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Theatre

12 Photos from SMU Theatre’s Production of Top Girls


The second main stage production from SMU Meadows Theatre was Top Girls. It debuted October 22 at the Margo Jones Theatre, and it ran through Sunday. The production was declared by arts writer Mark Ravenhill to be “the best play in the last 20 years.”

It opens with a dinner party in a London restaurant thrown by Marlene, the newly promoted managing director of the Top Girls employment agency. Her guests are famous women from history and myth, including Pope Joan, the Victorian traveler Isabella Bird, the 13th-century Japanese-courtesan-turned-Buddhist-nun Lady Nijo.

Photographer Kim Leeson went behind the scenes to capture the production.

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Music

Hear the Full Album from SYZYGY, SMU’s New Music Ensemble

Last fall, a handful of student composers set out to accomplish every musician’s dream: Create original music, record it in a top-notch studio and all the while be guided by experts. A group of six students and alumni were able to do just that with help from a three-time Grammy winner, a Meadows Prize winner and a highly respected, award-winning music composer and theorist.

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Film

Watch: The SMU and Dallas Film Society Film Camp

smufilm_SFA-festThe Dallas Film Society Summer Film Camp brings students together with professors from SMU’s Division of Film and Media arts, helping educate budding filmmakers, and stir up talent in the Dallas Fort-Worth area. The DFS’ sessions concentrate the production aspects of filmmaking, including screenwriting and acting. Here are scenes from the latest camp:

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Film

Don’t Just Talk About Films. Make Them.

smufilm1SMU Meadows Division of Film and Media Arts is devoted to training and mentoring students to become artists in film and media. Alumni enjoy careers as directors, screenwriters, producers, cinematographers, media executives and artistic directors, with work ranging from documentaries and shorts and feature-length films to television series and online digital videos. Alumni projects have included work on Lincoln, August Rush, Jurassic Park, Supernatural, King of the Hill, Wishbone, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and other well-known productions.

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Film

The Official Trailer for Summer Film Production’s Legacy

legacytrailer1Principal photography occurred in May/June 2014 (production photos available here), and the project is currently in post-production for an expected Summer 2015 release. Anyone interested in helping with post-production can contact the producers at SMUSummerFilm@gmail.com.