I’ll be honest: the last time that I saw a theater production of “Into The Woods,” I fell asleep. That said, I had high hopes for Concordia Theater Department’s take on Stephen Sondheim’s famous musical. To say the least, I was not disappointed in the slightest. Between stellar performances byContinue Reading
The Concordia Theater program is putting on “Into the Woods,” Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical. The show is running from November 11-14 and 18-20. It will be directed by guest director Rachel Stevens. This musical tells the story of a baker and his wife hoping to start a family whoContinue Reading
From October 14-17, Concordia’s theater department put on Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” The show was open from Thursday night until the afternoon of Sunday. The show was sold out every night. From where I sat on that Thursday night, I saw a simple play turn into something I sat onContinue Reading
No one else does a whodunit better than Agatha Christie. One of her famous works, “The Mousetrap,” will be performed on campus Oct. 14 to Oct. 17 in the Frances Frazier Comstock Theater Lab. With over 25,000 performances, this is the longest-running production in London’s West End, yet Concordia willContinue Reading
Every aspect of life has been impacted by the pandemic, be it working from home or wearing a mask and distancing when in public. The same is true for theatre at Concordia. “The pandemic has killed most theatre,” said Katie Curry, the Theatre Art department’s costume designer and adjunct instructor.Continue Reading
The stage is set, the tickets are sold, the lights on, but the seats, however, are empty. Concordia theater is producing “The Race” this upcoming weekend in an unconventional way to comply with COVID safety precautions. Live streamed over Zoom, the theater crew along with the campus are in forContinue Reading
David Wintersteen is taking a leap and genderbending roles while directing the upcoming production of Macbeth. Turning heads and creating a buzz, the cast of Macbeth is here to impress. The play runs Thursday, Feb. 20 through Sunday Feb. 23, on the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre mainstage. Thursday, Friday, andContinue Reading
“Join the family business, learn yourself the trade, make yourself a monster, make the world afraid!” The Frankenstein family has passed along the tradition of monster-building for generations–that is, until Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, who pronounces his name “Fronkensteen,” is reluctant to follow in his ancestors’ footsteps. On Thursday, Nov. 14,Continue Reading
For 73 years, the Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre has produced varied performances and educational opportunities for the community. This fall, they will be telling the story of Sweeney Todd: a barber seeking revenge. The show will run be Oct. 18-20, 24-27, 31 and Nov. 1 on the Stage at IslandContinue Reading
As the last few chords of Tayna Tucker’s “Delta Dawn” play, the lights go down, and we are brought to a quaint, aged home of the Magrath sisters in Hazelhurst, Mississippi where the sisters have reunited with the illness of their grandfather, each sister with her own emotional baggage toContinue Reading