THEATRE ARTS DEPARTMENT - UW-Parkside
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE
THEATRE ARTS
DEPARTMENT
⊲ State-of-the-Art Facilities ⊲ Amazing Graduate Success
⊲ Award-Winning Academic & ⊲ Ideal Location Between
Artistic Programming Milwaukee & Chicago
⊲ Company-Based Training ⊲ Concentrations Available to
⊲ Professional Internships Enhance Your Degree
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Spring 2021
Major in you.
Be part of our company.
PROGRAM ENTRY
To enroll as a Theatre Arts major:
• First, apply and be accepted to UW-Parkside
uwp.edu/apply
• Then, you'll need to interview and/or audition with
members of the theatre arts faculty
uwp.edu/theatreauditions
ARTS VISIT DAY
Dec 3, 2021 | Tour our facilities, meet the faculty and
students, audition and/or interview and enjoy free tickets to
the opening of The Thanksgiving Play!
Register at uwp.edu/artsvisit
AUDITION & PORTFOLIO REVIEW
All dates correspond to our mainstage and student directed
productions. As with Visit Day, students and their families will
have the opportunities to tour our facilities, meet the faculty and
students, audition and/or interview and enjoy free tickets.
Feb 18, 2022
Mar 4, 2022
Apr 29, 2022
May 6, 2022
Contact Rachael Swartz to register or if conflicts prevent
you from joining us on our audition dates.
Rachael Swartz: swartzr@uwp.edu
To submit digitally: uwp.edu/theatreauditions
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Spring 2021
REQUIRED STANDARD MATERIALS
The following materials are required of all future theatre arts
students regardless of concentration:
• Letter of Acceptance to UW-Parkside. (Can be a copy.)
• Detailed theatre resume listing all previous theatre
experiences and activities, on stage and off stage.
• One-page personal essay explaining your reason for choosing
theatre arts as a college major and your ultimate career goals
and objectives.
• Current transcript(s) of grades going back 4 years. (Can be an
unofficial transcript.)
• Two letters of recommendation from current or former theatre
teachers and directors or from other educators who can
comment on your work, spirit, and talents.
PRESENTATION OF TALENT
Your presentation of talent depends on which concentration of the
theatre arts major you choose.
CONCENTRATION PRESENTATION OF TALENT
1 Monologue OR
Generalist
Theatre Portfolio
Acting 2 Contrasting Monologues
1 Monologue AND
Musical Theatre
2 Contrasting Songs
1 Monologue AND
Directing
Theatre Portfolio
Design & Technology Theatre Portfolio
Management Theatre Portfolio
Wild Card (optional): All applicants have the option to submit
additional materials. This media can be ANYTHING you want: a
dance reel(s), a special skill, an interesting story about yourself, an
instrument that you play—anything you want us to know about you.
More information, including descriptions of each presentation of
talent, can be found online: uwp.edu/theatreauditions
Concentrations You can graduate with a traditional liberal arts theatre degree or a professional training degree comparable to BFA programs with our concentrations available in the following areas: ACTING Deepen your knowledge and experience by participating in upper-level performance courses, exclusive professional workshops, and exciting theatre productions. Build a strong resume with meaningful credits before graduation to prepare for a successful career in the arts. DIRECTING Explore the techniques, theories, and artistry of directing for the stage through advanced coursework, collaborative hands-on production opportunities, and individualized student-directed projects. DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Engage with cutting-edge technology in state-of-the-art facilities with dedicated mentorship from professional theatre artists who will foster your talent and further your expertise in any or several of these areas: Scenic Design Projection Design Costume Design Prop Design Lighting Design Costume Crafts Hair & Makeup Design Scene Painting Sound Design Technical Construction MUSICAL THEATRE Strengthen your status as a triple threat by engaging in acting, applied voice and music analysis, and musical theatre dance training while applying skills in theatre productions. Engage in showcase and master class opportunities. Cultivate a strong and diverse resume before graduation to prepare for a career in musical theatre. STAGE MANAGEMENT Develop the necessary skills and techniques to become an accomplished stage manager through in-depth training based on current professional standards, leadership positions in main stage and studio productions, and arts management education.
The Penelopiad | Fall 2021 Limitless Opportunities Our professional company approach to your education ensures that you gain experience beyond the classroom and in productions, preparing you for a variety of careers in the theatre and entertainment industry. In addition to our Core Curriculum in Acting, Directing, Design & Technology, Musical Theatre, and Stage Management, you can dive deeper into the specialty course topics and opportunities offered in: Acting for the Camera Projection Design Audition Techniques Shakespeare (Methods as taught at Business of Theatre Shakespeare’s Globe) Dialect Studies Stage Combat Digital Design & Fabrication (3D Theatrical Makeup Printing, Laser Cutting, Digital Theatre Crafts (costumes and Embroidery, CNC Routing) props) Dramaturgy Technical Drafting LGBTQIA+ Representation on Stage Stage Management Sound Design & Engineering Arts Administration Multicultural Theatre Scenic Painting Additionally, our seminar courses prepare students of all concentrations to engage in the industry by teaching: Artist Specific Tax Preparation Portfolio Creation Career Planning Professional Networking Graduate Education Preparation Resume Building Personal Finance Website Building
Internships When you study theatre arts at Parkside, you gain exclusive access to professional internships with leading theatre companies. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Players Theatre | Spring Green, WI Milwaukee Chamber Theatre | Milwaukee, WI Renaissance Theaterworks | Milwaukee, WI The Shakespeare Project of Chicago | Chicago, IL Hope Summer Repertory Theatre | Holland, MI Pacific Conservatory Theatre, PCPA Theaterfest | Santa Maria, CA Southwest Shakespeare Company | Mesa, AZ RECENT INTERNSHIPS Door County Shakespeare First Stage Children’s Theater Glimmerglass Theatre Great River Shakespeare Milwaukee Repertory Theater Santa Fe Opera Southwest Shakespeare Company The Public Theater The Shakespeare Project of Chicago The Steppenwolf Theatre Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre Utah Shakespeare Festival Stupid F##king Bird | Fall 2020
KCACTF Success UW-Parkside is highly active in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 3 (the nation’s largest). At festival, our students are continually successful. We regularly accrue a substantial number of Merit Awards (in Design, Direction, and Tech) as well as Acting Awards, including what we consider to be the highest accolade, The Ensemble Acting Award. Parkside students have won the KCACTF Design Excellence award in lighting design five years in a row! Jessica Baker | Romeo and Juliet (2020), The War of the Worlds (2018) Chelsea Strebe | Silent Sky (2019) Zach Young | A Streetcar Named Desire (2017) Anna Janicek | Hedda Gabler (2016) Additionally, this year we garnered the following: Parkside faculty received KCACTF National Awards: JODY SEKAS (scenic design) and KEVIN GRAY (sound design) received Special Achievement Awards for Stupid F##king Bird. Stupid F##king Bird, directed by FABRICE CONTE-WILLIAMSON, received an invitation to the KCACTF Region III as one of five plays to be showcased at the regional festival. The playwright Aaron Posner attended the production and spoke with the company about their work. MISTI BRADFORD, chair of the Theatre Arts Department, was selected the incoming National Vice Chair of Design, Technology, and Management (DTM) for KCACTF. She will serve as Vice Chair for three years and then move up to become National Chair of DTM. JACK PURVES ‘21 received the Award for Theatrical Design Excellence in Sound for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] and the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Scholarship JENNY BAUER ‘22 received the Vector Words Award for Technical Drafting & Design. Based on their work as Finalists in the Musical Theatre Intensive & Scholarship Competition, HANS PFRANG and ELISE SPARKS were admitted to the Open Jar Institute in New York City! View a full list of our recent successes: uwp.edu/KCACTFsuccess
Faculty & Staff
Parkside Theatre Arts program was the first arts program
in the UW System to win the coveted “Regents Award” for
outstanding quality of education.
MISTI BRADFORD | Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Department Chair
Areas of Expertise: Costume Design, Hair and Makeup Design, and Costume Crafts | Member of United Scenic
Artists, Local 829 | National Vice-Chair of Design, Technology, and Management for the Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival | Upcoming Project: Costume Design for The Thanksgiving Play, Milwaukee Chamber
Theatre, Nov 2021; Muthaland, Renaissance Theatreworks, May 2022, Boswell, MHK Productions, 59E59 Theatre,
Off-Broadway, NYC, Nov 2022
FABRICE CONTE-WILLIAMSON | Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Areas of Expertise: Directing, Theatre History, Literature, and Criticism, Multicultural and Multilingual Theatres, Queer
Theatre | Recent Project: Translation of Ismail Kadare's Stormy Weather on Mount Olympus as part of the 2020
Neustadt Lit Fest; Directing Stupid F##king Bird by Aaron Posner (2021 KCACTF Region III Invited Production) |
Upcoming Project: French language consultant for FSU/Asolo Conservatory’s production of Belleville by Amy Herzog
BRIAN GILL | Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Professional Internship Coordinator
Areas of Expertise: Acting and Stage Combat | Specialized in Stanislavski Technique and Shakespeare; Member of
Actors' Equity Association; Advanced Actor-Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors; Core-company
member of Southwest Shakespeare Company; Appearances on stage with companies such as Goodman Theatre,
Chicago Shakespeare, and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre; International Acting Credits include Shakespeare's Globe,
London, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
JODY SEKAS | Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
Areas of Expertise: Scenic Design, Scenography, Scene Painting, Props, Digital Design & Technology | Twenty years'
experience as a freelance Designer for Theatre & Film; Resident Scenic & Prop Designer for Door Shakespeare;
Member of United States of Institute for Theatre Technology | Recent Project: National Award in Scenic Design for
his work on Stupid F##cking Bird from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
RACHAEL SWARTZ | Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts, Musical Theatre Coordinator,
Recruitment Coordinator
Areas of Expertise: Musical Theatre, Acting for the Camera, Voice and Movement | Specialized in Lessac Kinesensic
Voice and Body Training; Member of Actor's Equity Association, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Voice
and Speech Trainers Association (Social Media Coordinator), The Lessac Institute (Membership Coordinator), and
Musical Theatre Educators Alliance; Acting, Musical Theatre, and Voice & Movement faculty for Interlochen Center for
the Arts | Recent Projects: Featured roles on Travel Channel, Discovery ID, Oxygen, and TV One; voice coach for 2
Meters Apart at the Philippine Educational Theatre Association
KEVIN GRAY | Sound Designer and Instructor Areas of Expertise: Sound Design, Engineering, Digital Composition, Music Production, Immersive Sound Systems, Audio Technology | Award-winning music composer and producer; Music Recording Studio Manager; Dante Audio Networking Level 2 Certified | Recent Project: National Award in Sound Design for his work on Stupid F##cking Bird from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival JOSH CHRISTOFFERSEN | Technical Director, Scene Shop Supervisor Areas of Expertise: Technical direction and Design for the Theatre, Drafting, Carpentry, Rigging, Molding, Casting, and Metalwork | Past credits include carpenter and sculptor for American Player's Theatre; former Technical Director for the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program in Providence, RI; toured nationally and internationally with Sesame St. Live! and Curious George: The Musical Live! KEN PHILLIPS | Lighting and Projections Design Instructor, Production & Event Manager Areas of Expertise: Lighting & Projection design for live entertainment, ETC Programming, Vectorworks drafting, Stage Management | Member of Actor’s Equity Association | Recent Projects: Lighting & Projection designer for a new production of The Magic Flute for the Jacob’s School of Music’s Opera & Ballet Department at Indiana University LESLIE VAGLICA | Costume Shop Supervisor and Instructor Areas of Expertise: Costume Design and Technology | Former Draper at Milwaukee Repertory Theater; Milwaukee Opera Theatre Associate Artist | Current Projects include jumpsuits for Jared! The Musical Off Broadway RYAN CAPPLEMAN | Adjunct Professor of Musical Theatre Dance Areas of Expertise: Musical Theater, Choreography, Voice, Piano, Cabaret | Three-time Footlights Award Winner for Outstanding Choreography in a Professional Musical | Faculty Member/Guest Artist at Danceworks, Skylight Music Theater, UW Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee Ballet | Past Credits: Northern Sky Theater, Skylight Music Theater, Third Avenue Playworks, Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theater JAVAR LA’TRAIL PARKER | Adjunct Professor of Musical Theatre Applied Voice Areas of Expertise: Voice, Musical Theatre, Theatre | Specialized in Dalcroze Technique | Member of Actors' Equity Association | Licensed Music Educator, New York State | Past Credits: Jesus Christ Superstar (Olivier winner, best revival), Show Boat (Olivier nominated, best revival), Rent (UK National Tour), Jawaani Jaaneman (Black Knight Films, Bollywood) CASSIE OKENKA | Adjunct Professor of Musical Theatre Applied Voice Areas of Expertise: Contemporary Commercial Music, with emphasis in Musical Theatre | Member of Actor’s Equity Association | National Association of Teachers of Singing-New York City Branch, Musical Theatre Educator’s Association, Lessac Institute, Pan-American Vocology Association | Original Broadway Company: School of Rock, Bonnie and Clyde; First National Tours: Wicked, The Wizard of Oz | Voice Instructor at Marymount Manhattan College
Our Grads Work
With an impressive placement rate into the industry,
our alumni network is an enviable resource for
connecting you with opportunities across the nation.
EVA BALISTRIERI '11 is a member of Actors’ Equity. Her credits include: Ophelia in Hamlet, Molly Aster in Peter
and the Starcatcher, Nelly Fail in Failure: A Love Story, and the Third Weird Sister in Macbeth at Illinois Shakespeare
Festival. Additional credits include: Aaron Posner & Teller's The Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Romeo &
Juliet at Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival Tour; Sense & Sensibility, The Comedy of Errors at Utah Shakespeare Festival;
Hamlet at Tennessee Shakespeare Company; As You Like It, Merchant of Venice at Riverside Theatre: In the Park; To Kill
A Mockingbird, Pride & Prejudice, The Crucible, Othello, 10 seasons of A Christmas Carol at Milwaukee Repertory Theater;
and Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Tempest, and Pericles at Great River Shakespeare Festival.
JONATHAN FINNEGAN '11 is an east coast based actor and filmmaker, and a founding member of Menaced Minds
Productions. His recent film and television credits include: Difficult People on Hulu and Ben and Lucy on Prime Video. His
New York theater credits include: Dracula (Dr. Seward) at Three Day Hangover and Shakespeare productions with Queens
Theatre and Titan Theatre Company. Regional credits include Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander) at Shakespeare
Theatre of New Jersey, Sense and Sensibility (Robert Ferras) at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and Actors Theatre of
Louisville (both directed by Jon Jory), and King Lear (Edgar) at Great River Shakespeare Festival. Jonathan is a member of
Actors’ Equity Association.
ROBERTO JAY '12 is a Chicago based actor and writer for Film and Television. His recent credits include Logan in the
crime thriller film, Blame (2021) on Amazon Prime. He also appeared on Showtime's American Rust (2021) as Dothan. As
a screenwriter, Roberto studied under Charles Borg and has since written an award-winning short film, Moon Talk (2021),
which screened at the Los Angeles Lift-off Film Festival, Luna Lumen, and Art Film Awards. He has additionally performed
at The Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of
Louisville, and The Public Theatre, NYC.
ABBY MILLER '13 is a New York City based scenic artist and member of United Scenic Artists, 829. Abby’s Film and
Television credits include Daredevil, Orange is the New Black, Julie’s Greenroom (starring Julie Andrews with creations
from The Jim Henson Company), and The Knick on Cinemax. Her Broadway scenic painting credits include Aladdin,
Hamilton, The Lion King and Something Rotten.HANNAH SHAY '18 is a Los Angeles-based actor and member of Actors’ Equity. Following her undergrad, she
received additional training at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in the Emerging Professional Residency program. Some of
her credits there include Junk (Ghost Writer/Ellen), Things I Know to be True (Pip U/S), A Christmas Carol (Nanny). Recent
credits include The Thanksgiving Play (Alicia) and No Wake at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Br!nk Briefs: The
Arrangement (Monique) at Renaissance Theaterworks, Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare Project of Chicago and
understudying A Doll’s House, Part 2 at American Players Theatre. Commercial and voice over credits include Motorola,
Maxi-Cosi, Snap-On, Casey’s General Store, Johnson Controls, and Nebraska Medicine.
ZACH YOUNG '18 is the Assistant Technical Director at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre. While at UW-Parkside,
Zach won the KCACTF National Lighting Design Award for A Streetcar Named Desire. He continued his training at the
prestigious Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas from which he graduated with certificates in Special Effects and in Lighting
Systems and Programming. After Additional credits include Assistant Production Manager of Lighting for Princess Cruise
Line and Assistant Lighting Designer at PCPA Theatrefest - Pacific Conservatory Theatre.
NOAH FRYE '21 is the Assistant Electrician for the national tour of Waitress. After graduation Noah served as the
interim Assistant Technical Director for the Fireside Dinner Theatre. While attending UW-Parkside, Noah participated in
KCACTF where he was awarded with honorable mentions in Lighting and Projection Design. Noah also attended the
Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas (SILV) in 2019 where he received advanced technical training in lighting technologies and
programming, and Noah participated in SILV 2021-REMOTE as an adjunct staff member.
KING HANG '21 is a Milwaukee based actor. Fresh out of undergrad, King has found great joy in working in the
Wisconsin theatre scene. Recent credits include Midsummer Nights’ Dream (Demetrius), Banquo (Macbeth) with Sunstone
Studios, Wallace (Miracle on 34th Street) with Forte Theatre Company, and The Captain (The Year Without a Summer) with
Milwaukee Chamber Theater. Additionally, King has worked with Southwest Shakespeare in Mesa, Arizona as an Acting
intern, as well as a Production Assistant with American Players Theatre in Spring Green.
92%
Overall, our average placement rate is an amazing 92% in the industry or
grad school. The other 8% are well prepared for the work force, with highly
sought 21st century skills, and are employed outside the entertainment field.
Our grads work in theatre companies across the United States and abroad.
American Players Theatre, WI Renaissance Theatreworks, WI
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland Sante Fe Opera, NM
First Stage Children’s Theatre, WI Seattle Repertory Theatre, WA
Glimmerglass Theatre, NY Shakespeare Project of Chicago, IL
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, MI Southwest Shakespeare Company, AZ
Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, WI The Goodman Theatre, Chicago
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, WI Titan Theatre Company, NYC
Missoula Children’s Theatre, MT United Scenic Artists, NYC
PCPA Theatrefest, CA Utah Shakespeare Theatre, UT
Paramount Theatre, ILUW-PARKSIDE
THE TOURISTS
By Stephen Brown
Directed by Tomer Proctor-Zenker*
THEATRE ARTS A FreshINK free staged reading
Oct 1-2, 2021
2021-2022
*Student Director
THE PENELOPIAD
SEASON By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Fabrice Conte-Williamson
Oct 15-24, 2021
Learn more about our productions and see
THE MAD ONES
past production photos at uwp.edu/therita
A Musical by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk
Directed by Rachael Swartz
A FreshINK free musical staged reading
Nov 19-20, 2021
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY
By Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Brian Gill
Dec 3-12, 2021
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
By Annie Baker
Directed by Emma Foley*
A ParksideSTUDIO production
Feb 18-19, 2022
*Student director
INDECENT
By Paula Vogel
Directed by Rachael Swartz
Mar 4-13, 2022
SHE KILLS MONSTERS
By Qui Nguyen
Directed by Brian Gill
Apr 29-May 8, 2022
The Penelopiad | Fall 2021
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