![]() ![]() His FLC acting credits include “Psycho Beach Party†and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.†Directing credits include “Vampire Lesbians of Sodom/Sleeping Beauty or Coma.†He’s on both the Board of Directors and the Play-Reading Committee. Though Jamie Alley has a smallish part in this show (“The Manâ€), he’s a big wheel at FLC. Regulars at the Roxbury Film Festival will remember the Dot resident from his appearance in the movie “Business is War.†Other credits include work with Theater Offensive, Playwrights’ Platform, and Yaghoobian Theater Company.Ĭomedian Fred Bernabe, who appears regularly at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, has the role of Donald, played by Eddie Rochester in the Capra film. Though this show marks her FLC acting debut, she was on stage at Eliot Hall in 1996, when her wedding ceremony was held there! Rutkowski played the Quaker Mary Gardner in the September 2006 world premiere of “Patience of Nantucket,†written by UMass professor Robert Johnson and presented by the Dot-based Up You Mighty Race company. Mary Elizabeth Rutkowski ,who teaches theater arts at the Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, plays the snobbish Mrs. When daughter Alice, the only “normal†member of this freewheeling clan, falls for the son of the snooty Kirby family, misunderstandings, and, eventually, chaos ensues. The shenanigans unfold in the living room of the eccentric Sycamore family where as diverse activities as ballet dancing, xylophone playing, and anarchistic literature printing – not to mention fireworks displays— all take place. €œYou Can’t Take It with You†is the original meet -the-parents farce. No wonder the delightful family comedy has become one of the most often produced plays by community theater groups during the past 70 years. Kaufman comedy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1936, and Frank Capra’s screen version in 1938 won Oscars both for Best Picture and Best Director. Though of late the Footlight Club has presented some edgy works, the current show ,“You Can’t Take It with Youâ€, couldn’t be a more conventional choice. The Acorn Project is an incubator for student actors, designers, technicians, playwrights, and directors who wish to create their own performance projects in an ensemble.Three seasoned Dorchester actors – Mary Rutkowski, Fred Bernabe, and Jamie Alley – are in the cast of a classic comedy that is opening the unprecedented 133rd season of Jamaica Plain’s Footlight Club (FLC), America’s Oldest Community Theater Group. ![]() SPATE is an ensemble engaged with the emerging field of simulation and community-building applied theatre methods. Simulation Performance and Applied Theatre Ensemble IUP Dance Theatre presents two major concert programs annually.įootlight Players is a youth theater program offering a month-long summer program for ages 7–17 led by professional teaching artists and assisted by IUP student interns. Theater-by-the-Grove presents several productions each year, including a coproduction with Music Theatre of a major musical. Interested in theater for social change? Join the Simulation Performance and Applied Theatre Ensemble (SPATE)-enter into simulations and effect positive change as a teaching artist.Īre you a storyteller? Write and produce your own production in the Acorn Project, a studio theater series for student-produced and -directed work. Learn by doing in IUP's professionally modeled ensembles.Īre you a performer? You will hone your performance skills to create characters, collaborate in an ensemble, and cultivate interpersonal communication skills.Įnjoy making things possible for others "behind the scenes"? Then you will thrive in opportunities to design, build and manage-creating imaginary places in real spaces, and organizing and running complex human organizations in ensembles. Theatre, BA with Concentrations in Performance, Design/Tech/Management, or Theory/CriticismĪpplied Theatre and Performance Certificate If you choose a different pathway, you will have the creativity to live a fulfilling life and flourish with “power skills” practiced in the craft of theater and dance. If you are destined for a career in the performing arts, you will develop the skills to succeed in a competitive industry. You'll also gain the knowledge to choose your path in life. ![]() Making theater will lead you to developing important life skills: problem solving, critical thinking, interpersonal communication, decision-making, creative thinking, self-awareness, empathy, and coping. Beginning your first semester, you will be involved in professionally modeled theater productions. We prepare you to make it, design it, write it, respond to it, and use it to change the world. Because performance happens everywhere, not just on stage at 8:00 p.m. ![]()
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