<p><strong>The Sixth Act</strong><br />
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 <a href="http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/sixthact/?a-zindex">http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/sixthact/?a-zindex</a> or contact Maria Brandt at <a href="mailto:mbrandt@monroecc.edu">mbrandt@monroecc.edu</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Bake-Off/24-Hour Play</strong><br />
Saturday, October 22, 2022, 7 PM<br />
The Gilman Lounge, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center<br />
Free and Open to the Public<br />
MCC students will meet in the Gilman Lounge at 7 PM on Friday, October 4, 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.</p>
<p><strong>Visiting Playwright, Brian Quijada </strong><br />
Thursday, April 27, 7 PM, Black Box Theater, Reading and Conversation<br />
Friday, April 28, 10 AM, Black Box Theater, Playwriting Workshop<br />
Friday, April 28, 12 PM, 8-200, Playwriting Workshop<br />
Free and Open to the Public<br />
Brian Quijada is an actor, playwright, and composer whose original work has been developed and produced all across the country. His hip-hop solo show <em>Where Did We Sit on the Bus? </em>has been produced at Victory Gardens, Geva Theatre (Emmy Nomination for digital stream), Teatro Vista (Jeff Award), Ensemble Studio Theatre (Drama Desk Nomination), Boise Contemporary, 1st Stage, City Theatre Pittsburgh, and a digital production at Actors Theatre of Louisville (Drama League Nomination). His play <em>Kid Prince and Pablo</em> premiered at The Kennedy Center in 2019. Brian’s plays have been developed at The Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh CLO’s Spark Festival, Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival, New Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Festival, and The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Musical Theatre Conference. Commissioning institutions include A.R.T., 1st Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Wooly Mammoth, and The Kennedy Center, and he is a proud member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre. Brian’s song “The Always Song” was the 2021’s Hispanic Heritage Month Song for Nickelodeon.</p>
<p><strong>Sixteenth Annual Sixth Act Student Playwriting Competition</strong><br />
Thursday, May 4, 7 PM, Black Box Theater<br />
Free and Open to the Public<br />
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.</p>
<p><strong>2022-2023 Special Projects</strong><br />
The Sixth Act will continue to develop curriculum-support materials and post-production talk-backs for both VaPA’s and Geva’s 2019-2020 seasons in an effort to encourage faculty across MCC to teach these plays in their individual courses and to enrich this process for all involved.<br />
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.<br />
Finally, The Sixth Act will facilitate a special Undergraduate Research event in conjunction with MCC’s Scholars’ Day 2023.</p>
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The Sixth Act 2022-2023
The Sixth Act is thrilled to announce our 2022-2023 co-curricular offerings! Please contact Maria Brandt at mbrandt@monroecc.edu with any questions and/or to get involved....
The Sixth Act
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 http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/sixthact/?a-zindex or contact Maria Brandt at mbrandt@monroecc.edu.
Bake-Off/24-Hour Play
Saturday, October 22, 2022, 7 PM
The Gilman Lounge, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center
Free and Open to the Public
MCC students will meet in the Gilman Lounge at 7 PM on Friday, October 4, 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.
Visiting Playwright, Brian Quijada
Thursday, April 27, 7 PM, Black Box Theater, Reading and Conversation
Friday, April 28, 10 AM, Black Box Theater, Playwriting Workshop
Friday, April 28, 12 PM, 8-200, Playwriting Workshop
Free and Open to the Public
Brian Quijada is an actor, playwright, and composer whose original work has been developed and produced all across the country. His hip-hop solo show Where Did We Sit on the Bus? has been produced at Victory Gardens, Geva Theatre (Emmy Nomination for digital stream), Teatro Vista (Jeff Award), Ensemble Studio Theatre (Drama Desk Nomination), Boise Contemporary, 1st Stage, City Theatre Pittsburgh, and a digital production at Actors Theatre of Louisville (Drama League Nomination). His play Kid Prince and Pablo premiered at The Kennedy Center in 2019. Brian’s plays have been developed at The Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh CLO’s Spark Festival, Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival, New Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Festival, and The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Musical Theatre Conference. Commissioning institutions include A.R.T., 1st Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Wooly Mammoth, and The Kennedy Center, and he is a proud member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre. Brian’s song “The Always Song” was the 2021’s Hispanic Heritage Month Song for Nickelodeon.
Sixteenth Annual Sixth Act Student Playwriting Competition
Thursday, May 4, 7 PM, Black Box Theater
Free and Open to the Public
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.
2022-2023 Special Projects
The Sixth Act will continue to develop curriculum-support materials and post-production talk-backs for both VaPA’s and Geva’s 2019-2020 seasons 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.
Finally, The Sixth Act will facilitate a special Undergraduate Research event in conjunction with MCC’s Scholars’ Day 2023.
Maria Brandt
The Sixth Act
06/15/2022
