2008 Woodie Awards
Student-written One-Acts in the Studio
Kate A. Iezzoni
Issue date: 11/2/04 Section: Entertainment
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This past weekend the newly-dedicated J.P. Adler Studio Theatre in the E.O. Bull Center came alive with "Six in the Studio: An Evening of Student Written One-Acts." With performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, sold-out audiences were able to experience the results of collaborative student efforts, a process that began several months ago.
The Playwriting class, instructed by Dr. Harvey Rovine, is offered each spring and focuses on creating original, one-act plays written by students. At the conclusion of the course, class participants are able to present their final scripts in a read-through performance.
Attended by WCU students and faculty, these initial presentations are narrowed down to a handful of one-acts to be fully produced in the fall. After editing and revising their scripts over the summer, the chosen playwrights returned this September to hand over their work to student and faculty directors, as well as student designers, casts and crews. From there their one-act plays became a collective challenge, resulting in innovative final performances.
With themes including love, death, drugs and abuse, "Six in the Studio" explored many layers of the imagination, from realistic events to bizarre fantasies.
"Untitled Love" by Chris Triebel, directed by Michael Durkin, and "Bibliophile" by Kate Nelson dealt with opposite views of being in love. The first focused on a missed connection and losing one?s only real chance to say "I love you." The latter presents the comical story of a young man who has fallen deeply in love with the fictional character of Jane Eyre.
Other plays focus on individuality: "Hermit of Horse Valley" by Sam Massarella painted characters that people whisper about, and "B, D, and E" by Mark Everett and directed by Kate Nelson, introduced characters and stories that everyone can relate to. In "Shakespeare Trip" written by Steve Blahut, the audience is taken on a melodramatic drug-trip, complete with appearances by Macbeth, Caesar and Shakespeare.
The Playwriting class, instructed by Dr. Harvey Rovine, is offered each spring and focuses on creating original, one-act plays written by students. At the conclusion of the course, class participants are able to present their final scripts in a read-through performance.
Attended by WCU students and faculty, these initial presentations are narrowed down to a handful of one-acts to be fully produced in the fall. After editing and revising their scripts over the summer, the chosen playwrights returned this September to hand over their work to student and faculty directors, as well as student designers, casts and crews. From there their one-act plays became a collective challenge, resulting in innovative final performances.
With themes including love, death, drugs and abuse, "Six in the Studio" explored many layers of the imagination, from realistic events to bizarre fantasies.
"Untitled Love" by Chris Triebel, directed by Michael Durkin, and "Bibliophile" by Kate Nelson dealt with opposite views of being in love. The first focused on a missed connection and losing one?s only real chance to say "I love you." The latter presents the comical story of a young man who has fallen deeply in love with the fictional character of Jane Eyre.
Other plays focus on individuality: "Hermit of Horse Valley" by Sam Massarella painted characters that people whisper about, and "B, D, and E" by Mark Everett and directed by Kate Nelson, introduced characters and stories that everyone can relate to. In "Shakespeare Trip" written by Steve Blahut, the audience is taken on a melodramatic drug-trip, complete with appearances by Macbeth, Caesar and Shakespeare.
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