EMU Communication, Media & Theatre Arts

Season Opens for EMU Theatre

2011-09-07T16:32:00.002-04:00

http://www.emich.edu/emutheatre/

Here's the link for EMU Theatre. Check out the new season that opens with a "repeat" of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, directed by Ken Stevens. Kinda like repeating Kindergarten! Come laugh with us. Three shows only ... Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10 both at 7 p.m. and then a Sunday matinee, September 11 at 2 p.m. See a preview at http://www.emich.edu/video/index.php?id=P162_recent

What does Flint and Grand Rapids have in common?

2011-08-25T14:22:00.003-04:00

EMU Forensics, coaches and team members, provided the instruction for two day camps this summer at these locations: Flint Powers Catholic High School and Grand Rapids Christian High School. Spending four days at each site the instructional team had the opportunity to work with outstanding high school students and to assist them in their preparation for the 2011-12 high school tournament circuit. Focused and eager, the camps reached 40 students from 9 high schools.

Remembering Virginia Koste

2011-06-23T16:35:00.007-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvpVAzUIQZQ

Please take the time to view this very special video posted by the Drama Theatre for the Young program on YouTube. It celebrates and remembers the life of one of the program's founding faculty members: V. Glasgow Koste. It is both inspirational and a personal glimpse into this special woman and her impact on a most unique EMU program!

Also at the June 4th event a goal was announced to fully endow a scholarship for DTFY students by the program's 50th birthday. This scholarship is named in honor of the DTFY founders, Jinny Koste and Thelma McDaniel. If you would like to support this scholarship and honor these two outstanding women, please download a donation form and letter of introduction from DTFY's current faculty members.

June 4th Celebrations

2011-06-10T16:49:00.005-04:00

Alumni returned for several special events on Saturday, June 4, 2011.

We honored over 40 years of service to EMU by Dr. Gary Evans with the dedication of a peace pole in his honor. The peace pole is located on Quirk circle drive.

Jinny Koste's contributions to our DTFY program were celebrated and a stone story circle was named in honor of both program's founders, Koste and Thelma McDaniel. The story circle is also on the north side of Quirk and on the circle drive.

Both these additions to our landscaped have enhanced to entry to our theatres! Check this area out next time you come to campus.

Following dinner at the Tower Inn with 60 alumni and staff, and the evening performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee directed by Ken Stevens, the 25th "birthday" of the Sponberg Theatre was celebrated. Great day; great evening for CMTA and its alumni.

Special Alumni Event!

2011-04-26T09:24:00.005-04:00

June 4, 2011 ... come to Quirk for a day filled with special events — Build Legacy — honoring Gary Evans (retirement offical in January 2011), celebrating the life of Ginny Koste, DTFY emeritus professor (1924-2010), our annual spring show directed by Ken Stevens, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and a birthday bash for the Sponberg Theatre — it's 25 years old!

October 30, 2010: event filled day! Invite page 1

2010-09-29T17:34:00.003-04:00

Invite page 2

2010-09-29T17:24:00.001-04:00

EMU Forensics at Flint Powers High School

2010-06-23T16:19:00.002-04:00

Yes, EMU Forensics has returned to high school! A team of five EMU coaches and students are leading a four-day institute at Flint Powers High School. Twenty-six students from eight different high schools are learning skills to make them more competitive on the high school forensic tournament circuit for the next school year. They will wrap up the "day camp" tomorrow, Thursday June 24, with a special guest lecture by EMU Forensics director Ray Quiel and individual performances by the participating students — their "best two minutes."

Last weekend ... Now playing

2010-06-08T15:04:00.009-04:00

EMU Theatre's tradition of providing a fun and upbeat spring show has taken the stage with Little Me directed by Ken Stevens. Entering its second and final weekend, your chance to laugh your way through the entire show remains with three performances, Thursday through Saturday, June 10-12 at 7 p.m. in the Sponberg Theatre. Follow this link to a short video!

Join us!

2010-06-08T15:02:00.002-04:00

Celebrating our CMTA graduates!

2010-05-26T16:06:00.004-04:00

On April 25, 2010 we celebrated with our newest graduates during a reception hosted right here at Quirk. We are proud to welcome graduating CMTA majors and minors as they enjoy their new status as alumni of Eastern Michigan University.

EMU finishes 6th

2010-05-03T11:58:00.004-04:00

The National Forensics Tournament was held at Ohio University and EMU Forensics achieved 6th place as a team.

Firebird!

2010-01-15T16:29:00.004-05:00

EMU Theatre patrons enjoyed a wonderful version of the Prince,the Wolf and the Firebird. Follow this link to a short video on its production. A great family show directed by Pam Cardell with outstanding acting and beautiful costuming

A Funny Thing ...

2009-10-23T09:59:00.004-04:00

http://www.emich.edu/video/
Follow this link to a video clip of EMU Theatre's A Funny Thing Happen on the Way to the Forum. It opens tonight, October 23, 2009, 7 p.m. in the Quirk Theatre and runs through Halloween night! Box office 734.487.2282.

Forensics Team Update 10/9/09

2009-10-09T08:27:00.004-04:00

The EMU Forensics team has hit the ground running this season. Thanks to hard work and diligence from the coaching staff & students over the summer, the team has already traveled to seven tournaments, finishing third, third, third, third, second, fourth and seventh place respectively. Perhaps what’s most exciting about these finishes is that Eastern’s entry size at each tournament has been dwarfed by all other top 10 teams. Yet even with small entries, the students are fairing quite well in final rounds, bringing home team trophies over some of the most competitive teams in the country.

University of Indianapolis Invitational:
Omar Orme: Extemp- 3rd, Informative- 1st, Persusion- 3rd
Ian Hatch: Prose- 5th
Tommy Petersen: Prose- 4th, Duo- 2nd
Mike Schafer: Extemp- 5th, Impromptu- 3rd
Jon Stowell: Impromptu- 2nd
Jon Conway: Informative- 2nd
Arthur Valenzuela: Duo- 2nd

Purdue Invitational:
Arthur Valenzuela: Prose- 6th, Duo- 1st
Charlie Chappel: D.I.- 3rd
Tommy Petersen: Duo- 1st
Jon Stowell: Extemp- 1st, Impromptu- 2nd, Persuasion- 2nd

Western Kentucky Swing Day One:
Ian Hatch: Prose- 2nd, D.I.- 1st
Omar Orme: Extemp- 3rd, Impromptu- 1st, Informative- 6th, Rhet. Crit- 2nd, Persuasion- 2nd
Jon Conway:Informative- 5th

Western Kentucky Swing Day Two:
Omar Orme: Persuasion- 4th, Rhet. Crit- 1st, Extemp- 3rd, Impromptu- 3rd
Ian Hatch: D.I.- 5th

O.C.C Novice Workshop/Tournament:
Evan Mann: Prose- 5th, Impromptu- 1st

74 Swing : Day One:
Omar Orme: Extemp- 3rd, Crit- 4th
Jon Stowell: Persuasion- 3rd
Mike Schafer: Impromptu- 5th
Thom Munger: ADS- 4th

74 Swing: Day Two:
Jon Stowell: Persuasion- 3rd, Extemp- 6th
Thom Munger: ADS- 6th
Ian Hatch: DI- 7th
Alex Landen: Novice Prose- 4th

Doris and Pirooz–– 2009 Teaching Excellence

2009-09-29T10:43:00.008-04:00

Doris Fields and Pirooz Aghssa will be honored this fall with 2009 Teaching Excellence Awards. To signify this honor, they will be presented with their "apple" on Saturday, October 24 during a breakfast ceremony organized by the EMU Alumni Association. Our congratulations to both –– they are truly outstanding professors who are invested in serving EMU students.

2009-09-17T12:39:00.002-04:00

EMU Forensics is off to a great start with 10 spots already qualified for the 2010 national tournament. Their first tournament was in Indianapolis for the "UIndy" Forensics 500 Tournament and placed 3rd overall in the Individual Events Team Sweepstakes. Watch for further updates on the their success throughout the year.

2009-2010 EMU Theatre Season

2009-09-17T12:25:00.003-04:00

Join us for a terrific show season! For more information contact the theatre office at 734.487.1220 or call the box office for tickets 734.487.7.1221.

EMU Forensics -- It's not fall yet but we are hard at work!

2009-07-20T16:47:00.002-04:00

Forensicators & Friends,

The weekend of June 27 we had our first prep of the 2009-2010 season and it would be hard to be more pleased. Our new coaching staff (welcome Maggie Wade from Western Kentucky University) spent several hours meeting and strategizing on Friday in order to harness the potential of this year’s team. We had a great showing. Of the returning members all but four were in attendance and one of our new transfers came as well! In fact I would like to congratulate Ian Hatch and Jon Conway for having the first two PA’s of the season written. We can not wait to see who has the first interp up.

We are looking to take a strong entry to the first tournament of the year. In fact we are gearing to win the tournament on September 12th. Below is our intended entry.

Beemer – Prose, DI, Info
Bell – Prose, Duo
Chappel – DI, ADS (Imp or Poetry)
Clark – Crit, Prose
Colman - TBA
Conway – Info, Pers, Ext, Imp
Green - Prose, Poetry, DI, (Info or Crit)
Hatch – Prose, DI, Info
Milewski – TBA
Orme – TBA (Info, ADS, Ext, Imp)
Thomas Petersen – TBA
Dan Peterson - TBA
Rick – DI, Prose, (Info)
Scavone – can not travel until October
Schafer – Crit, ADS, Extemp, Imp
Schrief – Can not compete first semester
Stowell – Per, Ext, Imp, (ADS or Info)
Valenzuela - TBA
Williams – Poe, Prose, Duo, Imp

On July 31st we plan on celebrating some more as it is our summer banquet/picnic. It is currently scheduled at the University Park pavilion (behind Snow health center). We are hoping to meet the rest of our transfers and our new freshman. The following Saturday and Sunday we will be working hard again to get these events up and ready for competition. If you have any questions about prep, please email Amy at ajohns27@emich.edu.

Ray, Amy & Mike

Into the Woods video clip

2009-06-10T09:47:00.005-04:00

Check this out! On this page you will find a short video clip from Into the Woods, including remarks by Ken Stevens who directed this spring show. Wonderful close to a fantastic show season for EMU Theatre. What's next? Here is a monthly preview of the 2009-10 show season:

October, 2009 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Directed by Pirooz Aghssa

December 2009 The Prince, the Wolf and the Firebird
By Jackson Lacey
Directed by Pam Cardell

February, 2010 Nora
Adaptation by Ingmar Bergman, Based on A Dolls’ House by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Terry Heck Seibert

February 2010 Julie
Adaptation by Ingmar Bergman, Based on Miss Julie by August Strindberg
Directed by Lee Stille

March, 2010 Hotel Paradiso
By Georges Feydeau
Directed by John Seibert

June, 2010 Spring show (TBA)
Directed by Ken Stevens

Now playing in the Sponberg Theatre

2009-05-29T13:18:00.001-04:00

2009-05-29T13:14:00.002-04:00

For kids of all ages and the young of heart. Join the fun on these three Saturdays beginning at 11 a.m.. Only $5. Features the Smiling Duck Puppet Troupe. Call 734.487.1220 (EMU Theatre) for more information.

April 2009 GRADUATION!

2009-05-15T16:02:00.006-04:00

It is always a proud day for the students but also for family and faculty. Congratulations to our EMU/CMTA Winter 2009 graduates. May success be yours.

SPRING AND SUMMER CLASSES

2009-04-20T10:59:00.008-04:00

Maximize your spring and summer. Earn 2-3 credits in only 6 weeks and enjoy smaller class sizes! CMTA is offering over 30 great classes in your major or minor including 12 that are general education courses.

Spring: May 4 to June 15

Summer: June 29 to August 10

Registration is in progress.

2009-04-20T10:54:00.000-04:00

2009-04-20T10:43:00.001-04:00

We are pleased to announce that the 48th annual EMU Alumni Awards Dinner will be held on Saturday, May 9 (6 p.m.) at the Ypsilanti Marriott and Eagle Crest Conference Center.

Two people, very special to CMTA, will be part of the honorees:

David Blixt, 1999 graduate will be honored with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. David has been very successful as an author and actor in the Chicago area and spent a great deal of his last year working with current EMU theatre students as the director of Romeo and Juliet –– one of our fall 2008 mainstage productions.

Ken Stevens will also be recognized with the Dr. John W. Porter Distinguished Service Award. As both professor and long-time director of EMU Theatre, Ken has provided life-changing events for many of us and this recognition, we feel, is well deserved and long overdue.

If your schedule allows and if you would like to join us for this alumni event, please call or email for more information including ticket prices prior its May 1 deadline for reservations:

Pam Cardell
pam.cardell@emich.edu
734.487.1220

Wendy Kivi
wkivi@emich.edu
734.487.3198

2009-04-09T09:38:00.009-04:00

The 29th Undergraduate Symposium was held on Friday, March 27 in the EMU Student Center. Pictured here with their posters are Lane Stover, student presenter from CMTA under the guidance of faculty sponsor Jenny Kindred and Amanda Beck who was sponsored by Pam Cardell. Oral presentations numbered 15 from the department with topics ranging from worker motivation tactics to Japanese Kabuki Theatre.

Hall of Fame Induction

2009-04-09T09:03:00.006-04:00

Click on this link http://gallery.me.com/patrickbarryjr#100566 to see photos from the 2009 Hall of Fame Induction for EMU Forensics. It was a wonderful celebration on Saturday, March 21 as it honored the 30th anniversary of the 1979 national championship team and inducted Kim Roe, Carole Bennett, Dennis Cockrum, Bill Coelius, Jeff "Shappy" Seasholtz, Dave Smith, Jayme Wilson and Danny Vice.

Meeting at the Hall of Fame

2008-12-15T14:36:00.003-05:00

Karen Kosinski Florek (right) finally gets to see the plaque in her honor as a member of EMU Forensics Hall of Fame. Karen was a member of four national championship teams during the 1970s. Here, Karen is pictured with her husband Dann (center) and Judy Sturgis Hill (left), CMTA faculty member and another honored member of the team's Hall of Fame. Judy was the very first EMU student to capture an individual national forensics championship in 1972.

Florek is Commencement Speaker

2008-12-10T09:43:00.003-05:00

Recognize this face? Dann Florek, aka Captain Donald Cragen from the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, will serve as the fall 2008 commencement speaker. While here at EMU as a student in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dann was active in both EMU Theatre and EMU Forensics. He and his wife, Karen Kosinski-Florek, also an EMU alum and a member of EMU Forensics, look forward to returning to to campus for this most special occasion.

Fall 2008 Graduation Reception

2008-12-09T14:40:00.000-05:00

Graduation --- it is always a most anticipated time! CMTA faculty and staff will host a special reception for our fall graduates, Sunday December 14. These CMTA alumni look forward to welcoming yet another group of students to their fold.

December Newsletter

2008-12-09T14:17:00.000-05:00

The December Newsletter is now available at our Alumni page