Category Archives: FACULTY-STAFF

Theatre Arts Student Lisa Laymon Honored as Featured President’s Scholar

Lisa Laymon

Lisa Laymon

Congratulations to TA major Lisa Laymon. As one of 420 President’s Scholars being saluted at this year’s Honors Convocation, she has been nominated by Professor Amy Glazer and selected as one of 10 students featured by SJSU and the Office of the Provost.

Please check out this inspiring interview with Lisa, whose accomplishments and achievements are many and varied.  “When an unexpected door opens,” advises Lisa, “walk through it with confidence in yourself. Be curious: ask good questions and listen with an open mind.  Never stop learning.”

Faculty Service Recognition: Jim LeFever and Laura Long

Congratulations to two of TRFT’s talented and loyal faculty members!

Jim LeFever

Jim LeFever

On Wednesday, March 11, the University recognized Jim LeFever for 25 years of service at SJSU’s annual Faculty Service Recognition and Awards Luncheon.

Lecturer Laura Long was also honored for 15 years of service.

Laura Long

Laura Long

If you see them in the halls, take a moment to congratulate them!

Professor Amy Glazer Wins a Bay Area Critic’s Circle Award with SEMINAR

Final+SFBATCC+Logo+$2896x100$29Congratulations to Theatre Arts Professor Amy Glazer who, on Monday night, was awarded the 2014 Bay Area Critic’s Circle Award for Best Stage Direction in a House with 100 to 300 Seats.

Amy won the award for her production of Seminar at the San Francisco Playhouse.  Professor Scott Sublett observes that “it was a perfect realization of an excellent play,” and TRFT department chair Professor David Kahn notes, “it was indeed a wonderful production and beautifully directed.”

Amy Glazer

Amy Glazer

Congratulations once again!

For a complete list of all the winners, please click the following link:  http://www.sfbatcc.org/13.html

TRFT’s Production of DEAD MAN WALKING and Yoshi Asai’s THE GHOST LIGHT

Dead-Man-Walking_poster_1-2Directed by Kathie Kratochvil, performances of Tim Robbins’s adaptation of Dead Man Walking will take place in the Todd Studio Theatre (HGH 103) beginning Thursday, March 5 at 7pm and continuing Friday and Saturday, as well as  Tuesday through Saturday of the following week. Make sure you turn out to see this wonderful production!

The ticket information of Dead Man Walking is in the following link: http://www.sjsu.edu/trft/dead_man_walking/

For those who attend the opening night performance of Dead Man Walking, there will also be the  opportunity  to see Yoshi Asai’s first performance piece The Ghost Light, created for the class ART-173. (Asai is also a scenic designer for Dead Man Walking.) “Once upon a time, ghosts lived in theaters… well, they still do,” writes Asai. Based on theatre superstitions, his work features Peter Juarez, Cathy Tri, Emily Brouwer, Pandra Brown, and Lindsay Sporleder, with music by Philip Glass Dance IX. (No ticket is needed. Simply show up!) It will take place in Hugh Gillis Hall’s scene shop and  begin at approximately 9:45 p.m. (duration: approximately 20 minutes).

ghost light*** The Ghost Light will begin after Dead Man Walking ends. The scene shop is right next to the Hal Todd Theatre. Wait until the performance area is ready after Dead Man Walking ends. The audience for the performance will be led to the scene shop as the artists are preparing for the performance. Please wait in the hallway (use the entrance that faces San Fernando) until somebody lets you in. 

University Scholar Series: Alison L. McKee, Ph.D.

Associate PrMcKee_Flyer (2)ofessor Alison McKee has been invited to participate in the Spring 2015 University Scholar Series  to chat about her recently published book on “woman’s films” of the 1940s — movies that focus on love, desire, and loss against the backdrop of World War II.

For a fun and informative talk that is open to the SJSU community and the public, please join her on Wednesday, February 25, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Library, Room 225/229.