The Play's the Thing: Adventures into the Human Spirit
Schedule: Wednesdays, August 6, 13, 20, 2008, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Location: UW Campus, Seattle (see maps)
Reg. # 96937

Course Description
Great theater has the power to inspire, entertain, inform, and sometimes even transform our lives. This interactive workshop features local actors, directed by director/playwright Beverly Olevin, performing dynamic scenes from contemporary and classic plays such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Lion in Winter, Doubt, and Life of Galileo. Theatrical presentations are selected to explore the delights and dilemmas of the human experience. Class participants are invited to discuss the universal themes the plays express. Course lectures and discussions will focus on the role theater has played throughout history and the basic human need to share and learn from our stories. During the last session, class participants may choose to become more than an audience with an opportunity to present short monologues and scenes.

Instructor

Beverly Olevin
Beverly Olevin has worked as a director, writer, actor, and producer for over 30 years. Her plays have been produced at the Odyssey Theatre and Theatre 40 in Los Angeles. In her consulting career, Beverly has designed and managed large-scale development programs. She has invented training instruments, games and tools of self-discovery that are used internationally. Beverly has an undergraduate degree from UCLA and a Master of Fine Arts from Trinity University. She has worked as an associate director with the California State Universities and as an academic director in Oxford, England teaching acting and theatrical literature. Beverly is currently the Artist-in-Residence for the UCLA Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She teaches courses in theatre and "A Conscious Journey through the Second Half of Life."