As students settled into the cushy, red chairs of Cloak Theater, sophomores Caro Granner and Samantha Torres began Fall Term planning meetings for their new club, Lawrence Inclusive Theatre (LIT). Over the course of an hour, these two co-presidents and the rest of the group exuded eagerness as they covered a wide range of topics…
Sell Us Your Major: Theatre Arts
Cast of the fall play, A Man of No Importance, takes a selfie in full costume. Photo courtesy of Matt Kierzek. This column is devoted to sharing student and faculty input on the various majors offered at Lawrence. The goal is to highlight areas of study that are not well known and to provide undecided…
Wild Space Dance Company visits Stansbury Theatre
The Wild Space Dance Company visited Lawrence University on Friday, March 31 and performed at 8 p.m. in Stansbury Theatre. The company is a collaboration between several dancers and musicians—the latter group of which included Instructor of Music Sumner Truax on saxophone. The title of their program, “Caught Up in the Moment,” was particularly appropriate…
Visiting professor lectures on theatre traditions
The Elias String Quartet performs in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Photo by Hikari Mine On Thursday, Feb. 2, Professor Gillian Rodger held a lecture in Harper Hall entitled “Negotiating the Unfamiliar World of Nineteenth Century American Popular Theatre.” An ethnomusicologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Rodger lectured on this obscure yet highly…
The Artist Spotlight: Emma Brayndick
Acting is an art of deceit, but it is also an art of understanding. The actor puts herself into the character’s shoes and, for the duration of the performance, becomes a different person. The amount of empathy gained from such an experience is not to be understated. Actors work and study hard to achieve this…
Transvestite drama and mental ward theatre
Before I went to see “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” I had to come to a decision. Do I see the show at nine—a perfectly reasonable time that is easy to make and would allow me a comfortable night of sleep? Or do I see the show at midnight after all sorts of late-night celebrations…
Optimistic Feral Children performs in Cloak Theater
Seeing as this generation of college students undoubtedly grew up watching re-runs of “Whose Line is it Anyway?” on ABC Family, there can be no question regarding the current appeal of improvisational comedy. That’s why last Friday, Oct. 4, Lawrence’s improv team Optimistic Feral Children (OFC) had a near-full audience in the Cloak Theater for…