Wednesday, December 23, 2009

USI invited to perform at theatre festival

Photo Credit: HI-RES | WEB RELATED VIDEO:  RELATED AUDIO:  Contact for more information: Wendy Knipe Bredhold Media Relations Specialist, News & Information Services 812/461-5259 email USI Theatre has been invited to present its production of True West, directed by Elliot Wasserman, chair of the Department of Performing Arts, on January 8 at the Region III Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) at Saginaw State University in Michigan. The Sam Shepard drama launched USI Theatre's 2009-10 season in October. The cast includes USI students Brandon Eck of Jasper and Jeff Dumond of Evansville as brothers Austin and Lee, Joshua Smith of Indianapolis as Saul, and Emily Kirk of Evansville as Mom. In addition to Wasserman, the artistic team for True West includes USI Department of Performing Arts faculty members Robert Broadfoot as scenic designer and Craig Young as lighting designer and USI students Anna Kysar of Indianapolis as costume designer and Michael Frohbeiter of Haubstadt as sound designer. "This was our first time entering our work as a participating production, and we are thrilled by the resulting recognition, and the chance that we might be invited to take the play to the national festival held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.," Wasserman said. "Any play selected is considered first and foremost an example of the finest university theatre produced that year in its region." KCACTF is a national theater program involving 18,000 students and a network of more than 600 academic institutions throughout the country. Region III includes Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and parts of Ohio.

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