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WOMEN-AT-ARMS
FESTIVAL 2003
The 2nd Women-at-Arms Festival was held at Theater for the New City, NYC
from 16th - 26th October, 2003 and included stage combat workshops, lectures
on historical women warriors, panel discussions on the strength of women
in theatre today, and the performance of four short plays incorporating
music, mime, martial art and a variety of swordplay to celebrate the historical
woman warrior and the modern action heroine.
Festival Director ................................................................
Peter Hilton
Assistant Director ..............................................................
Dawn Elane
Lighting Design ......................................................
Jennifer Linn Wilcox
Assistant Lighting Designer ................................................
Kate Ashton
Costume Design ...............................................................
Robin Mates
Stage Manager ...............................................................
Carol Sullivan
Assistant Stage Manager .................................................
Amelia White
Light Board Operator ....................................................
Kristina Carroll
Publicity ............................................................................
Laura Davis
Producer ........................................................................
Carrie Brewer
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Lectures
were presented at the festival by Denise Alessandria Hurd, Dr. Jeffery
Fiske and Prof. Katharina Volk |
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MLLE.
MAUPIN*
by RICKI G. RAVITTS
Mlle. Maupin ........................ Ricki G. Ravitts
M. Serane ...................... James R. Robinson
Phillipe St. Martin ............. Campbell Bridges
Comtess de Verlaine ........... Barbara Brandt
Antoine Marsal ........................ Mark Silence
Jean de L'envers .... Michael Jerome Johnson
Fight Director ....................... Ricki G. Ravitts
Dance Choreography ............ Barbara Brandt |
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Mademoiselle
Maupin was born Julie d'Aubigny in 1670 and died in 1707 in Paris, France
and her father was the secretary of the Comte d'Armagnac. This play is
inspired by one of her numerous duels in which she depatched three courtiers
outside a fashionable ball. Even though duelling was illelegal at the
time, King Louis XIV granted the infamous swordswoman a royal pardon and
she left Paris to fight another day. For detailed information on La Maupin
go to this website.
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THIS
SIDE OF PARADISE*
by MARIANA ELDER
Lis ........................... Carey Van Driest
Rachel .................... Maggie Macdonald
Jen ........................... Courtney Hogan
Fight Director ................... Laurie Miller
Photographs
by Anthony Collins © 2003
*See GALLERY for more photographs |
On the eve of a new millennium, three high school girls reveal a unique
ritual for letting off steam as the pressures of the impending homecoming
dance prove too much. The notion that girls and young women are prevented
from developing their physical skills because of ingrained social stereotyping
is explored in depth in Colette Dowling's book - The
Frailty Myth. |
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