Musical Director for Urinetown

City College Department of Dramatic Arts is pleased to announce that Richard Dueñez Morrison will be serving as the Musical Director for Urinetown, to be performed LIVE in the Saville Theatre in April 2022.

Richard is a San Diego-based music director, voice teacher, and theater educator. He holds a master’s degree in musical theater from San Diego State University and a bachelor’s degree in stage management from Webster University. Locally, he has worked with The Old Globe, San Diego Opera, Cygnet Theatre, Moonlight Stage Productions, Diversionary Theatre, San Diego Civic Light Opera, Coronado Playhouse, San Diego Junior Theatre, and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (alumnus). Nationally, he has worked with Radio City Productions, Goodspeed Musicals, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, New York University, and Indiana University. Favorite musicals include Sweeney Todd, Nine, Andrew Lippa’s A Little Princess, The Will Rogers Follies, and Caroline, or Change. Richard is the resident Musical Director at San Diego Musical Theatre. Thanks to husband Kurt, supportive parents Renee and Dennis, and to you for supporting the performing arts. 

Michael Farley, who was City College's resident Music Director, has decided to step down due to health concerns. We will miss you, Michael!

Welcome, Richard--we're looking forward to working with you!

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival participation

Both Macbeth and Twelfth Night were entered into the American College Theatre Festival. Directors/educators from outside of City College attended the plays and provided feedback to everyone involved with the productions. The festival is typically held regionally each February; the 2021 festival was held virtually, and the 2022 festival will also be virtual.

One of the aspects of KCACTF is that two actors are selected from each production to participate in the Irene Ryan Scholarship competition. Actors will perform a monologue and a scene, and they have the chance to advance to semi-finals and finals. The top performers can get a nice monetary prize as well as a trip to Washington, D.C. to compete at the national level.

The actors selected from Macbeth are Yvana Alvarez and JD de la Cruz. From Twelfth Night: Gabriela d'Amico and Angel Lopez Rodriguez.

Jeff Wallach from Cal Lutheran talks to the Twelfth Night cast.

Huge congratulations to all four outstanding actors for their performances, and best of luck in February!

Twelfth Night--that's a wrap!

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Twelfth Night for a terrific closing weekend. Here's a photo from Saturday night (missing: Angela Sanfilippo and Grace Japeth).

You have a lot to be proud of.

Audition opportunity

TuYo Theatre is partnering with CSUSM for our upcoming spring production, an immersive theatre set in WW2 San Diego and we are looking for actors.

On Her Shoulders by Maria Patrice Amon

Produced by TuYo Theatre and CSUSM with TurnKey Theatre

On Her Shoulders We Stand is a multi-sensory, immersive experience that brings audiences into a forgotten memory using the power of names to understand the role of Latinas in WWII. It is a 30-40 minute theatrical experience where small groups of audiences, between 1 and 4 people, travel through staged rooms to experience a performance focused on hidden community stories. 

Schedule: 

Rehearsals: Tuesdays-Sundays January 12-30 at SDSU campus and CSUSM campus

Tech: February 2-6 at the Athenaeum Gallery in the Bread and Salt Building in Barrio Logan

Performances: Feb 8-27, Tuesday-Sunday in the Athenaeum Gallery in the Bread and Salt Building in Barrio Logan

Character breakdown:

• Air raid warden: a peppy young Mexican-American woman, teens-20’s
• Amá: a mother of young children, a dancer performing a playful mock adelita dance, speaks fluent Spanish, 20-50’s
• Mrs Cusack: a well meaning and slightly tone-deaf teacher, a white woman, 20’s-50’s
• Jenny: a Pachuca young woman, fiery and defiant, teens-20’s
• Uncle Sam: bombastic and patriotic man who bends the world to his will, 20’s-50’s 
• Rosita: friendly first generation woman working in her first industrial job, teens-20’s
• WASP: a brave young pilot finding her voice, teens-20’s
• Betty: a young latina wartime bride, flighty and ready to assimilate, teens-30’s
• Ricky: a young latino soldier, a dancer performing a death dance, teens-30’s
• Adela: a young latina giving a speech at school, hopeful and future looking, teens-20’s 
• Museum docent 1: engaging, greets audiences and shares information about historical Latinas, improv conversation, open gender, open age, open ethnicity
• Museum docent 2: engaging, greets audiences and shares information about historical Latinas, improv conversation, open gender, open age, open ethnicity

 

To Audition submit a video recording of a one minute monologue via the online submission links by November 16, 2021:

OHS Audition Submission

 In person callbacks will be scheduled Nov 22-23.

 All roles are for non-equity performers.

All artists, including students, will be paid. Additionally, course credit is available for current students.