SpringFEST

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 To view or download the 2012 SpringFEST Calendar, click here!

 

• January 23               Spring Term begins

 

• January 31               SpringFEST begins

 

• February 3-5            Voices (CANCELLED) ::  Offered in honor of Black History month with students, staff and faculty from Hartnell’s Black Student Union.  Coordinated by Langston Johnson. Donations benefit the BSU.

 

•  February 24, 25, 26      7^th Annual V-Day Hartnell College & Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues :: (Fri/Sa – 7:30p, Su – 1:30p) $15 admission benefits the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center. http://www.mtryrapecrisis.org/ 

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• March 3 & 4                Shakespeare’s Wisdom of the Ages (CANCELLED) :: Richard Courtney’s one man tour de force illustrating the Seven Ages of Man through the Bard’s monologues. Admission by donation.

 

•  March 10 & 11         Voices of a People’s History ::  (Sa – 7:30p, Su – 1:30p) Inspired by Howard Zinn’s groundbreaking books A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Admission by donation. http://www.thepeoplespeak.com 

 

•  March 16, 17, 18            SEVEN  ::  (Fri/Sa – 7:30p, Su – 1:30p) Offered in honor of Women’s History month, SEVEN is a groundbreaking work of documentary theater that captures the remarkable lives of a diverse and courageous group of women leaders from Guatemala, Nigeria, Russia, Cambodia, Pakistan, Northern Ireland and Afghanistan.  $10 admission benefits the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center and Vital Voices, $5 student rush! http://www.seventheplay.com/

 

• March 24 & 25           Can I Get a Witness? :: (Sa – 7:30p, Su – 1:30p) Actors are asked to write personal stories then are challenged ot use them to create a theatrical experience for an audience. The process of gathering and telling these stories is a highly challenging and personal one, but it gives courage to the teller by breaking the silence. Admission by donation.

 

• Mar 30, 31 & Apr  1          A Farmboy Mantra  ::  (Fri/Sa – 7:30p, Su – 1:30p) The Actors Collective offers a new play by local playwright and composer Thomas Burks that blends elements of humor and drama in his nine tales about farm folks in Texas oil country. Admission by Donation benefitting The Actors Collective

 

•  April 2 – 8                   Spring Break – Campus Closed

 

•  April 21 & 22            The LegacyPlayers in performance – (Sa/Su 2:00pm performances). Admission by donation.

 

•  April 25 & 26            ¡Bocón! :: (Wed/Thurs, 10:30 am performances on the main stage for schools)  A light-hearted comedy about finding your voice in a world of confusion. Student Matinee performances for schools.  (ACTORS STILL NEEDED – email Melissa Chin-Parker mchin@hartnell.edu)

 

•  April 27, 28, 29             Readings offered for the National Steinbeck’s exhibit on  Salinas’ Filipino Community

 

•  May 4, 5, 6                  Bugsy Malone Junior, The Musical ::   $10 general admission. Main stage performances (Fri – 7:30p, Sa/Su – 1:30p)

 

•  May 4                          Voices & Stories: Daughters, Migrants, Foster Mothers and “Real” Mothers in California ::  Author Susan Straight talks about her book, Highwire Moon.  What might happen to a young girl who’s left behind when her mother is deported to Oaxaca? 12:00 – 1:00p, Free to Hartnell students/staff/faculty with current ID . A special presentation by the National Steinbeck Center & the 2012 Steinbeck Festival http://www.steinbeck.org/

 

All performances in Hartnell College’s Studio Theater (exceptions listed) . 

Various admissions as indicated. 

 

SpringFEST…

• is an annual series of performance projects and workshops offered February to May.
• includes activities that reflect the growing diversity in TWS’ Program and  that bring newcomers to TWS programs, introduce or sharpen skills that developing actors need in TWS season plays and musicals, and offer assistance to local playwrights, directors, and actors who are creating original works or individual performances.
• bridges our work between educational and production opportunities.  It is where student-based performances take on a more prominent role in our season so that our audience and participants experience a wide array of projects that run the gamut from proposals of brand new ideas to first workshop readings of new works to staged renditions of developing material to a semi-produced show.

For more information about any of these SpringFEST classes or projects:

Melissa Chin-Parker     mchin@hartnell.edu

 

 

 

2011 SpringFEST:

• 6th annual presentation of Eve Ensler’s
  The Vagina Monologues, Feb. 25-27
• 4th annual presentation of
  Can I Get a Witness? March 5 & 6
• LegacyPlayers present
  Under Milk Wood, March 19 & 20
• YC/HS2JC presents
  How to Eat Like a Child, April 8-10
• Special student matinee performances of
  The Outsiders, May 26 & 27

QUESTIONS? Call: (831) 755-6987