{"id":5339,"date":"2020-09-09T16:29:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T20:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.cah.ucf.edu\/?page_id=5339"},"modified":"2020-09-09T16:29:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T20:29:32","slug":"blood-at-the-root","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/events\/blood-at-the-root\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood at the Root"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\nScroll down to view the playbill and to learn more about the play.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Please note the new date of this production.<\/em> Read more about schedule changes here<\/a>. <\/span>
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\n\t\t\t\t\nProduced in association with the NEA-sponsored art exhibition Illuminating the Darkness: Our Carceral Landscape<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Premiere with talkback on Saturday, October 3 at 7pm EDT – Ticket link goes live at 7pm.\u00a0Please note you will not be able to register before 7pm the day of the premiere.<\/strong><\/span>
\nOn-Demand streaming through Friday, October 9 at 11:59pm EDT<\/p>\n

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When racial tensions begin to arise, what was once a seemingly peaceful high school becomes the volatile and broken community whose racial issues and prejudice have been festering underneath the surface for a long time.<\/p>\n

This production contains strong language and disturbing imagery.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Amplify, Empower, Illuminate<\/em>: Four Plays, Many Diverse Voices<\/em> series is sponsored by<\/p>\n

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Creative Team<\/h2>\n
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Costume Designer:
\nRaymond Veliz*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Video Design and Production:
\nJoel Zishuk*\/Ben Lowe*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sound Designer\/Co-Composer:
\nLindsay Putnam<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Artwork by:
\nOmari Booker<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Vocal Arranger\/Co-Composer:
\nEthan Walker*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stage Managers:
\nSophia Faust*<\/strong>
\nSarah Simone*<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Director: David Reed<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"'Blood<\/div>\n
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RAYLYNN: Athena Jean-\u00c9tienne<\/strong>
\nTORIA: Blake Parker<\/strong>
\nASHA: Isa Jones<\/strong>
\nJUSTIN: Macoy Stewart<\/strong>
\nCOLIN: Woodrow Jackson Helms<\/strong>
\nDE\u2019ANDRE: Gerald Kitt<\/strong>
\nNARRATOR, U\/S JUSTIN, U\/S DE\u2019ANDRE: Shahmad Muhammad<\/strong>
\nPRINCIPAL VOICE OVER: Darren Escarcha-Cajipo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

DA VOICE OVER: Chris Creane<\/strong>
\nENSEMBLE VOICES: Ethan Walker, Gerald Kitt, Athena Etienne, Mackenley Ria,<\/strong> Naihra Garavelo, Hannah Kapuschinsky<\/strong>
\nU\/S RAYLYNN: Raven Lawrence<\/strong>
\nU\/S TORIA: Juniper O\u2019Hara<\/strong>
\nU\/S ASHA: Jaime Happel<\/strong>
\nU\/S COLIN: Andres Procel<\/strong><\/div>\n
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PRODUCTION TEAM<\/h2>\n

Assistant Stage Managers: Lauran Conran*, Jade Collins*<\/strong>
\nAssistant Director: Emily Williams*<\/strong>
\nDramaturg: Taylor Wikoff*<\/strong>
\nMovement Director: Gerald Kitt*<\/strong>
\nQLab Operator: Lukas Royer*<\/strong><\/p>\n

*denotes UCF student. All cast members are UCF students.<\/i><\/p>\n

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THEATRE UCF PRODUCTION STAFF, FACULTY, AND ADVISORS<\/h2>\n

Director of the School of Performing Arts:\u00a0Michael Wainstein<\/strong>
\nArtistic Director:\u00a0Julia Listengarten<\/strong>
\nDirector of Production:\u00a0Bert Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Coordinator:\u00a0Kristina Tollefson<\/strong>
\nFaculty Designer\/Advisor:\u00a0Huaixiang Tan<\/strong>
\nFaculty Designer\/Advisor:\u00a0Vandy Wood<\/strong>
\nFaculty Dramaturg\/Advisor: Chlo\u00eb Edmonson<\/strong>
\nFaculty Designer\/Advisor:\u00a0Tim Brown<\/strong>
\nFaculty Designer\/Advisor:\u00a0Rob Siler<\/strong>
\nProduction Manager:\u00a0Gary Brown<\/strong><\/div>\n
Technical Director:\u00a0John Heil<\/strong>
\nAssistant Technical Director: Shannan Rath<\/strong>
\nSound Designer\/Advisor:\u00a0Lindsay Putnam<\/strong>
\nMaster Electrician:\u00a0Edd Gordon<\/strong>
\nCostume Shop Manager\/Designer\/Advisor: Daniel Jones<\/strong>
\nCostume Shop Floor Supervisor:\u00a0Robin Ankerich<\/strong>
\nFaculty Stage Management Advisor:\u00a0Claudia Lynch<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n