Darren Patrick Blaney: actor, director, writer, theater artist, scholar, critic.: Production photos from "LUCID," the Theater Arts BA Capstone project at University of Miami, Spring 2018

LUCID

An original devised theater work

by the University of Miami's
BA Theatre Arts Senior Capstone class

Spring 2018

Company Members:

Joel Castillo

Isabella Cueto

Jessica Diaz

Chazz Guerra-Ogiste

Emilie Anne Greaves

Alexander Haq

Hui Huang

Jordan Kiser

Bennett Leeds

Alex Michell

Kyla Samuels-Stewart

Andrea Vasquez

Lingyue Zheng

Artistic Director's Program Notes

Spring 2018 marks the first run of the the BA Theatre Arts Senior Capstone course. I must say, it’s been so exciting to see the concept become a reality with this talented group of students who have worked together to create LUCID. Presented with several options at the start of the semester, the company chose to develop an original script using dream images as its main inspiration. LUCID is composed of four interweaving dreamscape storylines, each with three interludes inspired by the themes of fear, love and redemption.

The BA Faculty Committee’s original goal for the Capstone course was to provide upper-level BA majors a rigorous student-driven experience in which they could fully utilize the skills they have acquired during their education as Theatre Arts students at the University of Miami, and perhaps gain new ones as well. We wanted the course to provide a venue through which the students could work together as a theater company to envision and produce a show. My role in this project has been minor compared to the students’ work: they have conceived, written, directed, designed, and now are starring in this devised piece. I hope you will enjoy the surreal fruits of their labor.

— Darren Blaney, PhD, Faculty Supervisor