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April 26, 2023
Department of Theatre and Dance Celebrates the 2022-23 Season
Anna Stevens wins the Gail Patrick Directing Award for her direction of the world premiere play Free Human. Playwright, Braydie Aldrich, also took home the Best Playwright award for his work on Free Human. The duo also accepted the Best Prop Design award for their work together on Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play.
February 26, 2023
Samford Seniors Present Original Production
Anna Stevens directs world premiere of new play "Free Human" written by Braydie Aldrich. Overall, Stevens hoped to send a message of acceptance to the queer community at Samford. “I really wanted people to see and hear and experience that queer students at Samford are seen and loved and valued and that they have a place here. We will not be silenced, we will not be ignored, we exist, and we want to exist freely and proudly,” she declared.
May 2, 2022
Theatre Students Gather for Annual Bonie Awards
Anna Stevens wins the Gail Patrick Directing Award for her direction in the play The Drowning Girls . The Drowning Girls also won for Best Lighting Design for an Underground (Alex Felts/Jackson Wood), Outstanding Stage Management for an Underground (Olivia Sundberg), Best Leading Actress in an Underground (Alexis Wentworth), and Best Scenic Design for an Underground (Anna Stevens).
November 22, 2021
Underground Theatre presents ‘The Drowning Girls’
Anna Stevens directed The Drowning Girls as part of the 2021 Underground Season. Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith, and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless brides gather evidence against their womanizing, murderous husband by reliving the shocking events leading up to their deaths. Reflecting on the misconceptions of love, married life, and the not-so-happily ever after, The Drowning Girls is both a breathtaking fantasia and a social critique, full of rich images, a myriad of characters, and lyrical language.
