Saturday, January 30, 2016

CALLBACKS FOR FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS

Thank you to everyone who auditioned for the Festival of New Plays and Almost, Maine. Please know that casting is incredibly difficult. If you were not called back, please don't be discouraged; there are a lot of variables that go into this process.

If your name is listed below, please go to the Black Box Theatre on the northwest corner of the AH Building at 6:00 on Monday, February 1. Enter through the backdoor. Callbacks for all seven shows will happen at the same time, so your patience is appreciated. Be prepared to attend from 6 - 10; if you have to leave early or arrive late for any reason, please email Katie Rodda at krodda@sdccd.edu before Monday night.

You may be cast in both Almost, Maine and the Festival. You may also be cast in more than one piece in the Festival. If you are called back for both and do not wish to be cast in both, please let Katie know on Monday night. It is ultimately up to the directors to make final casting decisions.

Thank you. (And apologies for misspellings ...)


Callback List, Festival of New Plays

Death's Monologue by Daniel Sosa-Porter, directed by Katie Rodda
Steve Leffler
Roosevelt Green
Isaac Fowler
Jorge Sanchez Garcia
Roberto Castillo
Andre De Leon
Brody Gogatz

The Wallet by Marie Malham directed by Katie Rodda
Dash and Billy:
James LaRose
Isaac Fowler
Omar Ramos
Mobin Maalirad
Jorge Sanchez Garcia
Roberto Castillo
Zack Andrews
Matt Powers
Eric Pyka
Anton Mabey
Wilfred Paloma

Sara:
Kaitlin Williams
Lauren Lantz
Lauren McCarthy
Alexis Patterson
Latasheanna Cockhren
Estefania dela Torres

THE DARK KNIGHT COMETH by Brody Gogatz, directed by Matt Thompson
Daniel Sosa-Porter
Matt Powers
Isaac Fowler
Stephanie Garcia
Camrie Blatnica 
Alexis Patterson
Natalia Maggio

KITCHEN ALTERCATION  by Megan Malan, directed by Matt Thompson
James LaRose
Mobin Maalirad
Aaron Lugo
Matt Powers
Isaac Fowler
Estafania de la Torre
Lauren McCarthy
Lauren Lantz
Rukiya Pallahi
Roosevelt Green
Daniel Woods
Omar Ramos
Wilfred Paloma
Brody Gogatz
Madilyn Bovey

THE TOOLS OF THEIR TOOLS by Michelle Malham, directed by Matt Thompson
Wilfred Paloma
Isaac Fowler
Aaron Newbom
Tina Mobarrez
Estafania de la Torre
Camrie Blatnica
Veronica Guzman
Almira Amanzaholova

The Sly Man by Whitney Mathis, directed by Farrell Foreman
My Good and Faithful Servant by Brett Morris, directed by Farrell Foreman
Wilfred Paloma
Natalia Maggio
Michele Malham
Lauren McCarthy
Alexis Patterson
Jeramie Smith
Steve Leffler
Roosevelt Green
Marie Malham
Jorge Enrique Sandoval
Tina Mobarrez
James LaRose
Hanin Zayat
Mia Taylor
Daniel Sosa-Porter
Brody Gogatz
Kaitlin Williams
Arturo Ibarro
Aaron Lugo
Megan Malan



Friday, January 29, 2016

Call Backs for "Almost Maine"

Directed by: Ashley R. Kobza

*NOTE*
Rehearsals for this show will be: Tues-6-9  Thurs- 6-9   Fri- 6-9   Sun TBA(depending on schedules)
Call backs will be held tomorrow in the Saville Theater from 6-9pm.  Please find your call time and possible scene selections below, some of you are called for two time slots. Please look over the scenes you are being called in for and be prepared to cold read with a partner.  Reading a certain scene does not mean that, that is the only scene you are being considered for. Thank you to all who auditioned, you were all as varied and entertaining as flying squirrels!


6:00-7:00 pm (Prologue, Her heart, Sad Glad)

Yasmin Ruiz
Kaitlin R. Williams
Marie Malham  
Natalia Mannio
Tomia Taylor
Roxanna Camargo  

Omar Ramos  
Apollo Blatchley 
James LaRose
Daniel Sosa-Porter
Enrique Hernandez
Aaron Lugo


7:00-8:00 pm (They Fell, Where it went, Getting it back)

Lauren Lantz
Latasheanne Cocknren
Lauren McCarthy
Alexis Patterson 
Sarah David

Roosevelt Green
Roberto Castillo
Mobin Maalirad
Aaron Newbom
Daniel Woods
Zach Andrews


8:00-9:00pm (Seeing the Thing, Story of Hope, This Hurts)

Elysia Vasquez
Camrie Blatnica    
Jessica Bravo 
Estefania De la Torre  

Lucas Thorton
Steve Leffler
Roosevelt Green
Daniel Woods
Andre De Leon


Monday, January 25, 2016

Are you ready for auditions??

New Play Festival and Almost, Maine.

Thursday, January 28, 6 - 10 p.m.
Saville Theatre

Bring a 1-2 minute prepared contemporary monologue.

Callbacks:
Almost, Maine: January 29, 6 - 10, Saville Theatre
Festival: February 1, 6 - 10, Black Box Theatre'

Questions? krodda@sdccd.edu

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Auditions next week!


Auditions for Almost, Maine (directed by Ashley Kobza) and the Festival of New Plays (written by City College students, directed by Farrell Foreman, Katie Rodda, and Matt Thompson) are Jaunary 28 from 6 - 10 p.m. in the Saville Theatre.

Bring a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue.

Callbacks are January 29 (Almost, Maine) and February 1 (Festival of New Plays).

Run dates: Festival: March 4 - 12; Almost, Maine: April 15 - 24.

You can be in both shows. You must enroll for credit--add codes will be distributed after shows are cast.

Questions: Katie Rodda, krodda@sdccd.edu.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

DRAM 143, Beginning Costuming, is still open!

DRAM 143, Beginning Costuming, has seats in it.

The class runs M/W from 9:35 - 12:45 in the beautiful new costume lab.

Come learn from one of San Diego's top designers, Jeannie Galioto. Check out her website: www.jeanniegalioto.com.

And if you're transferring to San Diego State University, this class articulates! (In other words, you wouldn't need to take it at State.)

You'll help build the costumes for Almost, Maine and the Festival of New Plays. Make sure to enroll ASAP!

Meet the Faculty: Introducing Matt Thompson!

Matt Thompson teaches DRAMA 109 - Theatre and Social Issues, DRAMA 132 - Beginning Acting and will direct the Festival of New Works in March. 

Professor Thompson is currently the Artistic Director of Point Loma Playhouse. He is also the co-founder and former Co-Artistic Director of New Fortune Theatre and the founding Artistic Director of Compass Theatre.   He served as the Artistic Associate / Education Director of North Coast Repertory Theatre from 2008-2012. He has directed for The La Jolla Playhouse, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Point Loma Playhouse, The Road Theatre, Molyneux Theatre, Compass Theatre and others.

Also a playwright, his plays have been published through Dramatic Publishing, Heuer Publishing, Brooklyn Publishing, Eldridge Publishing and Norman Maine Publishing respectively. His play Crosses and Stars was commissioned by San Diego Repertory Theatre. The San Diego Hall of Champions Museum  commissioned his one man play Ted Williams: A Tip of the Cap which was performed at North Coast Repertory Theatre in 2011.   North Coast Rep also commissioned Mr. Thompson to write an adaptation of The Little Mermaid, an original play about the city of Solana Beach entitled The Perfectly Preposterous Pirate Adventure of Solana Beach! as well as the holiday hit musical Mistletoe, Music & Mayhem! His non-fiction work, Solana Beach, has been published through Arcadia Publishing.

As an actor:  The La Jolla Playhouse (The Grift);  Lambs Players Theatre (West Side Story, Cold Comfort Farm); Moxie Theatre (Dead Man's Cell Phone); North Cost Repertory Theatre (Dracula, A Thousand Clowns, The Odd Couple, Leading Ladies, Don't Dress for Dinner,  Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors, Over the Tavern); Cygnet Theatre (Spring Awakening). Television: CSI, Days of Our Lives, Fraiser, Veronica Mars, The Invisible Man, Cover Me, Eighteen Wheels of Justice, Fashion House, and Baywatch.

Matt has an MA from San Diego State University in Theatre Arts and an MFA in English, Creative Writing from UC Riverside. He has taught collegiately at MiraCosta, Southwestern, Mesa, and College of the Desert and has been teaching at San Diego City College since Spring 2014.

We're happy to have Matt teaching for us!

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Meet the Faculty: Introducing Cindy Lewis!


Cindy Lewis teaches Introduction to Dramatic Art (DRAM 105) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:35 - 11:00.

Professor Lewis is thrilled to be onboard at City College as an adjunct professor. She holds a Master of Arts in Theatre with an Education emphasis from San Diego State University where she taught Theatre for Young Audiences and was a teaching assistant for Introduction to Theatre and the History of Film Classics.  She holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of New Mexico where she wrote for the culture and art section of The Daily Lobo. Currently she is a director and teaching artist with San Diego Junior Theatre in Balboa Park and at Paradise Hills Elementary, where she teaches literacy through acting and produces a show for each classroom.

She lived in St. Louis from 2012-14, where she was the Youth Theatre and Arts Camp Director for the Jewish Community Center. She produced six shows a year and led ten weeks of art camp that included dance, yoga, and playwriting at the JCC. She was also a teaching artist and actor with Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis.

Prior to moving to the Midwest, she worked as a teaching artist, director, and actor mentor with LifePlay Productions, North Coast Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Playwrights Project, and the San Diego Unified School District for six years. Locally, she has performed at North Coast Repertory Theatre, the Lyceum Theatre, Scripps Ranch Theatre, Coronado Playhouse, Sixth@ Penn, and with Black Kat Theatre. Cindy is also a published writer and playwright of Bus+ed, a site-specific play that tackles student relationships on an actual school bus, which is studied in the Theatre and Social Issues Class at City College. 

Welcome, Cindy!

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

AUDITIONS ARE COMING UP!!

Auditions for Almost, Maine (directed by Ashley Kobza) and the Festival of New Works (directed by Farrell Foreman, Katie Rodda, and Matt Thompson) are January 28 from 6 - 10 p.m. in the Saville Theatre. Bring a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue (memorized).

Callbacks are January 29 (Almost, Maine) and February 1 (Festival).

Run dates:
Festival: March 4 - 12
Almost, Maine: April 15 - 24

You can be in both productions. You must enroll for credit (add codes distributed after shows are cast).

Questions? Email Katie Rodda, krodda@sdccd.edu.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Meet the Faculty: Introducing Connie Terwilliger!

Connie Terwilliger teaches DRAM/RTVF 106, Acting for Radio/Voiceover on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:35 - 12:05.

Connie Terwilliger brings years of award-winning media production experience working both in-house and independently as a producer, writer and on and off-camera talent. Working every aspect of voice performance from radio DJ and TV Staff announcer to commercials, animation and corporate/documentary narration, she is currently a full-time voice talent working out of her professional home studio and has been teaching the Voice Acting class here at City College since 1999.