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To support DAC329/ SPCOM 329: Digital Presentations, the Department of Drama and Speech Communication is pleased to sponsor the community public speaking event, Ignite À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ 15 on November 26, 2014.  All members of the University community are invited to

Professors Simpson and Young speak about their latest books at a Drama and Speech Communication Department Colloquium, "Examining the Neoliberal University and White Narratives of Race." Discussion will follow and light refreshments will be provided.

This workshop is an introduction to puppetry wherein the goal is to have the participant walk away with an understanding of the fundamentals of working with puppets of various styles.  Most of the work will include manipulation of basic puppets and found objects but we will attempt to cover work with full body and over sized puppets as well as the Japanese style of bunraku.  Some of the different styles will involve partnered manipulation.  The workshop will also involve improvisations work with much of the focus being on maintaining a narrative.

“This workshop will give participants an introduction to one of the most effective techniques used to train contemporary actors throughout North America.  The Repetition Exercise was developed by Sanford Meisner, one of America’s leading acting teachers of the 20^th Century and touches on many of the fundamental elements of good acting.  Like a musician practices scales when learning how to play a musical instrument, the Repetition Exercise is used to build awareness of all of the acting basics, including sense of play, listening, working with impulses, reacting, public solitude,

The Drama and Speech Communication Speakers Series presents invited lecturer Professor Rinaldo Walcott from the Department of Social Justice Education, and Director of the Women and Gender Studies Institute, both at the

Come out to hear pecha kucha-style student talks