The realities of the dating world, from awkward first encounters to uncomfortably long moments of silence, will be brought to the stage in Concordia College Theatre’s upcoming production of “First Date.” Senior theatre arts major Nick Brandt is directing “First Date,” opening on March 22 and running through March 24. The musical is Brandt’s senior…
Eighteen theatre students participated at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival last week where students made it into the finals, and one won it all. Senior Melissa Thurn won first place in the National Costume Design Award for the costumes she designed for “The Country Wife.” She showcased her renderings, research, production photos, costumes…
Freshman Chris Cartwright has always had a passion for theatre; he began acting in fourth grade. Now, his play has been published by Off the Wall Plays and is ready for purchase. Off the Wall Plays, an online publishing house, notified Cartwright a few weeks ago. He wrote the one-act comedy, which he titled “Awaiting…
I spent last week at a theatre festival in Minneapolis and something I heard a lot of was praise for plays that are outdated, discriminatory and supremacist. “It’s a product of its time” was the most common defense used in discussions of whether or not colleges and playhouses should continue to mount productions of plays…
Cobbers create retro-sounding sounding commercials for upcoming play The radio crackles to life. Saxophones squeal the first lines of a jingle. Then horns follow as an accent. Finally, a bright, modulated voice speaks vibrantly over the sounds, selling a product straight out of the 1950s. This may be what the audience will hear when the…
Concordia College theatre’s first production of the 2015-2016 season featured vampires. Their second show, opening Nov. 12, will feature a Dragon. Director Sally Story said the department’s upcoming production, Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award-winning “Company,” tells the tale of Bobby, a 30-something New Yorker attempting to navigate the single life while surrounded by couples. “Company” may…
Four flights of stairs below the stage in the Frances Comstock Memorial Theatre are boxes filled with vampire teeth, prosthetic monster masks, beaded fabrics, and a powder that mimics blood when mixed with water. The Concordia College theatre department is preparing for William McNulty’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” opening Oct. 15. According to a…
Following the Tin Roof Theatre Company’s performance of “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail” on Saturday, March 21, there will be a Folk Jam Fest featuring original compositions by Jared Hoeft, a 2013 graduate from Concordia College. Howard Taubman of the New York Times described the ideological relevance of the play to contemporary audiences, stating…
Seniors Melissa Richter and Jonathan Fondell are teaming up to present their senior directing theses in Concordia’s production of “Night of Naturalism.” “We got very lucky with the opportunities we were given with this production,” Richter said. According to Richter, the faculty allowed her and Fondell complete access to the professional staff in the theatre…
Concordia 2012 alumnus Christopher Damlo has been named assistant director of the Tin Roof Theatre’s upcoming production of Abby Man’s “The Judgment at Nuremberg.” The play is based upon the trials held in Nuremberg, Germany in the late 1940s. Damlo explains that on trial were the Nazi war criminals; namely political and governmental officials who…