May 15th

Evening Presentations

Welcome to Senior Collaborative Capstone Festival evening presentations for May 15th

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Prime Time!

Blanca Martell, Garrett Sheffield, Glenn Cannady, Lucas Lawrence, Max Tumey, Tania Mosely-Smith

5:00 PM Mainstage Theatre

Artist Statement

For our group capstone, we have chosen to explore how the entertainment industry has been changing significantly for the last couple years and how human creativity has been toned down. Our concept statement is human creativity in the arts should be valued so we can be able to create diversity in the entertainment industry.

Audience Guide

Welcome to our show! You’re part of the studio audience, please take a seat as the show begins. During the show, when you see a sign, do what it says! It will be such a fun time if you join in! No booing during the show if you please. At the end of the show there will be a talkback if you want to ask the crew a question about their involvement in the show’s production. With that taken care, enjoy the show and remember it is PRIME TIME!

Spirit Phone

Ava Brown and Tabby Williams

5:30 Black Box Theatre

Artist Statement

In our Capstone piece we focus on how people's response to distress reveals how they truly are as a person. We explore this through an interactive horror visual novel. Spirit Phone focuses on a group of college kids who spend the weekend at a manor to create a short film, but soon find themselves being hunted down by the same killer their film is centered around. Our visual novel will consist of multiple choices and endings that differ on how you choose to navigate the situation using the 4 key stress responses: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn.

Audience Guide

This Capstone project features mature content, profanity, graphic visuals (including blood), and implied death/ violence. Because of this it’s not suited for a younger demographic and viewer discretion is advised. Within the performance space viewers can expect to see flashing lights/strobe effects, sound and audio cues, and other special effects.

This experience is interactive and audience members are encouraged to bring in a device that can host the website Quizziz so that they can engage with the performance. If a device is inaccessible/not working a limited amount of IPads will be provided. This Quizziz will be accessible through QR codes posted around the room.

THIS IS NOT A FULL PLAYTHROUGH OF OUR GAME! We will be playing through one route based on audience choice, meaning there’s plenty of content that won’t be showcased. Feel free to check out our full game if you liked what you saw! (More information at presentation)

Talkback will be cut semi-short in order to have time for a full route of Spirit Phone. If you have further questions/comments, feel free to reach out to us!

Axe and the Throne

Koy Briggs, Madelynn O'Connell, Morgan Hott

5:45 Upstairs Stairwell

Artist Statement

Our concept is deconstructing certain common gender archetypes in media, specifically animated movies by creating a concept art book for a hypothetical animated movie along with fiber art tapestries that help with the immersion of our story. Our conceptualized story is primarily unpacking the strong independent woman trope. We wanted to create a story that was about personal growth and interpersonal relationships to show there is greater depth than the common gender archetypes.

Audience Guide

Feel free to take a seat in our reading area with one of the copies of the concept art book and look around at the tapestries. When we present you can flip through the pages to see our work as we talk about our project and the process behind it.

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Alexandria Small, Neha Mammen, Isabel Agbonkhese

5:30 PM Room 203

Artist Statement

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay is a story about acceptance and understanding. It’s meant to teach young children about a handful of different mental conditions that kids are often diagnosed with from a de-stigmatized approach.

With this book, we hope to normalize having or knowing someone with these conditions and not being embarrassed by it. We believe that this book would allow children to make a connection to the monsters and start a conversation with their parents or guardians who could help them learn more about the topics presented.

Audience Guide

For this presentation, our goal is to imitate a kindergarten classroom. Covering the floor are pillows, blankets, and rugs. Please come in, take a seat somewhere, and make yourself comfortable! When it’s time to start, we will sit in the rocking chair and read our story to you! Afterwards, we will have time for a talk-back and copies of the book to give out!

The mArks

Madeleine Prost, Sebastian Amayas, Rachel Cruz, Katie Russo, & Sarah Swain

6:15 PM Mainstage Theatre

Artist Statement

Communication is vital when building relationships, expressing ourselves, and mending conflicts. But what happens when we can't use verbal communication? There are numerous ways to share your ideas without speaking. Body language, eye contact, posture, facial expressions, and breathing can be effective forms of communication.

In our project we explored non-verbal communication while rehearsing and performing in a vocal jazz ensemble. We want to highlight the importance of nonverbal communication while collaborating in a group because research studies show people have more trust in nonverbal communication over the spoken word.

Audience Guide

The audience will watch a jazz music performance in a Ted-Talk like setting. There will be opportunities for audience participation!

R.O.T. Interactive Experience

Maia Finlayson, Harper Pokorski, Maria Godoy, Fincent Perez

6:45 PM Gallery

Artist Statement

Our project is about how society adapts to sudden changes, how capitalism thrives on human suffering, and the consequences of human harm on the environment. We are exploring this concept through an interactive installation.

Audience Guide

Welcome to R.O.T: An Interactive Experience. Our project uses a wide variety of physical and new media. Please be advised, our project is a horror installation. Content warning, mature themes, before you enter please grab a pamphlet to check out more details about our project.

One City, Two Lenses

Priscilla Palmiotto, Carter Bowen

6:30 PM Upstairs Hallway

Artist Statement

We have chosen to explore the different perspectives of Annapolis by using photography. Our concept statement is on how photographers take a given prompt and make it their own so that audiences can see their different perspectives.

Audience Guide

Feel free to walk down the hallway, look at the photos, and try to differentiate the photographer and their styles. Afterwards there will be a Q&A.

Reflecting on Life

Samantha Burgess, Mya Durham, Carlin Timm, Kat Sharp, Lucas Cain, Nate Finn

6:30 PM Blackbox Theatre

Artist Statement

Audience Guide

Witch of Coös

Mahala Holland, Aryanah Hopke, Finn Hintermister, Nathan Pierce

6:45 PM Room 209

Artist Statement

Our capstone piece explores Robert Frost’s poem, “The Witch of Coös”, through the lens of a horror short-film. The concept statement we are exploring is: Folklore captures the timeless elements of horror. With music recorded by Mahala, acting by Aryanah, directing by Finn, and camerawork by Nathan, we all branched out of and explored deeper within our artistic disciplines to bring this project to fruition.

Audience Guide

The short film is under 10 minutes long and is followed by a 10 minute talkback.

Shining Through

Sam Higgins, Aaliyah Hill, Nessa Kilson, Giulia Pepino, Abby Rogers, Corgan Wood

7:15 PM Mainstage Theatre

Artist Statement

We have chosen to explore the reality of girls as they go through their high school journey. Our concept statement is that girls in high school face many issues, such as bullying, harassment, body dysmorphia, and puberty. However, you are never alone in facing these issues, and can always find a helping hand if you reach out for one.

Audience Guide

We have chosen to present our capstone through the style of a show, with a blend of live musical and visual art. We encourage audience members to come with an open mind, as they are taken into the lives of teenage girls. There will be pamphlets available with details about the characters, along with hotlines, and more information on the subjects we talk about.

Dear Old Dad

Naima Sam-Bomah, Katie Blackwell, Tyler Rose, Alyssa Fajardo, James Ferris, Aaron Yaffe, Nathan Wickham

7:30 PM Black Box Theatre

Artist Statement

We have chosen to bring together our collective mediums to create an original short film musical.The plot follows three siblings coming together after their father died. Our concept explores how you can go through the same experience but have different perspectives. The importance of listening to perspectives that differ from ours is seen in the film by the three distinctly different characters' reactions to death and how they learn to cope together.

Audience Guide

We will be presenting our short film in the black box where audience members can walk a red carpet, snack on popcorn, and sit back, relax, and enjoy the film!

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