HFCC Theatre Arts

2003 The Tempest

2007 To Kill A Mockingbird

2006 The Skriker

2005 Twelfth Night

2009 A Christmas Carol

2007 The Jungle Book

2004 Hiawatha

2007 The Jungle Book

2010 Suburbia

2011 Romeo And Juliet

Latest News

THEATRE CLASSES FALL 2102

Submitted by George Popovich on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:20pm

Some of these may still be listed under "STH"--check catalog for details

THEA 235 Film Acting TR 11:10-1230
THEA 256 Theatre History MWF 10:08-11:00
STH 260 Acting III TR 9:40-11:00
THEA 131 Theatre Appreciation MWF 11:08-12:00
THEA 131 Theatre Appreciation TR 2:10-3:30
THEA 131 Theatre Appreciation TR 4:30-5:50
THEA 131 Theatre Appreciation M 7:25-10:05
THEA 132 Acting I TR 9:40-11:00
THEA 132 Acting I SAT 9:00-11:45
THEA 132 Acting I SAT 12:00-2:45
THEA 132 Acting I MWF 10:08-11:00
THEA 132 Acting I TR 4:30-5:20

DINOSAURS ON THE HFCC STAGE!

Submitted by George Popovich on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 9:38am

Production has commenced on the HFCC Virtual Theatricality Lab’s next show, Dinosaurus! by Edward Mast. Dinosaurus! is an entertaining and educational play with an ecological theme. The show examines what occurs when a team of oil explorers discover a colony of dinosaurs deep beneath the earth’s surface. The dinosaurs in this show are animated characters: they talk and are onstage as much as their real, human counterparts.

AUDITIONS: THE LARAMIE PROJECT

Submitted by George Popovich on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 6:15pm

AUDITIONS will be held for The Tectonic Theater Project’s original THE LARAMIE PROJECT, a play by Moisés Kaufman. This is for
HFCC’s Summer Semester 2012. The play is directed by: Karen Brehmer.

Auditions Held:
-Tuesday, April 24th, and Thursday, April 26th from 7-10 p.m.
-Auditions held in Adray Auditorium, MacKenzie Fine Arts Center
-Come either or both nights!
-High School Students Welcome!!

- Audition materials will be provided the evening of.
(Course enrollment required by all who are cast)
Cast requirements:
-15 actors (men and women, multiple roles)

“Grease” is the Word at Henry Ford Community College this April

Submitted by George Popovich on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 7:36pm

The Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) Theatre and Music Department presents “Grease,” which will play for the month of April on the weekends at the Adray Auditorium, located in the Mackenzie Fine Arts Center on the main campus. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. on April 13-14, and April 20-21; Sunday at 2 p.m. on April 15 and April 22. The play is directed by Judith Fletcher with technical direction by Gerard Dzuiblinski and musical direction by G. Kevin Dewey, all of whom are HFCC faculty members in Fine Arts.

Recent Productions

Student Directed One Acts

Written by:

Various

Directed by:

Various

June 14-17, June 21-24. Thursdays through Saturdays, curtain is at 8pm. Sundays, curtain is at 2pm.

Every spring for the past decade and a half, the HFCC Theatre Department has held a One-Act Festival. Traditionally, One-Act Festivals are used to showcase short works, 10-70 minutes in length, that explore unusual themes, content or styles. Sometimes they are simply shorter works by new or established authors. Comedies, dramas, tragedies and experimental works, are used to hone the skills of directors, designers, technicians and actors.

Grease

Directed by:

Judith Fletcher

Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays April 13-22, 2011

Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959; hot-rodding Burger Palace Boys and their gum-snapping Pink Ladies, evoking the look and sound of the '50's in this rollicking musical. Relive the antics of Danny and Sandy and the rest of the gang as they sing and dance their way through the songs that became the soundtrack of a generation and earned it a place on the list of the world's most popular musicals!

Fri and Sat at 8pm, Sun at 2pm
Tickets: General: $17, Students: (Elementary, Middle School, High School, College) $15

Sleeping Beauty

Directed by:

Christopher Bremer

Fridays through Sundays: Nov 4-6, 11-13, 18-20; 7pm Fri and Sat, 2pm Sunday.

Henry Ford Community College
Fine Arts and Fitness Division
Presents

Sleeping Beauty

Adapted by Stacy Lane
Directed by Christopher Bremer
Technical Direction by Gerry Dzublinski
Costumes by Judy Fletcher
Lighting by Scott Ross

SLEEPING BEAUTY’ ADDS A LITTLE HIP HOP BEAT

Film Acting Class 2011

Student Directed One Acts

Directed by:

Various Students

June 14-26, 2011

more shows

Recent Press

"Grease" cast fills HFCC Stage With Energy and Enthusiasm

Sue Suchyta Sue's Vues April 20, 2012: pp 1-2.

Henry Ford Community College continues a run of “Grease” through April 22 with 8 p.m. performances on Friday and Saturday and a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Highlights of the 29-member cast include strong male dancers in the “Greased Lightning” number, a fun-to-watch high school dance with the full ensemble, and strong vocals in the production numbers.

HFCC's Vital Signs Makes Strong Showing

Sue Suchyta Dearborn Times Herald August 20, 2011:pp.22

Henry Ford Community College opened Jane Martin’s “Vital Signs” Thursday at Adray Auditorium in the Mackenzie Fine Arts Center for a two-weekend run. The collection of songs and monologues is a showcase of intense experiences that challenge the student ensemble, which is directed by Mary Bremer-Beer “Vital Signs” showcases 18 performers in a variety of cabaret style-songs as well as some intense first person monologues.

Beer has brought out the best in a relatively inexperienced student cast. She also treats us to the closing monologue “Truck Stop.”

HFCC presents ‘The Actor’s Nightmare’ and other One Acts

Mirror News Staff Mirror News June 2007 pp.3-4

Henry Ford Community College Fine Arts and Fitness Division will present their annual One Act Festival June 17 to 19 and 24 to 26, with 8pm. Friday and Saturday shows and 2pm Sunday matinee.
Gerry Dzublinski provided the artistic and technical direction and scenic designs, with Kim Barrett designing the costumes and Jennifer Gadzecki designing the lighting.
THE ACTOR’S NIGHTMARE

Romeo and Juliet: The After Party

Ramzi Khouz Mirror News May 2011

As the show closed with a sold out crowd of April 17, misery soon struck the hearts of the crew of Romeo and Juliet. In theater, one of the things that people learn is how to work in an “ensemble.” That is theater term for working as a group, but becoming an ensemble can lead to so much more. For many of us Romeo and Juliet will quite possibly be the final show, as those departing the theater program at HFCC will branch out to universities or professional theaters.

Henry Ford Community College’s Virtual Theatricality Lab is a dynamic, risk-taking institute that combines artistic and technological disciplines in a pace-setting program that integrates traditional stagecraft with virtual characters, scenery and props to redefine the nature of live theatrical performance.

Learn more at vtl.hfcc.edu.