Student Tribune
The Sixth Act 2018-2019
The Sixth Act is thrilled to announce its 2018-2019 offerings! Please see
details below, and contact Maria Brandt at mbrandt@monroecc.edu with questions or
to get involved.
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Formed in 2004, The Sixth Act provides co-curricular support for the study
of drama across disciplines at MCC. To this end, The Sixth Act (1) develops
co-curricular events and materials for MCC faculty and students, especially
those who might teach or study plays or playwriting, and (2) provides
enrichment opportunities to encourage all MCC faculty, students, and staff to
see and talk about plays produced at MCC and in the Rochester area. The Sixth
Act seeks as its leaders faculty, staff, and students drawn from a variety of
academic disciplines and departments. The Sixth Act is supported by MCC's
Creative Arts Committee and School of Humanities and Social Sciences. For more
information see https://www.monroecc.edu/
depts/sixthact/?a-zindex or contact Maria Brandt at
mbrandt@monroecc.edu.
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Bake-Off/24-Hour Play
Saturday, September 29, 7 PM, The Forum
Free and Open to the Public
MCC students will meet in The Forum at 7 PM on Friday, September 28, to
begin the process of creating a series of short plays from nothing. 24 hours
later, those plays will be ready for an audience. Come laugh with us, cry with
us, and help us celebrate the magic of co-curricular, interdisciplinary
collaboration at its most immediate.
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Visiting Playwright: Mary Kathryn Nagle
Thursday, May 2, 7 PM, Monroe B, Reading and Book-Signing
Free and Open to the Public
Friday, May 3, 12 PM, Monroe B, Playwriting Workshop
Free and Open to the MCC Community
Mary Kathryn Nagle is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She
currently serves as the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing
Arts Program and also is a partner at Pipestem Law, P.C., where she works to
protect tribal sovereignty and the inherent right of Indian Nations to protect
their women and children from domestic violence and sexual assault. Nagle has
authored numerous briefs in federal appellate courts, including the United
States Supreme Court, and is a frequent speaker at law schools and symposia
across the country. As playwright, Nagle is an alumn of the 2012 PUBLIC THEATER
Emerging Writers Group, where she developed her play Manahatta in PUBLIC
STUDIO (May 2014). Productions include Miss Lead (Amerinda, 59E59,
January 2014), Fairly Traceable (Native Voices at the Autry, March
2017), Sovereignty (Arena Stage), and Manahatta (Oregon
Shakespeare Festival). In 2019, the Rose Theater (Omaha, NE) will produce her
new play Return to Niobrara, and Portland Center Stage will produce the
world premiere of Mnisose.
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Twelfth Annual Sixth Act Student Playwriting Competition
Thursday, May 9, 7 PM, Black Box Theater
Reservations Required
This competition encourages MCC students to write plays for an audience, to
provide MCC students a competitive venue for their scripts, to offer winning
playwrights the opportunity to see their scripts performed as staged readings
with an eye towards future play development, and to offer VaPA students the
opportunity to participate in the new-play-development process. Three winning
playwrights receive cash prizes. One winning playwright also will have his/her
play submitted to a nationwide competition. Scripts will be accepted for
consideration beginning in September.
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2018-2019 Special Projects
The Sixth Act will continue to develop curriculum-support materials and
post-production talk-backs for both VaPA's and Geva's 2018-2019 season in an
effort to encourage faculty across MCC to teach these plays in their individual
courses and to enrich this process for all involved.
The Sixth Act also will continue to develop Drama on Demand, now as a Video
Library. This popular program now features web-based, filmed versions of VaPA
students performing scenes from published plays so these scenes can be used as
co-curricular tools across campus.
Brandt, Maria
English/Philosophy
05/16/2018