Theater

Department News

This Fall semester, we offered a Shakespeare Master Class hosted by the Aquila Acting Company. The Aquila Company members instructed students inter-Shakespearian textual work as well as an introduction to some of Aquila's Methods of Classical Acting.


Students Participating in a Shakespeare Master Class with the Aquila Acting Company
Fall 2007
Recently, we said farewell to one of our most beloved professors Lynnie Raybuck as she moved on to a new position working with the staff of the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center as the Community Engagement Manager. Lynnie had taught as part of the Theater Department for 16 years and in our farwell party, we gave her our very best wishes for her future.
Students say farewell to professor Lynnie Raybuck
Fall 2004 we welcomed renowned playwright Oni Faida Lampley as a Guest Artist. Students and Faculty participated in a four day developmental Workshop for Here to Put My Father in the Ground, a Play that is currently in development by Oni Faida Lampley. The week concluded with a workshop reading of the Play as it had evolved.
Oni Faida Lampley
Photo Credit: http://www.brooklynx.org/bricstudio/FY04_popups/oni.asp
In the Spring of 2004 we were pleased to host several guest artists, including the world renowned Bread and Puppet Theater, Screenplay writers William P. Blatty and Gregory Allan Howard, as well as Dr. Rex McGraw who co-hosted a Chekhov Workshop with our own Professor Ken Elston.
Bread and Puppet Theater March 2004
Photo by: Pattricia Hernandez

Visit our website again soon and see what guests artists we will be hosting in the upcoming academic year.


 

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