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Theatre
Green and Sumter Streets
Main Office, Room 402
Columbia, SC 29208
phone:
803.777.4288
fax: 803.777.6669
email: theatre@sc.edu or dance@sc.edu
Update:
Richmond's Henry VIII nominated for 10 Helen Hayes Awards!
Associate Professor Robert Richmond’s recent production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII at the prestigious Folger Theatre in Washington, DC has been nominated for 10 Helen Hayes Awards, including a nod for Robert for Outstanding Director (Resident Play) and Outstanding Resident Play.
Other nominations for Henry VIII include:
• actor Louis Butelli (Outstanding Supporting Actor) -- Butelli has been a guest artist in the theatre program several times, most recently serving as Assistant Director for Robert Richmond’s production of A Cabal of Hypocrites in 2008 at Drayton Hall Theatre. Butelli is also involved as an actor with Richmond’s short film Dreadful Sorry and operates theatre troupe Psittacus Productions in LA, which last year staged Richmond’s A Tale Told By An Idiot at the Hollywood Fringe Festival to great reviews.
• Anthony Cochrane (Outstanding Sound Design) -- Cochrane was a guest artist playing the role of Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac at Longstreet Theatre, September 2009.
• William Ivey Long (Outstanding Costume Design) -- William Ivey Long is a major Broadway costume designer (The Producers, Hairspray, Chicago, Dreamgirls) who also designed the costumes for The Lost Colony, the long-running outdoor drama in the Outer Banks which Robert Richmond has directed for the last three years.
A full listing of the nominations is available by clicking here.Congratulations!
Associate Professor Robert Richmond
Helming Henry VIII at the FolgerClick here for a review from The Washington Examiner
Click here for a review from The Washington Post
Click here for video from WETA, Washington DC
Associate Professor Robert Richmond is directing William Shakespeare's Henry VIII at the Folger Theatre, part of Washington, DC's Folger Shakespeare Library, this October.
Nathan Bennett, a 2008 graduate of our MFA acting program, is acting in the production. Also appearing is Anthony Cochrane, a guest actor who starred as the title character in our 2009 main stage production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
The Folger is highly-regarded for its collection of Shakespeare artifacts, considered the largest collection in the world. Since 1992, it has been dedicated to connecting classic theatre works to modern audiences, receiving 44 nominations (and 12 wins) for Helen Hayes awards in the process. Richmond's last directing project at the Folger was the Aquila Shakespeare Company production of Julus Caesar in 2000.
Click on the image below for more information about the production and the Folger Theatre.
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