Cabaret

Over the past four years, AAT has produced a series of nights where Ten or more performers prepare songs, poetry, dance, monologues, etc. and perform them at the front of the room, in front of round tables, occupied by casual viewers.  These events have been titled Cabaret Nights, and have been wildly successful.

Last year was our first ever Halloween themed Cabaret entitled CaBOO!ret. It is a play on words that we're quite proud of. This event was so very exciting! We had performers that weren't associated with the department, we had performances that were directly related to the spooky theme of the year, and we had attendance that nearly busted our little BC230

CaBOO!ret is easily my favorite AAT event of the year. This is wildly due to the fact that I LOVE Halloween. As a co-producer this year (2011) I was honored to host this event with Shelby Andersen. That was very, very exciting!

And as much as I love this event, I have to say, I am EXTREMELY excited for our upcoming Cabaret on October 27th. This night will be titled, Alumni Cabaret. We will gather at the Eccles Arts Center in downtown Ogden and watch current AAT members as well as WSU DPA Alumni. HOW EXCITING IS THAT???

THERE IS ONE CATCH! YOU MUST BE AN AAT MEMBER TO ATTEND! AND, THERE IS A SECOND CATCH! YOU MUST RSVP TO SECURE A SEAT.

GET ON IT!

Maybe you were there, maybe you missed it–either way, the reading for Shauna's play rocked it! On Wednesday, September 26th, several students, and a few faculty members, joined in the wildcat lair to hear the brilliant sounds of actors reading... But not reading just anything. They were reading Neverwonderland. This is a new play by AAT and WSU's own, Shauna Ross.

Shauna is a Theatre Education major and has been an AAT member for several years. She recently took a class with Dr. Jenny Kokai in play writing, and began the process for her script. The play was very well received, and people are still raving about it! But what is not to love? Far off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!

The play is a treat, and one really should read it, but just to get you excited, here is a little thing: Neverwonderland is about a girl struggling with what is real, and what is her imagination. If you can, READ IT!

Shauna prepares her script for the new work "contest," of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in February. This is especially exciting for AAT and WSU to get represented! And we know she'll do well with her beautifully written Neverwonderland.

Shauna, we wish you all the broken legs in the house. You deserve it!


Thanks for reading!
DW