Spring Break and Reminders!

Hey all!

Spring Break is this upcoming week! Hopefully everyone will get the rest they deserve!

Following break, we have some important dates!
- Sunday March 24th is the load-in for Curtains - try to be at Amherst High School as early as you can. We start loading the truck at the scene shop at 8am, bright and early! We will be working through till around 11pm. Check the load-in schedule posted by our Tech Director on your respective FB groups!
- Curtains goes up March 29th and 30th at Amherst High! Tell your friends!!
- Publicity Day for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead starts on April 6th at 11am - make sure you're in the Student Union on time!
- Sunday April 7th is the load-in for R&G - we will be in Bowker Auditorium (time TBD).
- R&G goes up April 11th, 12th, and 13th! Tell your friends!!

Dates not involving the shows:
- We have no General Body Meeting during Curtains tech week; instead, we have scheduled one for April 4th.
- The E-Board Elections/Constitution Voting Meeting that was originally on April 4th has been CHANGED: it will instead happen on Tuesday April 16th (a Monday schedule) at 6:30. Check with Kat to make sure you've got your voting rights!
- We will be holding the Nomination Meeting for next semester's shows on Wednesday April 17th, and the Voting Meeting for the shows on April 18th. Check with Kat about voting rights!
- The tentative date for Banquet is May 4th, potentially in the Massachusetts Room in the Mullins Center. Keep your ear out for more details!

That's it for now! Go have a wonderful break!

If you have any questions about the above dates or events, please email umtheatreguild@gmail.com

The Name's Guild... Theatre Guild

(Forgive the cheesey title...)

Our bi-annual Coffeehouse is coming up! This semester's theme is CASINO NIGHT! Come dressed in your swankiest (if you feel comfortable doing so!) and be ready to play with us!

The event will take place in Earthfoods in the Student Union. Doors open at 6:30, and the event begins at 7!

Coffeehouse is the UMass Theatre Guild's once a semester open mic night. The event is catered and free of charge! Anyone in the Guild, on the UMass campus, or within the community can sign up or attend - past acts have included playing musical instruments, singing, poetry reading, dancing, stand up comedy, and short performance sketches! We also provide free refreshments for our attendees 

The application to reserve a spot can be found here: http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/9h79V9L2j5aeNeDQeBc0d. Please try to keep your performance to under 5 minutes! You can also join the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/136909636476830/?fref=ts

CAST OF ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Thank you to all who performed for us! You all made it hard to decide, but we have formed our cast! Congratulations to all!

The first rehearsal will be tomorrow (Monday) night at 6:30 in Bartlett 301.

For those who do not see their name on this list, please stick with us! We are still accepting applications for artistic team positions. If you are interested, please fill out an application, found in the upper right hand corner of the blog spot.

With that, here is the cast of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead!

Principles

Rosencrantz – Mike Giovanucci

Guildenstern – Marielle O’Malley

Player – Rhian Stuttle

Elizabethans

Hamlet – Jared Beaulieu

Claudius – Adam Winograd

Gertrude – Melissa Bowden

Ophelia – Ashlee Sparfven

Polonius/Soldier – Alex Lafreiere

Tragedians

Alfred/Player Queen – Matt Brown

Flautist/Spy/fortinbras – Corinne Huschle

Horn/Spy/Horatio – Marco Monroy

Drummer/Player King/English King – Austin Seda

Poisoner/Ambassador – Slava Tcheul

CALLBACK LIST FOR ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

THANK YOU to all who auditioned! We saw a lot of talent this weekend, and are excited to get started with callbacks!

Here are the people we would like to see again for specific roles. Please scroll all the way to the end of the page to see the schedule for the day. We will be meeting in Bartlett 65. Bring homework and things to do for in between waiting periods! **PLEASE NOTE** if you are late for your call back time, you FORFEIT your spot. Please arrive at the very least 15 minutes before your time, in case of time overlaps.

After 3pm, we will be having additional callbacks for people we would like to see again. PLEASE keep your phone on you after we send you home – we might want to see you for other scenes later on!

If you don’t see your name on here and you would like to be involved, please do not hesitate to apply for our artistic team (scenic designer, construction, lighting, hair&makeup, etc). You can find the application in the top right hand corner of the blog.

Again, thank you so much to all who came out!

**For those called back for the Tragedians**: you will be asked things specifically relating to Hamlet. If you have not read the show, PLEASE look at the synopsis of Hamlet on Wikipedia or what have you.

Rosencrantz

Rhian Stuttle

Slava Tcheul

Mike Giovanucci

Marielle O’Malley

Ashlee Sparfven

Matthew Brown

Hannah Paul

Guildenstern

Rhian Stuttle

Slava Tcheul

Mike Giovanucci

Marielle O’Malley

Ashlee Sparfven

Corinne Huschle

Hannah Paul

Player

Rhian Stuttle

Marielle O’Malley

Mike Giovanucci

Corinne Huschle

Hamlet

Jared Beaulieu

Ben Abel

Marco Monroy

Ophelia

Sophia Lalli

Mia Ives-Flores

Ashlee Sparfven

Hannah Paul

Gertrude

Krysyana Greaves

Caroline Cummings

Melissa Bowden

Molly Valcour

Ashlee Sparfven

Hannah Paul

Claudius

Alex Lafreiere

Evan Schick

Kyle Arrington

Adam Winograd

Luke Haskell

Polonius

Alex Lafreiere

Evan Schick

Kyle Arrington

Adam Winograd

Luke Haskell

Tragedians

Ben Abel

Alex Lafreiere*

Matthew Brown*

Austin Seda

Adam Winograd

Colby Gallant*

Marco Monroy*

Ariel Rothberg

Slava Tcheul*

*called back for Horatio

SCHEDULE

10 am-11 am: Rosencrantz + Guildenstern

11am-12pm: Elizabethans (Ophelia, Gertrude, Claudius, Polonius, Hamlet)

12:pm-12:30pm: Rosencrantz + Hamlet

12:30pm-1pm: LUNCH

1pm-1:30pm: Player

1:30pm-2pm: Guildenstern + Player

2pm-2:30pm: Tragedians

2:30pm-3pm: Horatio

3pm and onward: TBD

CAST LIST FOR CURTAINS

Thank you to everyone who came out today for callbacks!! You certainly made the decision hard, but we have a cast! Congratulations! The first rehearsal will be tomorrow (Monday) night in Bartlett 301 at 6:30.

If you don’t see your name on here and you would still like to be involved, please don’t hesitate to fill out an artistic team application! The online application can be found in the upper right hand corner of the blog – just email it to us, and our producer Dan will contact you for an interview time.

With that, here is the cast of Curtains!

Frank – Marc Isaac Boyd

Nikki – Chelsea Thiboutot

Carmen – Katy Geraghty

Belling – Luke Baker

Georgia – Casey May

Aaron – Alan Couture

Bobby – Phil Rosario

Bambi* – Meghan Ryan

Johnny – Anna Meehan

Sidney* - Jimmy Benjamin
Daryl - Ryan Hill

Randy* – Nick DiStanzio

Oscar – Tiberius Cuipylo-Watkiins

Jessica* – Megan Fusco

Harv* – Zac McDermott

Detective O'Farrell* – Lisa Rizzo

Ensemble – Erica Risti, Ellen McDonald, Caroline Crimmins, Caroline Phinney

*will also double in the Ensemble

CALLBACKS FOR CURTAINS!

THANK YOU to all who auditioned! We saw a lot of talent this weekend, and are excited to get started with callbacks!

Here are the people we would like to see again for specific roles. Please scroll all the way to the end of the page to see the schedule for the day. Bring homework and things to do for in between waiting periods! **PLEASE NOTE** if you are late for your call back time, you FORFEIT your spot. Please arrive at the very least 15 minutes before your time, in case of time overlaps.

If you don’t see your name on here and you would like to be involved, please do not hesitate to apply for our artistic team (scenic designer, construction, lighting, hair&makeup, etc). You can find the application in the top right hand corner of the blog.

FRANK/CIOFFI

Alan Couture

Marc Boyd

Tiberius Cuipylo-Watkins

Lukas Rubin

NIKKI

Caroline Crimmins

Chelsea Thiboutot

Caitlin Simpson

Meghan Ryan

BAMBI

Caroline Crimmins

Chelsea Thiboutot

Meghan Ryan

Casey May

Katy Geraghty

CARMEN

Lisa Rizzo

Megan Fusco

Maggie Dekkur

Erica Risti

Katy Geraghty

GEORGIA

Caroline Crimmins

Lisa Rizzo

Chelsea Thiboutot

Meghan Ryan

Casey May

Megan Fusco

BELLING

Luke Baker

Phil Rosario

Katy Geraghty

Marc Boyd

Lukas Rubin

Rhian Stuttle

AARON

Ray Cole

Luke Baker

Alan Couture

Marc Boyd

BOBBY

Phil Rosario

Marc Boyd

Lukas Rubin

Stefano Perti

RANDY

Nick DiStasio

Luke Baker

Tiberius Cuipylo-Watkins

Ryan Hill

JESSICA

Anna Meehan

Megan Fusco

Emily Jones

Erica Risti

ENSEMBLE

Jimmy Benjamin

Zac McDermott

Ellen McDonald

Hannah Hausman

Maggie Crisman

Hannah Paul

Adam Winegrad

Caroline Phinney

Kelly Tierney

9:00 am-10:30 – Dance (please wear comfortable clothing and bring water!)

10:30-11:00 – Frank/Cioffi & Nikki

11-12 – Frank/Cioffi, Carmen, Belling, Georgia

12-12:30 – LUNCH

12:30-1:15 – Aaron, Bobby, Belling, Georgia

1:15-2 – Belling, Bambi, Bobby, Nikki, Georgia

2-2:20 – Bambi & Carmen

2:20-3 – Carmen

3-3:30 – Aaron

3:30-4:15 – Georgia & Bobby

4:15-4:45 – Georgia

4:45-5:15 – Randy

5:15-5:35 – Frank/Cioffi

5:35-6 – Jessica

6-7 – DINNER

7pm and onward - TBD

FIRST GENERAL BODY MEETING TONIGHT

Doors open at 6, meeting starts at 6:30!! Campus Center room 174-6 (in the basement). TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!