Editor’s note: This is one in a series of articles about students involved in cool research, scholarly and creative activities during their summer break from classes.
A month-long trip to Russia this summer helped drama student Elizabeth Kalles find a new voice, a greater sense of self-assurance, and a measure of certitude about her artistic aspirations.
Her record of professional and community service has earned drama professor emeritus Diana Mady Kelly the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
She was recognized for her outstanding contributions to the Windsor area and the theatre community throughout Canada at a ceremony June 18 at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. The Canadian government created the medal to mark significant achievements in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation.
Drama alumni Mark Lefebvre (BFA 1988) and Kyle Sipkens (BFA 2008) are walking tall after taping a segment for the CBC television series Dragons’ Den to pitch an expansion to their business, Stilt Guys.
The program matches entrepreneurs to investors, and Lefebvre said the two hope to hire more entertainers to join their company, which sends the costumed actors on stilts to make appearances. Already experiencing multiple bookings around busy summer weekends, they want to expand their business so they don’t have to turn down gigs.
A search committee invites nominations and applications by May 7 for the position of Director of the School of Dramatic Art.
The position will commence July 1, 2012, for a term of three to five years. Candidates must hold a tenured position in the school. For more information, please see the online posting of the internal search.
Anne Dennahower, undergraduate secretary in the Faculty of Nursing, won Monday’s DailyNews trivia contest and earned two tickets to see the University Players production of Some Girl(s), the company’s last show of the season.
University Players is offering DailyNews readers a chance to win two tickets to see Neil LaBute’s modern comedy Some Girl(s), the last show of the season. The play's run continues through Sunday, April 15, at Essex Hall Theatre. Wednesday through Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. For more information or tickets, call 519-253-3000, ext. 2808, or visit www.universityplayers.com.
No joke, says box office coordinator Chris Knack – tickets to this weekend’s performances of Some Girl(s) can be purchased at a discounted rate of $14.
Select tickets are available for the 8 p.m. performances on Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31, as well as the 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 1. To qualify for the discount, patrons must purchase tickets in person or over the phone – and be sure to use the code words “April Fool’s!”
University Players has announced an “exciting and fun-filled” lineup of plays for 2012/13, says Lionel Walsh, director of the School of Dramatic Art.
“This season has a focus on comedy,” he says. “We’re positive you will laugh, giggle, and guffaw through a series of outstanding plays from the world of theatre.”
University Players completes its 53rd season with Neil LaBute’s modern comedy Some Girl(s), March 29 to April 1 and April 11 to 15 at Essex Hall Theatre.
This hysterical comedy follows “Guy” – a magazine writer about to be married – to four hotel rooms in four cities, where he meets with four past lovers. He hopes to clear the air between them, which proves difficult considering he fled these relationships years ago and used them as material for his articles. Can this commitment-phobe warm his cold feet without getting burned by his old flames?
A UWindsor history professor says that a staged reading of his new play, The Metropolitan, combines his own area of research with nursing, drama and social justice.
“It’s a great University of Windsor story where you can get these inter-disciplinary collaborations that are products of a close-knit campus,” says Steven Palmer, who holds the Canada Research Chair in History of International Health.
