September 2019 College News

photograph the Maijuanas, an indigenous tribe along the Amazon River, recording their fight with the government over land preservation. In 2018, Ricky self-published a book of his photos titled Homeless of Houston . Jordan Morille’s play Tiger Barb will be part of the Man Question’s New Masculinities Festival in New York in October. Jordan has an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from Texas State. A to Double D , a play by Mandy Murphy (B.F.A., Acting) will be a part of the 2019-2020 season at THML Theatre in New York City. Ryne Nardecchia (’17) completed his year long run as Perchik in the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof . [ 7 ] Dress Code , a movie written, directed, and produced by Melanie Notinger (B.F.A., Acting) was chosen for a screening at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival in June. Melanie worked with alums Madalyn Boyd (Costume Designer), Diane Meo (Associate Producer), Sarah Mullinnix (Production Design), Jeanette Nevarez (Still Photographer) and Emily Tyminski (Wardrobe Assistant). The cast featured Texas State alums Tyler George , Carlos Rodriguez , Jordan Marie Ford , Kelsey Moringy , and Jake Milan , as well as Texas State students Amanda Carpenter , Aubrey Clyburn , and Emily Absher . The cast also included Texas State Faulty member, Laura Lane . [8] Nick Ortiz (B.F.A., Acting) was cast as Lucio in the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs summer production of Measure of Measure . Claire Parker (M.F.A., Directing) is teaching theatre at a private, prep boarding school in Winchendon, MA. Timothy Retzloff (Performance and Production, 2008) has been named the Tobin Theatre Arts Fund Assistant Curator for the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio. He recently co-curated (with R. Scott Blackshire and Jody Blake) Picasso to Hockney: Modern Art on Stage, Painting the Stage (with René Paul Barilleaux), and America on Stage (also with René Paul Barilleaux). Sid Rushing , a graduate of the M.F.A. program in Dramatic Writing, received a TV Diversity Scholarship from Writer’s Boot Camp in Los Angeles to develop his TV pilot, Struts . Rushing’s play Millennial Men is in development with Shadow Mountain Productions in 24 | September | College News Ryne Nardecchia in the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof (Photo: Joan Marcus) Laura Lane in Dress Code , a movie written, directed, and produced by Melanie Notinger Anna Uzele in the production of Chicago 7 8 9 The Other Mozart, directed by Isaac Byrnes , had productions at the Hong Kong Cultural Center, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Saul Ste- Marie, Ontario this summer. It is the true and untold story of Nannerl Mozart, the sister of Amadeus, keyboard virtuoso and composer, who performed throughout Europe with her brother to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, lost to history. Created by Sylvia Milo, the monodrama is set in a stunning 18-foot dress (designed by Magdalena Dabrowska from the National Theater of Poland). THE OTHER MOZART Houston. In addition, Sid will be mounting a reading of Waiting for the Number Six at the American Blues Theatre in Chicago. Ben Toomer ( ’18) made his regional debut at the Arena Stage in the new musical Jubilee . Caitlin Turnage (M.F.A., Dramatic Writing) has joined the faculty at Texas State, teaching undergraduate courses in playwriting. Her play, What We Scream Underwater When No One Can Hear Us , was named a Semi-Finalist for the Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series. Her play, My Mother’s Nose , was named a Semi-Finalist for the Headwaters New Play Festival. Anna Uzele (’18) finished her run in Chicago, the lead role in the new musical Six , and will be heading back to Broadway in the same role the spring. [9 ] Annie Wallace (’14) celebrated her 1,000 performance in the national tour of Aladdin . Audrey Webb (M.F.A., Dramatic Writing ’19) recently procured a shopping agreement with an independent producer to represent an original television pilot script she wrote. Congratulations also to Audrey’s fellow M.F.A. students Connor Pate , Vic Shuttee , and Caitlin Turnage , who are co-creators of the series Sunk , which was conceived in Susan Busa’s TV writing classes. The Pilot of Sunk , written by Audrey, was a Second Rounder in the Austin Film Festival’s Screen Play Competition, Comedy Teleplay Pilot category. Her play Buried will have a reading at the 2019 Midwest Dramatists Center Conference in September. Audrey graduated in May with a M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing. In late summer, Riley Wesson (B.F.A., Performance and Production) starred in the world premiere of Tail End Charlie at Haymaker Players in Austin. Riley also directed the fight choreography and alumnus Madison McAllister (B.F.A., Performance and Production) worked as the intimacy choreographer on the production. College of Fine Arts and Communication | 25