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Recent Graduate Mckenzi Massey on Little Shop of Horrors (and much more!)

Stage & Screen - April 21, 2023 16:57 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
We caught up with recent graduate Mckenzi Massey ('22; BFA Theatre Arts, emphasis Design and Technical Production; BA English), who's been working with our department as the costume designer for our closing production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. Since graduation, Mckenzi has also started her own ...

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Little Shop of Horrors with John Carden

Stage & Screen - April 07, 2023 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Learn more about Jon Carden here: https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/drama/1352075229 Learn more about our production here: https://theatreandfilm.olemiss.edu/olemisstheatre.html

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Michael Tuxhorn, Instructional Assistant Professor of Film Production

Stage & Screen - March 17, 2023 22:01 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Say hello to the newest member of our BFA Film Production faculty: Michael Tuxhorn, a.k.a. Tux. Michael comes to us with a broad background in film, largely in writing screenplays and television pilots. We talked about all that and the work they're doing with the students in our department. To ...

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Alums Shelby Grady and Gavin Fields on their film BRUTAL SEASON

Stage & Screen - March 03, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Our guests today are alums Shelby Grady and Gavin Fields, filmmakers and founders of the Lil Cowboy production company. They will be coming to the University of Mississippi March 6th and 7th to screen their recent film Brutal Season and host a filmmaking workshop. We talked about all that and so...

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Guest Director Beth Reeves on POLAROID STORIES

Stage & Screen - February 17, 2023 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we're talking with guest director and professor Beth Reeves, who came to us from Columbus State University to direct our production of Naomi Iizuka's Polaroid Stories and teach a directing class and special workshop. To learn more about Beth, please visit her website here: http...

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Spring 2023 Season Opener

Stage & Screen - January 27, 2023 21:16 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
For tickets to Naomi Iizuka's Polaroid Stories, please visit our website here: http://theatreandfilm.olemiss.edu/ And to learn more about guest director Beth Reeves, please see her website here: https://www.bethreevesartist.com/ For information on the Oxford Film Festival, see their site and s...

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John Carden, Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre

Stage & Screen - December 20, 2022 20:17 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
John Carden joined the Department of Theatre & Film in the fall 2022 semester as our Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre. John comes to us by way of New York — among other places, national and international — with a background in both opera and musical theatre, the latter of which he both per...

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Jaye Davidson's Film Projects

Stage & Screen - November 18, 2022 18:06 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we catch up with Assistant Professor of Film Production Jaye Davidson, who, aside from working on her own film—and recently having a baby—is co-producing several big films. To learn more about Jaye's original film The Lady Edison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z73x92pJpc   ...

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Joe Jackson, Instructional Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre Dance

Stage & Screen - November 04, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we caught up with Joe Jackson, who is the Department of Theatre & Film's new Instructional Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre Dance. Fun fact about Joe—he's actually an alum of our program! We talked about that, and what he's teaching, and so many other things. More about J...

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Lauren Bone Noble's FURY!

Stage & Screen - October 21, 2022 16:40 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we're visiting with our assistant professor of movement for the actor, Lauren Bone Noble, who is here to tell us all about her solo show FURY!, which is an interpretation of the Greek myth of Medea told in the Bouffon clown style. Lauren had so many fascinating things to say abo...

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Into the Woods with Dan Stearns

Stage & Screen - October 07, 2022 21:53 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we talk with Assistant Professor of Acting Dan Stearns, who is directing our upcoming production of "Into the Woods," which runs November 4-6 in Fulton Chapel. For more information about the show and to get tickets, click here: https://olemissboxoffice.com/

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Raey Bagley, Production Manager and Assistant Professor of Stage & Production Management

Stage & Screen - September 23, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we catch up with our brand new Production Manager and Assistant Professor of Stage & Production Management, Raey Bagley. You'll learn all about Raey and their background, what makes a great production or stage manager, and all the ways theatre training is so useful—in work and ...

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Into the Breeches! with Lindsay Rae Taylor

Stage & Screen - September 09, 2022 15:17 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we talk with Lindsay Rae Taylor, Assistant Professor of Performance and the director of the first show of our Fall 2022 season, "Into the Breeches!" by George Brant. For more information about Lindsay: http://theatreandfilm.olemiss.edu/LindsayRaeTaylor.html For more informatio...

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Into the Fall!

Stage & Screen - August 26, 2022 19:54 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
This episode is an introduction to everything we have going on in the Department of Theatre & Film during the Fall 2022 season. We talk about upcoming shows, new faculty, and other things going on in the department this semester. theatreandfilm.olemiss.edu https://www.ghostlightrep.org/ http...

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Romeo and Juliet with Lindsay Rae Taylor

Stage & Screen - April 15, 2022 14:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Today we're talking with Lindsay Rae Taylor, assistant professor of performance and the director of the final show of our spring 2022 season: William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." This fast-paced, modern retelling is both a celebration of storytelling and a meditation on why we continue rete...

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Anne Marie Cammarato and the World Premiere of HAZEL

Stage & Screen - February 23, 2022 15:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode we're talking with playwright Anne Marie Cammarato, who was the inaugural recipient of our brand new Emerging Women's Playwriting Fellowship and the author of the play HAZEL, which we are producing in a world premiere February 2022. For more information about Anne Marie and the ...

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Spring 2022 Season Preview

Stage & Screen - December 17, 2021 15:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
As our fall 2021 semester comes to a close, here's a quick peek at what we having coming up in our spring 2022 season! To learn more about our inaugural Emerging Women's Playwriting resident, click here: https://libarts.olemiss.edu/inaugural-playwriting-resident-to-work-this-summer-at-um/ To h...

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Donna Buckley's Study Abroad in London

Stage & Screen - December 06, 2021 22:48 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Today we are talking with Donna Buckley, who is Instructional Associate Professor of Costume Technology, about the very exciting study abroad program she will be leading over May Intersession next year. It’s called “Exploring the Performance and Design of London Theatre,” is basically two weeks ...

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Annalise V. Caudle, Instructional Assistant Professor of Lighting Design

Stage & Screen - November 12, 2021 17:49 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we're catching up with new faculty member Annalise V. Caudle, who is an instructional assistant professor of lighting design. Annalise joined our department in the fall of 2021 and jumped in with both feet designing our huge production of LEGALLY BLONDE. In addition to teaching,...

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Nicole Fava, BFA 2019 and Choreographer for Legally Blonde

Stage & Screen - October 29, 2021 14:14 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Nicole Fava graduated from our program in 2019 with a BFA in Musical Theatre and is back this year to choreograph our first major in-theatre production—LEGALLY BLONDE—in more than 18 months. We talked about her time in our program as well as her experience choreographing this huge musical. To ...

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Legally Blonde with Director Rory Ledbetter

Stage & Screen - October 08, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
On the show today is faculty member Rory Ledbetter. Rory is Associate Professor of Voice and Acting, and he is the director of Legally Blonde: The Musical, which we will be presenting October 29 through 31 in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets to Legally Blonde, pl...

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Lauren Bone Noble on Dreaming Green, our Climate Change Theatre Action 2021 Event

Stage & Screen - September 24, 2021 14:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Lauren Bone Noble, assistant professor of movement for the actor, talks about "Dreaming Green," our part in the global event Climate Change Theatre Action 2021. For more information about Climate Change Theatre Action, please visit: http://www.climatechangetheatreaction.com/ To learn more abou...

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Lindsay Rae Taylor, Assistant Professor of Performance

Stage & Screen - September 10, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode we chat with new faculty member Lindsay Rae Taylor, who joined our department as Assistant Professor of Performance in the fall of 2021. Lindsay talks about her background, her areas of specialization, and the work she'll be doing for our department—including directing Romeo and ...

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Elena Ontiveros, Performer, Teacher, and Makeup Artist, BFA 2018

Stage & Screen - August 27, 2021 14:06 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Elena Ontiveros graduated from our program in 2018 with a BFA in Musical Theatre and a BA in Music. Since then, she's built a very interesting caree—a mix of performance (both on stage and onscreen), teaching, and makeup design, all using a variety of skills she acquired during her time at UM. T...

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Lauren Ray, Educator and MTA Board Member, Class of 2009 - Part II

Stage & Screen - August 13, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Lauren Ray graduated from our program in 2009 with a B.A. Theatre Arts and French, and she's now a teacher and speech and debate coach at Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, MS. She also serves on the board of the Mississippi Theater Association as the Youth Co-Vice Chair for Individual Eve...

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Lauren Ray, Educator and MTA Board Member, Class of 2009

Stage & Screen - July 30, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Lauren Ray graduated from our program in 2009 with a B.A. Theatre Arts and French, and she's now a teacher and speech and debate coach at Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, MS. She also serves on the board of the Mississippi Theater Association as the Youth Co-Vice Chair for Individual Eve...

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Christina Tompkins, BFA Musical Theatre, Class of 2009

Stage & Screen - July 16, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Christina Tompkins graduated from our BFA Musical Theatre program in 2009, and since then has been on stages across the country—most recently as part of a national tour of "The Sound of Music."  She was an offstage swing for that tour, and over the course of two-plus years got to perform every t...

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Madison Morrow, B.A. Theatre Arts, B.B.A. General Business, Class of 2020

Stage & Screen - July 02, 2021 14:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Madison Morrow graduated from the University of Mississippi with dual degrees in theatre arts and general business—in the spring of 2020, when the global COVID-19 pandemic was upending everyone's post-graduation plans. Fast forward a little over a year, and Madison has just finished the first ye...

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John Polles, Costume Designer, Class of 2019

Stage & Screen - June 18, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, we caught up with costume designer and BFA alum John Polles. John is currently working with the Santa Fe Opera, and he has also recently worked with the Julliard School and Baltimore Center Stage. John and I talked a lot about his work on Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, so her...

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Allie Downs, Costume Designer and Alterations Expert, Class of 2019

Stage & Screen - June 04, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Today we're catching up with Allie Downs, who graduated from our program in 2019 with a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts, Emphasis in Design and Production focusing on costume design. Allie currently owns her own alterations business, which has given her the opportunity to tailor some pretty special garme...

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