News Release
IWV Campus
Auditions for The Laramie Project
August 15, 2007
Auditions are coming up for Cerro Coso Community College's fall production
of Moises Kaufman's play The Laramie Project. In
1998, a college student was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied
to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. His name was Matthew
Shepard and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.
The Laramie Project compiles interviews with the
people of Laramie into a breathtaking theatrical collage which raises issues
of tolerance and compassion.
Sign up for Theatre Production (THEA C121 – CRN#70571) to be a part of the
cast. Auditions will be held the first week of classes. There are over sixty
parts available! No experience is necessary. Sign up for Technical Theatre (THEA
C131 – CRN#70572) to help out behind the scenes on The
Laramie Project. Performances will take place on December 7th, 8th,
and 9th in the college's newly renovated Lecture Center.
Cerro Coso is also offering a number of additional Theatre courses. Sign up
for Improvisation (THEA C118 – CRN# 70570) to learn the basics of
improvisation and be a part of Cerro Coso's "Who Said What Now?" Improv
Troupe. Improve your acting skills in one of the college's four levels of
acting courses. Cerro Coso's Acting courses include Fundamentals of Acting (THEA
C111 – CRN#70568), Beginning Acting (THEA C112 – CRN#70569), Intermediate
Acting (THEA C211 – CRN#70575), and Advanced Acting (THEA C212 – CRN#70576).
Students in the Acting courses will develop their skills in the performance
of theatre exercises, improvisations, cold readings, monologues, and scenes.
The Acting courses culminate in a public showcase. Sign up for Movement for
the Actor (THEA C140 – CRN#70573) to learn to enhance physical clarity,
expressiveness, and creativity in performance. Students in the Movement
course will develop physical characterization skills for both modern and
period-style plays. Cerro Coso College now offers a degree in Theatre. For
more information about the Theatre courses or degree, contact Melinda Fogle
Oliver in the Cerro Coso Theatre Department at 384-6114.
On campus registration is now in process on a first-come, first-served
basis. The Fall semester begins August 27.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Joann Handeland, Director of Public Information (760)
384-6230