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Next Up!

Next up! is a regular feature on Sundays, showcasing HWC (and beyond) events in the coming week. Send notice of upcoming events that you want publicized to me (drichardson2@ccc.edu). Use the “Comments” section to provide updates, additions, and corrections!

Happy Week 13! The semester is 75% done. Also, it’s the last day for students to drop.

Monday, 11/18: Last drop day for students; Native American Heritage Month Film Screening: I Heard the Owl Call My Name, (12:30p, Rm 1008);

Tuesday, 11/19: Business as usual as far as I know;

Wednesday, 11/20: Loop Players FENCES (7PM, Room 102/103)–$5.00 Students/Seniors, $10.00 General Admission, Room 102/103;

Thursday, 11/21: Loop Players FENCES (2PM, Room 102/103)–$5.00 Students/Seniors, $10.00 General Admission, Room 102/103;

Friday, 11/22:  CAST Session: Managing Problematic Behavior in Class (1pm, Rm 203); Loop Players FENCES (7PM, Room 102/103)–$5.00 Students/Seniors, $10.00 General Admission, Room 102/103;

Saturday, 11/23: Loop Players FENCES (2PM, Room 102/103)–$5.00 Students/Seniors, $10.00 General Admission, Room 102/103;

Loop Players’ Fences: Special Preview Shows TONIGHT & TOMORROW

From your email:

Special Treats for
Opening Night Guests on Weds. Nov. 13th
Join us for Pizza before the show from
6:00 – 7:00 PM
In Room 102  
LOOP PLAYERS presents
Fences
by August Wilson
directed by Kathryn Nash
 
Winner! 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winner! Best Revival of a Play – 2010 Tony®® Award
Winner! Outstanding Revival of a Play – 2010 Outer Critics Circle Award
Winner! Outstanding Revival of a Play – 2010 Drama Desk Award
This sensational drama starred James Earl Jones as Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues who now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded as a black man from the major leagues during his prime, Troy’s bitterness takes its toll on his relationships with his wife and his son, who now wants his own chance to play ball. Revived in 2010 starring Denzel Washington in the lead role.
FENCES first opened at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on April 30, 1985. Directed by Lloyd Richards.
 
There will be two Previews/College Nights – Mon. & Tues. Nov. 11 & 12, 7:00 PM curtain.  Reduced price of $3.00 – only for HWC students, staff and faculty.  Some invited guests may attend.
 
Regular Run of the show:  Nov. 13 – 23, Weds. and Fri. at 7:00 PM; Tues. and Sat. at 2:00 PM
Running Time:  2 ½ hours which includes one 15 minute intermission
Students/Seniors – $5.00, General Admission – $10.00
Box Office, Room 102 – opens 1 hour before curtain
 
Artistic Director:  Kathryn Nash, Ass’t Professor
Contact knash@ccc.edu or 312-553-5997 for more information or to reserve tickets
 

Loop Players Present: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

The Loop Players are at it again, performing another play worth seeing. Think about printing out one of their flyers and post it in your classroom and office. Also, Elisabeth Heard, our dramaturg, has put together another excellent study guide for the play (PS: if you see any weird spacing or typos, they are there because I had to save it in an older format of Word; I tried to fix them, but I might have missed one or two; apologies–the original is pristine), just in case you’re thinking about including an extra credit opportunity in your class or something.

At the least, please try to support our students and colleagues in their artistic efforts. From your email:

The Loop Players at Harold Washington College will present One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest March 21-24 and March 28-31 in the Washington Room, room 103.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, written by Dale Wasserman based on the novel by Ken Kesey and directed by Kathryn Nash, is set in a 1950s mental asylum under the tight control of the icy Nurse Ratched, who keeps the patients in line with tranquilizers and the threat of electro-convulsive therapy. When Randle P. McMurphy, fighter, gambler, lover and self-professed psychopath bursts onto the ward, her absolute control begins to falter.
Admission:  $10, $5 for students and seniors. (Mature audiences only.)
Dates and curtain times:
7:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 21
2 p.m. Thursday, March 22
7:15 p.m. Friday, March 23
2 p.m. Saturday, March 24
7:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 28
2 p.m. Thursday, March 29
7:15 p.m. Friday, March 30
2 p.m. Saturday, March 31
The Loop Players at Harold Washington College will present One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest March 21-24 and March 28-31 in the Washington Room, room 103.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, written by Dale Wasserman based on the novel by Ken Kesey and directed by Kathryn Nash, is set in a 1950s mental asylum under the tight control of the icy Nurse Ratched, who keeps the patients in line with tranquilizers and the threat of electro-convulsive therapy. When Randle P. McMurphy, fighter, gambler, lover and self-professed psychopath bursts onto the ward, her absolute control begins to falter.
Admission:
$10, $5 for students and seniors.
Mature audiences only.
Dates and curtain times:
7:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 21
2 p.m. Thursday, March 22
7:15 p.m. Friday, March 23
2 p.m. Saturday, March 24
7:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 28
2 p.m. Thursday, March 29
7:15 p.m. Friday, March 30
2 p.m. Saturday, March 31

Next Up!

Next up! is a regular feature on Sundays, showcasing HWC (and beyond) events in the coming week. Use the “Comments” section to provide updates and additions!

Only six weeks left! And this one is a doozy!!

Monday, 10/31: Happy Halloween! Celebrate by attending OLAS’ Day of the Dead event (9am, room 203) or going to (or at least announcing to your classes) the Fall 2011 Transfer and Career Symposium featuring workshops (click HERE for the full schedule–9:30am-5:15pm, rm 102); Humanifest-OH! Concert: Jumpsuit (11am-12:20pm, rm 1115); Humanifest-OH! Film Screening: Rocky Horror Picture Show (B.Y.O.Toast!–6pm, rm 323).

Tuesday, 11/1:  CAST Research Subgroup meeting (2pm, rm 1046); Fall 2011 Transfer and Career Symposium featuring workshops (click HERE for the full schedule–9:30am-5:15pm, rm 102); Humanifest-OH! Film Screening & Discussion: Excalibur (12:30pm, rm 323); Humanifest-OH! Film Screening & Artist Discussion: Rebecca Kling and Transamerica (5:30pm, rm 323).

Wednesday, 11/2: Loop Players Present: Mousetrap (7:15pm, rm 103); Fall 2011 Transfer and Career Symposium featuring workshops (click HERE for the full schedule–9:30am-7:30pm, rm 102); Humanifest-OH! Artist Talk: Joe Allen on his book People Wasn’t Meant To Burn (3:55pm, rm 323); Humanifest-OH! Great Books Discussion: Dissension and Democracy (5:30pm, rm 1001).

Thursday, 11/3: Loop Players Present: Mousetrap (2:00pm, rm 103); Humanifest-OH! Concert: Disruptive Performance–featuring HWC Faculty, 2:30pm, rm 203); Humanifest-OH! Artist Talk: Ramiro Rodriguez, “Recycling the Dead” (3:55pm, rm 203).

Friday, 11/4: CAST Technology Tools of the Trade Extended Workshop (10am-12pm, rm 102 (check-in)); Loop Players Present: Mousetrap (7:15pm, rm 103).

Saturday, 11/5: Last Chance: Loop Players Present: Mousetrap (2:00pm, rm 103).

Add the stuff I missed in the comments…

Click to access humanifest-oh-schedule-ii.pdf

Loop Players’ Bus Stop Opens Next Week

Have you seen the spectacular teaching guide that Elisabeth Heard (English) put together for the upcoming shows? Even if you don’t use it in class, please consider posting it for your students. Check it out here. It’s some impressive work.

And please encourage them to go. There are discounts for students, and group discounts, too (two rates: for students in groups of 6 to 10 and a second lower rate for groups of 10 or more).

PS: In case you were wondering they found a Prop Master, so the show will go on…Opens Monday!

PPS: Please consider announcing it to your class. According to the Humanities Assessment we did a couple of years ago, more than 2/3rds of our incoming students have never seen a play, and 27% of our students leave us without having had the experience. Sometimes all it takes is a personal invitation from someone they trust. One quick announcement might make someone in your classroom a lifelong theater lover…