University Co-op Presents Cohen New Works Festival 2007 Roster

2007 Alphabetized Project Information
FESTIVAL GUIDE

• ASHES, ASHES
  written by Eve Tulbert; directed by Dustin Wills
  A dark fairy tale for our time. This new play for family audiences explores two sources: real stories of children living with industrial pollution and the myths of Baba Yaga and Kali, mysterious witches who oversee the forces of life and death. In a place where dark ash fills the sky, a young girl must venture into caves and coal mines to restore life to the world.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 12:30pm, Wednesday April 11 @ 9pm, Saturday April 14 @ 2pm (90 min.) BROCKETT THEATRE
• BETWEEN THIS BREATH AND YOU
  written by Naomi Wallace; directed by Corey Atkins
  M.F.A. Directing student Corey Atkins presents a new one act play by OBIE award winner Naomi Wallace. The script explores the conflict between Israel and Palestine through the story of an Israeli janitor, an American nurse and a Palestinian patient at a medical clinic in the West Bank.
  Wednesday April 11 @ 2pm, Thursday April 12 @ 7:30pm (2 hr) APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES BUILDING, Avaya Auditorium 2.302
• BREAKING BOUNDARIES: LISTEN TO OUR VOICES
  created by Diversity Arts Collective
  A performance questioning and celebrating the experiences of women of color at UT.
  Thursday April 12 @ 2pm, Saturday April 14 @ 11am, Sunday April 15 @ 3pm (90 min.) WINSHIP 2.180 limited seating
• BY THE HAND OF MOTHER
  created by Candida Nichols
  An installation of photographs about mothers and children based on texts from dramatic literature and opera, complimented by lighting and sound.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 6pm – Sunday April 15 @ 6:30pm BROCKETT BOOTH HALL
• CHOREOGRAPHY EXHIBIT
  created by Kristen Frankiewicz, Ashley DePalermo and Kara Liotta
  A dance performance focused on presenting the original work of various student choreographers in experimental and scientific parameters.
  Wednesday April 11 @ 5:30pm, Friday April 13 @ 1:30pm, Saturday April 14 @ 4pm (90 min.) LAB THEATRE
• CHRYSALIS
  created by Jenny Connell, Mary A. Chase & Jennifer J. Madison; directed by Katy Hallee.
  A multi–disciplinary performance exploring love, memory, and the space between this life and the next.
  Thursday April 12 @ 7:30pm, Friday April 13 @ 11am, Saturday April 14 @ 2:30pm (90 min.) PAYNE THEATRE
• CORONA
  created by Diego Larrea and Andy Harold
  Corona, New Mexico is the town closest to the site of the infamous UFO crash of July 1947. The arrival of a mysterious woman that same night forces the citizens of Corona to search for the truth.
  Wednesday April 11 @ 4pm, Saturday April 14 @ 9pm, Sunday April 15 @ 11am (2 hr) BROCKETT THEATRE
• DEEP IN DISBEAR
  written by Ryan Pavelchik
  Wednesday April 11 @ 4pm, Thursday April 12 @ 7pm, Saturday April 14 @ 8pm (90 min.) WINSHIP 1.134 limited seating
• ELEPHANT'S GRAVEYARD
  written by George Brant; directed by Charles Otte
  A play in workshop combining historical fact and legend as it explores the only known lynching of an elephant in America.
  Tuesday April 10 @12:30pm, Thursday April 12 @ 9pm, Saturday April 14 @ 8pm (90 min.) LAB THEATRE
• FIT
  created by Kim H. Ngo; produced by Victor R. Moyers; written by Kim Beverett and Robbie Walker
  A short film by costume designers.
  Sharp objects and high temperatures are the least of her worries. Watch one costume designer as she navigates the unlikely pitfalls of actors, directors and the always–looming fitting.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 1pm & 6:30pm, Wednesday April 11 @ 10:30am, 3pm & 6:30pm, Thursday April 12 @ 1:30pm & 6:30pm, Friday April 13 @ 4pm, Saturday April 14 @ 1:30pm & 7pm, Sunday April 15 @ 12pm WINSHIP B202 limited seating
• FOR WHICH IT STANDS
  created and performed by the UT Connections Ensemble
  A theatre performance developed by Austin area high school students exploring the relationship between government control and personal freedom.
  Wednesday April 11 @ 7:30pm, Friday April 13 @ 6:30pm, Saturday April 14 @ 1:30pm (2 hr) WINSHIP 2.180 limited seating
• FREAKLOVE
  written by Jenny Keto; directed by Anne–Marie McKaskle
  A play in workshop about the photographer, Diane Arbus who focuses on anomalies of human nature and their function in creating isolation.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 9pm, Thursday April 12 @ 12pm, Friday April 13 @ 2:30pm (1hr) WINSHIP 1.134 limited seating
• FUTARI TOMO (performed with Thel)
  created by Angie Ahlgren
  Literally “two people together,” a new Japanese taiko drumming composition featuring the pounding rhythms and fluid movement unique to this dynamic art form.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 7pm, Thursday April 12 @12pm, Saturday April 14 @ 6:30pm PAYNE THEATRE
• GOD OF THE GAPS
  written by Sarah Myers; directed by Kelly Howe
  An absurd and earnest look at the Intelligent Design controversy from a pro–science perspective explored in a play reading and interactive workshop.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 1pm, Friday April 13 @ 10:30am, Saturday April 14 @ 8pm (3 hr) WINSHIP 2.180 limited seating
• HEAR THIS
  created by Leanne Zacharias and Gregory Cornelius
  A multimedia musical performance deconstructing the concert rituals that shape our experience of art music.
  Thursday April 12 @ 11:30am, Friday April 13 @ 7pm, Saturday April 14 @ 2:30pm (90 min.) WINSHIP 1.172 limited seating
• KOUTI ANTHROPINOS
  conceptualized, choreographed and directed by Kirstin Grbic, Yonatan Mendelsberg and Alex Wood
  Translation: Human Box; In this non–stop multi–media performance, contemporary dance is aligned with pedestrian movement, video, music, set and audience interaction to portray the nature of humanism.
  Thursday April 12 @ 12:30pm, Saturday April 14 @ 11am, Sunday April 15 @ 4pm (90 min.) BROCKETT THEATRE
• LOVE, CANDY
  written by Erica Saleh
  A play in workshop that looks at love, sex, and Andy Warhol through the eyes of the famed transvestite Candy Darling.
  Wednesday April 11 @ 11:30am, Friday April 13 @ 7:30pm, Sunday April 15 @ 11am (1 hr) WINSHIP 1.134 limited seating
• M.F.A. ACTORS
  written and performed by Fajer Al–Kaisi, Anastasia Coon, Robbie Ann Darby, Blake Delong, Yesenia Garcia, Corey Jones, Colum Morgan, Simon Provan, Kate Roberts, Jeremy Selim, Dorcas Sowunmi, and Natalie Wheeler
  A showcase of solo performances individually researched and developed by UT's graduate actors. Three distinct programs, each presented once.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 8pm, Thursday April 12 @ 4:30pm, Friday April 13 @ 7pm (2 hr) LAB THEATRE
• PEOPLE WATCHING
  created by Alex Cogburn and Autumn Mackey; directed by Alex Cogburn
  A site–specific performance piece bringing life to a narrative collection of visual art.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 11:30am, Thursday April 12 @ 4pm, Sunday April 15 @ 5:30pm (1 hr) WINSHIP 1.134 limited seating
• PORTRAIT
  created by Yvonne Boudreaux; choreographed by Andee Scott
  A design and dance installation in which dancers suspended seventy feet from the ceiling of the Payne Theatre explore the back wall as though it were a floor.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 9:30pm, Friday April 13 @ 4:30pm, Saturday April 14 @ 9:30pm (1 hr) PAYNE THEATRE
• QUERENCIA: A SEARCH FOR HOME
  written and performed by Michelle Dvoskin, April Gentry–Sutterfield, Kristin Leahey, Elizabeth Mcketta, Priscilla Sample and Meg Sullivan
  A collection of auto/biographical solo performances that weave performers' personal narratives with the lives of the historical women they portray.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 4:30pm, Saturday April 14 @ 11am, Sunday April 15 @ 1:30pm (2 hr) WINSHIP 1.134 limited seating
• RAVEN STUDY
  directed and choreographed by Charlotte Griffin; produced by Christopher Rusch; direction of photography by Iskra Valtcheva
  An interdisciplinary synthesis of music, choreography, visual art, and film production elements inspired by the film genre of dance for the camera. Animated images introduce a live–action dancer and drummer to reveal layers of dynamic texture.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 1pm & 6:30pm, Wednesday April 11 @ 10:30am, 3pm & 6:30pm, Thursday April 12 @ 1:30pm & 6:30pm, Friday April 13 @ 4pm, Saturday April 14 @ 1:30pm & 7pm, Sunday April 15 @ 12pm (4 min.) WINSHIP B202 limited seating
• RTF FILMS
  Tuesday April 10 @ 8pm, Wednesday April 11 @ 4:30pm, Thursday April 12 @ 4pm, Friday April 13 @ 11am, Saturday April 14 @ 10:30am & 4:30pm, Sunday April 15 @ 4pm WINSHIP B202 limited seating
• SYCORAX
  written by Susan Gayle Todd; directed by Fadi Skeiker
  A play/prequel based on Shakespeare's The Tempest performed in ritualistic, sensational and poetic style.
  Thursday April 12 @ 8pm, Friday April 13 @ 2:30pm, Sunday April 15 @ 11am (2 hr) WINSHIP 2.180 limited seating
• THE DYSLEXIA THEATRE PROJECT
  created by Spencer Sutterfield
  A docudrama performance based on over a dozen interviews exploring the visible and invisible worlds of dyslexia.
  Wednesday April 11 @ 12:30pm, Friday April 13 @ 9:30pm, Saturday April 14 @ 5pm (90 min.) WINSHIP 2.180 limited seating
• THE KNOT
  created by Julie Nathanielsz
  A dance advancing “the dream of the protection that is closest to us” – an investigation in movement of the geometry and origins of our every day garments.
  Wednesday April 11 @ 11am, Thursday April 12 @ 9:30pm, Saturday April 14 @ 6pm (30min.) BROCKETT THEATRE
• THEL (performed with Futari Tomo)
  created by Meg Brooker
  A trio choreographed in the Isadora Duncan dance technique and inspired by the themes of desire and impermanence in William Blake's “The Book of Thel.” Set the Franz Lizst's “Harmonies du soir” with live piano accompaniment.
  Tuesday April 10 @ 7pm, Thursday April 12 @ 12pm, Saturday April 14 @ 6:30pm PAYNE THEATRE
• WIRELESS–LESS
  written by David Modigliani; guest directed by Katie Pearl
  A man, a woman, a laptop computer: love in the age of information. Out of his turntables, a DJ spins this story of digital addiction and human connection.
  Wednesday April 11 @ 8pm, Friday April 13 @ 8pm, Saturday April 14 @ 11am (90 min.) PAYNE THEATRE