BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:11-16038@theatre.colostate.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20210326T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20210326T223000 DTSTAMP:20241015T153324Z URL:https://theatre.colostate.edu/events/on-the-brink-reading-series-hype- man-by-idris-goodwin/ SUMMARY:ON THE BRINK Reading Series: IMMORTAL GOATS by Idris Goodwin DESCRIPTION:Spring 2021 ON THE BRINK Reading Series\nCurated by Professor S affron Henke\n\nWhat have we learned from 2020? How do we as theatre artis ts respond to this moment?\n\nThese are multifaceted times we are facing\, not just in terms of the political\, social and cultural upheavals that 2 020 brought upon us\, but also the challenges the pandemic has brought to live performance as well. In response\, this Spring\, the Colorado State U niversity Theatre Department will begin a series of readings of new works addressing the hot topic themes of our times – issues that have pushed o ur culture to the brink...and that reveal whole new worlds of possibilitie s. A collaboration of professional theatre artists\, faculty members\, cur rent students and CSU alumni\, On the Brink will explore works representin g a variety of underrepresented voices and perspectives.\n\n7:30pm-9:00pm Reading\n9:00pm Facilitated post-reading discussion\nModerator: Saffron He nke\nDirector: Kyle Haden\nFeatured performers: See Below\n\nDescription:\ nIn a not-at-all-distant future\, all of the statues of colonizers and rac ists have come down and now two "black experts" must sort through a stack of recommendations and petitions to erect new statues to our best and blac kest. But\, what is the criteria for immortality? Join us for a production of this new crisp and heady\, humorous and biting two hander about who st ands forever.\n\nReading Link: Here\n\nPlaywright:\nIdris Goodwin is an aw ard winning scriptwriter\, breakbeat poet\, educator and director of The C olorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. He was recently name d a 2021 United States Artist Fellow. He’s created content for Nickelode on\, HBO Def Poetry\, Sesame Street\, NPR\, BBC Radio\, and the Discovery Channel.  His plays include And In This Corner Cassius Clay\, How We Got On\, Hype Man and Jacked! \n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nDirector:\nKyle Haden is a director\, educator\, and Equity actor. He is in his sixth season as the artistic director of the Ashland New Plays Festival in Oregon\, where he directed readings of Primary User\, I Can Go\, Hazardous Materials\, an d The Luckiest People for ANPF\, as well as performing in readings of Go. Please. Go.\, Edward III\, and Now This. During his tenure\, over a dozen new plays from ANPF have gone on to have world premieres around the countr y\, with three more scheduled for 2020.\nAs a director\, Kyle has helmed v arious productions across the country\, including the world premiere of Ha zardous Materials (Creede Repertory Theatre)\, A Brief History of America (Hangar Theatre Company)\, Hamlet and The Winter’s Tale (Island Shakespe are Festival) and The Tens (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville). He was named a 2018 Drama League Directing Fellow\, and is also a Senior Coordinating Producer with Black Lives\, Black Words International Project.\nAs an acto r\, Kyle has performed at regional theaters nationwide\, including the Ore gon Shakespeare Festival (three seasons)\, Guthrie Theater\, Shakespeare T heatre\, Chicago Shakespeare Theater\, Arizona Theater Company\, Colorado Shakespeare Festival\, City Theatre Company\, Quantum Theatre\, and Clevel and Play House\, as well as various theaters in New York and Chicago. He m ost recently played Lt. Jack Ross in the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s pro duction of A Few Good Men.\nKyle is an Assistant Professor of Acting at Ca rnegie Mellon University in his hometown of Pittsburgh\, PA. BA: Wake Fore st University\, MFA: Columbia University.\n\nCast:\nPlaying Fiona Haysbert :\nSafiya Harris was born and raised in Miami\, FL. She is a proud graduat e of Carnegie Mellon University\, where she received a BFA in Musical Thea tre/Acting. After school\, she had the opportunity to perform with New Jer sey Shakespeare in their fall production of “As You Like It”\, leading the show as Rosalind. She's been blessed to play roles such as Sally Bowl es in Cabaret\, Bunny in Detroit '67 and perform in two off-broadway plays at the Ars Nova festival in New York City. She currently lives in LA purs uing her career in Music and TV/Film. You can check out her music on all s treaming platforms. She's very thankful for this opportunity and hopes you enjoy the performance.\n\n \;\n\nPlaying Chess:\n\nJason Sanford is a New York-based actor who is excited to work with an amazing group of arti sts. He earned his MFA from the University of Washington and has performed in productions across the U.S. He has played Hamlet and Othello at Island Shakespeare Festival (ISF) and performed with Shakespeare &\; Company\ , Shakespeare Santa Cruz\,  California Shakespeare Festival\, Seattle Rep \, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (School Tour). He is originally fro m San Diego\, CA. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://theatre.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads /sites/11/2021/01/2021.01.22_OnTheBrinkReadingSeries_Screen.jpg CATEGORIES:College of Liberal Arts Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR