CCM Acting Holds Annual Senior Showcase, Dolly Awards March 24

Graduating students from UC College-Conservatory of Music's

Department of Acting

present the annual 

Senior Showcase

at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, March 24, in Werner Recital Hall. The annual DOLLY Awards ceremony follows the evening showcase performance and includes the recognition of an outstanding alumnus of the program. These events are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.

The showcase performance consists of a variety of scenes by graduating seniors in CCM’s Acting program, demonstrating the depth and breadth of the acting skills they have honed during their undergraduate training at CCM. The Senior Showcase is the first presentation of a performance that the students will take on the road to exhibit their talent in New York and Los Angeles in March and April.

The evening performance is followed by the annual DOLLY Awards, hosted by Professor 

Richard E. Hess

, CCM’s A.B., Dolly, Ralph and Julia Cohen Chair of Acting. The awards recognize the outstanding student achievements and performances in the 2016-17 CCM Acting Season, which includes the productions of TRANSMIGRATION 2016,

Very Dumb Kids

,

Romeo and Juliet

,

Middletown

and

Her Naked Skin.

Awards are given for Excellence in Performance and Excellence in Ensemble Performance

.

The highlight of the DOLLY Awards ceremony is the presentation of the 2016 Julia Winter Cohen Career Excellence Award to a graduate of CCM Acting. This year’s honoree is alumna 

Julianna Bloodgood

(BFA Dramatic Performance, 2005).

Bloodgood began her work with Poland's multi-award winning and critically acclaimed theatre company Teatr Pies´n´ Kozla (Song of the Goat Theatre) in 2009. In addition to her studies at CCM, she holds an MA from Manchester Metropolitan University in conjunction with Song of the Goat Theatre and she is a graduate of California's Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. At Song of the Goat Theatre, Bloodgood has developed and performed in

Songs of Lear

,

Portraits of the Cherry Orchard

,

Return to the Voice

,

Dead Walk Love

and

Crazy God

. She is currently rehearsing and developing a work based on

Hamle

t. Bloodgood has traveled and performed throughout Europe, Asia, South and North America.

Bloodgood's work also consists of community-based projects and artistic outreach, using art as a vehicle for healing and change. She is a founding member of the

Great Globe Foundation

, an organization devoted to increasing cultural exchange and empowering voices through the arts, and is the proud co-founder of

the Dadaab Theater Project

, a youth based theater project in Dadaab, Kenya, the world’s largest refugee camp.

CCM ACTING SENIOR SHOWCASE

Performance Times

2 p.m. & 7 p.m.* Friday, March 24

*The DOLLY Awards ceremony takes place after the 7 p.m. performance.

Location

Werner Recital Hall, CCM Village

University of Cincinnati

Admission

Admission to the CCM Acting Senior Showcase and DOLLY Awards Ceremony is FREE and open to the general public. Reservations are not required.

Parking and Directions

Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit

uc.edu/parking

for information on parking rates.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit

uc.edu/visitors

. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For directions to CCM Village, visit

ccm.uc.edu/about/directions

.

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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation