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-25 posts tagged "Theater"
Aidan O'Malley | Monday, August 17, 2020
I was in a movie theater when Notre Dame first went online. It was the Wednesday of spring break. I was back home with no plans and no friends. Painfully aware of the homework I would return to, I dedicated my week to something I struggled to find time for on campus, going to the
Genevieve Coleman | Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Saint Mary’s hosted Tony Award-winning director, playwright and adapter Mary Zimmerman on Monday evening in the Moreau Center for the Arts for a speech about creating metaphors in images. Earlier in the day, Zimmerman conducted events with Saint Mary’s theatre majors and local high school students. The visit was a continuation of the annual visiting artists
Caroline Lezny | Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Jazz and nightclubs, swing dancing and radio contests: these are probably not the hallmarks of World War II narratives — and with good reason. The recent Broadway musical “Bandstand,” however, embraces the unexpected in its synthesis of music, dance and devastatingly candid storytelling. This past weekend, South Bend’s Morris Performing Arts Center presented the Broadway
Emily Hunt | Thursday, November 7, 2019
The Pasquerilla East Musical Company (PEMCo) will present a rendition of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” this coming weekend. The show will run Thursday to Saturday in Washington Hall on campus. Sophomore Katie Coury is directing the production. The show is a comedy that takes place in Rome and follows
Dessi Gomez | Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Silence floods Washington Hall as the group, Actors From the London Stage, prepares to perform its rendition of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” The five actors and actresses introduce themselves and identify their roles in the production, telltale props and costumes strewn across the stage. Upon completion of this introduction, the actors take their seats, signaling the start
Hanna Kennedy | Friday, April 27, 2018
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, student actors from Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s will take to the stage and bring contemporary playwright Sarah Ruhl’s “The Clean House” to life. Director Brynn Alexander, a senior Film, Television and Theatre major with a concentration in Theatre, chose to stage “The Clean House” after reading the script over
Catherine Barra | Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The Patricia George Decio Theatre is dark. The stage is set with a step-down extension. There are books, lamps, chairs and tables haphazardly yet carefully placed around the perimeter of the stage forming a carefully-created mess of school and household items. A looming scaffold adorns the back of the stage, under which the band plays.
Serena Zacharias | Monday, February 19, 2018
Years in the making, Dr. Anne Garcia-Romero’s play, “Paloma,” was recently published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. “Paloma” follows three characters, Ibrahim, Paloma and Jared, all of differing religious backgrounds, and explores the idea of coexisting with diverse religions and cultures. Garcia-Romero, an associate professor of Film, Television and Theater, specializes in playwriting and Latina
Maria Leontaras | Wednesday, January 17, 2018
For the seven Saint Mary’s students who attended the week-long Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), there’s no business like show business. The festival, which ran from Jan. 8 to 14, aims to celebrate college drama programs and give students special opportunities. Though KCACTF festivals happen across the country, the Saint Mary’s students attended
Alexander Daugherty | Monday, November 13, 2017
“The Importance of Being Earnest,” performed first in 1895 in London, is perhaps Oscar Wilde’s most widely recognizable play. With turns of remarkable wit and a text that allows for significant physical comedy, Wilde’s play is no easy feat to stage, let alone stage well. The Notre Dame Film, Television and Theater Department’s (FTT) production,