	Saturday, December 5, 2009 Free December Workshops Fisher Center Audition Workshop with Heidi Griffiths from the Public Theater Saturday, December 5th 11am-2pm (open only to Senior Acting Majors) Workshop with members of Elevator Repair ServiceSunday, December 6th 12:30-3:30pm The highly acclaimed experimental theater troupe based in NYC will work with participants to generate, present and rework theatrical material. Open to all theater students on a first come, first served basis. Sign up sheets and further details are on the bulletin board. These are some very stellar people - don't miss the FREE opportunity to work with them right on campus!
	Thursday, November 19, 2009 Senior Directors' Projects LUMA Theater & Resnick Theater Studio at the Fisher Center TWELFTH NIGHT Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Molly Conway LUMA Theater & RED LIGHT WINTER (Act I) Written by Adam Rapp Directed by Conrad Kluck Resnick Theater Studio Performances are as follows Thursday, November 19th Twelfth Night 7pm - Red Light Winter 9pm Friday, November 20th Red Light Winter 7pm - Twelfth Night 9pm Saturday, November 21st Twelfth Night 7pm - Red Light Winter 9pm Sunday, November 22nd Red Light Winter 5 pm - Twelfth Night 7pm Free of Charge Please call the Fisher Center Box Office to reserve your tickets! (Tickets are not available for reservations online)
	Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Special Guest! Fisher Center, Resnick Theater Studio Maria Goyanes, the Director of Special Projects at the Public Theater Please join the Theater Faculty for a Q&A session in Resnick on Tuesday, November 17 at 5pm with Maria Goyanes, the Director of Special Projects at the Public Theater. Maria works on various new play initiatives, and is also a line producer for productions of new plays. She helped launch the Public LAB series, now in its second year, which brings stripped down productions to audiences for only $10. She has worked with a vast array of artists, including Suzan-Lori Parks, Naomi Wallace, Tracey Scott Wilson, Adrienne Kennedy, and JoAnne Akalaitis. When not at the Public, she is the Executive Producer for Obie-award winning 13P (13 Playwrights, Inc.) where she has produced plays by Anne Washburn, Rob Handel, Gary Winter, Katherine Ryan, Ann Marie Healy, and Sheila Callaghan. Until this year, she was the co-chair of Soho Rep Writer/ Director Lab, developing plays with Jason Grote, Karinne Keithley, and Mike Daisey. She was the recipient of the Josephine Abady Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women. Previously, she was the Associate Producer at Trinity Repertory Company. She hails from Jamaica, Queens, and is a proud triathlete and marathoner. Maria has previously worked with Bard Theater students as interns, and is a wonderful resource for information about working in New York theater -- don't miss this opportunity to get the inside scoop!
	Thursday, November 12, 2009 10 Minute Play Festival Fisher Center, LUMA Theater 5 Student Playwrights 5 Student Directors +4 Student Designers 1 Senior Project Please join us for an evening of student works produced by Grace Schultz The Great American Burnout by Jeremy Novak Directed by Joey Sims Dog Days by Blake Bishton Directed by Tess Howsam Grave Man by Hana Itkis Directed byManon Manavit Happy Hour by Anna Gitlin Directed by Ben Wszalek Proxy by Joey Sims Directed by Morgan Green Designers Evan Grupsmith Grace Schultz Marissa Friedman Patrick Bova Thursday, November 12 at 7pm Friday, November 13 at 8pm Saturday, November 14 at 3 & 8pm The Fisher Center Box Office will be taking reservations for this event on October 29th Tickets are only available by calling the Fisher Center Box Office For more information about the Bard Theater Program theater.bard.edu/
	Monday, October 26, 2009 London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Visit Fisher Center T2 Conference Room Informational Session with Sarah-Jane Chapman of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Monday, October 26 at 5pm, Fisher Center Conference Room As the UK's oldest drama conservatory, LAMDA has remained one of Great Britain'smost noted drama schools for nearly 150 years. Graduates include John Lithgow, Harriet Walter, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Swoosie Kurtz, Michael Moriarty, Alexis Denisof, Jim Broadbent, Zeljko Ivanek, David Oyelowo, Anna Maxwell Martin andmany others. Recent alumni Samuel Barnett and Dominic Cooper starred in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, which won six 2006 Tony Awards on Broadway. LAMDA, one of the UK's premier drama schools, offers the following study abroad programs in London: ? single semester classical acting for undergraduates (for transfer credit) ? eight different summer courses, for most ages ? one-year acting ? two-year graduate acting (BAhons) ? two-year stage management & technical theatre ? three-year acting (BAhons) For complete course listings, please visit www.lamda.org.uk Please sign up on the bulletin board if you plan to attend.
	Thursday, October 15, 2009 MELANCHOLY PLAY a contemporary farce Fisher Center, LUMA Theater by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Jonathan Rosenberg Centered on a quirky woman whose perpetual state of melancholy has a devastating effect on the people around her, “Melancholy Play" is a meditation on the elusive nature of one person's vague discontent and how it affects those who consider themselves to be normal and happy. Underscored by live cello music, the action follows comely bank teller Tilly, who projects an aura of such sweet sorrow that she captures the heart of her psychiatrist, her tailor, her hairdresser, and her hairdresser’s roommate-lover. Thursday, October 15 at 7 pm Friday, October 16 at 8 pm Saturday, October 17 at 2 and 8 pmSunday, October 18 at 2 and 7 pm Tickets $15 (free with Bard ID) The Fisher Center Box Office will be taking reservations on October 1st
	Monday, October 5, 2009 GENERAL AUDITION Fisher Center ALL STUDENTS WELCOME Red Light Winterby Adam Rapp Directed by Conrad Kluck and Twelfth Nightby William ShakespeareDirected by Molly ConwayPerformances November 19-22 Audition signup sheets and additional detailsare on the Fisher Center bulletin board.
	Monday, September 21, 2009 A Visit from BADA - British American Drama Academy Fisher Center T2 Conference Room VISIT FROM THE BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY (BADA) DAVID BYRON, faculty member of the British American Drama Academy, will be visiting Bard on Monday, September 21 from 5:00-6:00pm in the Fisher Center Conference Room. He will discuss the Study Abroad programs at BADA which enable Bard students to study acting in London or at Oxford for fully transferable credit and with financial aid. Anyone unable to attend may contact David at [email protected] THE BRITISH AMERICAN DRAMA ACADEMY (BADA), based in London during the school year and at Oxford University during the summer, was founded to enable undergraduate and graduate students from around the world to study classical theater with leading actors and directors of the British stage. Working closely with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre de Complicite and the National Theatre, students study voice production, scene study (Shakespeare, High Comedy, contemporary), mask work, stage combat, audition technique, movement, acting for the camera, theater history, directing, and drama criticism – and, in the case of the London Theatre Program, perform in fully mounted productions in professional venues in London under the direction of professional directors. Recent teachers include Alan Rickman, Sir Ben Kingsley, Kevin Spacey, Sir Derek Jacobi, Fiona Shaw, Jeremy Irons, James Bundy (Dean of the Yale School of Drama), Deborah Warner, Mark Wing-Davey (Dean of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts), John Barton (founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company), Michael Grandage (Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse and director of Jude Law's West End/Broadway Hamlet) and others. Central to the student’s education at BADA are weekly excursions to performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre in London. Classes are held in London during the autumn, winter and spring, and at Balliol College, Oxford, in July. Students are awarded the same, full credit as would be earned at Bard and any financial aid the student is currently receiving is applied to the cost of the program. The cost to Bard students of a term or two terms in the London program is identical to the cost incurred at Bard. DAVID BYRON teaches British theater history at Yale and at BADA, both in London and at Oxford. A graduate of Yale and of the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, David was an actor in London, New York and Los Angeles for twenty years. His experience both as an American theater student training in London and as a teacher of those students at the present time makes him especially sympathetic to the concerns of anyone considering study abroad. Log on to www.badaonline.com for more information.
	Wednesday, September 9, 2009 The Fall 2009 Meet & Greet Fisher Center, Resnick Theater Studio Who should attend? All Theater Majors All intending to Moderate into theater All those interested in theater! Theater Seniors - There will be a Sr. Project Meeting immediately following this event Refreshments Provided!Hosted by the Theater Department and Faculty
	Tuesday, September 1, 2009 AUDITION NOTICE - Melancholy Play Fisher Center AUDITION NOTICE ALL STUDENTS WELCOME Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Jonathan Rosenberg Performances October 15-18 in LUMA Theater Rehearsals begin September 8 GENERAL AUDITIONS: Tuesday, September 1 or Wednesday, September 2 RESNICK THEATER STUDIO FISHER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Sides and reserve copies of the script are available at the Fisher Center front desk. Audition signup sheet and additional details are on the Fisher Center bulletin board.