Fairfield Students Make Directorial Debut In Director’s Cut

FAIRFIELD, CT — (From Fairfield University): Theatre Fairfield, the resident production company at Fairfield University, continues its 2018-19 season with Director’s Cut, an evening of six, 10-minute contemporary plays directed and performed by students enrolled in the University’s theatre program.

Performances will take place at the Faber Dining Commons on Thursday, Nov. 29 and Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Dec. 2. Tickets are $18 for general admission, $10 for seniors and University staff, and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Quick Center Box Office, by phone at 1-877-ARTS-396, or online at quickcenter.com.

The student-directed and acted production has become a biannual tradition for Theatre Fairfield, and this year’s selection of plays encompasses a wide range of stories that include an insurance salesman’s search for a brief love affair, a married couple’s midnight adventure at the beach, and a friendship between mobsters that ends up complicating a job. The six plays featured in the production include Film Noir by Bathsheba Doran, DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) by Wanda Strukus, Grunions by Barbara Lindsay, Short Term Affairs by Donna Spector, Coffee Break by Jerry Thompson, and Let Me Count the Ways by Jay D. Hanagan.

“Directing a play for public performance is the culmination of theatre students’ work, when they get the opportunity to put theory into practice as they conceive and create a full production," said Marti LoMonaco, PhD, professor of visual and performing arts and the producer of Director’s Cut. “Director’s Cut is their golden opportunity to make theatre, and it isn’t merely a class project. It is a fully-fledged part of Theatre Fairfield’s 2018-19 season.”

A combination of six talented juniors and seniors are slated to make their directorial debut in Director’s Cut, including Shannon Kelley ’19, Romina Rabines ’19, Tim Healey ’20, Elliot Harrell ’20, Emily Ramsey ’20, and Fallon Sullivan ’20. The production is stage managed by Samantha Millette ‘20, and features a cast of 12 Fairfield University students.

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