A Life in Review
I graduate from the University of the Arts five weeks from Wednesday. As I look back on the past four years, I thought it would be interesting to log all the scenes and monologues done in acting studios and rep class. These are the building blocks of a BFA:
MONOLOGUES
M. Butterfly - Renee
The Fantasticks - Matt
The Invention of Love - Housman
Casina - Lysidamus
Death of a Salesman - Biff
Three Sisters - Andrei
Shakespeare's Sonnet CXXX
Henry IV, Part I - Hotspur
The Merchant of Venice - Launcelot Gobbo
Love! Valour! Compassion! - Buzz
SCENES
The Woolgatherer - Cliff (w/Hollis Sherman-Pepe)
Second Threshold - Jock (w/Bonnie Quick)
The Owl and the Pussycat - Felix (w/Tara McCann)
PS, Your Cat is Dead - Jimmy (w/Laura Catlaw)
Picnic - Howard (w/Kati Lyles) **performed at UArts Open House, Fall 2004**
A View From the Bridge - Eddie (w/Caitlin Reilly)
Hurly Burly - Eddie (w/Jenn MacMillan)
A Streetcar Named Desire - Stanley (w/Tara McCann)
The Cannibals - Uncle (w/Stoppleworth's studio)
Hedda Gabler - Judge Brach (w/Kati Lyles)
Uncle Vanya - Vanya (w/Jenn MacMillan)
The Taming of the Shrew - Petruchio (w/Caitlin Reilly)
Othello - Iago (w/Jarrod Lentz, Jordan Stalsworth, and Jill Valentine)
Commedia del Arte improv - Inamorato
The Would-Be Gentleman - Cleonte (w/Jarrod Lentz, Jordan Stalsworth, and Laura Catlaw)
The Rivals - Sir Lucius O'Trigger (w/Jonathan Reilly)
Private Lives - Ellyot (w/Laura Catlaw, Hollis Sherman-Pepe, and Jonathan Reilly)
SCENES WITH MUSIC
Baby - "What Could Be Better?" - Danny (w/Caitlin Reilly)
Carousel - "When the Children Are Asleep" - Mr. Snow (w/Bonnie Quick)
The King & I - "We Kiss in a Shadow" - Lun Tha (w/Kaitlin Mercurio)
How to Succeed... - "Been a Long Day" - Finch (w/Laura Catlaw and Mary Scholz)
Sweeney Todd - "My Friends" - Sweeney (w/Bonnie Quick)
The Threepenny Opera - "The Instead Of Song" - Peachum (w/Ginny Wehrmeister)
The Threepenny Opera - "Act I Finale" - Peachum (w/Laura Catlaw and Caitlin Reilly)
Patience - "So Go to Him and Say to Him" - Bunthorne (w/Kaitlin Mercurio)
A Little Night Music - "It Would Have Been Wonderful" - Carl Magnus (w/Jarrod Lentz)
SCENES WITH MUSIC AND DANCE
La Cage Aux Folles/Can-Can - "La Cage Aux Folles"/"Quadrile" - (w/Class of 2006)
The Boyfriend - "Won't You Charleston With Me?" - (w/Class of 2006)
Orchestra Wives - "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" - soloist (w/Class of 2006)
Hair - "Hair" - (w/Class of 2006)
A Chorus Line - "I Hope I Get It" - Bobby (w/Class of 2006)
Cats - "Jellical Songs for Jellicle Cats" - Skimbleshanks - (w/Class of 2006)
Les Miserables - "One Day More" - Thenadier (w/Class of 2006)
Grease - "Summer Nights" - Roger (w/Class of 2006)
SHOWS
Rags - Benjamin Levitowitz
Equinox 2004 - Two Years Go By and Nothing Happens - #1
Pippin - Lewis
The Gardener's Dog - Marquis Ricardo
Hot Mikado - Pooh Bah
Grand Hotel: The Musical - Generaldirektor Hermann Preysing
So there you have it. Of course, this list leaves out the countless solo songs worked on in class, and out of it. Also probably about a dozen protoscenes, with or without music, should be included as well. It certainly has been a long and arduous journey, and it's bizarre that it's suddenly coming to an end. I hope by listing this immense body of work and repertoire, I can begin to account for four incredible years of learning, experience, and trial.
MONOLOGUES
M. Butterfly - Renee
The Fantasticks - Matt
The Invention of Love - Housman
Casina - Lysidamus
Death of a Salesman - Biff
Three Sisters - Andrei
Shakespeare's Sonnet CXXX
Henry IV, Part I - Hotspur
The Merchant of Venice - Launcelot Gobbo
Love! Valour! Compassion! - Buzz
SCENES
The Woolgatherer - Cliff (w/Hollis Sherman-Pepe)
Second Threshold - Jock (w/Bonnie Quick)
The Owl and the Pussycat - Felix (w/Tara McCann)
PS, Your Cat is Dead - Jimmy (w/Laura Catlaw)
Picnic - Howard (w/Kati Lyles) **performed at UArts Open House, Fall 2004**
A View From the Bridge - Eddie (w/Caitlin Reilly)
Hurly Burly - Eddie (w/Jenn MacMillan)
A Streetcar Named Desire - Stanley (w/Tara McCann)
The Cannibals - Uncle (w/Stoppleworth's studio)
Hedda Gabler - Judge Brach (w/Kati Lyles)
Uncle Vanya - Vanya (w/Jenn MacMillan)
The Taming of the Shrew - Petruchio (w/Caitlin Reilly)
Othello - Iago (w/Jarrod Lentz, Jordan Stalsworth, and Jill Valentine)
Commedia del Arte improv - Inamorato
The Would-Be Gentleman - Cleonte (w/Jarrod Lentz, Jordan Stalsworth, and Laura Catlaw)
The Rivals - Sir Lucius O'Trigger (w/Jonathan Reilly)
Private Lives - Ellyot (w/Laura Catlaw, Hollis Sherman-Pepe, and Jonathan Reilly)
SCENES WITH MUSIC
Baby - "What Could Be Better?" - Danny (w/Caitlin Reilly)
Carousel - "When the Children Are Asleep" - Mr. Snow (w/Bonnie Quick)
The King & I - "We Kiss in a Shadow" - Lun Tha (w/Kaitlin Mercurio)
How to Succeed... - "Been a Long Day" - Finch (w/Laura Catlaw and Mary Scholz)
Sweeney Todd - "My Friends" - Sweeney (w/Bonnie Quick)
The Threepenny Opera - "The Instead Of Song" - Peachum (w/Ginny Wehrmeister)
The Threepenny Opera - "Act I Finale" - Peachum (w/Laura Catlaw and Caitlin Reilly)
Patience - "So Go to Him and Say to Him" - Bunthorne (w/Kaitlin Mercurio)
A Little Night Music - "It Would Have Been Wonderful" - Carl Magnus (w/Jarrod Lentz)
SCENES WITH MUSIC AND DANCE
La Cage Aux Folles/Can-Can - "La Cage Aux Folles"/"Quadrile" - (w/Class of 2006)
The Boyfriend - "Won't You Charleston With Me?" - (w/Class of 2006)
Orchestra Wives - "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" - soloist (w/Class of 2006)
Hair - "Hair" - (w/Class of 2006)
A Chorus Line - "I Hope I Get It" - Bobby (w/Class of 2006)
Cats - "Jellical Songs for Jellicle Cats" - Skimbleshanks - (w/Class of 2006)
Les Miserables - "One Day More" - Thenadier (w/Class of 2006)
Grease - "Summer Nights" - Roger (w/Class of 2006)
SHOWS
Rags - Benjamin Levitowitz
Equinox 2004 - Two Years Go By and Nothing Happens - #1
Pippin - Lewis
The Gardener's Dog - Marquis Ricardo
Hot Mikado - Pooh Bah
Grand Hotel: The Musical - Generaldirektor Hermann Preysing
So there you have it. Of course, this list leaves out the countless solo songs worked on in class, and out of it. Also probably about a dozen protoscenes, with or without music, should be included as well. It certainly has been a long and arduous journey, and it's bizarre that it's suddenly coming to an end. I hope by listing this immense body of work and repertoire, I can begin to account for four incredible years of learning, experience, and trial.