DC Wright returned to campus a bit later than usual, after opening
Les Miserables at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Littlerock, Arkansas. DC served as the Assistant Director as well as the Fight Choreographer on the production.
DC was also the Fight Director for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival over the summer, coordinating violence for
Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged.
DC closed out the month choreographing fights and performing in the third annual Bard at the Barn unrehearsed Shakespeare productions, organized by Bill Kincaid.
egla birmingham attended the DirectorsLabChicago this past summer. She applied in April, was selected and informed in May, and attended July 28 to August 3. Sessions ran from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM everyday. The theme for this year was "The Power of Myth and Ritual."
egla birmingham, second from left in the back row.
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DirectorsLabChicago offers environments in which emerging and established directors from around the world are able to consider, challenge, and engage in both the traditional and contemporary aspects of their craft.
There were workshops and discussions with a Rabbi, an architect, the artistic director of a Commedia Dell 'Arte troupe, a panel of theatre critics, a doula, an expert on story telling, and an expert on rituals in primitive societies. The participants were from several US cities as well as some international participants—Japan, Germany, Spain, England, Canada, Ukraine.
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egla birmingham, second from left in the back row.
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