The Double Life of Dr. Dapertutto
Directed by Ruth Bowman
The duality of everyday life and performance explode on the stage in "The Double Life of Dr Dapertutto." Wedding fantasy and reality, the play features the shenanigans of the noted doctor who creates his own play within the play based on the fairytale, "The Love for Three Oranges." As the two tales entwine, the theatricality of life surges
to the fore in diverse guises. A carnival trickster, a double-bodied monster, a Queen of Smiles and a Prince of Frowns, highbrow court entertainments and lowbrow grotesqueries, the daydream and nightmare of falling in love with three oranges, and the wonder of their appearance in human form collide to cast Dr Dapertutto and his
audience into a strange enchanting reality.
to the fore in diverse guises. A carnival trickster, a double-bodied monster, a Queen of Smiles and a Prince of Frowns, highbrow court entertainments and lowbrow grotesqueries, the daydream and nightmare of falling in love with three oranges, and the wonder of their appearance in human form collide to cast Dr Dapertutto and his
audience into a strange enchanting reality.
NonFiction Zombie
Directed by Tracy Stephenson Shaffer
Directed by Dr. Tracy Stephenson Shaffer, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies, the multimedia performance incorporates popular texts and creative staging to show the rise of the zombie in popular culture over the last several years.
"Zombies are everywhere," Shaffer said. "I created the show to explore what they are all about and why they’ve invaded the public’s imagination."
Shaffer teaches a popular undergraduate course on the horror genre at LSU and noticed an increase in zombie films in the last few years. She also realized that scholars, in disciplines as diverse as philosophy, theology, literature, film, rhetoric, and even biological science, were embracing the zombie as a serious object of study. She wasn’t surprised. "A culture’s monsters reveal its obsessions, fears, fantasies, and anxieties," she said. "The monsters we love say a great deal about us."
TO READ TRACY'S ARTICLE IN LIMINALITIES AND WATCH A SHORT VIDEO, CLICK ON THIS LINK.
The photography below is by J.J. Alcantara.
"Zombies are everywhere," Shaffer said. "I created the show to explore what they are all about and why they’ve invaded the public’s imagination."
Shaffer teaches a popular undergraduate course on the horror genre at LSU and noticed an increase in zombie films in the last few years. She also realized that scholars, in disciplines as diverse as philosophy, theology, literature, film, rhetoric, and even biological science, were embracing the zombie as a serious object of study. She wasn’t surprised. "A culture’s monsters reveal its obsessions, fears, fantasies, and anxieties," she said. "The monsters we love say a great deal about us."
TO READ TRACY'S ARTICLE IN LIMINALITIES AND WATCH A SHORT VIDEO, CLICK ON THIS LINK.
The photography below is by J.J. Alcantara.
Bible Beater/Bra Burner
Directed by Jennifer L. Freitag
Bible Beater/ Bra Burner explores the Christian and feminist identities of 15 Eastern Iowa women and provide an interpretation of women's perspectives on faith, motherhood, relationships, politics, homosexuality, choice and freedom within and without the institution of the church.
"'Bible Beater/Bra Burner' asks probing questions about what it means for a woman to claim or reject a Christian, feminist, or Christian-feminist identity through music, poetry and creative theatre techniques," said Freitag.
(Show description from: http://www.umpr.uni.edu/news.asp?NewsID=2258)
TO READ JENN'S ARTICLE IN LIMINALITIES AND WATCH SHORT VIDEOS, CLICK ON THIS LINK.
"'Bible Beater/Bra Burner' asks probing questions about what it means for a woman to claim or reject a Christian, feminist, or Christian-feminist identity through music, poetry and creative theatre techniques," said Freitag.
(Show description from: http://www.umpr.uni.edu/news.asp?NewsID=2258)
TO READ JENN'S ARTICLE IN LIMINALITIES AND WATCH SHORT VIDEOS, CLICK ON THIS LINK.