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CTS Theater Performance and Reception!
Special IEEE Day Event, brought to you by IEEE Central Texas Section, Young Professionals, Women in Engineering and Technology and Engineering Management Society
Special Event! IEEE Day Celebration and Leadership Lessons from Austin Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams! -PERFORMANCE and Champagne Reception-
Recent research shows that creativity “can be accelerated through the strengthening of any of four measurable, trainable competencies,” one of which involves seeking out new stimuli, such as attending a theater performance (Epstein et al. 2008 and Martinich 2017).*
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We'll watch the opening night performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and join the cast and crew for a delightful Champagne Reception backstage! Our discount tickets are sold out, but you can still join us by purchasing a ticket here. Be sure to both purchase your tickets, and register for this event so that we can greet you at the door!
(Make this event even more meaningful: join us for a follow up discussion on Monday, November 19, at 6:30PM at Cirrus Logic.)
Join us for this exciting event! Bring a friend! And make new ones!
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- Long Center
- 701 W Riverside Dr,
- Austin, Texas
- United States 78704
- Building: Rollins Theater
- Starts 05 September 2018 06:30 PM UTC
- Ends 17 November 2018 12:30 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennessee Williams’ personal favorite play, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” kicks off Austin Shakespeare’s season as a resident company at the Long Center’s intimate Rollins Studio Theater Nov. 15-Dec.2. The play noted for his Southern sexy verve has a new staging by Artistic Director, Ann Ciccolella, Gwendolyn Kelso returns as “Maggie the cat” after wowing audiences as “Blanche” in “Streetcar,” one of the most of popular shows the professional company has ever produced. New to Austin Shakes is Zac Thomas as “Brick,” the husband who is succumbing to alcoholism as wife tries to save him, and their marriage. As his dynamic father, “Big Daddy,” Ev Lunning returns to the stage, with a new member of Austin Shakes Elise Jacobs as “Big Mama.”
“Tennessee Williams is both a poet and a playwright, and in “Cat” his beautiful potent story unfolds in a Mississippi bedroom. In one powerful night that is meant to celebrate Big Daddy’s Birthday, truths are revealed that have been masked by each member of the family,” says Ciccolella.
The cast includes of Alumni Actors who have worked with Austin Shakes before: Robert Deike (Gooper), Corinna Browning (Mae), Patrick Schmidt (Reverand Tooker), Derek Webster (Dr. Braugh).
Scenic design is by Tara Houston; Costumes are designed by Benjamin Taylor Ridgeway, assisted by Katie Marie Hooper; lighting design by Patrick W, Anthony; Sound design by William Meadows & original music by Jeff Britting.
ABOUT AUSTIN SHAKESPEARE: Founded in 1984 and the only professional classical theater company in Central Texas, Austin Shakespeare presents theater of the highest quality with an emphasis on the plays of William Shakespeare, staging performances that are fresh, bold, imaginative, thought-provoking and eminently accessible -- connecting the truths of the past with the challenges and possibilities of today. In the fall and spring, Austin Shakespeare also produces plays by Shaw, Schiller, and Stoppard at The Long Center for the Performing Arts Rollins Studio Theatre. Austin Shakespeare’s ongoing “Shakespeare Aloud” reading group and “Artist’s Way” sessions invite new participants weekly and the company’s education program 20/20 sends professional actors into the schools to encourage love of language. In 2018, Austin Shakespeare was honored with a grant from the prestigious Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Arts Innovation and Management (AIM) program.
Austin Shakespeare is a proud member of the Austin Creative Alliance.
Agenda
7:15 Pre-performance networking
7:30 Performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
9:30 Champagne Reception
*References:
Epstein, Robert, Steven M. Schmidt and Regina Warfel, 2008, “Measuring and Training Creativity Competencies: Validation of a New Test,” Creativity Research Journal, 20(1), 7–12.
Martinich, Leslie P., 2017 “Excellent Execution in New Product Development: Improving Problem Solving,” IEEE Engineering Management Review, 45(4), 26-27.