Oct 15 2010 - 8:00pm
Clarence Darrow
He began his undergraduate theatre training at Illinois State University in 1973 under the guidance of Drs. Calvin Pritner, Ralph Lane and Jean Scharfenberg. He then followed his muse to the University of Kansas where he finished his bachelor's degree under the tutelage of Dr. Jack Wright, Paul Campbell and Dr. Robert Findlay.
Moving to Chicago he humbly began his performance career as a servant at the Goodman Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing. He went onto act in various venues around the Chicago area earning his Equity card playing Forrest Tucker's son in Patches at the Drury Lane South Theatre.
James IveyIvey received his master’s degree in theatre history at the University of Illinois and his doctorate from Texas Tech University. Upon completion of his doctorate, he became head of the department of theatre at Hardin-Simmons University, in Abilene, Tex. During his nine-year stay at HSU he directed many plays including Tartuffe, Li'l Abner, Guys and Dolls, The Seagull, The Dining Room, J.B., The Triumph of Love and Exit the King.
In the fall of 2000, Ivey joined the faculty of the theatre and dance department at SUNY Fredonia as associate professor and chair of theatre. His 10-year career at Fredonia has been highlighted by productions of The Learned Ladies, The Cherry Orchard, Our Town, Candide, The Wizard of Oz, The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Women's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of A Christmas Carol, Hansel and Gretel, Marat/Sade and most recently Sophocles' Electra. Recently promoted to full professor of theatre, Ivey will direct Carlo Goldoni's The Venetian Twins this coming spring.
Throughout his career in academia, Ivey has kept his performance career alive by working with various theatre companies including Theatre Three and The Dallas Repertory Theatre in A Little Night Music, The Showoff and The Man Who Came to Dinner and with Chautauqua Opera in productions of Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man and Street Scene.
Inaddition, he trained with Antonio Fava at the Scuola Internazionale dell'Attore Comico in Reggio-Emilia, Italy in the tradition of commedia dell'arte. His continued study of the commedia has prompted him to create Il Piccolo Teatro dell'Edera a traveling commedia production in which he performs the characters of Dottore, Capitano, and Zanni.
Clarence Darrow Starring James Ivey
General Admission $15
($13 Opera House Members, $8 Students)
In David Rintels' entertaining play, Clarence Darrow, Darrow is depicted as the champion of the underdog, a lawyer for everyman from a time when the practice of law was a noble profession. This one-man, two-act play highlghts the great cases that were the defining moment of Darrow's career.
James Ivey brings Darrow to life and portrays him as a passionate loner with a sense of humor, who fought for causes with every fiber of his being.
Ivey has performed in more than 100 plays and musicals with roles as diverse as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, File in The Rainmaker, Harold Hill in The Music Man, J. Edgar Hoover in Splendid Rebels, Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly!, Cheswick in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, King Arthur in Camelot, and Edgar Lee Masters in Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight.He began his undergraduate theatre training at Illinois State University in 1973 under the guidance of Drs. Calvin Pritner, Ralph Lane and Jean Scharfenberg. He then followed his muse to the University of Kansas where he finished his bachelor's degree under the tutelage of Dr. Jack Wright, Paul Campbell and Dr. Robert Findlay.
Moving to Chicago he humbly began his performance career as a servant at the Goodman Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing. He went onto act in various venues around the Chicago area earning his Equity card playing Forrest Tucker's son in Patches at the Drury Lane South Theatre.
James IveyIvey received his master’s degree in theatre history at the University of Illinois and his doctorate from Texas Tech University. Upon completion of his doctorate, he became head of the department of theatre at Hardin-Simmons University, in Abilene, Tex. During his nine-year stay at HSU he directed many plays including Tartuffe, Li'l Abner, Guys and Dolls, The Seagull, The Dining Room, J.B., The Triumph of Love and Exit the King.In the fall of 2000, Ivey joined the faculty of the theatre and dance department at SUNY Fredonia as associate professor and chair of theatre. His 10-year career at Fredonia has been highlighted by productions of The Learned Ladies, The Cherry Orchard, Our Town, Candide, The Wizard of Oz, The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Women's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of A Christmas Carol, Hansel and Gretel, Marat/Sade and most recently Sophocles' Electra. Recently promoted to full professor of theatre, Ivey will direct Carlo Goldoni's The Venetian Twins this coming spring.
Throughout his career in academia, Ivey has kept his performance career alive by working with various theatre companies including Theatre Three and The Dallas Repertory Theatre in A Little Night Music, The Showoff and The Man Who Came to Dinner and with Chautauqua Opera in productions of Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man and Street Scene.
Inaddition, he trained with Antonio Fava at the Scuola Internazionale dell'Attore Comico in Reggio-Emilia, Italy in the tradition of commedia dell'arte. His continued study of the commedia has prompted him to create Il Piccolo Teatro dell'Edera a traveling commedia production in which he performs the characters of Dottore, Capitano, and Zanni.
Sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Center
