CONSTRUCTION BEGINS!

UCF has completed the design stages and is moving into the construction phase of a premier performing arts center that will provide a full range of educational and performance capabilities to the Music and Theatre Programs. The Arts Complex II will provide Music and Theatre with exciting new teaching and learning facilities to house musical and theatrical performances. The design of this building has incorporated the work of top theatre architects and consultants such as HKS Architects, Duda/Paine Architects (design consultants), Theatre Projects Consultants (theatre planning and design consultants), and Kirkegaard Associates (acoustic design).

Phase I is comprised of the academic spaces for both departments, and Phase II will incorporated the performance spaces. Phase One is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2010.

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UCF ALUMNI DAVID BLUE LEADS WORKSHOP

On April 10, UCF Conservatory Theatre Alumni, David Blue, lead a workshop entitled "Working the West Coast, TV, Film & LA." A full house of students got the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of making a career in LA with this informative and practical workshop.

Blue graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. A trained singer, dancer and actor, he found himself performing throughout the country, including work at the renowned Actor's Theatre of Louisville and winning a scholarship to the prestigious British Academy of Dramatic Arts. Upon realizing that compared to his theatre resume, his TV/Film credits were seriously lacking, Blue made the adventurous decision to pack up and move to Los Angeles to see what could come next. After years of commercials, industrials and modeling jobs, he's now leading a successful career in television and film.

UCF MARKETING HONORED FOR WORK ON THEATRE POSTERS

The UCF Marketing department was honored by "Communication Arts," a premier source for designers around the world who's magazine features the current best in design, advertising, illustration, photography and interactive media.

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UCF CONSERVATORY THEATRE HONORED AT KC/ACTF FESTIVAL

University of Central Florida Conservatory Theatre faculty and students continue to forge a national reputation as witnessed by recent awards and selections.

UCF Conservatory Theatre had two productions invited to participate in the festival: Marisol, directed by Julia Listengarten and Saviors: A Modern Day Parable, written by students, Christopher Metz and Kyle Adkins and directed by student, Jessy Grossman were selected to participate in the Kennedy Center - American College Theatre Festival - Region IV in Greensboro, North Carolina in February. Participants are chosen from productions that are adjudicated throughout the Southeastern United States. Plays are selected based on excellence in direction, design and performances.

UCF Conservatory Theatre was also very well represented by our students in the individual acting and design scholarship award competitions. The following students came away with honors: