Dear <<First Name>>,
Are you going to the socially-distanced event this Saturday? Don't forget to RSVP with the student committee! We've got another Wed@One next week, along with Play Labs and an student production of The Last Five Years.
Keep scrolling to learn more!
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1) Student Committee socially-distanced event THIS Saturday at 1:30pm
Miss your fellow students? The student committee is holding a socially distanced event in central park this weekend! Join them for games, snacks, and announcements.
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2) Wed@One NEXT Wednesday at 1pm with Jose Solís
Join us next Wednesday at 1pm for a webinar with Jose Solís, Erica Schmidt and Camila Canó-Flaviá. They'll talk toxic masculinity, violence and more in Erica Schmidt's all-female adaptation of Mac Beth. Scroll down for more info.
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3) Play Lab NEXT Friday, 3pm-5pm
Led by MFA candidate Jesse Jae Hoon, you will take a look at the language of tweets, memes, and dunks – and discuss how to can incorporate it into your work.
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For this Wed@One, Floria Lasky Visiting Artist Jose Solís, will be talking to the director and cast members of Mac Beth, an all-female production of the Shakespeare classic that played last Spring at the Red Bull Theater and this winter at Hunter Theater Project.
Jose said: "I've seen over a dozen productions of Macbeth, and none had the urgency, vitality, and poetry of Erica Schmidt's adaptation. Her all-female Mac Beth made me understand the inherent tragedy of the play: that our destinies are determined by the roles we choose to play and not by our stars. This was especially poignant because of the powerful work of the all-female ensemble, who showcased the insidiousness of toxic masculinity and the pervasive way in which we inherit an addiction to violence. I saw the production three times and with apologies to any Bard purists, it's the only adaptation I'd like to see done from now on."
PANELISTS
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Jose Solís began his career as a critic when he was a teenager and launched a film review website while living in Honduras. He began writing about theatre while attending college in Costa Rica, and upon moving to NYC in 2012 focused entirely on the stage. His work has appeared in The New York Times, American Theatre, TDF Stages, Backstage, 3 Views, and America Magazine. He is the co-creator and co-host of the Token Theatre Friends podcast/webseries.
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Directing credits include: Mac Beth (Seattle Rep, Red Bull Theater); Richard II with Robert Sean Leonard (The Old Globe); Cyrano and All the Fine Boys at The New Group (writer and director); Turgenev’s A Month In The Country (Classic Stage Company); Dennis Kelly’s Taking Care Of Baby (Manhattan Theatre Club); Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s I Call My Brothers and the Obie Award-winning Invasion! (both for The Play Company)
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Broadway: Network (Belasco Theater). Off-Broadway: Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons; Drama Desk Award Winner for Outstanding Ensemble). Regional: The Coast Starlight (La Jolla Playhouse), My Jane (Chester Theater Company). TV: Lovecraft Country (HBO), Madam Secretary (CBS), Orange is the New Black (Netflix). Education: BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
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NEXT Wednesday, October 21st at 1pm
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The Baker Student Committee will be hosting a socially distant meet-up in Central Park near campus! There will be games, responsibly distributed snacks, and announcements from the current committee members about exciting things to come! RSVP to make sure we get enough snacks for everyone.
Don't forget to follow @baker.student.committee on Instagram to stay up to date with what is going on!
THIS Saturday October 17th 1:30 - 3:30pm
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Falling deep down the rabbit hole on Twitter & Reddit doesn't have to be only a procrastination tool. During this PlayLab, we will take a look at the language of tweets, memes, and dunks – and discuss how we can incorporate it into our work.
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Jesse Jae Hoon is a playwright, actor, and organizer raised in Chicago & Berlin and based in Queens. Plays include Dong Xuan Center, a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 2019 National Playwrights Conference, and Chicken is Condemned to Be Free. Works in progress include Emergency Wine & Cheese Fundraiser of the Amagansett Democrats’ Association and The Twelve Chairs. Former teaching assistant at Goodman Theatre. Political field work includes Julia Salazar (field lead), Tiffany Cabán, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Zephyr Teachout, and Bernie Sanders’ 2016 & 2020 presidential campaigns. Member of Page Break Writers Group and Democratic Socialists of America.
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NEXT Friday October 23rd, 3pm-5pm
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Don't miss this performance of The Last Five Years produced by a team of Hunter students and alumni!
The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy telling her story backwards while Jamie tells her story chronologically.
Directed by our very own Jose Noel and stage managed by Monika Orzelowski, we hope you'll join us in supporting this quarantine production.
Watch the trailer below:
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NEXT Friday, October 23rd at 8pm
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Be sure to stop by office hours with any question or concerns.
All the best,
Hunter College Theatre Department
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