Fall 2004


September 30th, October 1st & 2nd (Double Bill)
"Atrocious Body: Burlesqueing the Body"
Written by Stephanie Howell - Co-Directed with Denise Kaye
Since the mid-nineteenth century, burlesque has given entrepreneurial women the opportunity to make a vocation of their sex appeal. This performance explores the ways in which burlesque can be used in aesthetic and everyday performances as a strategy to empower women through narrative, song, and dance. (Mature themes)
- Double Bill Continued -
"The Girl With Golden Hair"
Written by Scott William Gust, Piano: Catricia Mayhue-Gill
Directed by Amy Pinney Musical Arrangements by Terence Mayhue
How much does who you are (not) resemble who you once thought you would become? Through narrative and song, this critical cabaret explores what happens when the straight man I was "supposed" to be gets a chance to talk back to the gay man I have become.

October 28-30th
"Blood Star"
Written & Directed by Janet Donoghue, Diana Tigerlily, & Amber Zimmerman
BLOOD manifesting root awakening core honoring nerve cultivating heart intuiting voice weaving clarity pulsing STAR.

December 7th
Performing Culture Spotlight Performances
Selected performances from the Performing Culture classes that examine human communication in everything from everyday life to culture formation through performance.

December 9th
Advanced Classes Spotlight Performances
Featuring outstanding performances selected from our advanced under-graduate and graduate classes in Performance Studies.

January 29th
An Evening of Faculty Performances

February 10-12th
"Dying of Life, or on the Response/Ability of Love"
Directed by Sandra Calderón Garza
Who are you to me when I "recognize" you, and how am I transformed by that recognition? Locating such questions in the experience of love, this performance investigates identity constitution in the phenomenon of encountering the other.