Final Meeting Tomorrow - Wed. August 6

Congratulations to everyone on a wonderful performance last week! We will get together tomorrow evening (Wed. August 6) after the film students' presentation in the Rauh Studio Theatre. You will each get a performance DVD and a 2008 Boal Reference book to take home with you -- and then we will say good-bye.

There is an ice-cream social at 7 pm (before the film students' presentation).

Photos from the final performance have been posted on Picasa. Below is a slideshow of some of them.

Final Performance Details

PIECES FOR THE FINAL PRESENTATION were selected last night (this is not the order they will be performed in). Mathenee will be contacting the writers/directors of each piece to put together a schedule for Sunday's rehearsal.

POSTERS are available today (Friday, July 25) in the box office after lunch. Please distribute them around campus and in your dorms.

REHEARSALS
Sunday, July 27 -- 12 noon to 3 pm (begin with ensemble pieces - other pieces will be scheduled)
Monday, July 28 -- 7 to 10 pm (Dress Tech)

PERFORMANCE
Tuesday, July 29 at 8 pm -- Rauh Theatre
(Run-through at 7 pm)

Boal Intern Performances this Weekend!

Friday, July 25 at 9 pm - Rauh Theater
"By Myself: Judy and Jon-Michael Together Again"
Jon-Michael tells the epic story about the man who got away as Judy Garland sings poignantly placed songs from her career. Suggested donation: $5

Sunday, July 27 at 5 pm -- Rauh Theater
"It's the Coming Back That's Hard"
Written by Dan Moyer

Featuring Boal Interns: Peter Albrink, Mathenee Trecco and Michaela Watkins
Suggested donation: $5

Parents' Weekend Performance Video

Parents' Weekend Boal Workshop performance including: Why?, Too Gay to Function, Silent Children and What's Going On?

60 Minutes Darfur Story - Recommended by Jill Wadsworth

(CBS) This segment was originally broadcast on Oct. 22, 2006. It was updated on July 16, 2008.

"It hardly seems possible, but the genocide in Darfur continues. Correspondent Scott Pelley first reported this story two years ago, as the government in Sudan launched a new offensive of ethnic cleansing.

Today, more than 300,000 people are dead and more than two million are refugees in the Sahara.

To understand what is happening in Darfur, 60 Minutes came upon on the story of a boy named Jacob. We know him only because his name is on schoolbooks found in the ashes of his home. Jacob's village was wiped out. Our team saw his books in a museum. We didn't know whether Jacob was alive or whether we could find him, but we decided to try. Our search turned into a remarkable journey into a place we were forbidden to travel, looking for a boy swept up in the 21st century's first genocide."

Boal Workshop Video - The Ball Exercise

A new video of the 2008 Boal Workshop company doing the ball warm-up. From one of the first sessions on July 10.

Movement Inspiration Videos - PUSH and DV8

Physical Theater blurs the line between dance and theater and provides a wonderful source of inspiration for movement and music. The two videos below are from PUSH and DV8 Physical Theater:





Other examples can be found favorited on the Boal Workshop YouTube page.