One-Day College

"All the World’s a Stage"

Saturday, April 18, 2009
8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $25

Back by popular demand - The One Day College this year looks at the wonderful world of theatre, a masterful combination of all the arts. Explore theatre as a means of lifelong learning for all ages in this fun-filled day of listening and interacting. The course fee includes continental breakfast and lunch.

Schedule

8:00-8:45
Continental Breakfast and Registration
(Lowe L294, Culinary Arts Center - 2nd floor Lowe Building)

9:00-9:15 
Welcome, Dr. Gena Glickman, President, Manchester Community College

9:15-10:00  
“Drama’s Role in Lifelong Learning”
Dr. Zotos (“Z”) began exploring the various types of learning fostered by drama class activities after realizing that few of the students in his classes were interested in being trained for careers in the theatre; indeed, few would even take a theatre course in college.  What then, beyond the skills of the theatre, did they hope to gain from taking a drama class?  And what, in fact, did they gain through theses experiences?  Join Z as he explains how drama activities can teach all of us much more than how to carry a spear on stage. 
Paul Zotos, Ed.D; Chair, English Department, Ledyard High School
(Fireside Commons- MCC Library)

10:15- 11:15 
Breakout Session I
(Assigned Rooms)

11:15-12:15 
Breakout Session II
(Assigned Rooms)

12:30-1:15 
Lunch and Entertainment
(Culinary Arts Center)

1:30-3:00
“Build a Play”- Hartbeat Ensemble
Hartbeat Ensemble is a professional community theatre, established in 2001 by its co-founders Gregory Tate, Julia Rosenblatt, and Steve Ginsburg.  Its mission is to create original professional theatre about issues relevant to the people of Hartford and beyond.  By bringing audiences together past the barriers of gender, class and race, the group inspires individuals toward meaningful social change.  Based on the work of Arturo Boal, four actors will use audience response to create scenes and even give individuals the chance to be spect-actors as well as spect-ators.
(Fireside Commons)

3:00-3:15 
Wrap-up and Raffle

Breakout Session I

1. Musical Theatre Dance:  Kick up your heels in this Broadway-style dance class.  You’ll have fun as you put yourself in the role of chorus dancer in the hit “Hairspray.”  You’ll loosen up in a moderately-paced warm-up and then launch into an active session that’s sure to burn a few calories!  Fun for all ages!  Ann Quinn, Dance Instructor, Performing Arts
2. Stage Design with AutoCAD:  This is a popular software package used to design everything form the house you live in to the car you drive, to the scene you see in a play.  Use 2-dimensional AutoCAD to layout the stage for a scene from one of your favorite books, stories or movies.  Get a taste of CAD while expressing your creative skills!  Catherine Seaver, Associate Professor, Engineering and Technology, MCC
3. Want to Read a Play Aloud?:  Immerse yourself in both the spontaneity and “fun of the challenge” in a variety of 10-minute plays.  Clark Bowlen, Professor Emeritus, MCC; Kim Hamilton Bobrow, Professor of English , MCC
4.  Silence Can Be Golden- The Art of Mime:  Movement and mime can vividly express powerful motifs in the theatrical arts.  Observe and interact with a dancer/mime artist and see how evocative and emotional statements are created with mere silent movements of the human body.  Learn simple techniques that speak volumes!
5. Puppetry:  Puppetry is one of the oldest art forms in existence and is practiced all over the world.  Come and see how puppets are inanimate objects until brought to life by the skill of the performer.

Breakout Session II

1. Let’s Get Physical:  Engage your kinesthetic learning abilities with fun drama activities that encourage movement in collaboration with others.  The session includes a brief demonstration and “how-to” of (mild) stage fighting.   Paul Zotos, English teacher, Ledyard High School; Rae Strickland, Professor of English, MCC
2. Speakeasy-Poetry Out Loud:  Do you want to share your written work with an audience?  Does your vocal critic sit on your tongue and say “SHHH”?  Poetry is meant to be heard out loud.  Work with a published poet and performer in this interactive workshop to write, learn presentation techniques, and perform.  Your audience may be 1 or 100 and your stage is everywhere!  Elizabeth Thomas, poet, founder of UpWords Poetry
3. Improvisation: Are you a fan of the TV hit show, “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?”  Come “play” with members of the new MCC Drama Club and explore the wild, wacky world of improve.  Participate in hilarious games and learn to act spontaneously with others. Expect the unexpected! Albert Kim, Instructor of Communications, MCC; Kaarina Finegan,  Instructor  of English, MCC
4. Musical Tribute: Participants will perform sections of the read-through play. “The Wizard of Oz, a Tribute. Explore L. Frank Baum’s timeless story through spoken dialogue and song.  The tribute, a medium to entertain and educate, conveys the significant impact this story has had for over 200 years.
   Deborah Simmons, Ed.D, Professor of Music, MCC

The Liberal Arts Division of Manchester Community College is grateful to the Adolf and Virginia Dehn Foundation for its generous contribution that has made possible the One Day College.