Tag Archives: Theatre

Piccolo Spoleto Stelle Di Domani Theatre Series

A variety of entertaining performances that feature the Stars of the Department of Theatre at the College of Charleston School of the Arts:  WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE - A mother from New Jersey roams the hills of Lockerbie Scotland, looking for her son’s remains which were lost in the crash of Pan Am 103. She meets the Women [...]
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2012-13 School of the Arts Awards

The School of the Arts celebrates the accomplishments of all of its graduates. The School will honor the achievements of a select group of students who have demonstrated excellence in their respective disciplines. The Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 10 will recognize those who have set a standard for their peers as well as those who will [...]
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Spoleto Sneak Preview 2013

The College of Charleston Friends of the School of the Arts will host a sneak preview of the Spoleto Festival USA and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. This hour-long event will be presented by music professors Edward Hart and Robert Taylor, theatre professor Todd McNerney, and director of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Mark Sloan. [...]
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Projection Design for Theatre

Have you heard of Video Projection Mapping? If not, watch this - http://vimeo.com/45569479 . Learn how to set up your own equipment (e.g., for gaming, or for art) at a presentation by Jared LeClaire, who will demonstrate the software and equipment used by the modern projection designer. Recognizing that projections and video design have become an increasingly [...]
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CofC Theatre Presents Tony Award Winning ‘Spring Awakening’

The Department of Theatre and Dance in the College of Charleston School of the Arts invites you  to this ground breaking musical, which remakes Frank Wedekind’s turn of the century (1890s) play with a bold rock score by Duncan Sheik. A universal coming of age story, it explores with contemporary honesty teenage self-discovery and budding sexuality. [...]
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Celebrate a ‘Landmark’ Year of Dance Studies

The dance faculty and students of the College of Charleston School of the Arts’ ever-expanding Department of Theatre and Dance are proud to present “Landmark,” their fifth annual dance concert from Saturday, March 16 through Monday, March 18, 2013. The academic year of 2012-2013 not only marks the birth of the new Bachelor of Arts in [...]
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CofC Theatre Presents Depression-Era Comedy by Contemporary Playwright

The Department of Theatre and Dance in the College of Charleston School of the Arts will present the quirky comedy “On the Bum, Or the Next Train Through,” by Neal Bell. It’s 1938 and America was never so rich with talented men and women of the theatre. Unfortunately, America was also never so poor—literally. Just as [...]
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Drama about Grieving, Cleansing and Closure

The Department of Theatre and Dance in the College of Charleston School of the Arts will present “The Women of Lockerbie” by playwright Deborah Brevoort. 270 lives are lost in a terrorist plane attack, and a group of indomitable women want to turn the tragic result into an act of healing. A mother from New Jersey roams the hills of [...]
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Tragic Tale of Forbidden Love, Barbaric Violence and Consequential Vengeance

The Department of Theatre and Dance in the College of Charleston School of the Arts will present “The Love of the Nightingale” by playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker. A retelling of the myth of Ovid’s “Procne, Philomele and Tereus,” Wertenbaker uses this ancient tale of transformation to demonstrate the violence that stems from enforced silence. While the play [...]
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CofC Theatre Presents Tale of Sisterhood, Survival and Independence

The Department of Theatre in the College of Charleston School of the Arts will present “Flyin’ West” by Pearl Cleage. Set in 1898 Kansas, the story follows a family of African American women who will do whatever it takes to protect each other and their land. The play looks past history and racism to consider [...]
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