Cast list for Electricidad

Thank you to everyone who came out to audition! We are grateful for all of your efforts, and we are looking forward to two great productions at City College.

Please send an email to krodda@sdccd.edu to indicate that you accept the role.

Our first rehearsal will be Monday, August 28 at 4:00 p.m. in AH 418. I know that some of you have conflicts; if you won't be there on Monday at 4:00 please let me know.

I will be distributing add codes on Monday. Please add the class ASAP.

Later today I will email you all a pdf of the script. I will also have hard copies to distribute on Monday, but I encourage you to read it before then.

If you have any questions, please ask me. Thank you, everyone!

Electricidad: Lizette Hernandez
Clemencia: Natalia Maggio
Ifi: Martha Lopez
Orestes: Omar Ramos
Nino: Roberto Castillo
Abuela: Anna Karen Ibarra
Vecinos/as: Quike Moreno, Estefania de la Torre, Stephane Robles
Vecina understudy: Roxy Camargo

Cast List for A Midsummer Night's Dream

CAST LIST for

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Congratulations! Casting was a very challenging decision but I am so happy that you are all involved in this wonderful experience. A few things…

1) You MUST email me… mthompso@sdccd.edu to confirm that you have accepted the role. If you do NOT accept the role, please contact me and let me know ASAP.

2) First rehearsal will be Tuesday, August 29 from 3:30-6pm in building AH 418. You MUST be at this rehearsal in order to receive an add code. You must add this class no later that Thursday evening. No exceptions. We will be reading the script, doing cuts, and a few PowerPoints as well as language based work.  If you are going to be late let me know.

3) Our next rehearsal will be August 31 from 5:30-9pm in the Saville Theatre.

4) Please purchase the specific ARDEN edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from the bookshop. It will be available Monday night. You must use this specific version of the show because of the cuts that I have made. No exceptions. You cannot use any other version of the play. You will not be allowed to rehearse until you purchase the book. I cannot have twenty different versions of the text, so please purchase the book.

5) Questions… email me immediately! mthompso@sdccd.edu

Theseus: Nicholas Laetta

Hippolyta/Fairy TBN: Rukiya Fallihi

Lysander: Noah Wilson

Demetrius: Julian Martinez

Hermia: Kimberly Weinberger

Helena: Samantha Schmidt

Oberon: Andrew Weatherspoon Jr.

Titania: Tyra Carter

Puck: Eddy Lukovick

Nick Bottom: Daniel Sosa-Porter

Egeus/Snug: Brett Morris

Philostrate/Fairy TBN: Tina Atrin

Peter Quince: Aimee Rivas

Francis Flute: Arturo Ibarra

Tom Snout: Eric Pyka

Robin Starveling: Kendall Brunett

Peaseblossom: Rose Yesil / Female Understudy #1

Cobweb:  Luis Moreno /Male Understudy #1

Moth: Zane Stewart / Male Understudy #2

Mustardseed: Lucas Thorton

Oceania: Vladymir Wong

Coral: Sofia Palacios / Female Understudy #2

Pinecone: Bianca Sanchez

Boba Fett Fairy: Herbierto Mares

Thank you all! So great to see so much wonderful, committed actors on the stage at San Diego City College.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Callbacks

The following individuals have been called back.

Please be at the Saville Theatre at 7:30pm, Friday Aug 25th. You will be given sides to read from the script.

Heriberto Mareo
Nicholas Latta
Cesar Magana
Samantha Schmidt
Aimee Rivas
Bianca Sanchez
BrettMorris
Luis Moreno
Vladymir Wong
Rose Yesil
Julian Martinez
Rebecca Bryson
Tyra Carter
Kendall Burdett
Kimberly Weinberger
Noah Wilson
Anna Ibarra
Tina Atrin
Eddy Lukovic
Zane Stewert
Omar Ramos
Arturo Ibarra
Lucas Thorton
Fernando Rodriguez
Rukiya Fallihi
Sofia Palacius
Flor Valerra del Cuerillo
Daniel Sosa Porter

If you are not able to be there from 7:30 - 10, please email Matthew Salazar-Thompson ASAP at mthompso@sdccd.edu .
 
Thanks, and very good work to everyone who came out to audition tonight

Electricidad callbacks

Thank you to everyone who auditioned tonight!

Callbacks for Electricidad are Friday, August 25 from 4 - 7 in the Black Box Theatre. Please enter on the west side of the building. You will be reading from the script.

For callbacks, please learn as much as you can about the play, the playwright Luis Alfaro, and the Electra myth.

The following people are called back:

Quike Moreno
Roxy Camargo
Valeria del Castillo
Sofia Palacios
Stephane Robles
Fernando Rodriguez
Omar Ramos
Roberto Castillo
Estefania de la Torre
Tina Atrin
Anna Karen Ibarra
Kike Hernandez
Natalia Maggio
Daphne Salazar
Josue Mares

If you are not able to be there from 4 - 7, please email Katie Rodda ASAP at krodda@sdccd.edu or call 619/388-3088.

Thanks, and very good work to everyone who came out to audition tonight!

Auditions tonight!

Please read the next blog entry down for more information. 

See you tonight!

AUDITIONS • AUDITIONS

“I will free you, Papa, from your death. I don’t know how yet, but I will do it.”

--Electricidad

Electricidad

by Luis Alfaro

Directed by Katie Rodda

Black Box Theatre

September 29 – October 8

Electricidad, a Chicana/o take on the tragic myth of Electra, radically updates this ancient story to contemporary Southern California. Following the unexpected murder of her father, Agamemnón, Electricidad keeps vigilant watch over his body, waiting to exact revenge on the person responsible for his death … her mother Clemencia. Invoking “cholo culture” and voiced in a combination of English and Spanish, Electricidad is an unforgettable story of loyalty, passion, and familia.

AND

“Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind!”

--A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by William Shakespeare

Directed by

Matthew Salazar Thompson

Saville Theatre | October 20 – 29

Set in the mid-1950s, this reimagined Shakespearean comedy finds the beatnik poets and musicians having taken over the back alleys of the “fairyland,” while the conservative world of Theseus’s Athens, Inc. finds love in all the wrong places. (Looking for actors with movement skills and those who play instruments.)

Thursday, August 24, 6 – 10 pm, Saville Theatre

Call backs: Friday, August 25, times TBD.

Prepare a 1-2-minute monologue. If you would like to be considered for Midsummer, and you have a classical monologue prepared, feel free to do that as well. If you don’t have a classical monologue prepared, you may be given lines from a Shakespearean play to read.

Rehearsals for Electricidad will be M-Th, 4 – 7 and some weekends. Rehearsals for Midsummer will be M-Th, 5 – 9 and some weekends.

Questions? Contact Katie Rodda at krodda@sdccd.edu or 619/388-3088. 

Cut classes :( :( :(

Sorry to give you the bad news that the following classes have been cut for the fall semester:

• Drama 103, Acting for the Non-Major, T/Th 11:10 - 12:35
• Drama 105, Introduction for Dramatic Arts, M/W 9:35 - 11:00
• Drama 109, Theatre and Social Issues, T/Th 11:10 - 12:35

Please know how sorry we are to have this happen. Enrollments are low all over the state, and the administration just won't let small classes run.

In upcoming semesters, please enroll EARLY.

(See you next week.)

Classes may be cut!

The administration is eyeing our classes carefully, and there is a real danger that some of our drama classes could get cut. 

The two-week add/drop period is going away, so if you wait until next week the class you want may be gone. The classes that are in jeopardy are:

• DRAM 103, Acting for the Non-Major, T/Th 11:10 - 12:35 taught by Lisa Berger
• DRAM 105, Introduction to Dramatic Arts, online, 8/21 - 10/14, taught by Ashley Kobza
• DRAM 108, Playwriting, M/W 9:35 - 11:00 for three weeks, then entirely online, taught by Matthew Salazar Thompson
• DRAM 109, Theatre and Social Issues, T/Th, 11:10 - 12:35, taught by Katie Rodda
• DRAM 134, Beginning Voice for Actors, M/W 12:45- 2:10, taught by Annie Hinton
• DRAM 143, Beginning Costuming, T/Th, 12:45 - 3:55, taught by Elisa Benzoni

105 and 109 fulfill Area 3 (IGETC and CSU) for transfer.
134 is required for Drama majors.
143 articulates (course-to-course transfer to SDSU).

So please don't wait to enroll. Tell your friends. It's crunch time, y'all!

Dance classes at City

There are a few dance classes that still have room in them. If you've never taken a dance class, now is the time to change that! Go to http://schedule.sdccd.edu/index.cfm?action=search_class to see what classes are still open. 

Please don't delay on signing up--the administrators are getting ready to CUT any classes that don't have high enrollments. 

Three MORE great classes still have room!

DRAM 105, Introduction to Dramatic Arts
CRN 46308
ONLINE, August 21 - October 21 
Professor Ashley Kobza, ashley_kobza@hotmail.com

DRAM 109, Theatre and Social Issues
CRN 92580
T/Th 11:10 - 12:35 | V 401 (new classroom)
Professor Katie Rodda, krodda@sdccd.edu

DRAM 143, Beginning Costuming
CRN 92578
T/Th 12:45 - 3:55 | C 111
Professor Eliza Benzoni, ebenzoni211@gmail.com

Don't procrastinate--if these classes aren't full by Monday, the administrators will CANCEL them!

Two great classes still have room!

DRAM 103, Acting for the Non-Major 
CRN 92599
T/Th 11:10 - 12:35
Black Box Theatre | AH 320
Professor Lisa Berger, lisaberger43@gmail.com

DRAM 108, Playwriting
CRN 84708
M/W 9:35 - 11:00 (3 weeks only), BT 309, then online for the rest of the semester. This course feeds directly into the 2018 New Play Festival in the spring, so your script might get selected for production!

REGISTER TODAY! DON'T DELAY!

This is the week when the deans make the difficult decision to cancel classes with low enrollment. If there is a drama class you're interested in taking, please enroll TODAY. And tell your friends to enroll too.

Here are a few that are on the low side:

DRAM 103, Acting for the Non-Major, T/Th 11:10 - 12:35, taught by Lisa Berger

DRAM 108, Playwriting, M/W 9:35 - 11:00 for three weeks, then entirely online, taught by Matthew Salazar Thompson

DRAM 109, Theatre and Social Issues, T/Th 11:10 - 12:35, taught by Katie Rodda THIS CLASS TRANSFERS TO UC and CSU

DRAM 111, Chicana/o Theatre, M/W 11:10 - 12:35, taught by Patrice Amon THIS CLASS TRANSFERS TO CSU

DRAM 134, Beginning Voice for Actors, M/W 12:45 - 2:10, taught by Annie Hinton REQUIRED FOR MAJORS

DRAM 143, Beginning Costuming, T/Th 12:45 - 3:55, taught by Elisa Benzoni REQUIRED FOR MAJORS

For a complete listing of our classes, please scroll down to the next entry. Thank you!

What classes are offered in the Fall?

Fall 2017 Dramatic Arts Classes

DRAM 103, Acting for the Non-Major, T/Th 11:10 – 12:35, L. Berger

DRAM 105, Introduction to Dramatic Arts, online 8/21 – 10/14, A. Kobza (TRANSFER)

DRAM 105, Introduction to Dramatic Arts, online 10/16 – 12/19, M. Thompson

(TRANSFER)

DRAM 105, Introduction to Dramatic Arts, M/W 9:35 – 11:00, P. Amon (TRANSFER)

DRAM 105, Introduction to Dramatic Arts, T/Th, 9:35 – 11:00, E. Thayer

(TRANSFER/almost full)

DRAM 107, Study of Filmed Plays, online 8/21 – 10/14, C. Whaley (TRANSFER)

DRAM 107, Study of Filmed Plays, online 10/16 – 12/16, C. Whaley (TRANSFER)

DRAM 107, Study of Filmed Plays, T/Th 9:35 – 11:00, C. Whaley (TRANSFER)

DRAM 108, Playwriting, M/W 9:35 – 11:00, partially online, M. Thompson

DRAM 109, Theatre and Social Issues, T/Th 11:10 – 12:35, K. Rodda (TRANSFER)

DRAM 111, Chicana/o Theatre, M/W 11:10 – 12:35, P. Amon

DRAM 123, Beginning Stagecraft, M/W 12:45 – 3:15, D. Gardella

DRAM 124, Makeup for the Stage, M 5:30 – 9:50, A. Singer

DRAM 124, Makeup for the Stage, W 5:30 – 9:50, A. Singer

DRAM 126, Advanced Stagecraft*, M/W 12:45 – 3:15, D. Gardella

DRAM 132, Beginning Acting, T/Th 9:35 – 12:05, TBD

DRAM 132, Beginning Acting, M/W 11:10 – 12:35, K. Rodda (closed)

DRAM 133, Intermediate Acting*, M/W 11:10 – 12:35, K. Rodda

DRAM 134, Beginning Voice for Actors, M/W 12:45 – 2:10, A. Hinton

DRAM 143, Beginning Costuming, T/Th 12:45 – 3:55, E. Benzoni

DRAM 242A-D, Rehearsal and Performance/Fall Productions± , TBD, K. Rodda and M. Thompson

DRAM 243C, Crew-Scenic, TBD, 10/16 – 12/19, D. Gardella 

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*  Prerequisite

± Add code required—get on the first day of rehearsal