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 Starry Night Ensemble Starry Night Repertory Theatre, under the direction of WIU Professor Jeannie M. Woods, held its first gala fundraiser September 5th at The Forum in Macomb. “A Starry Night in Hollywood” was an evening of songs from the movies and featured WIU faculty Lynn Thompson and Matt Bean, as well as an ensemble of noted performers from Macomb: Don and Kay Norton, Howard White and Leah Farrar-White, Rebecca Bean, Dan and Jeannie Woods. From Bill Kincaid: Peter Eli Johnson (MFA 2007) is playing the title role in Aphra Behn’s THE ROVER, which is 20% Theatre Company’s 10th Anniversary Peter is also appearing with Patrick Tierney (BFA 2007) in a staged reading/singing of the new musical WHITE CITY (about the 1893 Columbia Exposition). These performances will be at significant architectural sites around the city.
 Samantha Joy Dubina Samantha Joy Dubina (BFA 2007) is appearing in Bailiwick Theatre’s BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON. She is a member of the Bailiwick Chicago Collective.  Lorenzo Rush, theatre & dance, senior Lorenzo Rush, theatre and dance senior, is appearing in the Marriott Theatre’s production of Dreamgirls. The Marriott Theatre is in Lincolnshire.
 Josh Carrol as Colonel Mustard, second from left, and Kody C. Jones as Professor Plum, fourth from left Kody C. Jones, third year MFA student, and Josh Carroll, second year MFA student, both performed in the Shawnee Summer Theatre of Green County production of Clue: The Musical in June 2012. Bravo to both Kody and Josh for a terrific production.
 Awesome Eighties Prom, Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas JJ Gatesman (MFA 12) opened July 13th in Awesome Eighties Prom at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Gatesman plays a conservative Republican youth reminiscent of the Michael J. Fox character from Family Ties.  Rounding Third directed by WIU MFA student Kody C. Jones Kody Jones, MFA student, has directed a very successful production of Rounding Third at the Shawnee Summer Theatre of Greene County in Bloomfield, IN. The Bloomington Herald Times reported, “Rounding Third proved to be a wonderful addition to the Shawnee Summer Theatre’s 53rd Season. Under the spirited direction of Kody C Jones, Rounding Third gave audiences a touching and memorable evening of theatre.”
From the May 24, 2012 Clinton Herald. By Tommy Iafrate, MFA Directing, 2012. Iafrate is the Producing Director of the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre.  Clinton Area Showboat Theatre
Dr. Jeannie Woods will be attending the 2012 conference for the Association for Theatre in Higher Education in Washington, D.C. in August. Jeannie has been selected to direct a staged reading of the David Mark Cohen Award winning play. The play was chosen as part of a competition through the Kennedy Center and American College Theatre Festival. The play is ADORATION OF DORA by Lojo Simon and is a new play about Dora Maar, the famous photographer and mistress of Picasso.  Dora Maar Jeannie will also chair and present on a panel: “Fulbrights in Theatre: Engaged Reciprocity—How the Fulbright Experience Goes Far Beyond the In-Country Experience” in which she will share her experiences during her Fulbright year in Taiwan. Jeannie will also present a paper entitled: Sweet Sock and Smiley Face: and Other Adventures in Chinglish on the Stage for the panel, “Say What? Explorations in Culture and Language on Stage.”  Faculty Summer Institute, University of Illinois Carolyn Blackinton attended the annual Faculty Summer Institute at the University of Illinois.
 Motherhood, Royal George Theatre, Lincoln Park
Melody Betts, MFA acting 2009, is performing in Motherhood at the Royal George Theatre in Lincoln Park. |
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