Symposium Staged Reading Sept 15 As a part of the 2014 Symposium on “Sustainability: Local Action | Global Impact,” Concordia Theatre will be sponsoring a staged reading of Cherrie Moraga’s “Heroes and Saints.” The play tells the story of Mexican immigrants who are employed at barely survival wages to labor in fields poisoned by pesticides…
Director explores new training methods for actors in upcoming play Marching in single line across the stage with knees bent and arms held out, nine students stay straight-faced and focused on their movements. Some might even be sweating. This is not a typical play rehearsal. Actors from the play “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” by…
Theatre art professor Jen Thomas insists she did not come here planning to revitalize the theatre department; she has simply tried to do her part. Nonetheless, Thomas has made a lasting mark on theatre at Concordia during her tenure here, both onstage and off. A number of changes have occurred in the theatre department since…
Using plungers to fight for their right to pee for free, the lower class of “Urinetown” raises important social questions in Concordia’s upcoming musical production. “Urinetown,” which opens Nov. 14 and runs through Nov. 24, offers a musical commentary on the issues of sustainability and the conflict between what is right and wrong in society….
This week a classic English play is taking the stage at Concordia. Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” follows Englishmen Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, both of who lead double lives as men named “Ernest” in an effort to court women seeking a man with this name. As other characters slowly realize their real…
Cast members stretch in Concordia’s Francis Frazier Comstock Theater, warming up for the final rehearsal before their debut performance of “Grease.” The buzz of drilling indicates the last few boards are ready for the set as the cast gets into position on stage in front of scattered set pieces such as a bedroom, a classroom…