skidmore theater living newsletter
Intimacy Workshop Recap
Last weekend, Claire Warden, the founder of Intimacy Directors International, visited Skidmore to lead workshops on stage intimacy. In this article, we get a look at the background of this increasingly crucial aspect of theater work.
Faculty Spotlight: Carolyn Anderson
Nina Slowinski ’19 sits down with Carolyn Anderson to discuss her 40 year career at Skidmore.
A Conversation with Casey Reed
While Cabaret was still in full swing, STLN staff writer Max LoSardo ’20 spoke with the production’s musical director, guest artist Casey Reed. Read their conversation below as we celebrate the end of the semester!
Faculty Spotlight: Will Bond
Megan Muratore interviews and celebrates faculty member Will Bond as he prepares to leave Skidmore Theater after fifteen years.
Visiting Artist Spotlight: Joe Diebes and “oyster”
Co-editors of STLN Kallan Dana ’19 and Philip Merrick ’19 interview Joe Diebes, creator of “oyster” about his production, his process, and Alan Lomax’s Cantometrics.
Faculty Spotlight: Marie Glotzbach
Staff writer Joe Newman-Getzler ’21 sits down with director and acting teacher Marie Glotzbach to discuss her career path, artistic values, and inspirations.
Alumni Spotlight: Sam Garwood
Olivia Bagg ’19 sits down with alumna costume designer, Sam Garwood, to talk about her background and work on “We Used To Wear Bonnets & Get High All The Time”.
Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Jackson-Schebetta
STLN Co-Editor Philip Merrick ’19 interviews new professor of theater history and theory, Lisa Jackson-Schebetta about what led up to her coming to Skidmore.
Faculty Spotlight: Len Jenkin
STLN co-Editor-in-Chief sits down with guest artist and playwright, Len Jenkin, to talk about theatre, art, literature, and learning as you go.
Faculty Spotlight: John Michael DiResta
STLN Editor-in-Chief sits down with Skidmore Theater’s newest Artist-In-Residence, John Michael Diresta.
Guest Artist Spotlight: Marcus Dean Fuller
“For the past two weekends, eight fortunate, young actors got the opportunity to work closely with Shakespearean actor, director and producer Marcus Dean Fuller. In this upperclassmen intensive, sophomores, juniors, and seniors spent their Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays with Fuller focusing on the intrinsic nature of Shakespeare’s unparalleled text and the ways in which it begs to be heard, spoken, and ultimately performed.”
Guest Director Spotlight: Phil Soltanoff
Guest Director of Balm in Gilead, Phil Soltanoff, talks about his journey from teaching at Skidmore to following his professional career around the world, and returning back again to direct this semester’s Mainstage.
A Conversation with “The Orphan Sea” Director Eunice S. Ferreira
The Orphan Sea director and faculty member Eunice Ferreira talks to staff writer Laura McCullagh ’17 about language, home, and the timeliness of this production.
Faculty Spotlight: Julia May Jonas
By Sarah Rabinowitz ’17 Skidmore Theater’s newest lecturer Julia May Jonas planned on being an actor when she began her undergraduate studies at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In her second year in the acting program, however, Jonas realized that she wanted to have a larger hand in all aspects of making […]
A Mind Onstage: Guest Director Rebecca Marzalek-Kelly
By Caity Cook ’18 When I meet with Rebecca Marzalek-Kelly, she is emerging from a production meeting with a mischievous smile on her face. “We were working on some magic,” she says coyly. Marzalek-Kelly, who graduated from Skidmore in ‘02, has returned to the JKB this fall to direct the mainstage production Who Will Carry […]
DNAWorks’ HaMapah and Questions of Identity
By Nina Slowinski ’19 It can be difficult to establish an identity, both for others and for oneself. It can be especially difficult when one comes from many diverse backgrounds— such as African American, Native American and Jewish cultures—that are not thought to “traditionally” go together. The question of identity concerns not only our current […]
Rebel Director: Ian Belton’s Nomadic Journey
BY: CAITY COOK ’18 Late afternoon in the JKB: Actors are running lines, electrics crew members are calling to each other from the catwalks in the Mainstage, and “wet paint” signs adorn doors everywhere. When I finally spot Ian Belton, he’s emerging from a huddle with his stage management team. Sporting a black t-shirt and jeans, ruffled […]
Faculty Spotlight: Sue Kessler
Theater Manager Sue Kessler talks to Staff Writer Zoe Dartley ’16 about her journey from being a Skidmore student to founding Brooklyn’s “Bushwick Starr,” and how she’s been drawn back to the Skidmore Theater.
STLN STAFF 2022-2023
Editor-in-Chief: Reyn Ricafort ’25
Founding Editor: Gabe Cohn ’16