CCM's Department of Drama Presents 'Transmigration: A Festival of New Student-Created Work' Feb. 19-21

Students in CCM’s drama program are taking big risks.

Since December 2008, they’ve been tasked with creating entirely original stage works for a mini-festival called

Transmigration

, making its debut at CCM this year.

The festival draws its name from the word meaning “the movement from one place to another” or “the transition from one state of being to another.” It has been envisioned by department chair Richard Hess not only as a rigorous creative exercise for his student actors, but also as an opportunity for them to expand their experience with every aspect of bringing a work to life.

Nearly every CCM drama major plays a role in

Transmigration

—sophomores, juniors and seniors have been assigned to one of six student teams. Each team has been charged with creating a work completely from scratch, collaborating fully to develop a concept, story, characters and script. Each team also has received a $60 budget to spend as they’d like, be it on props, set pieces, costumes or marketing.

From these teams, six new 30-minute plays have been developed, all of which will be performed over one weekend at CCM.

Transmigration

will follow a Fringe Festival-like format, with works occurring simultaneously and in rotation throughout various and unexpected spaces. For each day of the festival, it will be possible for an audience member to see up to four different plays of their choosing.

Says Hess, “Audiences can expect the unexpected. The envelope will not be pushed, it will be ripped wide open."

VIDEO: Click here to watch CCM drama students discuss Transmigration.
Courtesy CETConnect
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EVENT DETAILS
 
Dates & Times:
Thurs., Feb. 19–Sat., Feb. 21, 2009
Times vary – see individual production descriptions below

Performance Schedule:
Room 3650 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday & Friday, 7:45 & 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, 2:45, 4:15, 7:45 & 9:15 p.m.

Location:
Various throughout the CCM Village
- Patricia Corbett Theater lobby
- Room 3640 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts
- Room 3650 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts

See individual production descriptions for details.

Admission:
FREE, though seating is limited and reservations are required. Reservations become available Monday, Feb. 16.
 
Reservations:
Contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.

For more information:
www.ccmtransmigration.com
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SHOW DESCRIPTIONS

Title:
(fun)eral.

Description:
When all is said and done, are funerals for the deceased or the bereaved? One man’s dying wish is to be the life of the party, but his family may not be to quick to RSVP.
 
Cast:
Ben Newell, Stephanie Brait, Casey Leach, Gregory Wool, Taylor Cloyes, Zlatomir Moldovanski, Mackenzie Harden, Claron Hayden, Graham Hooper
 
Performance Schedule:
Patricia Corbett Theater Lobby
Thursday & Friday, 7 p.m. & 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, 2 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7 p.m. & 9:15 p.m.
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Title:
EarWorm

Description:
Ever get a song stuck in your head? Afraid it will never leave? You, my friend, might just have an earworm. Come join the exploration of sound as the cast of EarWorm takes you on an aural and visual ride through your sense, perception, and prejudice of sound. Just don’t plug your ears!
 
Cast:
Britany Middleton, Evan Charest, Emily Matlack, Mikayla Stanley, Ben Cramer, Catherine Prevett, Allyson West. Kayce Kuntz, Parker Searfoss
 
Performance Schedule:
Room 3640 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday & Friday, 8:30 & 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, 3:30, 4:15, 8:30 & 9:15 p.m.
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Title:
Barren

Description:
Conception is impossible without love. A girl comes of age in an infertile kingdom. Her journey will be one of love and loyalty. Her sacrifice will save the world.
 
Cast:
LoraBeth Barr, Rachel Sleek-Banuelos, Abigail Butcher, Kevin Macku, Jordan Schramka, Chelsea Gidden , Alec Silberblatt, Clare Ward, Jared Wilson
 
Performance Schedule:
Room 3640 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday & Friday, 7 & 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, 2, 2:45, 7 & 7:45 p.m.
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Title:
Still Standing

Description:
We’re all familiar with the stories of the end of the world. From Revelations to the Aztecs to "The Day After Tomorrow," these apocalyptic tales permeate our culture asking us to reconsider how we would face our end. But what does it really mean for a world to end? And how do we stand back up and move forward? There are so many ways our personal worlds come to an end, but how do we rise again? How do we emerge from the rubble of our fall still standing?
 
Cast:
Kendall Karg, David Speer, Leah Watson, Brian Emond, Stephen Shore, Dione Hardin, Bennett Bradley, Kenneth Courtney
 
Performance Schedule:
Room 3640 Corbett Center for the Performing Arts
Thursday & Friday, 7 & 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, 2, 3, 7 & 8:30 p.m.
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Title:
What Shame Sounds Like

Description:
If you give a mouse a cookie, he’ll cry wolf. One man’s fate brings four seemingly distant people together.
 
Cast:
Trevor Day, Abigail Cox, Taylor Scruggs, Kelly Rossberg, John Ware, Hope Shangle, Caroline Shannon
 
Performance Schedule:
Patricia Corbett Theater Lobby
Thursday & Friday, 7:45 & 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, 2:45, 3:30, 7:45 & 8:30 p.m.
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Title:
Side Effects

Description:
Is love purely chemical? Or is it fate? In a controversial experiment, these questions will be tested. A “love drug” is created by two scientists looking to understand the greater complexities of love by medicating it.

Cast:
Jonathan Silver, Amy Berryman, Sarah Beth Tew, Kellen York, Michael Carr, Kevin Malarkey, Cameron Davis, Kristopher Dean, Anna Gilmore