Calling all future Lawyers, Actors, and Public Speakers.
As a student actor, you are given a small character case packet. You will attend law classes and answer questions the students ask for their grade. You are asked some intake/interview questions. This is very easy and you can use notes! An amazing opportunity to gain public speaking skills and meet UT Law faculty. This is a paid opportunity.
All Campus Theatre Presents:
Musical Theatre Review
Saturday, March 4 at 8pm, Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building
A night of Time Warp, Jet Set, and More!
The Female Box Or Seven Ways to be a Good Woman
7:30 pm Saturday and Sunday, February 25th and 26th, and March 4th and March 5th, 2023
Talkback Sundays
At Dragonfly Aerial Arts (New Location)
509 Dutch Valley Dr. Knoxville, TN
Free Event – Donations Accepted
Please carpool if possible as parking is limited.
Clarence Brown Theatre | Photos by Ella Marston
Marti Gobel ♦ – Director
Christopher Pickart ‡– Scenic Designer
Devario D. Simmons ‡ – Costume Designer
Joshua J. Mullady – Lighting Designer
Joe Cerqua ‡ – Sound Designer and Composer
Davion T. Brown – Voice Coach
Topaz Cooks * – Stage Manager
Kenneth Martin – Artistic Director, Department Head
Tom Cervone – Managing Director
Susan L. McMillan – Production Manager
Shinnerrie Jackson * – Wiletta Mayer
Tom Parkhill – Henry
Will Dorsey IV * – John Nevins
Amberlin McCormick * – Millie Davis
Rachel Darden * – Judy Sears
Rico Bruce Wade * – Sheldon Forrester
Joshua Peterson * – Al Manners
Michael Najman * – Eddie Fenton
Terry Weber * – Bill O’Wray
Understudies
Kisha Rockett – Wiletta Mayer
Malik Baines – John Nevins
McKinley Merritt – Millie Davis
Steve Sherman * – Henry, Al Manners, Bill O’Wray
Linzy Monks – Judy Sears
Kenneth Herring – Sheldon Forrester
Joseph Coram – Eddie Fenton
♦ The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
‡ Represented by United Scenic Artists, local USA-829 of the IATSE.
* Members of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
A Welcome and Information Event
WHO: All Theatre Students, Faculty and Staff theatre majors, minors, and friends are welcome!
WHEN: Friday, January 27 from 2pm until 3:30pm
WHERE: Carousel Theatre
Join us to hear important information about theatre scholarships, special classes, new faculty, the plan for the new Carousel Theatre, and the 23-24 Clarence Brown Season. There will be Q&A time too, so bring your questions. And pick up your department T-shirt!
Knoxville, TN The Clarence Brown Theatre is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $15,000. This grant will support the hiring of guest artists for the Clarence Brown Theatre’s production of “Trouble in Mind.” This grant is one of 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling nearly $28.8 million that were announced by the NEA as part of its first round of fiscal year 2023 grants.
“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects in communities nationwide,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “Projects such as this one with the Clarence Brown Theatre strengthen arts and cultural ecosystems, provide equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice, and contribute to the health of our communities and our economy.”
The Clarence Brown Theatre strives to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a reflex, not an initiative.
“We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and stories create a stronger and more creative environment, inspire us to change, teach new ideas, help us to be engaged, feel included and valued. Being able to tell the story of “Trouble in Mind” helps us to include voices not heard enough. Voices that need to be heard,” said Kenneth Martin, Clarence Brown Theatre Artistic Director and UT Theatre Department Head.
“Trouble in Mind,” a comedy-drama written in 1955, was planned for Broadway but canceled when Childress wouldn’t tone down its message. The play was finally produced in 2021 and received four Tony nominations. It will run on the CBT mainstage February 8 – 26, 2023.
For more information on other projects included in the NEA’s grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.
With a dual mission to train the next generation of theatre artists and to provide top quality theatre, the Clarence Brown Theatre is a professional theater in residence at the University of Tennessee. Under the leadership of CBT Producing Artistic Director and UT Theatre Department Head, Kenneth J. Martin, and Managing Director, Thomas Cervone, the CBT season runs from August through May and features six productions ranging from musicals to drama.
Read the Full Article Here: The Torchbearer, by Cassandra Sproles December 14, 2022
Ask Tramell Tillman (’14) what it’s like to be a celebrity and he’ll humbly say that he doesn’t know—he certainly doesn’t feel like one. But after his work on the critically acclaimed Apple TV show Severance and walking the red carpet at the Emmy Awards, it’s hard to deny that Tillman’s time in the spotlight has come—and it’s just getting started.
While Tillman was excited to see celebrities like Oprah Winfrey at the Emmy Awards, he says he was surprised by other celebrities saying they were nervous to approach him in case he was like his Severance character Seth Milchick, whom Tillman describes as “an enthusiastic company man.” More…
“If it weren’t for those generous souls who supported and truly saw me, I am not sure I would be the artist I am today. Over time I learned to open and eventually trust. Trust is vital in the tender work we do. If there’s no trust we suffer, the work suffers.” – TRAMELL TILLMAN
Clarence Brown Theatre | Photos by Ella Marston
Amelia Peterson – Director
Terry D. Alford – Musical Director
Katherine Stepanek– Scenic Designer
Lauren T. Roark ‡ – Costume Designer
Travis Gaboda – Lighting Designer
Mike Ponder – Sound Designer
DJ Pike – Projection Designer
Casey Sams – Choreographer
Katie Cunningham – Voice, Text and Dialect Coach
Patrick Lanczki * – Production Stage Manager
Rachel Jarnagin * – Stage Manager
Kenneth Martin – Artistic Director/Department Head
Tom Cervone – Managing Director
Susan L. McMillan – Production Manager
David Brian Alley * – Scrooge, Ensemble
Guthrie Butler – Caroler, Young Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Topper, Ensemble
Joseph Coram – Fred, Dick Wilkins, Peter Cratchit, Undertaker, Ensemble
Gregory Crane * – Marley, Mr. Fezziwig, Young Marley, Ensemble
Rachel Darden * – Mrs. Cratchit, Miss Ortle, Ghost of Christmas Future, Ensemble
Kage Oakley Harrold – Tree Seller, Albert, Charles, Ensemble
Golden Littlejohn – Tiny Tim, School Child, Party Child, Ignorance, Ensemble
Natalya MacDonald-Risner – Young Beggar, Fan, Belinda, Want, Turkey Child, Ensemble
Amberlin McCormick * – Caroler, Belle, Agatha, Laundress, Caroline, Ensemble
Michael Najman * – Bob Cratchit, Schoolmaster, Archie, Joe, Ensemble
Penny Peterson – Tiny Tim, School Child, Party Child, Ignorance, Ensemble
Christine Sage * – Baker, Ghost of Christmas Past, Martha, Catherine, Mrs. Dilber, Ensemble
Laura Beth Wells * – Caroler, Mrs. Fezziwig, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ensemble
Understudies
Jed Diamond * – Scrooge, Marley, Mr. Fezziwig, Ensemble
Livi Fenech – Baker, Ghost of Christmas Past, Martha, Catherine, Mrs. Dilber, Caroler, Belle, Agatha, Laundress, Caroline, Ensemble
Tyler Glover – Bob Cratchit, Schoolmaster, Archie, Joe, Tree Seller, Young Marley, Albert, Charles, Ensemble
Sarah Hazlehurst – Caroler, Mrs. Fezziwig, Miss Ortle, Mrs. Cratchit, Ghost of Christmas Future, Ensemble
Jacob Leon – Caroler, Young Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Topper, Ensemble, Fred, Dick Wilkins, Peter Cratchit, Undertaker, Ensemble
Madison M. Mansouri – Ghost of Christmas Present, Young Beggar, Fan, Belinda, Ignorance, Turkey Child, Ensemble
‡ Represented by United Scenic Artists, local USA-829 of the IATSE.
* Members of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
The Lab Theatre | Photos by Ella Marston
Director Terry D. Alford
Scenic Designer Michaela Lochen
Costume Designer Alex Heder
Lighting Designer Mitch Wilson
Sound Designer Lucas Swinehart
Projection Designer Kaylin Gess
Dramaturg/Assistant Director Madison M. Mansouri
Intimacy Choreographer Casey Sams
Voice/Speech Coach Carol Mayo Jenkins
Magic Consultant Robert Kalina
Stage Manager Blake Julian
Artistic Director and Department Head Kenneth Martin
Managing Director Tom Cervone
Production Manager Susan L. McMillan
Mel – Sarah Wahrmund
Olivia – Jasmine R. Handy
Robert – Chris Verrier
Steve – Greg Jordan
Female Steve – Cameron Skillen
Assistant Stage Manager / Female Steve Understudy – Jenna Mitchell
First Take Co. exists to help multi-disciplinary artists explore the emerging facets of their creativity in a professional, supportive environment. We believe there’s joy and learning in all steps of the making process, and invest in artists unafraid to embrace the unknown. This year, three members of our Resident Artists are offering early glimpses into work that they will continue to develop, either with our team or in personal practice. A visceral exploration of music and nostalgia; a nightclub turned social sparring ground; a haunting exploration of Appalachian sounds in a post-electric future. Each performance time offers a snippet of all three pieces! October 22-23 in Knoxville. Tickets available at linktr.ee/firsttakeco
Ethan Graham Roeder (’16), Hannah Jones (’16), Laura Clift (’17), and Grace Belt (’18), UTK theatre department alumni, started a theatre company with artists met on contracts across the country.
Their first full production is happening in Knoxville October 22-23 (homecoming weekend). It’s called PROOF OF CONCEPT, and it features three pieces of theatre-in-development at their earliest realized state.
Grace has begun work on an Appalachian musical; Ethan Roeder’s play explores the death of the Knoxville club scene; and a colleague from Great River Shakespeare is featuring a devised piece centered around nostalgia. The cast is composed almost entirely of UTK Theatre Department alumni and current students. It’s going to be a great time. We’d love to see any and all of you there!
Once the football schedule for the 22 is set, we’ll be adding performances, but if you grab a ticket now you can easily change your performance time. We’re trying to get something of an “Industry night” on Sunday, if we can.
If you have any questions let us know! Hope to see you there!
