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Performance
Opportunities Available
Mainstage
Productions
The
department produces three mainstage productions per year on a rotating
basis. Alternate years produce two musicals and one straight play, or
two straight plays and one musical. Recent productions have included:
Urinetown, Hamlet, I Hate Hamlet, Our Town, Into the Woods, The Mystery
of Edwin Drood, Cabaret, Wonderful Wanna Be’s (two one-acts on
classical themes), A Chorus Line, The Glass Menagerie, The Fantasticks,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Kiss Me,
Kate.
Other
Productions
In addition to our mainstage, several smaller productions, readings,
and workshops are produced in our 100-seat Katzen Studio Theatre. These
include scripts that are part of our New Works Series as well as experimental
pieces and plays requiring a more intimate venue.
Photos
from Past Productions
Student
Organizations
- The
AU Players: Student-produced performing group. Opportunities
to produce, direct, act, write and design. All AU students are eligible
to join. For more information, contact the group at AUplayers@american.edu.
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Rude Mechanicals: Student-produced performing group
focused on Shakespeare’s works and adaptations of Shakespeare’s
works. Opportunities to produce, direct, act and design. All AU students
are eligible to join.
Washington,
D.C., Theatre Activity
The
Metropolitan area is an important cultural center, offering the Kennedy
Center, the Shakespeare Theatre, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre,
and over 20 small professional theatres, as well as a myriad of community
and dinner theaters. Many AU students intern at these local professional
theatres. The experience is invaluable and with the permission of a
faculty supervisor, academic credit is often given for these internships.
Additionally, most theatre and music theatre classes have an outside
viewing requirement for which students must attend at least one professional
production outside the university setting.
Other
Related Opportunities
AU
Chorus, AU Chamber Singers, AU in Motion, Gospel Choir, Symphony Orchestra,
Jazz Ensemble, Male A cappella ensemble: On a Sensual Note; Female a
cappella ensemble: Treble in Paradise , Student Improv Ensemble: Mission
Improvable, Dime-a-dozen.
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