Posts Tagged ‘theatre’

Senior Theatre Festival 2013 showcases talented students

The Faculty Room, a black comedy, takes place in—not surprisingly—the faculty room of Madison-Furey High School, a high school stuck in middle-of-nowhere America. The plot centers on five faculty members: a principal and four teachers. Three of the teachers have been teaching at Madison-Furey High School for a very long time, the longest employed perhaps [...]

Inside look at Spring Awakening

For those on campus who lament the fact that there is only one musical performed at Puget Sound every four years, you are in luck. Director Sara Freeman has chosen contemporary musical Spring Awakening as this year’s Main Stage production, which will open in a few short weeks on campus, fusing morality, sexuality and rock [...]

Town Crier amplifies voice of actors, writers, directors

Town Crier amplifies voice of actors, writers, directors

The theater scene at Puget Sound has begun again this year, starting with the Student Initiative Theatre’s (SIT) 11th annual Town Crier Speaks Festival. The Festival is composed of several—this year, seven—ten-minute one-act plays, all of which are student-run. The plays this year ranged in subjects from playing Scrabble with a salacious grandmother to a [...]

The Vagina Monologues offers valuable lessons

The Vagina Monologues offers valuable lessons

Each year the women of VAVA, or the Vulva Anti-Violence Alliance, bring The Vagina Monologues to campus.  This year’s performances ran from Friday, Feb. 10 through Sunday, Feb. 12 in Kilworth Memorial Chapel. The Monologues was created by Eve Ensler to spread the message speaking out against rape, sexual violence and discrimination against women. VAVA [...]

Pirates of Penzance delivers laughs and love

Schneebeck Concert Hall rang with laughter this weekend with the performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance.  The School of Music-produced opera was a joyous romp with a band of very jovial pirates and lovely ladies. Directed by Director of Vocal Studies Dr. Dawn Padula with music direction by staff accompanist Denes Van Parys, [...]

Puget Sound theater reinvents ‘As You Like It’

After a five-year absence, the Bard once again graces the Puget Sound stage. William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “As You Like It” arrives on campus Oct. 28, 29, Nov. 2 and 4 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3 at 4 p.m., and Nov. 5 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. in the Norton Clapp Theatre. Tickets are now [...]

Trip to Bountiful rides on smooth terrain

Trip to Bountiful rides on smooth terrain

A story about “connection,” says Director Geoff Proehl—as well as the fleetingness of time, the desires of the heart and the significance of the past—The Trip to Bountiful is sure to be a unique experience. The Trip to Bountiful, originally written by Academy Award winning writer Horton Foote, will open tonight at 7:30 p.m. It [...]

Faculty selection in progress

The University of Puget Sound is preparing itself. The new academic year of 2011 approaches with the exciting buzz of new students, but also new teachers. The English and Theatre departments are losing some beloved professors. However, along with the goodbyes come some exciting hellos to new faculty for both departments. Choosing new faculty for [...]

Directing class one-acts entertain before finals

Directing class one-acts entertain before finals

The directors are coming, the directors are coming! That’s right, the directing class one-acts are invading the stage in the first week of December. Over the course of three days, 17 student-directed one-acts will take place in the Norton Clapp Theater. Tickets will be sold at the door for $2 each. Six plays averaging 12 [...]

Debut of professor’s play at Tacoma Little Theatre

“You don’t have to like everything I write,” says the character Josephine in C. Rosalind Bell’s new play “Under the Circumstances.”  This is definitely not an issue with Bell’s riveting play, which recently debuted at the Tacoma Little Theatre. The show depicts the relationship of two writers, one Caucasian and one African American, struggling with [...]