BFA Acting Showcase Program

Spring Theatre Festival BFA ACTING SHOWCASE

SEAN McCARTHER AND ANGELA TROVATO, co-directors

Tuesday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Bart Luedeke Center Theater Rider University 2083 Lawrenceville Road Lawrenceville, N.J. Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: The Martinson Family Foundation for its support of theater technology equipment.

Richard and Heather Frye-Ginsberg & Michael T. '89 and Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.

Part 1: Translations of Time Class of 2028 Cycle of the Four Seasons Ensemble Looking at the passage of time in the natural world, this piece explores the landscape, animals, and elements in a forest as we move through each of the four seasons. We begin in fall, move into winter, then discover spring, and finally summer. Enjoy the tempos, rhythms, sounds, and feelings of these seasons as you watch this poetic piece unfold!

Journey to the Moon Group A: Charlie Dubendorfer, Eamonn McLoughlin, Bo Mitchell, Kiyomi Okazaki, Lexi Vaksdal Group B: Ani Arzoumanian, Jade Cox, Jayla Giddens, Jordan Perucki Kyra Pichardo Group C: Abby Bufis, Jack DeWeese,Kristina Pronina, Carolinda Silva, Lucas Vitale This piece illuminates what is possible in storytelling before the use of language. You’ll see three separate pieces, each created with the prompt “Journey to the Moon.” Without language, we explore the use of gibberish and rely on our physical bodies to bring the story to life.

Enjoy these playful and fun voyages into space and time!

Part 2: Feel the Burn Class of 2027 Feel the Burn Ensemble Scene from On the Open Road by Steve Tesich Grace Mandel and Dajah Mccormick Rise and Fall Bianca D’anton, Sarah Hyman, and Francisca Avendano Palma, Out of My Chair inspired by Sesame Street Phillip Schneller and Brian Tobin A Case of the Mondays Ryann Reich with Henry Breit, Grace Mandel, Dajah Mccormick, Nancy Roig, and Alex Theis Crop Circles Trinity Babino and Alex Theis Whirlwind Trinity Babino, Bianca D’anton, Elizabeth Holzworth, Francisca Avendano Palma, Ava Puentes, and Jaiden Shaw Scene from She’s the Man Charley Bazzle, Elizabeth Holzworth, and Ava Puentes, Interruptions Ryann Reich, Sophia Ramos, Henry Breit and Nancy Roig Feeling Like a Fish Sophia Ramos with Charley Bazzle, Cassidy Hagan, Sarah Hyman, Phillip Schneller, and Brian Tobin Scene from Glee Cassidy Hagan and Jaiden Shaw Play with Fire Ensemble Special thanks to: Terri McIntyre, AJ Domingues, and Jim Parks

About Rider University and The Department of Performing Arts Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.

The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.

Through its dynamic mix of academic programs, The Department of Performing Arts helps aspiring professional performers, producers, managers, designers, technicians and entrepreneurs find their unique path in an ever-evolving industry. Acknowledged as innovative and contemporary, the Department of Performing Arts aspires to build a more equitable, engaging and sustainable future for the performing arts while exploring the many diverse historical, cultural, social and creative threads that add to our rich tapestry.