The Arts at Wesleyan

From: Alger, Dawn
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 11:47 AM
Subject: How to participate in West Out-Loud, Theater Department Faculty Production for Spring 2016

Wes Out-Loud
Stories of Place: A Site-Specific Auditory Journey
Theater Department Faculty Production for Spring 2016

Wes Out-Loud: Stories of Place is a site-specific auditory performance piece that is conceived and created for the Wesleyan campus through collaboration between theater students and Professor Marcela Oteíza. Wes Out-Loud invites you to experience Wesleyan as a scenographic space by inserting new narratives into everyday sites. Through the juxtaposition of place and stories, we hope to bring forward the richness and diversity of the students of our campus, to promote inclusiveness, and to give space to voices that are usually not heard.

This production is an invitation to re-think and re-engage with our campus: Considering the institution and its physical context; location and architecture; its history; institutional and individual narratives; and how they affect our daily lives and our social interactions.

We will be creating a journey through specific places of our campus, into which we will intervene new narratives (students stories). Through which, we will be able to bring to light the richness of the students of this campus and, thereby, promote inclusiveness and provide space to voices that are not usually heard. 

The process for this piece will be through collaboration between a group of nine to twelve students (who will register for a full credit of THEA: Performance Practice) and the project director (Prof. Marcela Oteíza). The students participating in the course will decide upon specific places and modes of interventions through group discussions, rehearsals, and aesthetic approach. The students will perform and/or create each intervention.

If you would like to participate in Wes Out-Loud: Stories of Place, as a collaborator, please submit your story as the mode of audition (see attached form). If selected, you will add THEA Performance Practice under Prof. Oteíza during Drop/add in the spring.

There are also other ways to participate, such as Production Assistant, running crew, ASM, and so forth. If you are interested  please contact Rebecca Foster, Theater Department technical director at rfoster01@wesleyan.edu.

If you have further questions, please email Professor Oteíza at moteiza@wesleyan.edu, Ali Jamali (Assistant Director) at ajamali@wesleyan.edu or Eva Lou (Stage Manager) ylou@wesleyan.edu 

Marcela I. Oteíza
Assistant Professor of Theater
Wesleyan University
Office TST 116-112
860 685 2740
http://www.oteizadesign.org/

Free Tickets for First-Year Students to the Navaratri Festival
The Navaratri Festival of Indian music and dance is a grand Wesleyan tradition, now in its 38th year. The Center for the Arts encourages first-year students to experience this important festival by offering you a free ticket to any concert during the festival, which runs from Wednesday, September 24 through Sunday, September 28, 2014. The ticketed events are as follows:

38TH ANNUAL NAVARATRI FESTIVAL
B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India – Friday, September 26, 2014 at 8pm, Crowell Concert Hall
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Keyboard Sathya (United States Debut) – Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 8pm, Crowell Concert Hall
Malavika Sarukkai: Rasamanjari (New England Premiere) – Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 3pm, Crowell Concert Hall

For free tickets, visit the Wesleyan University Box Office in Usdan or call 860-685-3355.

And here’s the full festival schedule: http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/events/navaratrifestivalevents-2014.html

The Navaratri Festival of Indian music and dance is a grand Wesleyan tradition, now in its 38th year. The festival includes concerts as well as a free lecture, film screening, and a traditional Hindu ceremony. The Center for the Arts encourages first-year students to experience this important festival by offering you a free ticket to any concert during the festival, which runs from Wednesday, September 24 through Sunday, September 28, 2014. The ticketed events are as follows:

38TH ANNUAL NAVARATRI FESTIVAL
B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India – Friday, September 26, 2014 at 8pm, Crowell Concert Hall
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Keyboard Sathya (United States Debut) – Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 8pm, Crowell Concert Hall
Malavika Sarukkai: Rasamanjari (New England Premiere) – Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 3pm, Crowell Concert Hall

For free tickets, visit the Wesleyan University Box Office in Usdan or call 860-685-3355.

And here’s the full festival schedule: http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/events/navaratrifestivalevents-2014.html