Theatre Department Handbook 

                                                                        Revised Fall 2008

 

Wesleyan Handbooks

The Theatre Department Handbook addresses policies of importance to theatre majors and minors.  It includes information on the mission and history of the Department, its faculty and staff, academics, financial aid, production procedures, facilities, equipment, forms and other topics of interest.

 

The Theatre Department Handbook is a supplement to the following sources of information for Wesleyan Theatre Majors and Minors:

 

Texas Wesleyan University Academic Catalog, available online at

http://www.txwes.edu/registrar/academiccatalogs.htm

 

Texas Wesleyan Student Handbook, available at the Office of Student Life

 

Some material found in those two handbooks is duplicated here simply to help theatre students access information of particular relevance to their success.   Any deviation here from the information provided in the Academic Catalog or Student Handbook is entirely accidental.  Students are responsible for knowing the information as it is contained in the original source documents.

 

The Theatre Handbook can be found online at the Theatre Wesleyan website:

http://www.txwes.edu/theatrearts/theatrewesleyan/index.htm

 

Students are responsible for knowing the practices and policies outlined in the Handbook.  Should questions arise about content, students should speak with the Department Chairperson, Connie Whitt-Lambert, or the Handbook Editor, Jeanne Everton.  The faculty of Theatre Department has developed and compiled the Handbook’s contents and is the only authority on what is contained there.  Students are cautioned not to speculate on interpretation but to address their concerns to one of these faculty members.

 

The Handbook is a fluid document and will reflect changes in curriculum, production practice and policies that grow from the Department’s ongoing self-evaluation.  When changes are made to the Handbook, students, faculty and staff will be informed by announcements in Practicum or on the Call Board and through Texas Wesleyan email.

 
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Hanbook Table of Contents

  

Part One:    Introduction to the Department of Theatre

 

Part Two:   Admissions, Financial Aid

  • Admissions
  • Financial Aid
    •               Theatre Department Scholarships
    •               Room Grants
    •               Other Financial Aid
    •               Renewing Departmental Awards
    •               Renewing University Awards
    •               Theatre Department Assistantships and Work Study

Part Three:  Academics

 

Part Four:  Facilities, Equipment and Materials

  • Facilities
    •           Sone Fine Arts Center
    •               The Sone Basement
    •               Classrooms
    •               Faculty Offices
    •               Scene Shop
    •               “Avenue B”
    •               Firestation
  • Access to Facilities
    •               Sone 
    •               Costume Shop
    •               Design Studio
    •               Scene Shop
    •               Avenue B Warehouse
    •               Firestation
  • Equipment and Materials
    •                Equipment in Theatre Department Office
    •                Computers 
    •                Printers
    •                Fax Machine
    •                Office Supplies
    •                 Projector
    •                Coffeemaker
    •                Refrigerator and Microwave
    •                Theatre Department Truck
  •  Borrowing Policies
  •  Use of Materials for Class Projects

 

Part Five:    General Information and Regulations

 

Part Six:  Additional Opportunities

 

Part Seven: Theatre Wesleyan Production Guidelines

  • Season Selection
  • Production Assignments
    •               Eligibility Standards for Production Assignments
  • Company Roster
  • Production Duties & Policies          
  • Producing    
    •            Producer
    •               Assistant Production Manager                          
  • Directing
    •            Faculty Director                          
    •               Guest Director
    •               Student Director
    •               Duties of the Director
    •               Student Assistant Director                          
  • Stage Management                           
    •               Production Stage Manager
    •               Assistant Stage Manager(s)
  • Designing and Technical Theatre

              Assistant Designers

  • Costume Department
    •               Costume Designer
    •               Student Costume Designer
    •             Assistant to the Cosume Designer
    •               Student Costume Shop Assistant          
    •               Costume Construction Crew
    •               Costume Running Crew Procedures
    •               Student Dresser
    •               Actors’ Responsibility for Costumes
    •               Costume Shop Rules and Procedures
  • Graphics and Publicity
    •               Graphic Designer  
  • Lighting Department
    •               Lighting Designer
    •               Student Lighting Designer
    •               Master Electrician
    •               Electrician
  • Makeup and Hair Department
    •              Makeup Designer
  • Properties Department
    •               Properties Designer
  • Scenic Department                           
    •               Scenic Designer
    •               Student Scenic Designer
  • Sound Department             
    •             Sound Designer
  • Technical Direction and Stage Crew
    •               Student Technical Director
    •               Stage Crew (Scenery and Props)
    •               Carpenters and Painters
  • Production Support Personnel
    •             Dramaturg
    •             Accent & Dialect Coach
    •            Choreographer, Movement Coach, Fight Director
  • Performing
    •               Actors
    •               For Auditions
    •               Rehearsal Period
    •               Technical & Dress Rehearsals and Performances
    •               After the Final Performance
  • Box Office & Front-of-House Operations
    •               Reservations Staff
    •               Box Office Personnel
  • Front of House         
    •               House Manager
      •                             1½ Hours prior to Curtain
      •                             1 Hour prior to Curtain
      •                             ½ Hour Prior to Curtain
      •                             5-minute warning
      •                             Curtain
      •                             Late Seating
      •                             During the performance
      •                             Intermission
      •                             Final Curtain     
    •               Ushers
      •                             Attire and Scheduling
      •                             Performance Procedures
      •                             1 Hour prior to Curtain
      •                             ½ Hour prior to Curtain
      •                             Curtain  
      •                              During the performance
      •                              Intermission
      •                              Final Curtain
  • Production Budgets and Financial Procedures
    •               Production Budget
    •               Ordering & Purchasing
    •               Purchasing Regulations
    •               Reimbursement Regulations
 

Appendix       

 

             

 

Part One:    Introduction to the Department of Theatre

 

As part of the larger Wesleyan community, the Department of Theatre strives to serve the University’s mission.

 

University Mission Statement

Texas Wesleyan University, founded in 1890 in Fort Worth, is a United Methodist institution with a tradition in the liberal arts and sciences with professional and career preparation. Our mission at Texas Wesleyan University is to develop students to their full potential as individuals and as members of the world community. The University is committed to the principles that each student deserves personal attention and that all members of the academic community must have freedom to pursue independent thought and to exercise intellectual curiosity. The University actively seeks and employs faculty and staff with commitment and dedication to teaching, inspiring and serving students. Texas Wesleyan University recognizes its responsibility to the community by providing leadership and talent through programs that enable and enrich society.

 

The University endeavors to create a learning environment where each student is provided an opportunity to pursue individual excellence, to think clearly and creatively, to communicate effectively, and to develop spiritual sensitivity, with a commitment to moral discrimination and action, and with a sense of civic responsibility. Texas Wesleyan University strives to develop informed, responsible, and articulate citizens.

 

Department of Theatre Mission Statement

The Department of Theatre at Texas Wesleyan University offers a Bachelor of Arts degree, which is set within the framework of a liberal arts education.  The program is designed for students seeking pre-professional training in preparation for graduate study and/or careers in the theatre and related professions.  The Department strives to give the student a balanced education, which is both intellectual and artistic and views theatre from the standpoint of a profession. 

 

The program is designed to:

--Enhance, support and encourage a community of students, artists and scholars interacting and creating      together in an environment which fosters the study and production of theatre, thereby creating and              training professionals in the arts and providing education in the arts for students throughout the               University

--Provide the student with a clear understanding of the art of theatre

--Demonstrate the cultural integration of a number of disciplines

--Prepare the student to be a creative member of society

 

Philosophy of Theatre Education

The faculty of Wesleyan’s Theatre Department takes great pride in its history as educators, scholars and artists.  Our students study the history, philosophy and practice of theatre and produce plays and musicals as participants in one of the only theatre companies in North Texas celebrating more than fifty-five years of production.

 

The program is structured to provide Students with a comprehensive approach to numerous aspects of theatre.  Specific concentrations are set up within the areas of design/technical theatre, directing, performance, and playwriting.  However, provisions are made to accommodate students who desire a more general education in theatre, particularly for those who plan to teach.  A fundamental tenet of the Department’s educational philosophy is the correlation of classroom and production programs wherein the production program becomes the laboratory for the skills learned in the classroom.

 

Each Wesleyan theatre student deserves individual attention and opportunities to work in collaboration with a faculty of professionals in the Department’s production program, known as Theatre Wesleyan.

 

Faculty advisors focus on students as individuals and help them create degree plans best suited to their unique educational and professional goals.

 

The faculty has affiliations with Actors Equity, The Dramatists Guild, and USITT.  Each full-time and adjunct faculty member works professionally in theatre and brings that experience to the classroom.

 

Each student has an equal opportunity to audition, perform, design, build, and participate in every aspect of Theatre Wesleyan.  In fact, it’s critical to our success.

 

The faculty encourages students to develop professional contacts while they are pursuing their degrees. 

Our professional network is vast, and we regularly schedule workshops and master classes with other experts, including actors, casting agents, playwrights and designers.

 

The Department occasionally mounts productions in outside theatres.

 

Internship opportunities enable our current students to establish working relationships before graduation with local theatres and professional organizations.

 

Our alumni can be found working on Broadway as performers & producers, in films and television as actors and art directors, on area stages as award winning performers, playwrights and designers, and as dedicated educators all over the area. 

 

The Department is committed to maintaining strong professional relationships with Theatre alumni and makes every reasonable effort to assist graduates in their pursuit of graduate study and professional work.

 

Because we rely on students to contribute to the ongoing success of the Department’s programs, the faculty routinely asks students to evaluate their experiences, both in the classroom and in the production program.  Student suggestions are invited, carefully considered and have resulted in a number of innovations in the program.

 

Interested, qualified students have the opportunity to design and direct in the production program, and the faculty supports other projects, such as readings of student-written plays, student-directed plays or scenes and occasional special student-generated projects. 

 

History of Productions

An annotated list of Theatre Wesleyan Productions can be found on the Department’s website at this link:

 

 http://www.txwes.edu/theatrearts/theatrewesleyan/currentproductions.htm            

 

Department Contact Information

Department of Theatre

Texas Wesleyan University

1201 Wesleyan Street

Fort Worth, TX  76105

Telephone:  817-531-5867

 

Campus Map and Classrooms

A map of Wesleyan’s Historical Campus can be found in the Academic Catalog and online at:

http://web3.txwes.edu/aboutus/campusmap.htm

 

The majority of Theatre classes are held in these buildings:

--Sone Fine Arts Center, Binkley at Avenue E (#18 on the map)

--Dan Waggoner Annex, North of the Sone Fine Arts Center (#17 on the map)

--Scene Shop, (new building to be completed early 2009)

 

Faculty and Staff

 

Brynn Bristol

Designer and Instructor of Theatre

Office:                   Dan Waggoner Annex, 2nd Floor

Office Phone:       817-531-4232

Email:                   bbristol@txwes.edu

 

Brynn Bristol is the Costume Shop Manager and Instructor of Theatre.  She received her B.A. from North Texas State University and her M.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  Prior to joining the Wesleyan faculty, Brynn worked as a freelance artist. Her work included directing, set designing, and scenic artist for various theatres in the Metroplex and The Fort Worth Museum Of Science and History.  From 1986 to 1995 she served as the Assistant Managing Director of Fort Worth Theatre and as Managing Director from 1995 to 1999.  At FWT she was resident director, set designer, scenic artist, development director and actress.   In addition to her work at FWT she has worked in various capacities at Casa Manana, Stage West, Jubilee Theatre, Backdoor Theatre, Gaslight Dinner Theatres and the Granbury Opera House.

 

Brynn’s academic work includes teaching Introduction to Theatre, Enjoyment of Drama, Stagecraft, Scene Painting, Set and Costume Design, Costume Construction and Tech I and II.  She has taught at Midwestern State University, Tarrant County College NE and Texas Woman’s University.  She has also conducted workshops for various universities and organizations.

                           

 

Joe Brown                                                                     

Professor of Theatre and Speech                                          

Director of Freshman Studies                  

Office:                   Dan Waggoner Annex, 2nd Floor

Office Phone:       817-531-4976

Cell phone:          817 313 099

Email:                   jbrown@txwes.edu

                            joeabrown@sbcglobal.net

 

Joe Allen Brown is  Professor  of  Theatre  Arts  and  both  past  Chair  of  Theatre and Dean  of  Fine  Arts  at  Texas  Wesleyan  University.   A Phi Beta  Kappa honors graduate  with  a B.A. in Theatre  and  Speech  from  the  University  of  Arkansas,  Joe  also  has  an  M.F.A.  in  Theatre  Design  from  Southern  Methodist  University.    Fall of 2008 marks Joe’s 31st   year  at  Texas  Wesleyan  where  he  has received both faculty and student awards  for  excellence  in  teaching  and  also recognition and awards  for  his  service  to  the  University  through  his  community  involvement  in  theatre  arts,  A.I.D.S. education and  outreach  and  also  animal  rescue  and  rehabilitation.   Joe is a past  recipient  of  the Live  Theatre League  of  Tarrant  County’s  Lifetime Achievement  Award  for  his  work  with  the theatres  in  Fort  Worth and Tarrant County.

 

Brown is the Past  President  of  the  Live  Theatre  League of Tarrant County just having served four consecutive terms and  was one of  the  lead  judges  for  Casa  Manana’s  Betty  Buckley  High  School  Musical  Theatre  Awards for five consecutive years.  He has also adjudicated for the state theatre competition of  the  Texas  Non-Profit  Theatres.  Joe is a past regional  Design Chair  for  the  American  College  Theatre  Festival  and  has  also  designed  and  directed  for  area  theatres  such  as  Jubilee Theatre,  Fort  Worth  Theatre,  Circle  Theatre,  Stage West,  Onstage  Theatre and Artisan Theatre. He has been a U.I.L. One Act Play Critic Judge for 23 years.

 

Last academic year, Brown directed and designed Texas Wesleyan’s production of The Radio Show: It’s a Wonderful Life in collaboration with Artisan Center Theatre.  In addition to directing and designing Driving Miss Daisy at Artisan last spring, he was then involved as part of a community effort of arts organizations and various theatres in the More Life project: The Art and Science of AIDS; a collaborative effort with Fort Worth Opera, AIDS Outreach Center, AIDS Resources of Rural Texas, Samaritan House and Tarrant County AIDS Interfaith Network.  For that project he also directed Lonely Planet for Amphibian Theatre.

 

Along with being involved in the theatre community of the Metroplex, Professor Brown is also the principle faculty and coordinator of the GST 1111 courses for freshmen and the senior member of the Theatre Department’s faculty. He is the sponsor for the Wesleyan Toastmasters speaking organization, Wesleyan’s GSA:  Gay Straight Alliance, which is a diversity group for Gays and Lesbians and people that support Human Rights;  and co-sponsors Gamma Sigma Sigma – Wesleyan’s Women’s  Service  Sorority.

 

 

Elizabeth King Dubberly

Adjunct Professor of Theatre

Studio:                  Sone Fine Arts Center

Email:                   edubberly@txwes.edu

 

Elizabeth King Dubberly, soprano, joined the Texas Wesleyan University theatre faculty in 2007.  She earned a bachelor’s degree in German from Southern Connecticut State University and a master’s degree in voice from the University of Texas at Austin.  Ms. Dubberly has performed with Opera Carolina, Opera Carolina Theatre, Dorian Opera Theatre, the Knoxville Opera Company, Chattanooga Opera, Amarillo Opera, Pensacola Opera, American Bel Canto Opera, and Cartersville Opera.  Some of her roles include Susanna, Pamina, Zerlina, Despina, Gilda, Violetta, Norina, Mme. Silberklang, Gretel, Cio-Cio San, and Mary Warren.

 

Critics have reviewed her performances in the following terms: “beautiful sound!” and “vocal standout” (Charlotte Observer); “emotional power” (Opera News); “outstanding soprano...voice like a clear mountain stream . . . exquisite control” (Knoxville News-Sentinel); “delightful soprano with a rich, clear voice and considerable acting skills” (Amarillo Globe-News).

 

As an oratorio and concert soloist, Ms. Dubberly has performed such works as Messiah, Beethoven’s Mass in C and Choral Fantasy, Mozart’s Requiem as well as the Missa brevis and Exsultate, jubilate, Schubert’s Mass in G and Mass in Bb, Bizet’s Messe solennelle de Sainte Cecile, and Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Psalm 42.  She has given numerous recitals and master classes throughout the United States as well as in Canada and South America.  Recently, she and husband, Stephen Dubberly, presented a lecture-recital at the Music Teachers National Association national convention entitled Dangerous Liaisons: Singer-Pianist Partnerships.  World premieres include the title role in Dan Welcher’s opera Della’s Gift, Juliana Hall’s song cycle Después de pasar in Montevideo, Uruguay, Stephen Dubberly’s KinderSongs at the University of Alberta and his Three Hymns for Voice, Oboe, and Piano at UNT, and a work by Allen Johnson for soprano and string quartet based on The Diary of Anne Frank for the Holocaust Conference at the University of Tennessee.

 

Ms. Dubberly has been named in the Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005/2006, and in 1997 she received recognition as Outstanding Music Teacher by the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts.  She has taught voice at the University of North Texas, the University of Tennessee, Pellissippi State Technical Community College, and Davidson College.  Ms. Dubberly is the founder and artistic director of Totally Vocal!, a workshop for young singers.  She is also the creator of Beyond the Classroom, an interactive collaboration with high school choral groups exploring opera.  She served as co-director of the Knoxville Opera Company’s Education and Outreach program for five years.  Ms. Dubberly has been stage director for UNT Opera Theatre’s Summer Opera Workshop since 2001, staging productions of Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Cendrillon, and The Marriage of Figaro.  In 2004, Ms. Dubberly conducted master classes and served as guest director for the Coro Municipal Voces Queretanas in Querétaro, Mexico in excerpts from La traviata.  Ms. Dubberly is also featured as a performer in the 2005 publication of Lois Alba’s Vocal Rescue: Rediscover the Beauty, Power, and Freedom in Your Singing.

 

 

Jeanne Everton

Associate Professor of Theatre

Director of Acting & Directing Studies

Coordinator of Integrated Arts Core

Office:                   Dan Waggoner Annex #103

Office Phone:       817-531-6572

Email:                   jeverton@txwes.edu

 

Having earned a B.A. in Speech and Drama from Trinity University and an M.A. in Drama from Texas Woman's University, Jeanne has undertaken additional study at Indiana University--Bloomington, Pennsylvania State University, Texas Tech University and with a variety of theatre, film and television professionals including Tom Babson, Tony Barr, Squire Fridell, Dennis Gallegos, and Catherine Fitzmaurice. She has taught acting and directing at colleges and universities for more than twenty-five years, the last nine at Wesleyan.

 

The Dallas Observer named Jeanne the Best Stage Actress in Dallas for her performance in George and Shaherazade, sad, sad, sad and she earned The Dallas Theatre League’s Leon Rabin Award nomination for her work in A Delicate Balance.  Other professional honors include being named multiple times to Who's Who Among Teachers in American Colleges and Universities and Who's Who Among American Women.

 

Among her performance credits, Jeanne’s favorite roles include Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sarah in The Norman Conquests, Dorothea in Eleemosynary, Arkadina in The Seagull, Angustius in The House of Bernarda Alba, Elizabeth I in Mary Stuart, Catherine in And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Simonne in Marat/Sade and Maggie in Dancing at Lughnasa,  a production directed by her Wesleyan colleague Dwight Sandell.  She has directed more than forty plays and musicals and particularly enjoyed staging Agnes of God, Assassins, The Three Sisters, Joe Egg an Robert Rodriguez’s opera Suor Isabella.

 

Having worked professionally for nearly 40 years as an actor, director, dramaturg, designer, talent agent, casting director and producer, Jeanne brings a wide variety of experience to the classroom.   She teaches on-camera acting for film and television, Meisner Method acting classes, and entrepreneurship for performers at S.T.A.G.E. in Dallas and throughout the country.

 

Jeanne records for Reading and Radio Resource, a Dallas agency providing alternatives to reading for those who are visually or physically disabled and/or learning differenced, and she broadcasts a weekly program for NTRB, North Texas Radio for the Blind.  In the fall of 2008, she will publish an eBook titled The Beginner’s Guide to Acting in Commercials, the first volume of the series, Actors, Inc: The Art, Craft and Business of Acting.

 

 

Erica Maroney

Assistant Production Manager, Box Office Coordinator

Office:                   Dan Waggonr Annex #100

Office Phone        817-531-5867

Email:                   eheebner@txwes.edu

 

In addition to her other duties, Erica serves as Graphic and Web Designer for the Theatre Department.  She also serves as a mentor for student graphic and publicity designers for Theatre Wesleyan productions and Departmental publicity. Prior to joining Wesleyan’s staff Erica worked on- and off-stage at local theatres in the DFW metroplex including Dallas Theatre Center (Performer in Center Stage Gala and House Manager for Down a Long Road), Theatre Britain (Sarah in The Day After the Fair, Properties Runner for No Sex Please, We're British;  Light Board Operator for Communicating Doors; and Stage Manager for The Frog Prince), Bass Hall (Dresser for touring productions), Casa Manana (Stitcher and Dresser) and Theatre Three (Becky in Sly Fox and Hagga in Thirteen Clocks)  where she also served as a production intern. Erica is an alumna of Theatre Wesleyan and holds a B.A. in Theatre Performance.

 

 

Dwight Sandell

Adjunct Professor of Theatre

Phone Messages:            817-531-5867

 

Dwight Sandell joined Actors' Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers, over twenty years ago, and has since worked as an actor and/or stage manager at most of the DFW regional theatres, including:  Casa Manana, Dallas Theater Center, Stage West, Dallas Children's Theater, Ft. Worth Shakespeare in the Park, Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, Circle Theatre, Theatre Three, Lyric Stage, Granbury Opera House, Undermain Theatre, Addison Centre Theatre, Ft. Worth Opera, Pegasus Theatre, Sage & Silo Theatre, Dallas Repertory Theatre, New Arts Theatre, Plaza Theatre, and Theatre of All Possibilities.  He has also toured nationally in ten productions as an actor, company manager, or production coordinator.  Some of his favorite roles have been :  Alan in Equus (Best Actor award), Simon in Our Town (Best Featured Actor award), Calabazas in A House with Two Doors is Difficult to Guard (Best Supporting Actor award), Sipos in She Loves Me (Leon Rabin award), Horst in Bent, Bosie in Gross Indecency, and Arles/Vera/Stanley/Charlene/Didi/Petey, and others in Greater Tuna.  After studying at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, and Upper Midwest Association for Intercultural Education in Iran, he received a B.A. degree in Theatre, magna cum laude, from Gustavus Adolphus College.  He received an M.A. in Drama from Texas Woman's University.

 

 

John Sauvey 

Adjunct Professor of Theatre

Studio:                  Sone Fine Arts Center

Email:                   jesbaritone@hotmail.com

 

American bass-baritone John Sauvey has been delighting audiences since 1998 in a variety of roles and venues.  During the 2000 and 2001 seasons, as the first young artist for Fort Worth Opera, John performed the title role in Gianni Schicchi, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, and Hermann in Les Contes D’Hoffmann.  As a young artist for Lake George Opera, he performed the role of Elder McLean in Susannah.  John has also performed such roles as Figaro and Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Marullo in Rigoletto, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Peter in Hansel and Gretel, First Soldier in Salome, Marquis d'Obigny  in La Traviata,  Second Commissioner, First Soldier and Jailer in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Marcello in La Bohemè,  Sid in Albert Herring, and Escamillo in Carmen.  John was also afforded the opportunity of creating the role of Lord Henry in the world premiere of Hans Schaeuble’s Dorian Gray, of which a professional recording has been released.  In 2005, Mr. Sauvey made his international debut at the Severoceska Filharmonie Teplice, creating the role of Mr. Behrman in the world premiere opera The Last Leaf, of which a professional recording has been made. 

   

John’s recent concert appearances have included performances with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra in conjunction with the Southern Illinois Music Festival, Orchestra New Spain, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Civic Orchestra, Waco Symphony Orchestra, and the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra.  Critics and directors consistently describe John’s voice as "rich and powerful, full of color and expression" and his stage presence as consisting of "strong theatrical instincts, charisma, and possessing a deep understanding of the character he is portraying."  

 

Upcoming performances for Mr. Sauvey in 2008 include the 70th birthday celebration of world renown composer, Simon Sargon. John will perform "After the Vietnam War", a song cycle for Baritone and Orchestra.   Upcoming performances in 2009 include a return to Opera Birmingham to perform arias in the 10th Anniversary Opera Gala in honor of General Director John Jones and a debut with Florida West Coast Symphony as the Baritone soloist for the Beethoven Symphony number 9.

     

John has recently completed a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from the School of Music at the University of North Texas, where he was a Winspear Scholarship recipient.

 

 

Bryan Stevenson

Assistant Professor of Theatre

Designer and Technical Director

Office:                   Sone Fine Arts Center

Office Phone:       817-531-7546

Email:                   bstevenson@txwes.edu

 

Bryan holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from Texas Wesleyan University and an M.F.A. in Design from University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He has designed at many local theatre companies including:  Fort Worth Shakespeare in the Park, Stage West, Jubilee, and Circle.  Nationally Bryan designs for the Boy Scouts of America National Conferences and Show