2018-2019 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
WELCOME Since its opening in January 2016, the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts has welcomed students, faculty and community members in celebration of the performing arts. Within these walls actors, dancers, filmmakers and musicians have found a home where creating, collaborating, exploring, learning and performing are supported and valued. Renowned guest artists have moved and inspired us; faculty and student performances have engaged and enlivened us. From Melly Lobby to Welles Tower, the Gearan Center resonates with the spirit of the performing arts—we invite you to come experience the arts at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
On the cover: WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett/ Directed by Heather May
2018-2019 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
REVELATION. INVENTION. FABRICATION. Who are we really? How do we communicate with one another? What’s hiding beneath the surface? HWS Theatre 2018-2019 season, features an unromantic romantic dramedy, an original devised piece, and a hilarious 18th- century slapstick comedy. The HWS Theatre 20182019 season of ingenuity will invigorate audiences.
LOVE/SICK by John Cariani / Directed by Chris Woodworth
OCT 2018
Oct. 18 - 19
7:30 PM and
Oct. 20
2 & 7:30 PM
by Directed by Chris Woodworth It’s an average Friday night in suburbia that marks a turning point for couples all over town. In this assortment of 9 rapid-fire short plays, the course of true love runs a rocky road. Whimsy, poignancy, and heartbreak converge in this ode to the messiness of love.*
Feb March 2019
APRIL 2019
#TBD By Heather May and the students in the Fall THTR 340 Advanced Acting Styles: Devising for Performance class
Directed by Heather May Feb. 28- March 1
7:30 PM and
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March 2
2 & 7:30 PM
Whether it’s the #MeToo movement, #BlackLivesMatter, or an all caps tweet from the President of the United States, life online can feel like the wild west – with the potential for quick justice, brash statements, and a place where the rules of etiquette and law are willingly suspended for both better and for worse. Students in “Advanced Acting Styles” will explore this landscape throughout the Fall semester and collaborate with Professor May to create an original play titled #TBD.*
The S e rv an t o f T w o Masters By Carlo Goldoni
Translated by E. J. Dent
Directed by Chris Hatch April 18 - 19 | 7:30 PM and April 20 | 2 & 7:30 PM What’s better then a meal and a paycheck? Two meals and two paychecks! When servant Truffaldino attempts to work for two masters at the same time, the results are hi-jinks, hilarity... and an invisible friend named Pasquel. One of the most famous and beloved comedies in the history of theatre will have you laughing all the way to the end of the semester! *Please note: This production includes adult content and language and is not recommended for young audiences.
THEATRE PRODUCTION SEASON 2018-2019
ALL PERFORMANCES HELD IN MCDONALD THEATRE
TICKETS for all HWS Theatre productions are $5 and can be purchased at the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts box office (Monday-Friday, 35 p.m.) in the week leading up to the performance. A limited number of free tickets will be available to HWS students with ID one hour before each performance. For more information on any of these productions visit: www.hws.edu/academics/ theatre/ or find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ hwstheatre.
5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood / Directed by Chris Woodworth
THE THEATRE DEPARTMENT offers a disciplinary major as well as both disciplinary and interdisciplinary minors. Students majoring in Theatre engage as artists, practitioners and scholars through a core curriculum as well as concentrations in Acting, Theatre of/for Social Change, Theatre History, Literature, Theory or Theatre Production. HWS Theatre produces three faculty-directed productions each year in McDonald Theatre and also hosts Mosaic NY, a social justice theatre company. The department boasts an abroad program in Bali and is affiliated with a program in Bath. Graduates of Theatre have gone on to pursue MAs, MFAs, and PhDs.
MACBETH by William Shakespeare / Directed by Chris Hatch
MOSAIC New York Mosaic NY is Hobart and William Smith Colleges ongoing theatre for social change company that writes and performs its own material. Mosaic NY’s mission is to create performance that provokes dialogue, develops community, celebrates diversity and encourages the active pursuit of social justice. To schedule a Mosaic NY performance or workshop, contact Artistic Director Heather May (315) 781-3876 or may@hws.edu)
DANCE SEASON 2018-2019
THE DANCE DEPARTMENT is committed to providing students with embodied knowledge of the artistic, physical, historical, scientific and philosophical elements of the art of dance. All students have the opportunity to take dance technique courses in ballet, Jamaican dance, jazz dance, modern dance and/ or West African dance. Students may also pursue course work in choreography, dance education, dance history, improvisation, movement sciences and somatics. Students may choose a disciplinary dance major (BA) focusing on performance and choreography, or an interdisciplinary major with a concentration in dance education, movement studies, or theory and performance. Students may also elect to minor in dance or take dance technique or theory courses while pursuing other academic interests.
Performance Friday Sept. 14, 2018
7:30 p.m. Deming Theatre
Tickets: HWS students free, $5 general admission
Residency Modern Dance Fusion class Wed., 9/12 • 10:10-11:40 a.m. Dance Composition class Wed., 9/12 • 3-4:30 p.m. Guest Lecture ANTH 298 Modern Japan Thurs. 9/13 • 8:45-10:10 a.m.
PHOTO BY EZRA GOH PHOTOGRAPHY
Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Dance / Fall 2018 Wed., Sept. 5
Koshare Choreographers Showing Studio 104
Fri., Sept. 7
Koshare Auditions – all welcome Deming Theatre
Wed., Sept. 12
Kizuna at Intermediate Modern class 10:10-11:40 a.m. and Dance Composition class 3-4:25 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 14
Kizuna concert 7:30 p.m. Deming Theatre
Mon., Sept. 17
Katherine Kramer (tap dance artist) to teach Intermediate Modern class 10:10-11:40 a.m. and Dance Composition class 3-4:25 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 17 Sat., Oct. 27 Fri., Nov. 9
Faculty Dance Concert / Dance Ensemble DAN 140 auditions 7 p.m. - Deming Theatre SPCAA Master Class by Daniel Gwirtzman (free) Open to the Public Arts Scholars Audition Studio 104
Mon.- Thurs, Nov. 26-29 Koshare Act I, Act II, Technical and Dress Rehearsals, Smith Opera House Fri, Sat.-Nov. 30, Dec. 1 Koshare Concert, Smith Opera House Wed., Dec. 5
End of Semester Informal Showing - 7 p.m. Deming Theatre
Faculty Dance Concert
Dance / Spring 2019 Wed., Feb. 20 Alice Sheppard Fisher Center Artist/Scholar 7:30 p.m. Deming Theatre Fri., March 1 Darrah Carr master class with Geneva Concerts, late afternoon Sat., March 2 Carr Dance Co. 7:30 p.m. Smith Opera House (HWS students free) Fri. & Sat. Junior/Senior Choreographers April 12 & 13 Concert 7:30 p.m. Deming Theatre Thurs. – Sat. Faculty Dance Concert April 25-27 Thurs.-Friday: 7:30 p.m. Sat.: 2 p.m. Deming Theatre
MUSIC SEASON 2018-2019
Chorale and Cantori THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT offers a disciplinary major and a disciplinary minor as well as private instruction on a wide variety of instruments and voice to beginning and experienced student musicians. Whether their interest is to broaden a cultural perspective or pursue a professional career in music, students can find courses to satisfy any musical interest.
Bob Cowles, director
Saturday, Oct. 20 7:30 p.m. St. John’s Chapel
ELINOR FREY Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall Tickets: $12 general admission, $10 senior citizens, students are free with valid HWS student ID.
Three American Sonatas
Liptak-Chang Duo Pia Liptak, violin, Ji-Ze Jang, piano
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 7:30 p.m., Froelich Hall Tickets: $12 general admission, $10 senior citizens, students are free with valid HWS student ID.
Fall 2018
Community Chorus Caleb Hopkins, director Wednesday, Nov. 28 7:30 p.m., Presbyterian Church (24 Park Place, Geneva) Percussion and Classical Guitar Ensembles Anthony Calabrese and Ben Ellis, directors Monday Dec. 3 7:30 p.m., Froelich Hall
Y La Bamba Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall Tickets: $12 general admission, $10 senior citizens, students are free with valid HWS student ID.
Society for New Music Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 7:30 p.m., Froelich Hall Tickets: $12 general admission, $10 senior citizens, students are free with valid HWS student ID.
String Ensemble Ben Magruder, director Tuesday, Dec. 4 7:30 p.m., Froelich Hall Community Wind Ensemble Will Talley, director Thursday, Dec. 6 8 p.m., Vandervort Room Scandling Campus Center Jazz Guitar Ensemble Greg Wachala, director Friday, Dec. 7 7:30 pm, Froelich Hall Chorale and Cantori Madrigal Dinner Bob Cowles, director Saturday, Dec. 8 6 p.m., Vandervort Room, Scandling Campus Center To order tickets: Contact: cowles@hws.edu Jazz Ensemble Mark Olivieri, director Saturday, Dec. 8 9 p.m., Froelich Hall
Spring 2019
Chorale and Cantori Wednesday, April 24 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall Chorale and Cantori Saturday, April 27 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall Classical Guitar Monday, April 29 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall Percussion Monday, April 29 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall String Ensemble Tuesday, April 30 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall Community Chorus Wednesday, May 1 7:30 p.m. Presbyterian Church Community Wind Ensemble Thursday, May 2 7:30 p.m. Vandervort Room Scandling Campus Center Jazz Guitar Friday, May 3 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall Jazz Ensemble Saturday, May 4 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall
Spring 2019 Music Guest Artist schedule: William Lang, Trombonist Saturday Feb. 9, 2019 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall
William Lang
Geoffrey Burleson, pianist Saturday March 9, 2019 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall
Davin-Levin Duo, Harp & Guitar Saturday April 6, 2019 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall
WMDB, Jazz Quartet Sunday April 28, 2019 7:30 p.m. Froelich Hall
Tickets: $12 general admission, $10 senior citizens, students are free with valid HWS student ID.
SPACES
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he Gearan Center was made possible thanks to the vision of the Board of Trustees including the leadership of three Board Chairs, numerous faculty members, student leaders and the generosity of alumni, alumnae, parents and friends of the Colleges. The expansive lobby is dedicated in honor of Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees L. Thomas Melly ’52, L.H.D. ’02 and his wife Judith H. Melly L.H.D. ’06. The L. Thomas Melly ’52 Lobby (left) offers a warm, rich maple wood space, as well as a captivating wall designed with water-like features to emulate Seneca Lake. Melly’s vision, leadership and longstanding contributions were essential in seeing the Gearan Center to completion. The facility is the largest capital project in the history of the Colleges. Other spaces in the Gearan Center include McDonald Theatre named for Christopher P. McDonald ’77, L.H.D. ’13; Deming Theatre named for former Board Chair and Honorary Trustee David H. ’75 and Jamie T. Deming; Froelich Hall for Edward A. ’55 and Joanne I. Froelich; Hilayama-Williams Family Ensemble Hall for Nozomi Hilayama Williams L.H.D. ’14; Fish Screening Room for Trustee Cynthia Gelsthorpe Fish ’82 and John F. Fish; Welles Tower for Trustee Christopher S. ’84 and Catherine Whitney ’83 Welles P’12, P’15; Dance Studio for Rita Goldstein Ashton P’04, P’07; and Stine Terrace for Trustee Craig R. ’81 and Kathy Hay Stine P’17. Significant support for the Gearan Center was made available by gifts of the late Lloyd A. Wright ’50, Abigail P. Johnson ’84, Fidelity Foundation and New York State. The Gearan Center is named in honor of HWS President Emeritus Mark D. Gearan L.H.D. ’17 and Mary Herlihy Gearan L.H.D. ’17, P’21. The Gearan Center has been designed to the highest acoustic standards that both shape sound and contain it for the best musical experience. A testament to the Colleges’ longstanding commitment to sustainability and environmental leadership, the Gearan Center earned LEED Gold from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The L. Thomas Melly ’52 Lobby
The Gearan Center was designed by the acclaimed Cambridge, Mass.-based architecture firm, The GUND Partnership. Welliver, of Montour Falls, N.Y. , managed the construction.
PHOTOS BY KEVIN COLTON
The Gearan Center expands the Colleges’ role in the local and regional advancement of arts and culture. The greater Geneva community shares in the new arts and events space through community programs as well as those hosted by HWS. In partnership with The Smith Center for the Arts, large-scale performances are held at the Smith Opera House in Geneva’s downtown.
1) FROELICH HALL, an 1,800-square-foot recital venue primarily for choral, which seats 125. The room is equipped with a newly acquired Steinway piano. 2) HILAYAMA-WILLIAMS FAMILY ENSEMBLE HALL, a 1,850-square-foot space acoustically tuned for an orchestra. The classroom seats 50. 3) MCDONALD THEATRE, a 2,450-square-foot black box theatre that seats up to 140, depending upon the configuration. There are four catwalks, a sound and light booth. The configuration is completely modular. A fully functional scene shop is connected directly to the theatre. 4) DEMING THEATRE, a 5,000-square-foot sprung dance floor classroom that transforms into a 250-seat performance venue. The room features four catwalks, curtains, a sound and light booth, and a crossover.
5) FISH SCREENING ROOM, an 825-square-foot film room that seats 60. The space features theatre-quality projection, sound and screen. It can be used for teaching, as an activity space and as a community engagement space. 6) DANCE STUDIO, a 2,400-square-foot sprung wood floor dance classroom complete with barres and mirrors. The room functions as a dance rehearsal space as well as a smart classroom and support space for dance performances. 7) WELLES TOWER, a 430-square-foot space topped with a high ceiling seminar room surrounded by glass. LED lights allow the tower to glow at night. 8) STINE TERRACE, a 700-square-foot outdoor space with views of Geneva and Seneca Lake. The terrace features tables and chairs for 20, as well as a “green” roof, celebrating the Colleges’ commitment to sustainability.
PHOTO BY KEVIN COLTON
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For more information about scheduled performances and tickets, contact the Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, 300 Pulteney Street, Geneva, NY 14456; (315) 781-3406 or GearanCenter@hws.edu.
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Located on 320 acres in the heart of New York State’s Finger Lakes Region, Hobart and William Smith are independent liberal arts colleges distinctive for providing highly individualized educations. Guided by a curriculum grounded in exploration and rigor, the Colleges prepare students to think critically. In partnership with the Geneva and global communities and through robust programs in career development, studyabroad, service, leadership and athletics, the Colleges foster an environment that values global citizenship, teamwork, ethics, inclusive excellence and cultural competence. Under the mentorship of faculty, Hobart and William Smith students gain the necessary skills to be competitive when seeking employment. They win prestigious fellowships like the Rhodes, Gates Cambridge, Udall, Fulbright and Goldwater. They gain admittance to the best graduate programs in the country. They go on to lead lives of consequence.