Avila University - Anthem Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Patrick Wood Gory Mitchell ages himself os he purs on the finishing fouches for his character Sir Monrogue in Romeo and Juliet Theatre Elements The lobby is full of murmuring voices, ond the rustling of programs People ore gradually being ushered to their seats. The theatre is full. The lights fade to block. The audience reclines backwards into their seats, preparing for the two hours traffic which they are about to witness on stage. But, there are many elements and phases of a theatre production that must be developed before a play is presented to the public. The actors must rehearse, lights and sound must be designed ond coordinated, and scenery and costumes must be constructed After auditions, the cast is selected and the rehearsal process begins The director conducts rehearsals usually for o periods of five weeks(fhis may vary depending on the director and the time factor). During this five week period the director brings oil the theatre elements to- gether The director assists the cast with memorizing lines and stage movements, the analyzing of the script, its characters and their relationships to one another. While the director and actors are busy with their stage work, the set and costumes are being constructed, and lights and sound are being designed. These elements are all designed with a particular theme in mind, relating to the director ' s interpretation of the playwright ' s words. One of the biggest challenges for me as light designer for Romeo and Juliet, was deciding how to do the lights . . . we considered realistic and non-realistic. We decided on non-realistic. The non-realistic lighting helped us sat- urate things to be a little bit darker — helping us with creating different intensities of emotions and moods, said Mark Sutherland, junior, speech theatre major. At the beginning of the final week of rehearsals a tech- nical rehearsal is held which brings all the elements together. The director incorporates the actors with lights, sound, make-up, costumes, and scenery. Lights and sound are coordinated to correspond with line cues from the script, „ and the costumes ond make-up are used by the actor; to enhance their characters. All of these el- ements come together to create a realistic and en- tertaining drama. — Patrick Wood

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Rick Truman, Carol Drown, and Tim Mercer plan lighting strategies for an up coming production David Steinberg, director of Romeo ond Juliet, rokes time to relax wirh his cost during o brief intermission 24 Theatre Porrich Wood

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HANDS-ON LEARNING Experiential learning compliments book knowledge. It coordinates theory with practice. Students hove the opportunity to apply what they learn in theory , com- mented Sr Dorboro Moore, Chair- person, Deportment of Nursing. Avila tries to provide its students with as much experienriol learning os possible. Hands-on learning con be gained through a variety of curricular and co-curriculor activi- ties. Experiences such os nursing clinicols, student reaching prac- ricums, television production class, newspaper, yearbook, public re- lations internships, and working in the Child Core Center provide stu- dents with realistic job training I appreciate the learning expe- rience and honds-on training I get from working in day care I es- pecially enjoy the interaction I have with the children. I enjoy learning about how children three to six (years old) act — their feel- ings and abilities. Most of oil I en- joy the involvement — having the feeling of being needed, said Carmen Conzonere, senior ele- mentary education major Senior nursing major, Penny New- man shored her comments on her clinical rotations. You ore actually doing things instead of reading about it — you also get the feel- ing of what the hospital is really like. Students work with real cli- ents from o variety of different racial and economic backgrounds of o variety of different agencies”, added Sr. Dorboro Moore . T V. production has given me a tech- nical understanding of the equip- ment that many companies want you to hove before coming on the job, replied Angela Holder, se- nior communication major. — Pat- rick Wood You ore actually doing things instead of reading about it ... — Penny Newman Angelo Holder and Jeff Kraus check rheir equipment before roping o commercial for T V production class. Morle Smirh 26 Experiential Learning