Welcome Week '24 Theatre Events
Monday, August 19
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Scene Shop / Costume Shop / Lighting and Stage Management Open House
(B36 and B40 on the basement level of the Anderson Center Studio A – Fine Arts 192) Meet the faculty and staff of Theatre Design, Technology at Binghamton University! Learn about classes and opportunities in scenery, lighting, costumes, sound, props, and more. For students who are interested in any of these areas and want to learn from working professionals in the field!
11:30 am – 12:45 pm Musical Theatre Workshop
(Studio B Fine Arts 196) Let’s get musical with the songs of Broadway with Professor Tommy Iafrate, director of Musical Theater. Questions about singing lessons, musical theatre courses, and auditions can be answered here too!
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Acting Workshop For All & Info Session for THEA 208 Acting I
(Advanced Beginning Class in Watters Theatre) - Come play theatre games, do improvisations, have fun, and meet other theatre-loving students with Acting/Directing faculty from the Theatre Dept. Information on acting classes and audition opportunities (THEA 208 and productions) will be discussed here as well! This fun and interactive workshop will also prepare students for auditions for THEA 208, an Acting I class for students with previous experience in acting or students who want to get actor training at a deeper level. Auditions for THEA 208 will happen on Monday, Aug. 19 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Please contact Professor Lisa Rothe instructor of THEA 208 at lrothe@binghamton.edu for more information.
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Musical Theatre BFA Information Session
(Studio B - Fine Arts 196) Binghamton now offers a BFA in Musical Theatre. If you are interested in being part of this exciting new degree, plan to attend this session to learn essential information about the program and sign up for the required first-year courses.
3:15 pm – 5:30 pm Dance Workshops
(Fine Arts 104 and 93A) – Dance instructors JoEllen Kuhlman and Heidy Batista Garcia welcome students to join in learning dance combinations and about dance classes offered this fall. Returning dance students are also encouraged to come get warmed up - and to help welcome new students!
- Intro Workshop, Hip Hop in FA 93A, 3:15 - 4 p.m. JoEllen Kuhlman
- Intro Workshop, Ballet in FA 104, 3:15 - 4 p.m. Neva Kenny
- Intro Workshop, Lyrical in FA 93A, 4 - 4:45 p.m. JoEllen Kuhlman
- Intro Workshop, Afro- Caribbean in FA 104, 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Heidy Batista Garcia
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Audition/Interviews for THEA 208 Acting 1-Advanced
(Studio A Fine Arts 192) - THEA 208 is an Acting I class for students with previous
experience in acting or students who want to get actor training at a deeper level.
To
audition, you need to prepare a memorized one-minute monologue or poem from
any source (play, novel, spoken word, etc.). The important thing is that you really
love the piece that you will be sharing. If you are interested in auditioning for
THEA 208 or have any questions about the class, please email Professor Lisa
Rothe at lrothe@binghamton.edu to obtain a timeslot for your audition.
Tuesday, August 20th
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Musical Theatre BFA Vocal Placement Auditions
(Studio B - Fine Arts 196) All musical theatre BFA students will need to schedule
a slot during this Tuesday night session to determine their vocal studio. Students
will sing 16-32 bars of musical theatre material, and should have clearly marked sheet
music for an accompanist, double-sided in a three-ring binder. Email Professor Peter
Sicilian
sicilian@binghamton.edu with your availability to schedule your audition slot.
Wednesday, August 21st
6:30 pm Theatre Season Opening Party
(Studio A & B Fine Arts 192) – Come one, come all to the first ever season opening party! We will announce the season and celebrate the start of the semester! Bring your friends for food, games, and the opportunity to meet new people! Want to know how to audition? What classes to take? How to get involved? You’ll have the opportunity to find out all of that and more at this celebratory event!
Thursday, August 22
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Sew a Tote Bag Event!
(Costume Shop - in the basement B40 next to the Anderson Center's Chamber Hall backstage hallway. Follow the signs to help guide you.) - Come sew your own unique tote bag in the costume shop! Come meet the costume team and learn sewing machine basics to sew a tote bag from start to finish. No sewing experience required, we will guide you the whole way. You will need a full 2 hours to complete this project. Note: Space is limited to 12 participants. You must sign up in advance here. Questions? Call the costume shop for a faster response at (607) 777-6804 or Ariel Thomke athomke@binghamton.edu
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Audition Coaching
(Watters Theater) - Need a little audition coaching for the upcoming auditions? Get constructive feedback from Acting/Directing faculty member, Anne Brady. Bring your audition materials, ideas, and questions! Click this link to sign up!
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Voice Lesson Auditions
(Studio B, Fine Arts 196) - Are you interested in taking singing lessons? If so, then
these auditions are for you. Students will be asked to sing 16-32 bars a cappella
for the
Theatre Department's singing teachers. Email Professor Tommy Iafrate
(tiafrate@binghamon.edu), with your availability to schedule an audition slot.
Note: Students in the BFA Musical Theatre program will need to attend the
Tuesday night placement auditions; these Thursday night auditions are for BA
Theatre majors, theatre minors, and non-majors.
Friday, August 23
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm - Audition Coaching
(Watters Theater) - Need a little audition coaching for the upcoming auditions? Get constructive feedback from Acting/Directing faculty member, Elizabeth Mozer. Bring your audition materials, ideas, and questions! Click this link to sign up!
Saturday, Aug. 24 & Sunday, Aug. 25
Open Audition Call for Actors, Dancers and Singers
(Watters Theater, FA) - Calling all Bearcats who act, dance or sing! Our fall productions are Sweat, a play by LynnNottage and directed by Brandon Wright in Chamber Hall and Anything Goes, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman, direction by Tommy Iafrate, music direction by Melissa Yanchak, and choreography by JoEllen Kuhlman in Watters Theater. Show us what you've got! Learn more on our audition information page or fill out the audition form here.
Saturday, Aug. 24th
2:00-3:00pm Performance: Selections of NATURAL CAUSES at Confluence Park
NATURAL CAUSES by elizabeth mozer - an original theatre work with music and movement about environmental activists who put their bodies on the line for their causes - will be performing as part of Binghamton 2 Degrees: Live at Confluence Park 2024. Selections performed, created, and co-created by BU students: Abantika Bagchi, Foster Beach, Rachel Kim, Leila Kleiman, Zach Mohammed, Vanessa Pliskow, and Mishal Shomapto.
