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- University News Archive - ��Vlog��ý Little Rock /news-archive/tag/hamilton/ ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Tue, 18 Jun 2019 15:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 ��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host ‘Hamilton’-inspired student theater showcase /news-archive/2019/06/18/hamilton-student-showcase-2/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 15:00:42 +0000 /news/?p=74574 ...]]> There’s good news for musical theater enthusiasts who can’t get enough of the “ten-dollar-Founding-Father.” The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a student showcase featuring music inspired by the breakout Broadway hit “Hamilton” on Friday, June 21. Thirty-two middle school students from across the state will show off their stage and musical theater skills by performing songs adapted from “Hamilton” at 2 p.m. June 21 in the University Theatre in the Center for Performing Arts on the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock campus. The event is free and open to the public with refreshments immediately following the performance. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock’s Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education is offering the musical theatre program, “MT Stage: The Hamilton Experience,” June 17-21 at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock for students in grades 7-9. During the program, students focus on performance and stagecraft and explore the historical, societal, and cultural themes behind “Hamilton.” In stagecraft, students will learn the technical aspects of a show from start to finish – including lighting, sound, and set construction. Students in the performance track will work with a musical director and choreographer. In the final showcase, students will perform selected scenes from “Hamilton” and have a talk-back session with audience members about their program experience. “Hamilton is still the hottest ticket on Broadway,” said Dr. Christine Deitz, associate director of the Jodie Mahoney Center for Gifted Education at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock. “It has contemporary themes that children can identify with. It has all the elements of a great performance and a message of compassion and perseverance with an overarching emphasis on citizenship.” The camp is funded by an Arkansas Department of Education Academic Enrichment for the Gifted in the Summer (AEGIS) grant. “The Mahony Center is committed to serving gifted children and youth through campus-based programming. MT Stage: The Hamilton Experience is a great example of what can be done in an intensive week with excited kids, inspiring teachers, and dedicated leadership,” said Dr. Ann Robinson, director of the Jodie Mahony Center. For more information, contact the Jodie Mahony Center at 501-569-3410.]]> Back this summer! MT Stage: The Hamilton Experience /news-archive/2018/04/03/hamilton/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:47:47 +0000 /news/?p=70025 ...]]> Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University for Arkansas at Little Rock will offer a free musical theatre program inspired by the Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit “Hamilton.” “MT Stage: The Hamilton Experience” will take place June 25-29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Theater in the Center for Performing Arts. “Hamilton is still the hottest ticket on Broadway,” said Dr. Christine Deitz, associate director of the Jodie Mahoney Center for Gifted Education at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock. “It has contemporary themes that children can identify with. It has all the elements of a great performance and a message of compassion and perseverance with an overarching emphasis on citizenship.” The Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education has applied for and received, for the second year, an The program is open to students who are currently enrolled in Grades 7-9 during the 2017-18 school year. Thirty students from across Arkansas will be selected to participate. MT Stage is a non-residential program and does not supply housing for participants.

Participants will explore the historical, societal, and cultural themes behind “Hamilton” and will choose a focus area of musical theater: stagecraft or performance. In stagecraft, students will learn the technical aspects of a show from start to finish – including lighting, sound, and set construction. Students in the performance track will work with a musical director and choreographer. In the final showcase, students will perform selected scenes from “Hamilton” and have a talk-back session with audience members about their program experience. The enrichment program is free to participants. Online applications are available and are due May 15. For more information, contact the Jodie Mahony Center at 501-569-3410 or visit the website. In the photo above right, students perform scenes from “Hamilton” during the MT Stage: The Hamilton Experience in summer 2017.]]> ��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host ‘Hamilton’-inspired student showcase /news-archive/2017/06/21/hamilton-student-showcase/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 18:24:15 +0000 /news/?p=67340 ...]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a student showcase featuring music inspired by the breakout Broadway hit, “Hamilton,” on Friday, June 30. About 25 students from Arkansas will perform five songs adapted from “Hamilton” at 2 p.m. June 30 in the University Theatre in the Center for Performing Arts on the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock campus. The event is free and open to the public. The students are participants in “MT Stage: The Hamilton Experience,” a one-week summer enrichment program for seventh- and eighth-graders that focuses on musical theater and stagecraft. The Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education camp is funded by an Arkansas Department of Education Academic Enrichment for the Gifted and Talented in the Summer grant. Participating students include: Emma Barrett of Jonesboro; Trinity Bell of Little Rock; Tyler Childers of DeWitt; Taryn Oitker of Cabot; Grayson Siebert of Blytheville; Makiya Stuffs of Little Rock; Kennedy Arnold of Little Rock; Eva Grace Barrett of Jonesboro; Lucy Box of Jonesboro; Taylor Chandler of Huntsville; Rachel Estep of Springdale; JahLayae Freeman of Jacksonville; Mia Hartley of Texarkana; Kelly Issac of Augusta; Blair King of Scott; Alexandra Lanier of Alexander; Zaria Montgomery of North Little Rock; Margaret Rood of Malvern; Gabriella Stokes of Ozark; Emily Wheat of Sheridan; Benjamin Wilson of Texarkana; and Alexandria Wright of Jonesboro. Program staff include Dorothy Gantz, principal; Sara Crooke, musical theatre teacher; Dr. I.J. Routen, music director; Laura Dowling, stagecraft director; Dr. Christine Deitz, program director; and Krista Smith, program coordinator. For more information, contact Christine Dietz at the Jodie Mahony Center at 501.569.3410. ]]> ��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host “Hamilton”-inspired musical theatre program /news-archive/2017/04/10/ua-little-rock-hamilton-musical-theatre-program/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:59:59 +0000 /news/?p=66813 ...]]> “Mt Stage: The Hamilton Experience” will take place 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 26-30. The program is open to 30 seventh- and eighth-graders who will choose between the “performance and musicality track” and the “stagecraft and engineering” track. “It is a unique opportunity for high-ability students to express creativity in musical theater, stagecraft, and civics,” said Ann Robinson, director of the Jodie Mahony Center. During the program, students will work together to stage, create costumes, and perform musical numbers inspired by “Hamilton.” The week will conclude with a special performance led by the participants. Activities will include historical analysis of creative trends in musical theater and analysis of selected scenes from “Hamilton.” Students will participate in “Talk Back” sessions where they meet performers and stage professionals from the Arkansas Repertory Theater, Murray’s Dinner Playhouse, The Main Thing, The Studio Theater, Argenta Community Theater, and the Red Curtain Theater. The enrichment program is free to all participants, funded by an Academic Enrichment for the Gifted and Talented in the Summer (AEGIS) grant from the Arkansas Department of Education. Applications are due April 17. Applications can be found at ualr.edu/gifted. For more information, contact the Jodie Mahony Center at 501.569.3410 or visit the website. ]]>