LUCID

An original devised theater work
by University of Miami’s Department of Theatre Arts
Senior Capstone Company
Spring 2018
Darren Blaney, Faculty Supervisor

Company Members:
Isabella Cueto
Jessica Diaz
Chazz Guerra-Ogiste
Alexander Haq
Hui Huang
Kyla Samuels-Stewart
Andrea Vasquez

Guest Artists:
Joel Castillo
Emilie Anne Greaves
Jordan Kiser
Bennett Leeds
Alex Michell
Lingyue Zheng

LUCID SCENES

Meji is a Person
written by Kyla Samuels-Stewart, directed by Hui Huang

Boxed Up: Repression
written by Jessica Diaz, directed by Isabella Cueto

May's Romance: Once Upon a Time
written by Hui Huang, directed by Chazz Guerra-Ogiste

Benji in the Forest
written by Chazz Guerra-Ogiste, directed by Alex Haq

Amanda is a Person
written by Isabella Cueto with Alex Haq, directed by Hui Huang

Boxed Up: Expression
written by Alex Haq with Isabella Cueto, directed by Isabella Cueto

May's Fear: Mother Lily
written by Hui Huang, directed by Kyla Samuels-Stewart

Benji in the Chair
written by Chazz Guerra-Ogiste, directed by Alex Haq

Meji & Amanda are People/Digging
written by Isabella Cueto and Kyla Samuels-Stewart, directed by Hui Huang

Boxed Up: Contrition
written and directed by Isabella Cueto

May's Redemption: Reconciliation with the Little Girl
written by Hui Huang, directed by Kyla Samuels-Stewart

Benji on the Beach // Woke Up Finale
written by Chazz Guerra-Ogiste, directed by Alex Haq

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

Production photos by Haorui Chen