“War of the Worlds,” originally a book by H.G. Wells, has since been performed by the Mercury Theatre on the Air as a radio production. Now, the Concordia College Theatre is taking the radio adaptation and placing it onstage to reenact the famous night that shattered radios all over theContinue Reading
With finals week coming up soon, many students are preparing for final projects, papers, presentations and exams, and a select few are preparing their finals to be broadcasted for the audience of the Concordia student body or the Fargo-Moorhead area itself. The 10-scene play “Almost, Maine” takes place in theContinue Reading
Coming to the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre, Feb. 17 through the 20, the Concordia College Theater Department is putting on a production of a drama called, “Third”. This play was written by Wendy Wasserstein and will be directed by David Wintersteen, director of the theater department. Instead, it is setContinue Reading
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