Adjunct Professor Danny Balel ’08 has been accepted to the ImprovBoston Mainstage cast. In addition to performing at the flagship theater in Cambridge, Mass., he will be teaching several levels of classes at ImprovBoston. Balel teaches “Creative Actor” and “Teaching Creativity” at Clark as part of the Main South Theatre Workshop. He will direct V&PA’s upcoming…
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Theater Professor Gino DiIorio’s ‘Blue Tent’ to be produced at South Texas Arts Festival
Theatre Professor Gino DiIorio’s short play “Blue Tent” has been selected to be produced at Studio 33 as part of the Montage Arts Festival in Beaumont, Texas. For more info, click here.
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DiIorio’s ‘Seeds of Doubt’ to be read at Urban Stages Theatre in New York City, May 5
Professor Gino DiIorio’s new play “Seeds of Doubt” will be given a reading at Urban Stages Theatre on Tuesday, May 5 at 7 p.m. (259 West 30th St). The reading will be directed by Clark alumna Chelsea Long ’11,and will feature Corey Tazmania and Jenny Vallancourt. Synopsis: Julie is an aging activist turned research scientist. Her…
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Alumna Harriet Bass holds Audition Workshop at Clark
Alum Harriet Bass ’72 returned to Clark this week to conduct a two-day workshop on audition technique with current and graduating theatre majors. The students worked on cold readings as well as monologues. Harriet Bass is a New York City-based casting director. She has worked on a number of theatre and film projects, including the…
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V&PA’s Jan Johnson wins Fulbright
V&PA Adjunct Professor Jan Johnson was selected for a 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant. As a Fulbright Scholar, she will be researching “On Stitching in Scotland: Stories and Schemes of a Gendered Material Practice,” while teaching and working on a new body of embroideries at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design at the…
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Professor Gino DiIorio’s ‘Reparation’ to have staged reading at Davenport Theatre, N.Y.
Professor Gino DiIorio’s play “Reparation” will be given a staged reading at the Davenport Theatre, 354 West 45th Street, NYC on Monday, Feb. 23. The reading will feature HBO’s Frankie Faison (The Wire, Silence of the Lambs), along with Ty Jones and Catherine Eaton. “Reparation” was inspired by Brown University’s 2006 Committee on Slavery and Justice,…
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DiIorio’s CRIB to be read at Capital Rep, Saturday Nov. 1
Professor Gino DiIorio’s new play CRIB will be read at the Capital Rep this coming Saturday night through the theatre’s NEXT ACT! New Play Summit. CRIB “finds sports, academics and university politics colliding in an engaging potboiler. As the stakes rise, heads roll; and values about race, sex, education and integrity all get put under…
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Prof. Gino DiIorio’s new play, ‘Last Resort,’ to be read at Hudson Theatre Works, Oct. 20
Theatre Professor and Visual & Performing Arts Department Director Gino DiIorio’s new play “Last Resort” will be read as part of Hudson Theatre Works’ “Playworks 2014 New Play Festival” in Weehawken, N.J. on Monday, October 20 at 7.30 p.m. The reading will directed by Clark alum Chelsea Long ’11. The series is produced by DiIorio’s…
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Prof. Gino DiIorio’s ‘Darwin at Down’ to be read at Kennedy Center new play festival
Professor Gino DiIorio’s Play Darwin at Down will be read at the Kennedy Center as part of the 13th annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, on Monday, Sept. 1 at 1 p.m. The play will be produced by Tonic Theatre company with Kurt Elftmann playing Charles Darwin. Synopsis: In 1849, Charles Darwin is in a race against…
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Former VPA Chair Don Krueger passes away
Former Clark Professor Don Krueger passed on August 3rd, 2014. He was 85 years old. Don taught in the Studio Art Program while also serving as VPA Chair for many years through the 80’s and 90’s. Don and his dog Spartacus were fixtures around Little Center for many years. He gave a great deal to…
