HARPER CAROLINE LEE
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2021

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December 2021
  • Harper was appointed as the Undergraduate Representative of the Texas Educational Theatre Association's Higher Education Research Conference. ​She will be assisting with the Higher Education Research Conference, "The Next Wave," scheduled for June 2022. ​
 
  • Harper worked as the lightboard operator for The Nina Variations. Produced by the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance, directed by Allison Major and Clarissa Ramos. 
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  • Harper directed You're Working the Checkout at H-E-B for the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance 10-Minute Play Festival 2021. Written by Christian St.Croix, directed by Harper Caroline Lee, and featuring Korey Sayre.
Check out production photos here.

November 2021
  • Harper was featured in the Island Dance Demo at TAMU-CC, Nature's Way. Produced by Sarah Gonzalez, and choreographed by Sarah Gonzalez, Jilissa Cotten, River Thompson and others. 
Check out pictures here.

  • Harper choreographed for the 2021 TAMU-CC Choreography Showcase. Harper's piece Genesis featured Shelby Clark and Hunter Pittman. Produced by Jilissa Cotten. 
 
  • Harper was seen as Cobweb in TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance's fall show, A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Kelly Russell.
Check out promotional pictures from the show here.

October 2021
  • Harper and the Islander Improv team out on a Halloween Show! Performing in costume and taking suggestions from the audience, the team created an original long-form show!
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  • Harper attended the Bailando International Dance Festival 2021 and was awarded a scholarship by Ad Deum Dance Company.
Check out the Bailando website here.
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September 2021
  • Harper and the Islander Improv team hosted their annual Back-to-School Show! Harper serves as the President of the Islander Improv club and captains the team. Stay tuned for Islander Improv's next show!​

August 2021
  • Harper participated as an actor and choreographer in a week-long devising workshop with Outcry Theatre.
Watch the finalized devised piece, Falling, here. 
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  • Slow Burn, a ten-minute drama about the relationship between a detective and a mob boss, had a reading at Theatre Unmasked. Written by Harper Caroline Lee and featuring Nicholas Hipple and Giselle Muise.
Read Slow Burn on New Play Exchange here. 
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July 2021
  • Harper was seen as Claire in Clean Slate, written and directed by Allie Costa, produced by This Moment Productions as part of the Virtual One-Act Play Festival, and featuring Harper Caroline Lee, Heather Mall, and Jaya Ananda. 
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  • ​Harper was seen as Georgia in Gnomes, written by Michael Brown, directed by Eric Luvisotto, produced by Virtual Community Theatre, and featuring John Hewson and Harper Caroline Lee.
Watch Gnomes here. 
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June 2021
  • Harper's queer apocalyptic one-act play, Day 761, was performed virtually in New Voices: Reconnecting, produced by the Olney Theatre Center. Written by Harper Caroline Lee, directed by Cole Schenkel, and featuring Reese Schenkel, Maria Wraback, Lottie Doughty, JJ Jafri, and Brigitte Bonsu.
Watch New Voices: Reconnecting here.

  • Harper was seen as Riley in Forwarding Instructions, written by Jeff Dunne, directed by Eric Luvisotto, produced by Virtual Community Theatre, and featuring Brian Binney and Harper Caroline Lee.
You can watch Forwarding Instructions here.

May 2021
  • Harper was seen as Lily and Molly in Today in the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance 40-Minute Play Festival 2021. Written by Charles L. Mee and directed by Marina Medellin.  
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  • Harper was seen as Luanne in Be Here Now in the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance 40-Minute Play Festival 2021. Written by Deborah Zoe Laufer and directed by Sarah Eckoff.
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  • Harper was seen as Emily in Heroes of the Fourth Turning in the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance 40-Minute Play Festival 2021. Written by Will Arbery and directed by Trace Moriss.
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  • Harper was seen as Mag in The Beauty Queen of Leenane in the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance 40-Minute Play Festival 2021. Written by Martin McDonagh and directed by Ethan Inglis.
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  • Harper stage-managed People, Places, and Things in the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance 40-Minute Play Festival 2021. Written by Duncan Macmillan, and directed by Kenedi Deal.
​Check out pictures from the show here.

  • Harper worked as a shadow-puppeteer in The Old Man and the Old Moon in the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance 40-Minute Play Festival 2021. Devised by Pigpen Theatre Company, and directed by Colton Klopfenstein. 
 
  • Harper's short horror play, The Vampire's Venti, a ten-minute confrontation between a coffee-shop employee and her undead ex, was featured on New Play Exchange!
Read The Vampire's Venti on New Play Exchange here.

April 2021 
  • Harper was featured in the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance Islander Dance Demo, What's Next? Harper was seen in The Stage Dance Organization's piece, Sunrise, choreographed by River Thompson, and the Jazz 1 piece, I Shall Be Free, choreographed by Kate Burrill. 
 
  • Harper was seen as Amy and Donna along with Kat Binney in Et Tu, Brew Tea? written by Jeff Dunne, directed by Eric Luvisotto, and produced by Virtual Community Theatre.
Watch Et Tu, Brew Tea? here.

  • Harper's queer apocalyptic one-act play, Day 761, had a reading with Winebox Players, featuring Erin Soler, Nick Bombicino, Seth Evans, Megan Simard, Emily Battles, and Christopher Harris. Special thanks to Emily Battles!
​Read Day 761 on New Play Exchange here.

  • Harper and the Island Improv team put on a Musical Improv Show! A night of laughter and bird squawks was enjoyed by all!

​March 2021
  • Harper was the member of the month for the Stage Dance Organization for March! Stay tuned for the Stage's final performance of the year in April!
 
  • Harper stage-managed the TAMU-CC Department of Theatre and Dance Studio Project 2021, The Book of Days by Lanford Wilson, directed by Kelly Russell.
Check out pictures from the show here.

  • Harper wrote for One Egg No Batter's virtual 24-Hour Play Festival, Plays for Today: March Madness! Harper's short play, And Thus You Fly, a slapstick, feminist dark comedy set in 1940s post-war France showcasing what people will do for their friends, their country, and for the causes they believe in, was directed by Jake Hafertepe and featured Brigid Pfeifer and Kayla Chonoles. 
​Read And Thus You Fly on New Play Exchange here.

February 2021
  • Harper wrote for Theatre Unmasked's virtual ten-minute play festival, PLACES! Harper's short play, Lucia Goes Lucid, a dramedy about the power of dreams, was directed by Shaun Leisher, and featured Tarryn Steyh, Eric Thompson, and Iykechi McCoy. 
​​​Read Lucia Goes Lucid on New Play Exchange here.

  • Harper and the Islander Improv team joined forces with the Breakers Improv ensemble to put on a Valentine's Day-themed Improv Show, Two is Better Than One! 
Check out pictures from the show here.

  • Harper's solo from The Fourteenth Dancer, a dance film about unconventional dancers, Invincible, was featured in the Bailando Winter Dance Festival 2021.

January 2021
  • Spilled Tea had a reading at Theatre Unmasked, featuring Jessie Rosemarie Dorsey, Natalia Dozier-Torrelio, Brynne Piesco, Giselle Muise, Nicholas Hipple, and Jack Steeley. 
​​​Read Spilled Tea on New Play Exchange here.
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