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ORIGINAL PLAYS
TO BE PRESENTED AS INAUGURAL SEASON OF THEATREWORKS
New Programming Effort from MATC Performing Arts Madison Area Technical
College (MATC) Performing Arts is pleased to announce a major programming
effort. TheatreWorks, a new program of the MATC Theater Department
and MATC Performing Arts, is designed to foster and stage original plays.
By doing this, the college hopes to continue its tradition of providing
students and the public with innovative and challenging theater. The inaugural
season of TheatreWorks will feature three original plays written
by MATC faculty members; the first reading will take place on February
15th.
TheatreWorks
is funded and supported by the MATC Arts & Sciences Division and the MATC
Foundation. Three MATC faculty, Michael Irwin, Holly Walter Kerby and
Wm. Patrick Barlow, have researched and written original plays, which
will be presented this season. The first event of the season, a staged
reading/performance of the play Pierre Pauquette: Myth into Man,
will be presented on Thursday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m in the MATC Studio
Theater, located on the MATC-Truax Campus, 3550 Anderson Street.
Written and performed
by English Instructor Michael Irwin, Pierre Pauquette: Myth into Man,
examines the murder of the Ho-Chunk hero and traitor, Pierre Pauquette.
Using historical records of both the white settlers and the native people
of the Portage area, Irwin weaves characters as diverse as Governor Dodge,
Pauquette and the Ho-Chunk tribal leader Whirling Thunder, into a fascinating
mosaic of intrigue, misplaced trust and passion.
Staged readings
of Father of Fortune by Theater Instructor Wm. Patrick Barlow and
That Radiant Source by Science Instructor Holly Walter Kerby will
follow in April and May of 2001. In late spring, TheatreWorks will
call for new scripts for the 2001-2002 season. Scripts will be accepted
from any resident of the MATC District. Details will be available in April.
The staged reading
of Pierre Pauquette: Myth into Man will be presented one time only
in the MATC Studio Theatre on Thursday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are $3.00 per person and are very limited. Tickets are available through
the Mitby Theater Box Office or by calling (608) 243-4000.
MATC is one of the
largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System's 16 colleges. It provides
a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal arts and science, adult
basic education and life enrichment studies and activities, as well as
customized employee training. MATC provides training in more than 100
career programs. It awards associate degrees, vocational diplomas and
certificates, and offers non-degree courses. The college serves all or
parts of 12 counties located in southcentral Wisconsin and offers instruction
through five campuses and various other locations throughout the district.
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