theatre

  • Dark comedy “The Cripple of Inishmaan” will open in Tempest Theatre

    Dark comedy “The Cripple of Inishmaan” will open in Tempest Theatre

    Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m., the 2018-2019 Elizabethtown College Theater will open with its final show of the season, “The Cripple of Inishmaan.” The play is set in 1934 in the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland. When the inhabitants of the small town of Inishmaan learn that a Hollywood film crew

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  • Love and Information illustrates various elements of relationships

    Love and Information,” by Caryl Churchill, a play comprised of unrelated vignettes, currently being shown in the Elizabethtown College Tempest Theatre. This experimental play, first performed in Sept. 2012, intentionally includes very little detail pertaining to characters, background and stage direction. This gives directors and performers a lot of interpretive freedom. The Etown production, directed

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  • “If/Then” musical opens, student actors share their experiences

    “If/Then” musical opens, student actors share their experiences

    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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  • “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” starts conversation about modern technology

    “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” starts conversation about modern technology

    Elizabethtown College’s Theater Department is performing “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” by Sarah Ruhl this spring semester at the Tempest Theater. The comic play explores the need for connection in a technology-driven world. “Ms. Ruhl is a creative and artistic playwright,” director and associate professor of theater Richard Wolf-Spencer said. The play opens with a woman

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  • ‘Lysistrata’ mixes bawdy humor, peacemaking

    ‘Lysistrata’ mixes bawdy humor, peacemaking

    Few themes and traditions that existed in the beginning of human civilization have carried over into present-day society. Many customs, traditions and even societies have disappeared. One theme, however, has lasted since the origins of human civilization: the battle of the sexes. Male dominance and female oppression. It is an everlasting battle over which sex

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  • ‘From Up Here’ presents comical take on high school, family dysfunction

    ‘From Up Here’ presents comical take on high school, family dysfunction

    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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