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Directing Eurydice Directing Eurydice
Julia Elise Wells
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DIRECTING EURYDICE
An honors paper submitted to the Department of Theatre and Dance
of the University of Mary Washington
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Departmental Honors
Julia Elise Wells
April 2016
By signing your name below, you affirm that this work is the complete and final version of your paper submitted in partial fulfillment of a degree from the University of Mary Washington. You affirm the University of Mary Washington honor pledge: "I hereby declare upon my word of honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this work."
Julia Elise Wells(digital signature)
05/31/16
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C Committee 115
studio
VanessaBorg*
FordTorney*
RobDiLeo*
AngelCowen
AlexanderTaggert
SophiaGutkowski
MoGresham*
LilyOlson
ErinBecker,KennethBellamy*,
JamieBroadhead,JackieFilicko*,
MeganKhaziran,GraceKreider,
CynthiaMullins
AdvisorstotheCommittee:GreggStull,HelenHousley,JulieHodge,
KevinMcCluskey,CateBrewer,
andTarynSnyder
TheStudio115Committeeisdedicatedtotheeducationofour
studentsthroughexpandingtheirknowledgeofthetheatrical
process.Weseekbothtoprovideaprofessionalandstructured
environment,andtocreateopportunitiesparalleltothosecreated
byKleinTheatreandUMWTheatrethroughchallengingmaterial.
Chair:
CommunicationsDirector:
PlayCurator:
ProductionAssistant:
TechnicalDirector:
MasterElectrician:
SoundEngineer:
HouseManager:
Members:
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An*denotesamemberofthenationaltheatre
honorarysociety,AlphaPsiOmega.
115
studio
Cast
“That’showyougetdeathless,volchitsa.Walkthesametaleoverandover,untilyou
wearagrooveintheworld,untilevenifyou
vanished,thetalewouldkeepturning,keep
playing,likeaphonograph,andyou’dhavetoget
upagain,evenwithabulletthroughyoureye,to
playyourpartandsayyourlines.”
–CatherynneM.Valente,Deathless
Production StaffDirectorStageManagerAssistantStageManagerSoundDesignerLightingDesignerScenicDesignerCostumeDesignerMakeupDesignerComposerLightBoardOperatorSoundBoardOperatorRunCrewHouseManagers
JuliaWells*°
AngelCowen
EliseTrommer
MoGresham*
AndrewBaynard
JamieBroadhead
KodiMcCall
LizKump*
IsunMalekghassemi
JoeySebesky
ZachTuman
TorenSpaulding
LilyOlson,Cynthia
Mullins
115
studio
Acknowledgements
TomBroadhead,EdieBroadhead,MichelleWells,Brianna
Crane,GreggStull,HelenHousley,CateBrewer,Julie
Hodge,KennyHorning,JonReynolds,TarynSnyder,
UMWTheatre
Eurydice
Father
Orpheus
LordoftheUnderworld
BigStone
LittleStone
LoudStone
MaggieMurphy*
StephenNickens*
AlexanderNewton
MargaretLewis*
FoxShowalter
SellamBirhane
MoGresham*
This performance will not feature an intermission.An°denotesastudentfulfillingpartialrequirement
forSeniorProject.
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The rehearsal process for Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl; on left, Eurydice, played by Maggie Murphy, and director Julia Wells blocking on the set’s tape down.
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Some of the crew from the Eurydice production: left to right, Angel Cowen, stage manager, Jamie Broadhead, set designer, Julia Wells, director.
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On left, Margaret Lewis portraying Lord of the Underworld as the Child while watching Eurydice (Murphy) learn to read again.
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“Ooh—say that again. It’s nice.” Eurydice (Murphy) on the right being teased by the Lord of the Underworld (Lewis).
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Alex Newton portraying Orpheus as he writes letters to his dead love, Eurydice.
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“Wait—remember this melody.” Orpheus (Newton) passes on his melody to Eurydice (Murphy).
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Father, played by Stephen Nickens, gives Eurydice advice on her wedding day through letters from the Underworld.
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“Orpheus never liked words. He had his music.” Eurydice (Murphy) explains what it is to be loved by an artist.
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Father (Nickens) dances alone in the Underworld on his daughter’s wedding day.
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The set of Eurydice, designed by Jamie Broadhead, featured the upper-world, to the left, the elevator that brought people to the land of the dead, and the Underworld itself, on right. The lighting design by Andrew Baynard was heavily used in order to show which part of the world the characters were in.
Broadhead’s design of the String Room that Father builds Eurydice in the Underworld. The chandelier was at the end of a specially installed pulley system and the set behind it was hollow, allowing actors to both move through it unseen and climb on top of it.
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From bottom left to far right: Fox Showalter as Big Stone, Morgan ‘Mo’ Gresham as Loud Stone, Maggie Murphy as Eurydice, and Sellam Birhane as Little Stone. The make-up designs for the Stones was created by Liz Kump, the costumes by Kodi Mccall.
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“So step quietly. And don’t cry out.” Father (Nickens) prepares Eurydice (Murphy) to leave the Underworld with her husband, Orpheus.
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“Tell me another story of when you were little.” Eurydice (Murphy) and Father (Nickens) reminisce about what it was like to be alive together.
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“I look straight ahead. That’s all?” Orpheus (Newton) and Lord of the Underworld as Teenager (Lewis) discussing the deal to get Eurydice back.
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“We live with the dead people in the land of the dead.” Little Stone (Birhane) echoes her and the three stones’ story.
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Father, Stephen Nickens. Lighting design, Andrew Baynard.
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“I hear him at the gates! That’s his music!” Eurydice (Murphy) discovering Orpheus’s arrival at the gates of the Underworld.
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“You startled me.” Orpheus (Newton) and Eurydice (Murphy) say good-bye to each other after Eurydice causes her husband to look at her, breaking the Lord of the Underworld’s deal, keeping Eurydice in the Underworld.
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C Committee 115
studio
VanessaBorg*
FordTorney*
RobDiLeo*
AngelCowen
AlexanderTaggert
SophiaGutkowski
MoGresham*
LilyOlson
ErinBecker,KennethBellamy*,
JamieBroadhead,JackieFilicko*,
MeganKhaziran,GraceKreider,
CynthiaMullins
AdvisorstotheCommittee:GreggStull,HelenHousley,JulieHodge,
KevinMcCluskey,CateBrewer,
andTarynSnyder
TheStudio115Committeeisdedicatedtotheeducationofour
studentsthroughexpandingtheirknowledgeofthetheatrical
process.Weseekbothtoprovideaprofessionalandstructured
environment,andtocreateopportunitiesparalleltothosecreated
byKleinTheatreandUMWTheatrethroughchallengingmaterial.
Chair:
CommunicationsDirector:
PlayCurator:
ProductionAssistant:
TechnicalDirector:
MasterElectrician:
SoundEngineer:
HouseManager:
Members:
![Page 25: Directing Eurydice - University of Mary Washington](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022012501/617a5fe3433b065154445370/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
An*denotesamemberofthenationaltheatre
honorarysociety,AlphaPsiOmega.
115
studio
Cast
“That’showyougetdeathless,volchitsa.Walkthesametaleoverandover,untilyou
wearagrooveintheworld,untilevenifyou
vanished,thetalewouldkeepturning,keep
playing,likeaphonograph,andyou’dhavetoget
upagain,evenwithabulletthroughyoureye,to
playyourpartandsayyourlines.”
–CatherynneM.Valente,Deathless
Production StaffDirectorStageManagerAssistantStageManagerSoundDesignerLightingDesignerScenicDesignerCostumeDesignerMakeupDesignerComposerLightBoardOperatorSoundBoardOperatorRunCrewHouseManagers
JuliaWells*°
AngelCowen
EliseTrommer
MoGresham*
AndrewBaynard
JamieBroadhead
KodiMcCall
LizKump*
IsunMalekghassemi
JoeySebesky
ZachTuman
TorenSpaulding
LilyOlson,Cynthia
Mullins
115
studio
Acknowledgements
TomBroadhead,EdieBroadhead,MichelleWells,Brianna
Crane,GreggStull,HelenHousley,CateBrewer,Julie
Hodge,KennyHorning,JonReynolds,TarynSnyder,
UMWTheatre
Eurydice
Father
Orpheus
LordoftheUnderworld
BigStone
LittleStone
LoudStone
MaggieMurphy*
StephenNickens*
AlexanderNewton
MargaretLewis*
FoxShowalter
SellamBirhane
MoGresham*
This performance will not feature an intermission.An°denotesastudentfulfillingpartialrequirement
forSeniorProject.
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The rehearsal process for Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl; on left, Eurydice, played by Maggie Murphy, and director Julia Wells blocking on the set’s tape down.
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Some of the crew from the Eurydice production: left to right, Angel Cowen, stage manager, Jamie Broadhead, set designer, Julia Wells, director.
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On left, Margaret Lewis portraying Lord of the Underworld as the Child while watching Eurydice (Murphy) learn to read again.
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“Ooh—say that again. It’s nice.” Eurydice (Murphy) on the right being teased by the Lord of the Underworld (Lewis).
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Alex Newton portraying Orpheus as he writes letters to his dead love, Eurydice.
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“Wait—remember this melody.” Orpheus (Newton) passes on his melody to Eurydice (Murphy).
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Father, played by Stephen Nickens, gives Eurydice advice on her wedding day through letters from the Underworld.
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“Orpheus never liked words. He had his music.” Eurydice (Murphy) explains what it is to be loved by an artist.
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Father (Nickens) dances alone in the Underworld on his daughter’s wedding day.
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The set of Eurydice, designed by Jamie Broadhead, featured the upper-world, to the left, the elevator that brought people to the land of the dead, and the Underworld itself, on right. The lighting design by Andrew Baynard was heavily used in order to show which part of the world the characters were in.
Broadhead’s design of the String Room that Father builds Eurydice in the Underworld. The chandelier was at the end of a specially installed pulley system and the set behind it was hollow, allowing actors to both move through it unseen and climb on top of it.
![Page 36: Directing Eurydice - University of Mary Washington](https://reader030.vdocument.in/reader030/viewer/2022012501/617a5fe3433b065154445370/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
From bottom left to far right: Fox Showalter as Big Stone, Morgan ‘Mo’ Gresham as Loud Stone, Maggie Murphy as Eurydice, and Sellam Birhane as Little Stone. The make-up designs for the Stones was created by Liz Kump, the costumes by Kodi Mccall.
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“So step quietly. And don’t cry out.” Father (Nickens) prepares Eurydice (Murphy) to leave the Underworld with her husband, Orpheus.
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“Tell me another story of when you were little.” Eurydice (Murphy) and Father (Nickens) reminisce about what it was like to be alive together.
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“I look straight ahead. That’s all?” Orpheus (Newton) and Lord of the Underworld as Teenager (Lewis) discussing the deal to get Eurydice back.
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“We live with the dead people in the land of the dead.” Little Stone (Birhane) echoes her and the three stones’ story.
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Father, Stephen Nickens. Lighting design, Andrew Baynard.
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“I hear him at the gates! That’s his music!” Eurydice (Murphy) discovering Orpheus’s arrival at the gates of the Underworld.
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“You startled me.” Orpheus (Newton) and Eurydice (Murphy) say good-bye to each other after Eurydice causes her husband to look at her, breaking the Lord of the Underworld’s deal, keeping Eurydice in the Underworld.