SRJC Theatre Arts Department

SRJC Theatre Arts Spring Auditions 2021! Friday, January 22 - 5:30 PM Saturday, January 23 - 12:00 PM Sunday, January 24 Call Backs 1 9 PM... She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms by Qui Nguyen Directed by Leslie McCauley A Dungeons and Dragons comedy! Age range: 15 to 30. BIPOC and LGBTQ+ folks are encouraged to audition. Non-binary actors will be considered for all roles. Hip hop/cheerleading dance skills needed for Evil Tina and Evil Gabbi. Rehearsals start: January 26, 2021. Performances: March 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 2021 (5 live streamed performances) overcome a student created performance Directed by Reed Martin A devised play giving voice to our community experience of the past three challenging years! We are seeking actors, improvisors, comedians, dancers, musicians, and poets. Experience is not required. Rehearsals start: February 2, 2021. Performances: April 23, 24, 30, May 1, 2, 2021 (5 live streamed performances) Audition Criteria - https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/auditions-0 theatrearts.santarosa.edu #srjctheatrearts #SRJC

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Advance your theater training this spring, from the comfort of your home. Classes include Introduction to Acting, Acting for the Camera, Movement and Mask, Dance Theatre Workshop, Intro to Costume Construction, Costume Design, Intro to Makeup, Special Effects Makeup, Stagecraft, Lighting Design, Intro to Theatre, World Theatre Through Time and more! Classes begin January 20th. We are also holding auditions for our online productions of She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms and... overcome (a student created performance). Preliminary auditions are January 22nd and 23rd. For more information please see the link to our website in our bio. https://www.srjctheatrearts.com/sp21schedule https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/ #srjctheatrearts #SRJC

SRJC Theatre Arts Spring Auditions 2021! Friday, January 22 - 5:30 PM Saturday, January 23 - 12:00 PM Sunday, January 24 Call Backs 1 9 PM She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms... by Qui Nguyen Directed by Leslie McCauley Dungeons and Dragons! Having lost her family in a tragic accident, Agnes Evans begins the painful task of packing her teenage sister’s room. She soon realizes how little she knew her sister when she discovers a scenario Tilly wrote for the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. With the help of a dungeon master, Agnes embarks on a quest to learn more about the sister she’s lost and soon finds herself in a world where fantasy and reality collide. Inhabited by nasty ogres, homicidal fairies, and slacker monsters, this imaginative comedy is both a wild adventure and a touching exploration of loss and acceptance. Rehearsals start: January 26, 2021. (Rehearsals will be held in the evenings, Tu-F & Sun.) Performances: March 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 2021 (5 live streamed performances) overcome/a devised play a student created performance Directed by Reed Martin Please join us for this exciting new theatrical work created by our students. This devised play will combine acting, singing, dancing, poetry and stand-up. We’re giving voice to our community experience of the past three challenging years! Instructor Reed Martin guides the collaborative process, having been involved in the development of new student works at UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Napa Valley College, and San Joaquin Delta College. Rehearsals start: February 2, 2021. (Rehearsals will be held in the evenings, Tu-F. Sun rehearsal time TBD.) Performances: April 23, 24, 30, May 1, 2, 2021 (5 live streamed performances) Audition Criteria - https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/auditions-0 theatrearts.santarosa.edu #srjctheatrearts #SRJC

Huzzah! It is our pleasure to invite you to our Shakespeare Showcase You're Muted and I'm Unstable!

Everyone's favorite Belgian detective, Poirot, is on the case, and he is in your living room! Join us for this groundbreaking, fully designed and staged production with all the actors and crew, performing live from their homes. Friday Oct. 23 and Saturday Oct 24 at 7:30PM. Featuring Allison Paine, Riley Craig, Mark Ferrando, Lukas De Bel, Sky Hernandez-Simard, Sierra Downey, Jack Gadberry, Claire Grodrian, Jaclyn Rosas, Lorelei Voegels, Eric Cameron, Kevin Bordi, Christopher... Shayota, Chris Cota, Lisa Doyle, and special appearance by Lily Sandra-Dearmore. Directed by Laura Downing Lee. Digital direction by Emily Hansen. Foley sound design by Luca Catanzaro. Costume design by Amber MacLean. Makeup and Hair by Nathan Haimson. Photo by Thomas Chown. Riley Craig as detective Hercule Poirot. As a teaser, here is the pre-show video created entirely by the students. The second half spotlights work by our student designers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGvhZsSncX0&feature=youtu.be Pre-show begins at 7:05pm Curtain at 7:30pm Tickets for online performances sold as online donations at https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/buy-tickets-online Riley Craig as Hercule Poirot, Photo by Thomas Chown

Announcing SRJC’s New Faculty Member in Costume & Makeup, Coleen Scott Trivett! Enrollment is open in Coleen's spring 2021 classes: * THAR 21A Intro to Costume Design... * THAR 22 Theatre Makeup Design * THAR 28 Costume Design * THAR 121.4 Tailoring * THAR 25 Production Lab series, which includes crew members for our online spring productions https://classes.santarosa.edu/ Coleen Scott Trivett is a Costume Designer with an MFA in Costume Design from Boston University, where she received the Kahn award upon graduation. She has worked for nearly 20 years in theater, opera, film, and television. After finishing her Graduate Internship with Academy Award winning costume designer Ann Roth, Coleen worked in television and film with designers Stephanie Maslansky and Tina Nigro. She works with her creative partner, photographer Ben Trivett, doing makeup and styling for fashion and fine art portrait photography. Coleen taught Costume Production and Makeup for Stage and Studio at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, NY from 2005-2018. Most recently, she was the costume designer and technician at Ventura College in Ventura, California. Coleen is the author of The Costumes of Burlesque: 1865-2018, available as of June 2019 from Routledge, Taylor and Francis. theatrearts.santarosa.edu #srjctheatrearts #SRJC

Opening this weekend! Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. October 16, 17, 23, and 24 at 7:30 p.m. streaming live on YouTube. Featuring these lovely hair and makeup designs by student Nathan Haimson. Starring everyone's favorite Belgium detective, Hercule Poirot. Featured here Riley Craig as Hercule Poirot, Allison Paine as Agatha Christie, Sky Hernandez-Simard as Helen Hubbard, Sierra Downey as Countess Andrenyi, and Lukas de Bel as the Head Waiter. Written by Aga...tha Christie, adapted for the stage by playwright Ken Ludwig. Directed by Laura Downing Lee. Digital direction by Emily Hansen. Costumes and animations by Amber MacLean. Makeup and hair by Nathan Haimson. Props and Foley instruments by Luca Catanzaro. Violin by Lisa Doyle. Click the link below to make a sliding scale donation for an access code. https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/buy-tickets-online #SRJCTheatreArts

Opening tonight! Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. October 16, 17, 23, and 24 at 7:30p.m. streaming live on YouTube. Featuring these lovely scenic animations and costume designs by student Amber MacLean. Starring everyone's favorite Belgium detective, Hercule Poirot. Written by Agatha Christie, adapted for the stage by playwright Ken Ludwig. Directed by Laura Downing-Lee. Digital direction by Emily Hansen. Costumes and animations by Amber L MacLean. Makeup and h...air by Nathan Haimsom. Props and Foley instruments by Luca Catanzaro. Violin by Lisa Doyle. Please click this link to make a sliding scale donation for an access code. https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/buy-tickets-online #SRJCTheatreArts

All aboard! The Orient Express is departing the station this Friday at 7:30 p.m. streaming live on YouTube. Featuring a talented cast, outstanding student design work, live music, and Foley sound effects, this production promises to be a full theatrical experience. Starring everyone's favorite Belgium detective, Hercule Poirot. Written by Agatha Christie, adapted for the stage by playwright Ken Ludwig. Directed by Laura Downing-Lee. Digital direction by Emily Hansen. Costumes... and animations by Amber MacLean. Makeup and hair by Nathan Haimson. Props and Foley instruments by Luca Catanzaro. Violin by Lisa Doyle. October 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. Click the link below to make a sliding scale donation for an access code. https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/buy-tickets-online #SRJCtheatrearts https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/

Murder! Mystery! Agatha Christie! Need a little escapism? Escape on the Orient Express! Streaming live on YouTube October 16, 17, 23, 24 at 7:30pm... For tickets call (707) 527-4307 Or purchase online https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/buy-tickets-online Riley Craig as Hercule Poirot and Allison Paine as Agatha Christie. Photo by Thomas Chown. Directed by Laura Downing-Lee

All aboard the Orient Express! Leaving the virtual station October 16th. Please join us for this spectacular online production of Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery, adapted by comic playwright Ken Ludwig and staged as a 1934 radio show. Featuring full production values by our talented student designers. Online tickets will be sold as sliding scale donations: theatrearts.santarosa.edu. Directed by Laura Downing Lee. ... Costumes and animation designs by Amber MacLean. Props and Foley designer Luca Catanzaro. Makeup and hair designs by Nathan Haimson. Live music by Lisa Doyle on violin. Dialect coaching by Kimily Conkle. Digital direction by Emily Hansen. Stage manager Maggie Davis, Assistant stage manager/assistant director Kaellie Clein-Cunningham. See more

SRJC Theatre Arts Auditions Postponed One Week Due to understandable concerns about the serious fire conditions in our county and the impact on students and staff, we have decided to postpone our Live Zoom auditions one week. Auditions will now take place Friday, August 28 and Saturday August 29, with Callbacks on Sunday August 30. Registration for our Live Zoom auditions have been extended through next Saturday. If you prefer to submit a video audition, please do so and su...bmit by Friday August 28 at noon. For complete information on how to schedule your Live Zoom audition and how to submit pre-recorded auditions, please check our website: https://theatrearts.santarosa.edu/auditions-0 Stay safe, everyone. Our hearts are with you!