foundation, and send
them to the Texas Tech Development Office, P.O. Box 41081, Lubbock,
Texas 79409-1081. Please be certain to indicate on the check or in
a cover letter.thatthe check is intended for the Clifford Ashby
Scholarship Endowment Fund.
The Sorensen and Weaver Endowments: Scholarship endowments will
soon be established in the names of Dr. George Sorensen, and Dr.
Richard Weaver. More information will be forthcoming in the Spring,
1997 issue of In the Spotlight.
Alumni News? Please return· the fonn below to:
In The Spotlight, Alumni News, Department of Theatre and Dance, Box
42061, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, or Fax to (806)
742-1338.
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TEXAS 1ECHUNIVERSI1Y DEPAR1MENfof1HEA1REAND DANCE
1996-1~7 PRODUCTION CALENDAR
MAINSTAGE SEASON
Directed by Kerry Graves
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens NOVEMBER 29-30, DECEMBER 1-3
AND 5-8
Directed by Christopher Markle
SANTOS & SANTOS by Octavio Solis FEBRUARY 27-28, MARCH 1-2 AND
6-9
Directed by Norman A. Bert
THE IMAGINARY INVALID by Moliere APRIL 17-20 AND 24-27
Translated and Directed by Jonathan Marks
JN1HE SPOIUGHf
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Directed by Paula Rodriguez
Directed by Lisa Lawrence Holland
WAITING FOR GO DOT by Samuel Beckett FEBRUARY 17-23
Directed by Roderick Vann
Directed by Norman Grueneich
It's time to purchase your season tickets for 1996197 and
save
up to 50%!
Cabar·et :'\-lusic by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb.
We jump-start the season with this energy-charged musical
favorite!
A Christmas Carol based on the classic Charles Dickcm tale.
This charming holiday treat is guaranteed to delight your family
and friends.
Santos and Santos. by F. I Paso native Octavio Solis
A gripping new drama about three Mexican-American brothers in El
Paso.
The Imaginary Invalid by ;\lolierc; translated by Jonathan
Marks.
This classic comic romp includes the "missing" ballet featuring
every1 hing from clowns to dancing monkeys.
A Laboratory "Grab-Bag" This added feature allows you to select one
of the
four incredible productions from our Laboratory season.
Series A Friday or Saturday performan~ .
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(1). TEXAS TECH UNNERSITY Department of Theatre and Dance
Box42061 Lubbock, TX 79409·2061 (806) 742-3601
It's out of the l>ag aPd 9ou are flrst to lcnowl
'l1le 1996/97 season at the University '11leatre will be our best
evet'. As a cunent subscriber, you already know the benefits of
easy exchange, priority seating and convenient parking. But from
now until July 31, you will have an added incentive - savings of up
to S096 ovet' the regular ticket pricef
Simply retum the enclosed self-addressed envelope with your order
form and you will be among the first to enjoy the magic and thrill
of the University '11leatre' s new season featuring:
Cabaret. music by John Kander.lyrics by Fred Ebb. "What good is
sitting alone in your MOm? Come to the Cabaretf• We jump-start the
season with tbic energy-charged mwrical favorite!
A Christmas Carol based on the classic Charles Dickens tale. nus
channing holiday treat ic guaranteed to delight your family and
friends.
Santos & Sant:os by El Paso native Octavia Solis - A gripping
new drama about three Mexican-American brothers in E1 Paso. nus
story ic told by our own about our own; as much a part of West
Texas: as Bar-B-Que and rodeo.
The lmaginarg Invalid by Moliet'e - nus classic comic romp is being
translated by our own Dr. Jonathan Marks and includes the •missing"
ballet which features everything from clowns: to dancing
monkeys.
A Laboratol'!l "Grab-Bag" -nus added feature allows you to select
one_of the four incredible productions featured in our Laboratory
season. Included this season ate Red Noces, Tl'ue West, Waiting for
Godot and Divicion Street.
'l1le best theatre m Lubbock is happening at the Univem~ 'l1leatre
and you are the first to know! Remember, to take advantage of this
great offet', your season tickets must be purchased by July 31. For
additional infonnation, please call us at 142-3601.
See you opening nigbtl
Frederick B. Christoffel Director of 'l1leatre
PS What the Butler Saw opens Apri118'. If you have not made yO\U'
reservations, call the Box Office at 142-3601 and we will be
delighted to help youl
An EEO/Affinnative Action Institution
Department of Theatre and Dance Box 42061 Lubbock, TX
79409-2061
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