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April 29th through May 1st 2021
https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html Isaiah Wooden.

Talkback with the Senior Festival Thesis-Makers
Sunday, May 2nd 2:00pm EST: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wR0rq-cxSVOa5eJZ-lEp-Q

The 2021 Theater Arts senior thesis-makers will participate in a talkback moderated by Prof. There will be an opportunity for attendees to ask the panelists question about the Senior Festival during the Q&A portion of the talk back. Please register at t

he link above. The annual Senior Festival is a chance for graduating theater arts students to showcase their work. Students will take on a variety of roles, from
acting, directing, choreography and design. Every year is different, and our students never cease to amaze us with their vision and ambition. Come see what this year’s festival has to offer!

05/06/2021

The Senior Festival has now concluded! Thank you for supporting our seniors!

Poster Design: Jacob Bers

Alt text: Brandeis senior thesis festival - Nate Rtishchev “10,9, too late, blast off!” - Xinbei Lin ‘Doctor Faustus Lights the lights’ - Anderson Stinson, III ‘The Anderson Stinson Extended Universe’ - Renata Leighton ‘Boundless’ - Amy Ollove ‘Foolish Sanity’ - Lauren Komer ‘Lulu’ - Casey Bachman ‘Disconnecting the Dots’ - Streaming April 29
Image description: a black background with a map of blue constellations. The text is in white and orange.

05/05/2021

THE THESIS FESTIVAL STOPS STREAMING TONIGHT AT 11PM! Watch them anytime throughout the day at https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html!
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05/04/2021

Only 2 days left to watch the thesis festival productions! Visit https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html to watch them anytime.

Today we're featuring Renata Leighton's devised thesis, Boundless. Both a memoir and a call to action, Boundless reflects on the complex experience of developing body dysmorphia as a performer, while interrogating the role artists play in perpetuating toxic narratives about which bodies are valuable and which ones are not.
Image description: A structure made of poles stands on the stage. Within the structure lay piles of rope. A person stands at upstage wearing a white cape. The stage is lit with red lighting.
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05/03/2021

"You are nothing to me but a woman. Just a woman."
Today we're featuring Lauren Komer's directing thesis, Lulu! Taking the form of an interactive video performance, this production fearlessly (and literally) looks internalized misogyny in the face and delves into the dark and stunning expanse of Lulu’s mind and soul/s.

Only 3 days left to view the thesis festival productions at: https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html?fbclid=IwAR0VgvfE1PtVAbWklQS_cl-nlshMLQ1BNDwO_Bao0a9Xxt1bXRjs3kruvHM !

Alt text: Lulu - An interactive video performance - April 29th-May 5th - https://www.luluxoxo.art/ - Directed by Lauren Komer
Image description: The background is hot pink and the letters are light pink. There is a black snake in the middle of the image.

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05/02/2021

MEET THIS THESIS MAKERS!
Today at 2PM we're hosting a talkback. Join us and learn more about all the different shows and how we made art in a pandemic! Register here: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wR0rq-cxSVOa5eJZ-lEp-Q and you'll be sent a zoom link!
The 2021 Theater Arts senior thesis-makers will participate in a talkback moderated by Prof. Isaiah Wooden. There will be an opportunity for attendees to ask the panelists question about the Senior Festival during the Q&A portion of the talk back.
To view all the thesis productions, visit our website: https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html?fbclid=IwAR2HEATuEHoFOgi4GAZXM8qP5FSKC1iM7b0NUS7He0-5kdeTeokdl_IOCwA
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05/01/2021

Register for the Foolish Sanity talkback TODAY AT 3PM here: https://brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsdu2tqzosH9aEXd8qxFxBSbfBrLw5asDF?fbclid=IwAR3QVVBNBJ84uUZxYpiT-I3bQglCX6dugQU7L5h743IEwMf_85BN9Ija1ao! We'll discuss the design and making of the show as well as its major themes- such as how society perceives and treats people with mental illness.
Watch Foolish Sanity and all the other thesis productions anytime from now until 5/5 here: https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html.
Amy Ollove stars in her thesis, Foolish Sanity- a theatrical film piece that combines scenes and monologues from various classical and modern plays into the format of a comedy sketch show. Through these pieces, Foolish Sanity explores what happens when the Fool is given the dimensions and humanity they are so often denied due to their duties of providing entertainment, speaking truths (often by breaking the 4th wall), and being, seemingly, ‘mad’.

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Alt text: Foolish Sanity - Starring Amy Ollove - "If my friends could see me now..." - Sweet Charity
Image description: Actress, Amy Ollove, stands on a dark stage lit by a spotlight in her Charity Costume. She has her back to the camera but has twister her body at a 90 degree angle with her right hand holding the tip of her bowler hat with her fingers extended.

04/30/2021

THE THESIS FESTIVAL IS NOW STREAMING HERE: https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html?fbclid=IwAR21tdOyJyq_NUQvOxeGRqlxD05XqLb0FwlJimiEklQWKZ8ZcAFffpPS4Nw Watch each thesis production anytime from now until May 5th!

Today we're featuring Casey Bachman's thesis 'Disconnecting the Dots: Judaism and Israel. Disconnecting the Dots: Judaism and Israel is an exploration of how theater can be used to create dialogue, specifically around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Register for the talkback tonight at 5PM here:
https://brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvd-CvrDooGdIJ5wREF-CCytJrNU6ICmFr
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Image description: On the right side of the picture, there's a clear board with blue text written on it. A person dressed in all black stands behind this board writing on it. On the left side of the picture there is a person standing with a notebook and a camera on a tripod in front of them.

04/29/2021

THE THESIS FESTIVAL IS NOW STREAMING! Visit https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html?fbclid=IwAR3uFe92ys6rrWpabYkny-Ft9qrurG7HevDKIzXdgdd50YLM1Y6sdVg86-k to watch each production anytime!
And don't forget to sign up for the thesis festival talkback this Sunday at 2PM here: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wR0rq-cxSVOa5eJZ-lEp-Q

Today we're featuring Xinbei Lin's thesis, Doctor Faustus Lights! It is a reworking of the Faust myth, a story of a man selling his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and wealth.

Image description: Pictured is the viewfinder of a camera. It shows three people standing in a studio space surrounded by blue light. Behind them is a chair draped in white sheets.

04/28/2021

THE THESIS FESTIVAL BEGINS STREAMING TOMORROW! Watch the different pieces then at https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html

Register for the Thesis festival talkback on Sunday at 2PM at:
https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wR0rq-cxSVOa5eJZ-lEp-Q

Today, we're featuring Nate Rtishchev's thesis; 10, 9, Too Late, Bast off! Adapting several works from Early Soviet Science Fiction, 10, 9, Too Late, Blast Off! will use different online formats to explore how we engage with stories in turbulent political moments.

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Image description: 3 zoom boxes are pictured. In each one a person wears a suit and holds up a shot glass.

04/27/2021

The Theater Arts Thesis Festival begins streaming THIS THURSDAY via https://www.brandeis.edu/theater/productions/current-season/senior-festival.html
In the meantime, register for the talkback about all the shows on Sunday 5/2 at 2PM here: https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wR0rq-cxSVOa5eJZ-lEp-Q
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Today, we're featuring Renata Leighton's thesis, Boundless- Devised from the real lives of an ensemble of artists, Boundless explores both the struggles and joys of learning to love one’s body in its most raw, vulnerable and real form.

Image Description: A structure made out of poles stands on a stage. It is divided into three parts. In the middle, someone stands on the pole with her left arm and left leg pointing outward. There are multiple pieces of red cloth on the stage floor.

04/26/2021

Thesis maker, Amy Ollove, was interviewed by SIMS about working with them this semester to make her thesis, Foolish Sanity!
Check out the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/getz-lab
Season 2 Episode 1
Register for the Foolish Sanity talkback on 5/1 at 3PM here: https://brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsdu2tqzosH9aEXd8qxFxBSbfBrLw5asDF?fbclid=IwAR3QVVBNBJ84uUZxYpiT-I3bQglCX6dugQU7L5h743IEwMf_85BN9Ija1ao

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