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Silent Sky: virtual theater production goes on
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- April 30, 2020
Photo courtesy of Unsplash My senior project was to design the set for Silent Sky. The beginning of this semester the shop crew, which I was a part of, started building what I had designed over winter break. It was really fun. We got all the platforming in place before the cast had even been
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Student ingenuity emphasized in 24-Hour Play Festival
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- February 27, 2020
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com The average play that you’d see in a theatre rehearses for two to three months and puts on performances for two weeks that strive for perfection. The average play in the Elizabethtown College 24-Hour Play Festival rehearses for one hour and performs one night only. The Festival took place from 7
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“If/Then” musical opens, student actors share their experiences
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- November 8, 2018
The Theatre and Dance division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts is presenting “If/Then” as the fall 2018 musical. The musical is performed in the Tempest Theatre in the Baugher Student Center (BSC). “If/Then” is a musical written by the the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning creators of the musical “Next to
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Senior writes, performs in autobiographical one act play
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- March 30, 2012
Senior theater major Daniel “D.J.” Littell is a man of many talents. A member of Mad Cow Improv since his first year, he has acted in many plays, including “The Memorandum” in 2009 and “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” last semester. Littell has even dabbled in playwriting and will perform his autobiographical one act play,
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Comic Shorts: popular playwrights twist things up, laughs guaranteed
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- February 23, 2012
Lisa’s father gave her a pony for her birthday, a dead pony. Why? Will Jerry jump to his death into troubled water? Could a measly secretary become a murderer to find fame and glory? Find out when you come see these three comic shorts. The Elizabethtown College Theater Department is proud to present three comedic
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TV’s Debbie Pollack offers acting advice
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- February 23, 2012
Actress Debbie Pollack has seen her fair share of show business. She starred in the John Hughes film “Sixteen Candles,” portraying the jock Marlene, nicknamed “Lumberjack,” who, to the amazement of protagonist Sam, becomes foreign exchange student Long Duk Dong’s unlikely girlfriend within minutes upon arriving at the school dance. She’s also been a co-star
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‘From Up Here’ presents comical take on high school, family dysfunction
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- February 16, 2012
Do you have a free night this upcoming weekend but no idea what to do with it? Be sure to stop by the Tempest Theatre box office to find out about “From Up Here.” The dramatic comedy, directed by Terri Mastrobuono, adjunct faculty member, is closing this weekend with performances beginning at 8 p.m. on
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“Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead” to open next weekend
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- October 21, 2011
Based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Elizabethtown College’s fall production of “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead” will not only be funny, but also philosophical, triggering thoughts on life, death and one’s identity, according to those involved. Set in Elizabethan times, Tom Stoppard’s meta theater “play-within-a-play” asks the question, “Am I a minor character in someone else’s life?”
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