ATL 496/THR 496
Environmental Documentary Theater
Steve Cosson, Michael Friedman
Theater director Steve Cosson and composer/lyricist Michael Friedman will lead an Atelier on investigative and musical theater. They will develop a new project, "The Great Immensity", through a network of collaborative partnerships with scholars and researchers at the Princeton Environmental Institute as well as with directors, writers, actors, designers, choreographers and composers, and Atelier students. "The Great Immensity" tackles the monumental topic of the environment and our planet's future, exploring themes of climate change, deforestation and extinction by using interviews with researchers working in these areas.
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ATL 498/DAN 451
Accidental Narrative: Dance, Video, Installation Project
Susan Marshall, Jeff Sugg
Choreographer and Princeton professor Susan Marshall and projection designer Jeff Sugg will collaborate to develop a new art installation and theatrical performance event. The project will involve the creation of a movement score for cameras that will be determined not by the images the cameras catch, but by a rhythmic and visual logic all its own. Rather than use cameras to record and enhance predetermined movements, scripted events and choreographed figures, Marshall and Sugg will capture random actions with predetermined movements of the cameras, thereby creating an “accidental narrative.” Atelier students will learn how directors have used setting, lighting, camera angle and camera movement to create and enhance narrative impact and will apply their research findings to create their own short, wordless, frame-and-figure-focused video works. Students’ work will both feed the group's discussions and help to shape the direction of the project on which they will collaborate with Marshall and Sugg from start to finish.
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ATL 494/THR 494
History Re-Staged: Experimental Theater
Whit MacLaughlin, Adriano Shaplin
Is history a fixed story or a collaborative work of art constantly in flux? Join playwright Adriano
Shaplin (Riot Group) and director Whit MacLaughlin (New Paradise Laboratories) for an experimental theater laboratory dedicated to re-writing and re-staging history. Emphasis will be placed on disobeying literary traditions, vandalizing familiar narratives, and forging potent theatrical images. This Atelier will culminate in the performance of a new theatrical work. Auditions will be held on Thursday, April 16 at 2:30 PM in Room 313 (third floor dance studio) at The Lewis Center for the Arts at 185 Nassau St.
ATL 499/THR 499
Script Development, Puppetry, Short Film Production
Wakka Wakka Productions company
Led by members of the international Wakka Wakka Productions company, students will collaborate as an ensemble with company members to develop a screenplay for the puppet film Juniper, an original comic book adaptation about U.S.-launched monkey space flights between 1948-1961. Students will be involved in every step of the creative process from developing scenes through designing and building sets, puppets, and props, to shooting test scenes for the film. This Atelier will culminate in a staged reading of the script, a presentation of test shoots and an exhibit of all visuals created during the semester.
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