Department of Theatre Arts
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Theatre professor Daniel Ettinger worked on scenic design for four plays in the top 10, including "Two Rooms," "Apartment 213," "All My Sons" and "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?".
"Apartment 213," conceived and written by MFA in Theatre candidate Joseph Ritch, was performed as a co-production between Iron Crow Theatre and TU's MFA in Theatre Program. Faculty member Stephen Satta is the artistic director for the Iron Crow Theatre.
"Sideshow" was produced by MFA in Theatre graduate Jose David Gregory's company, Teatro101.
Theatre graduate Andrew Peters directed "Antarctica," produced by Glass Mind Theatre Co., for which Peters is also artistic director.
"Playing Dead," a product of the New Russian Drama Project at TU, was translated by theatre professor Juanita Rockwell and directed by Fulbright Scholar in Residence Yury Urnov.
Two MFA students are winners in the City Paper’s short fiction and poetry contents
Donna Sellinger, MFA Theatre ’ 10, won 1st place for her short fiction, “The Universal Sewer,” and Lola Pierson, a current MFA theatre student, won 3rd place for her short fiction, “Good for What Ails Ya,” in the City Paper’s 2010 short fiction and poetry content.
The Theatre Arts Department congratulates them and is very proud of their accomplishments.
 Theatre professor Robyn Quick receives Elliott Hayes Award from The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas
The Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) recognized the extraordinary achievement of dramaturg Robyn Quick, professor of theatre at Towson University, at its annual conference held in Banff, Canada, June 20-July 1. Quick received the Elliott Hayes Award and a $500 prize for spearheading the New Russian Drama Project, a major effort to bring contemporary Russian drama to an American audience. The project brought together TU's theatre department and Philip Arnoult's Center for International Theatre Development. With Quick serving as lynch pin, the two organizations partnered in a series of commissioned translations, classroom studies, productions at the professional and university level, and a series of artistic collaborations and exchanges.
The project focuses on theatrical work created by Russian artists who came of age after the fall of the USSR. Says Quick: "Many artists and scholars still know little about this movement and have limited access to the plays themselves in translation. As a result, the plays have not yet found their place on U.S. stages or in academic study. Our project hopes to acquaint more people in the United States with this writing and to use the plays as a point of departure for enriching our understanding of the current social and cultural concerns of the Russian people. Given the historic tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States, as well as the environment of misunderstanding that still permeates our country's relationship with Russia, insights we might gain about this culture from the plays seem particularly timely and necessary." Read more.
 Adam Burke noted in New York Times article
Adam Nicholas Burke graduated from Towson University in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in theatre design. He now works at the Charleston, S.C.-based marketing agency Rawle Murdy Associates as social media manager. He represents several major clients including artnet.com, Carnival Cruise Lines, CARTA, Cheeseburger in Paradise, MeadWestVaco, Nickelodeon, Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co., South Carolina State Port Authority and Wild Dunes Resort. Adam was mentioned in this New York Times article.
"It was during my first job interview that I discovered the true value of the education I had received from the Theatre Program at Towson University. Where others may have been sweating through their interview suits, I was eerily collected. The time I had spent pushing my boundaries in the acting courses at TU had taught me how to develop a character with a clear goal as a way to work through uncomfortable situations; I played Happily Employed and there were no obstacles that could keep him from achieving his objective of landing the perfect job. After knocking the interview out of the park and landing the job, the writing and research skills I had developed while preparing my Bachelor's Thesis have helped me successfully explain complex social media concepts to my clients. My experiences at TU working with teams of students to produce plays and outreach programs have taught me how to work collaboratively with my colleagues to accomplish tasks. Although I may not have ended up working in the theatre Industry, the most important lesson I have taken with me from Towson University's theatre program is that 'All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.' "
Department of Theatre Arts
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