{"id":27,"date":"2014-05-08T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ahblogs.com\/vmazet\/?p=27"},"modified":"2014-11-24T18:39:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:39:54","slug":"2002-spectacle-dans-un-bistro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/2002-spectacle-dans-un-bistro\/","title":{"rendered":"2002 &#8211; Spectacle dans un Bistro"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>2002 &#8211; SPECTACLE DANS UN BISTRO<\/h5>\n\r\n\t<div class=\"slideshow_container slideshow_container_style-dark\" style=\"height: 300px; \" data-slideshow-id=\"720\" data-style-name=\"style-dark\" data-style-version=\"2.3.1\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_loading_icon\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_content\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/00bistroposter.png\" alt=\"00bistroposter\" width=\"297\" height=\"430\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">00bistroposter<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/01bistro.jpg\" alt=\"01bistro\" width=\"796\" height=\"600\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">01bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/02bistro.jpg\" alt=\"02bistro\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">02bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/03bistro.jpg\" alt=\"03bistro\" width=\"796\" height=\"600\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">03bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/04bistro.jpg\" alt=\"04bistro\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">04bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/05bistro.jpg\" alt=\"05bistro\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">05bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/06bistro.jpg\" alt=\"06bistro\" width=\"365\" height=\"600\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">06bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/07bistro.jpg\" alt=\"07bistro\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">07bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/08bistro.jpg\" alt=\"08bistro\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">08bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/09bistro.jpg\" alt=\"09bistro\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">09bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/10bistro.jpg\" alt=\"10bistro\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">10bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/11bistro.jpg\" alt=\"11bistro\" width=\"276\" height=\"600\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_description_box slideshow_transparent\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_title\">11bistro<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slideshow_view\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow_slide slideshow_slide_image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/illustre-stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2014\/11\/12bistro.jpg\" alt=\"12bistro\" width=\"800\" height=\"460\" 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Version 2.3.1 -->\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:20px\">France is often associated with love, poetry, wine, and caf\u00e9s. So I started out trying to weave together all those elements in an entertaining way that would not be a mere recital of poetry, and that would have some music, if possible. The choice of a bistro (familiar for &#8220;caf\u00e9&#8221;) for the set of this first Illustre-stage production became obvious pretty early on. Writing the narrative could have been challenging since the pieces of poetry are so different, but the theme of the bistro brought it all together nicely. From a Fernand Raynaud comedy routine (&#8220;Les croissants&#8221;), in which a customer argues with the waiter, to the rantings of a Baudelairian drunk (&#8220;Enivrez-vous&#8221;), or the sad complaint of an abandoned woman (Pr\u00e9vert&#8217;s &#8220;D\u00e9jeuner du matin&#8221;) and the provocative article of faith of a prostitute (Pr\u00e9vert&#8217;s &#8220;Je suis comme je suis&#8221;), students and professors of the French department, and a few others, came together to deliver a very lively and successful spectacle that staged French poetry in a neighborhood caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<h5>CAST<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ea9629\"><strong>Students:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Brandon Backlund,\u00a0Akasha Banks,\u00a0Nathan Brown,\u00a0Amber Dupuy,\u00a0Amy Floca,\u00a0Adam Nichols,\u00a0Chelsea Thompson,\u00a0Adrienne Van Tol<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ea9629\"><strong>Faculty:<\/strong><\/span> Lori Belk,\u00a0Raquel Gavia,\u00a0Helen Guillory,\u00a0Michael Hydak,\u00a0V\u00e9ronique Mazet,\u00a0John McMinn,\u00a0Todd Phillips,\u00a0Marc Pr\u00e9vost,\u00a0Charles (Carlos) Rand,\u00a0Stuart Smith<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>STUDENTS SPEAK<\/h5>\n<p>Half the cast was French faculty (Gavia, Smith, Pr\u00e9vost, McMinn, Phillips, Hydak, Belk, Guillory, Rand) and the other half was made up of French students of French 1 through 4.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Backlund acts in French spectacles to support his career as a struggling electrical engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Akasha Banks is a French 3 student and is considering a major in French with a minor in theatre. She appeared in &#8220;The seven wonders of the world plus one&#8221; at the Vortex theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Lori Belk has been an Instructor at ACC since 1993. She has an undergraduate degree in French from UT, but has had so few opportunities for practice that she thought she would enjoy working in this production. And she has!<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Brown is a French 1 student. He has been operating light switches for years and is pleased to move up to the big leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Amber Dupuy is a former ACC student of French.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Floca is a French 3 student who appreciates the language, but has no previous acting history. She hopes this will be not be too apparent in her performance this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Raquel Gavia who teaches French and Spanish at ACC is pleased to be participating in this spectacle fran\u00e7ais. She thanks the cast and crew and especially V\u00e9ronique for her perseverance and dedication to this project.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Guillory has taught beginning French at the collegiate level in Austin since 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Hydak is the foreign language coordinator for the Austin Independent School District; he teaches French and Spanish for ACC.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e9ronique Mazet studied theatre at the conservatoire d&#8217;art dramatique in Lyon, France. She has been teaching French at ACC since the summer of 2001. She wishes to thank all her volunteers who made this possible and in particular her volunteer students who are not getting any course credit for this.<\/p>\n<p>John McMinn has taught French and Spanish at ACC since1985. He has really enjoyed participating with students and colleagues in this production, and he hopes that activities such as this will make more students want to study French and learn about Francophone culture.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Nichols is in French 2.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Phillips is Professor of Spanish and French at ACC. He has always been very interested in French literature and drama and is glad for this opportunity to work with both.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Pr\u00e9vost is a professor of French at ACC. He also taught French for seven years at the University of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Charles (Carlos) Rand is a current Instructor of Spanish at ACC. He has appeared in local productions of several plays.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Smith teaches French at the NRG campus. She has been a member of the ACC French faculty since 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea Thompson is in French 4.<\/p>\n<p>Adrienne Van Tol is a junior in the UT High School Diploma Program, and a French 2 student at ACC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2002 &#8211; SPECTACLE DANS UN BISTRO France is often associated with love, poetry, wine, and caf\u00e9s. So I started out trying to weave together all those elements in an entertaining way that would not be a mere recital of poetry, and that would have some music, if possible. 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