DRM402 Directors' Showcase 2021 Call for Designers and Stage Managers

The students of DRM402: Advanced Directing are looking for designers and stage managers for their end-of-year Directors' Showcase. This year’s showcase will feature five short plays, presented over two evenings and two matinee performances, Dec. 3-5, 2021. Descriptions of each show and roles available can be found below.

You can apply for multiple shows (i.e., graphic designer for ALL FIVE plays)! Or you can apply for multiple roles on the same show (i.e., Lighting AND Projection for Fetch)! 

This is a volunteer position. If you are a current student at the CDTPS, participating in the Directors' Showcase covers your full CAP requirement. If you are alumni seeking work in the field, this is a great way to build up your portfolio!

TO APPLY: 
Please send us an email at directors.showcase.2021@gmail.com by Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 11:59 pm EST, indicating what show(s) and role(s) you are interested in. Please include a 250-350 word statement outlining your interest in the project, and summarizing any relevant experience. Thank you!

FETCH

Written by Cat Walsh
Directed by Jordan Chan
 
Set in a parallel, mirror dimension. Two girls who dress the same named Hannah Morgan battle to be the “real” Hannah Morgan, as they recall their tragic childhood family trip to an amusement park. As the story unfolds, it was revealed that not only was the trip cancelled abruptly by a tragedy, but the mysterious stuffed dog “Mr. Anderson,” whom they found at the park, started haunting both Hannahs even later in their lives.
 
2 actresses  

SEEKING:

  • Stage manager
  • Projection designer
  • Lighting designer
  • Stage designer
  • Graphic Designer (Poster)

DROWNING OPHELIA 

Written by:  Rachel Luann Strayer 
Directed by: Kimia Karachi 
 
Drowning Ophelia is a one act dark comedy that explores the long-term consequences of childhood abuse, and a reminder that hope is always there for those who seek it. It follows the story of Jane, and Ophelia, the literary character who has taken up residence in Jane’s bathtub. As Jane’s past intrudes dangerously on her present, it becomes clear that Ophelia is not simply a character from Hamlet, but a long-forgotten messenger with a question from Jane’s own troubled mind: How do you move on when reconciliation is not an option? Drowning Ophelia is a brutal, yet delicate, and theatrically enthralling love letter to those who have suffered. This powerful and beautifully crafted survivor's tale lives between memory and imagination, thought and action, all supported by a wise Ophelia who walks alongside Jane as she grapples with her trauma and survivor's guilt. 
 
3 actors: Jane, Ophelia, and Adam
 
SEEKING:

  • Sound Designer
  • Lighting Designer
  • Costume Designer
  • Stage Manager 

SEA SICK

Written by Alanna Mitchell  
Directed by Angelli McGuigan.
 
Originally a book, Sea Sick. The Play is the result of scientific journalist Alanna Mitchell’s expeditions across the world’s oceans. In it, she describes how humans have altered the chemistry of the global ocean, and what that means for the ocean’s inhabitants, humans, and the future of our Earth. Sea Sick is a journey of discovery, both personal and global, in which Mitchell copes with the harsh reality of climate change, and she eventually learns how to respond, share her discoveries with the world, and calls for change.
 
1-3 actors
 
SEEKING:

  • Stage Manager
  • Lighting Designer
  • Sound Designer
  • Costume Designer
  • Visual Artist/Graphic Designer

NORMA JEANE BAKER OF TROY

Written by: Anne Carson 
Directed by: Sydnie Phillips 
 
“I expect you’ve heard of the Trojan War
and how it was caused by Norma Jeane Baker, 
harlot of Troy. 
Well, welcome to Public Relations. 
That was all a hoax.” 
 
In Norma Jeane Baker of Troy, poet and classicist Anne Carson conflates the famously beautiful and notoriously abused figures of Norma Jeane Baker, better known as Marilyn Monroe, and Helen of Troy. From her hotel room at the Chateau Marmont, Norma Jeane tells the story of the Trojan War - a war in which her hands are clean and yet her name carries all the blame. 
 
1 female-identifying actor
 
SEEKING:

  • Stage Manager 
  • Lighting Designer 
  • Sound Designer 
  • Set Designer 
  • Projection Designer 
  • Visual Artist/Graphic Designer

SILENCE

Written by: Harold Pinter
Directed by: Darcy Gerhart
 
Silence is an experimental drama, set in a world of memory. Three characters sit on a divided stage, and attempt to define themselves and their place in the world outside. They do so by retelling and reliving moments of intimacy and loneliness; connection and missed connection. The world outside the play is Britain in the late 1960s, with its confining social code and gender roles. The characters, a young woman and two older men, exist in triangular relationship, with both men romantically involved with Ellen. As the play evolves time becomes increasingly disjointed, and the story dissolves into a whirl of thought and image. Ultimately, Silence asks whether it is possible to separate the past from the present, to truly know one’s self, and if human connection is possible.
 
3 actors: 1 F, 2M
 
SEEKING:

  • Set Designer
  • Costume Designer
  • Lighting Designer
  • Sound Designer
  • Graphic Designer (Poster)
  • Stage Manager