By Liz Komagum Peter Haberman, the Director of Bands at Concordia College, is spending his sabbatical next semester studying the art of pantomiming under the instruction of mime Bill Bowers. Haberman will take weekly online lessons with Bowers and a 2-week intensive in New York City. In these lessons, Haberman will mime from his side…
By Saige Mattson MOORHEAD – After theater faculty shakeups last year, Concordia has brought in a new visiting assistant professor of theater, Jessica Chipman. Chipman, a playwright originally from Iowa, worked in the high school setting and directed theater in Minnesota before coming to Concordia to share her talents with students. “I started out as…
By Abigail Koenig Concordia’s upcoming theatrical performance of Alan Ball’s “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” will open Oct. 9 with shows until Oct. 12. Tickets can be purchased through the link in the Instagram bio of @cordtheatre. Set in the early 90s, the play centers around five female bridesmaids at a Knoxville, Tennessee wedding…
Mimes depict one of the earliest forms of self-expression with this theatrical medium being traced back all the way to ancient Greece. Miming or pantomiming is when a person tells a story through acting things out, bodily motions and typically no elements of speech. Bill Bowers is a primarily self-taught world-renowned mime artist who came…
Crowds gathered in the Francis Frazier Comstock theatre on Feb. 13-16 to watch a spin on a classic tale in “The Three Bears” by Jonathan Stinson presented by the Concordia College Opera, Music, and Theatre Departments. For the first time, an opera was performed on the Main Stage instead of the Centrum. To make this…
MOORHEAD – For the first time since the implementation of the opera program at Concordia, an opera will be performed on the Frances Frazier Comstock Theater main-stage, a feat for the budding collaboration between the music and Theatre Art departments. Concordia’s operas have traditionally been performed in the Centrum, a space which is not designed…
MOORHEAD – Here at Concordia, the theatre department puts on massively successful shows. From actors to lights to backstage, the shows are a whole production. Everyone involved plays an essential role in the making of these shows, but there is a lot of unseen behind-the-scenes from the crew that make these shows possible. Student Manager,…
MOORHEAD — The lab theater was transformed into a comedy club on Friday, Nov. 8, where students and special guests were given the opportunity to perform stand-up comedy. At the event, titled “Laughing Through It,” a jam-packed audience of approximately 100 attendees were given the opportunity to enjoy jokes about a variety of topics, the…
Crowds flocked to the Frances Frazier Comstock theatre to see “Witch” presented by the Concordia Theatre Department on Oct. 10-13. After weeks of rehearsal, the production was ready for audiences. The show officially sold-out Thursday, Oct. 10. Unfortunately, many people who booked the tickets couldn’t make it to the show, leaving over 30 seats open…
