An Afternoon of Music and Conversation
theatre department - college of arts and sciences
The Boston College Theatre Department invites the BC community and the general public to
"An Afternoon of Music and Conversation
With Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Michelle Miller"
September 22, 2008
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Robsham Theatre Arts Center
Boston College
The Theatre Department is pleased to welcome Mary-Mitchell Campbell to Boston College as the inaugural Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J. Professor of Theatre Arts. Over the course of the 2008-2009 academic year, the department will present a series of events and activities featuring Mary-Mitchell Campbell and affiliated artists.
The first event will introduce Mary-Mitchell Campbell and her work in a program comprised of the following:
- Songs Your Mother Never Sang for You - performed by Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Michelle Miller
- Then and Now - remarks by Mary-Mitchell Campbell
- Social Responsibility and the Arts - An Introduction to ASTEP by Founder Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Vice Chair Michelle Miller
- Question and Answer Session (with reception to follow)
Mary-Mitchell Campbell
A composer, music director, music supervisor, orchestrator, conductor and teacher, Ms. Campbell is one of the brightest, most acclaimed, and most in-demand musical theater artists in New York theater today. She won a 2006-2007 Drama Desk Award for her orchestration of the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company, for which she also served as music director. Ms. Campbell has performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera. Since moving to New York in 1996, Ms. Campbell has worked on New York productions of Next to Normal, Company, Sweeney Todd, Beauty and the Beast, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Prince and the Pauper, First Lady Suite, The World of Nick Adams, Our Town, Go Go Beach, The Screams of Kitty Genovese, The Audience, and Sweet Charity at Lincoln Center. Most recently she was music director for the Guthrie Theatre’s production of Little House on the Prairie. Mary-Mitchell also holds the distinction of being one of the youngest individuals to ever serve on the faculty at the Juilliard School. She is the founder and chair of Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP), an international organization that seeks to empower young children through artistic self-expression. Mary-Mitchell is a native of North Carolina and holds degrees from the North Carolina School of the Arts and Furman University. Read her full biography here.
Michelle Miller
Michelle Miller graduated from Boston College in 1998 with a double major in Theatre and Philosophy. In New York, she has worked as an actor, singer, writer and producer. She has been seen regionally in plays and musicals, both contemporary and classical and has performed at the Lincoln Center in New York. Most recently Michelle appeared with Colby Foytik in Andrew Lippa's musical john & jen at the Triad Theatre in Manhattan. Michelle is Vice Chair of ASTEP.Read her full biography here.
The Monan Professorship in Theatre Arts
The Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professorship in Theatre Arts is a new endowed professorship that brings nationally and internationally renowned theatre artists to work and teach at Boston College. Established in 2007 by a generous gift to the university, this distinguished post is named in honor of University Chancellor and former Boston College President J. Donald Monan, S.J.. The position also commemorates the late Trustee E. Paul Robsham, M.Ed. ’83, a major benefactor of the theater arts facility named for his son, the E. Paul Robsham Jr. Theatre Arts Center. The creation of this new Professorship celebrates in perpetuity the longstanding relationship between Father Monan, the Robsham family, and the Boston College Theatre Department.