/news-archive/tag/fringe-festival/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 01 May 2019 22:19:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/05/01/theater-of-cruelty/ Wed, 01 May 2019 22:19:31 +0000 /news/?p=74182 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student explores 鈥渢heater of cruelty鈥�]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock theater major Selena Gordon has performed in musicals, plays, and even national films, but this semester she worked to create a performance of a different kind – one meant to awaken her audiences鈥� unexpressed emotions. Gordon spent this semester creating 鈥淲ake-up!鈥� – a performance that uses overbearing sensory aspects, such as lights, sound, and gestures to stir emotions. 聽 鈥淚 wanted to make the audience confront issues that society tends to shy away from or ignore because they鈥檙e too difficult to talk about,鈥� she said. 鈥淪uch things include racism, sexual assault, gun control, mental illness, abuse, discrimination in all of its forms, and the political state of the country today.鈥� It鈥檚 all part of a 鈥渢heater of cruelty鈥� experience that Gordon created and debuted at the Fringe Festival on campus in April. Recorded excerpts from the performance also were part of Gordon’s poster presentation at the Research and Creative Works Expo on April 18 in the Jack Stephens Center. Gordon, a Fort Smith native, is a member of the Chancellor’s Leadership Corps. During her time at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, she has participated in Department of Theatre Arts and Dance productions, including 鈥淭丑别 All Night Strut鈥� in 2017 and 鈥淎s You Like It鈥� in 2018. In 2017, Gordon also landed an acting job in the faith-based film 鈥淕od鈥檚 Not Dead 3,鈥� which was filmed in central Arkansas. Last fall, Gordon was one of about 100 undergraduates who received up to a $1,000 grant to conduct original research, creative works, and community service projects this semester as part of the Signature Experience Awards program created by Chancellor Andrew Rogerson. The awards – now in their second year – are designed to foster research and creative works among undergraduate students. Gordon proposed a project in which she would apply the theories of French dramatist Antonin Artaud, which she studied in Lawrence Smith鈥檚 Dramatic Criticism and Theory class, to a script she had written. Smith served as Gordon鈥檚 faculty mentor for the project. 鈥淚 learned about Antonin Artaud, who is the mastermind behind the idea (of theatre of cruelty), and I was instantly captured by his life and his theories,鈥� she said. 鈥淎rtaud believed that theatre had become too focused on words and that we had trapped ourselves in this box of repetitive works that had already been seen before and had been done for too many years. He wanted new works that moved people, that linked to the present world. His answer for escaping this loop was a theatre of cruelty.鈥� Selena Gordon, center, presents her “Theater of Cruelty” project to a judge during the Research and Creative Works Expo on April 18, 2019. Photo by Benjamin Krain  ]]> /news-archive/2019/03/28/fringe-festival/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:27:07 +0000 /news/?p=73808 ... Fringe Festival to showcase original student plays, performances]]> University of Arkansas at Little Rock students will stage their original plays and performance pieces during the university鈥檚 Fringe Festival, taking place April 2-5. Performances will begin nightly at 7:30 p.m. in the Haislip Theatre in the Center for the Performing Arts on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock campus. Doors open at 7 p.m., and admission is free and open to the public with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. This year鈥檚 festival – presented by the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance – includes 12 new plays, monologues, and choreographic work from 11 playwrights. The festival is divided into two events: 鈥淧G to OMG鈥� will be presented April 2 and April 4, and 鈥淲omen’s Voices鈥� will be presented April 3 and April 5. Many of the students created their work during the special topics course 鈥淧age to Stage鈥� taught last fall. The student playwrights and directors have revised their written work this semester and brought the pieces to life onstage. Other work in the festival was generated in Dr. Lawrence Smith’s Introduction to Theatre and Dance course and by student majors interested in poetry and creative writing. 鈥淭丑别 works in the festival offer a range of content and theatrical styles,鈥� said Stacy Pendergraft, associate professor and artistic director for the Fringe Festival. 鈥淪tudents have been free to explore subject matter that inspires and challenges their ideas of theatre-making.鈥� Fringe V is directed by students and alumni, and for the first time the festival has a design component. Theatre major Thomas Jackson’s scenic design serves as his senior capstone project. In addition, Conor Van Lierop serves as lighting designer, and Blake Morris serves as sound designer. Students Mykenzie Gordon, Jessi Ley, Thomas Jackson, and Conor Van Lierop received Signature Experience Awards to support their creative works. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock freshman Gage Pipkin wrote and directed an original 10-minute play called 鈥淧risoners,鈥� which will be staged on two nights of the festival. 鈥淚 am so glad to be involved with something that is presenting unconventional works,鈥� Pipkin said. 鈥淎 ton of work has been put in by all of those involved, and much of the work is student driven from the page to the stage.鈥� The festival is for mature audiences age 18 and older because of adult themes, strong language, and sexual content. ]]> /news-archive/2018/10/29/fringe-fest-submissions/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:39:01 +0000 /news/?p=72503 ... Student plays, performances needed for Fringe Fest]]> The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance seeks student submissions of 10-minute plays and performance pieces to be produced in the Student Fringe Festival V on April 2-5, 2019, in the Haislip Theatre. Performance pieces may include performance art, musical compositions for the stage, multimedia, spoken word, physical theatre, and dance theatre. Submission of original work for Fringe Festival 2019 is free and open to all students enrolled at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock for the spring 2019 semester. Students in film, creative writing, music, and studio arts are encouraged to submit proposals.聽Participants in the Fringe Festival will be eligible for any workshops or special work development sessions organized by the department. All accepted submissions will have a faculty mentor. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance and the Kerry Kennedy Playwright Development Fund. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, Nov. 15, by 5 p.m. Entries can be submitted here. Submission guidelines:

• Applicants may submit up to 2 entries;
• A completed submission form must accompany each entry;
• Each entry must include a cover page with the title, author鈥檚 name, and contact information;
• Scripts may be no longer than 10 pages in length; a completed or near completed first draft is desired;
• All scripts must have page numbers;
• Previously published or produced material may not be submitted;
• Submissions may also include proposals for multi-media performance, spoken word performance, choreography with spoken text, and dramatic musical compositions, fire-eating unicycle-riding monologues, etc. Supporting materials may also be requested.

For more information, contact Stacy Pendergraft at smpendergraf@ualr.edu.    ]]>