Theatre and Dance Department
Spring 2010 Highlights
See also Entertainment Design Technology Highlights for Spring 2010!
Student Repertory Company
Want to “friend” a group of crazy, party animals? Want to star in a student directed play? Ever wanted to design clothes? How about rigging stage lights or building your own set? You can do all this in Student Rep, a completely student run theatrical company with performances March 18-20 and May 13-15, 2010. Contact Instructor Tom Blank for secrets about the fun!!! (tblank@ohlone.edu). Register using WebAdvisor.
- Student Repertory Company, TD-120A3-01 (045066)
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2:00pm - 5:10pm
Calling all actors!!!
Do scenes of hilarity, terror, mayhem and passion. And how to look fabulous doing them. Take a ride on the talent train and see what you got!!! Contact instructor Tom Blank for the secret ingredient (tblank@ohlone.edu). Register using WebAdvisor.
- Intermediate Acting, TD-111-01 (045058)
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:00am - 11:05am
How to win friends and influence people!
Acting for the beginner - and all others! Come learn the basics about body movement, voice and breath control , and presentation skills used by actors, teachers, lawyers, public speakers, and in business. Register using WebAdvisor.
- TD-110-01 (045057) Introduction to Acting
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30am - 11:35am
- Room SC-120
- Instructor: Mark Nelson
Men cheat, women cry, people die… and still the show goes on!
Theatre Appreciation is a local travel class. Come join your host Mark Nelson for the most exciting live theatre. This course satisfies the Ohlone College Fine Arts requirement for GE Plan A, is UC and CSU transferable, and it's fun!
- TD-102-01 (045054) Theatre Appreciation
- Thursday, 7:00pm - 9:05pm
Are you interested in traveling to New York City for Theatre Appreciation? TD-102-02 (045163) will travel to New York City in Spring 2010. More information about the New York City Tour!
Student Rep First Bill, March 2009 Photo Slideshow
Video: On The Brink Spring Dance Concert "Documentary"
(Video is not captioned; no transcript.)
Like trying on different personalities?
Enjoy these photos of the creative students in Audrey Walker's Fall 2007 makeup class!
Ohlone College Theatre and Dance In the News
- Theatre Preview: Emotional dive into Rabbit Hole - November 11, 2009, Tri-City Voice - The Ohlone College Department of Theatre and Dance drop us into the dark, tight cellar of tragedy and grief with their production of "Rabbit Hole" showing now through November 21st. Written by David Lindsay-Abaire the play first premiered at the Pacific Playwrights Festival in 2005 and went on to be a hit on Broadway where it earned five Tony Award nominations. Its success was then crowned with the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
- Top High School Artists Perform - Fremont Bulletin, April 10, 2008 - "Ohlone College's 14th annual High School Theatre Festival was held Saturday and Sunday, hosted by the Department of Theatre and Dance."
- Ohlone dancers travel to China, Monitor, September 20, 2007 - "Two of the four Ohlone dance companies traveled to China in May – Footnotes and Beatz n Pieces. Janel Tomblin-Brown’s cultural exchange dance group totaled 20 students – three theater technicians and three Beatz n Pieces dancers, with the rest coming from Footnotes."
Much Ado About Nothing prep begins, Monitor, September 13, 2007 - Ohlone’s fall play, a modern adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, one of Shakespeare’s comedies, is planned by Drama Director Tom Blank. Auditions for the cast were held during the last week in May, but the final casting call was held only recently.
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