The Department of Theatre's fall comedy, Noises Off, will give its final performances this weekend in Fulks Theatre. The British play falls into the genre of 'farce,' a type of comedy that involves absurdly improbable situations. The original production premiered in London in 1982 and soon moved to Broadway, where it garnered four Emmy ... [Read More…]
Pirates Aplenty: Energetic cast works hard for your laughs
On Thursday night, the ACU Department of Theatre premiered its final production of the academic year. The Pirates of Penzance, directed by Kari Hatfield, assistant professor of theatre, weaves a tale of tender-hearted pirates, an incompetent police force, a major general, a bustling group of sisters and a young man trying to find his place among ... [Read More…]
Spring production to use ground-breaking technology
This spring's musical comedy follows a group of misfit pirates with a soft spot for orphans who continuously loot their buccaneer benefactors. The Pirates of Penzance, originally written by Gilbert and Sullivan in 1879, will be performed at Fulks Theatre in the Williams Performing Arts Center on Friday, Saturday and April 14-16 at 7:30 p.m. Kari ... [Read More…]
A good (but not great) world-ACU Department of Theatre presents Mother Teresa is Dead
Mother Teresa is Dead. That's one of those thoughts that doesn't normally float through your mind. When it does, you're reminded there is a little less good in the world than when she was alive. In ACU's 2010 Cornerstone Production, Mother Teresa is Dead, we are offered a microcosm view of the fallen world we live in through the production's four ... [Read More…]
The stage is set: Department of theatre students construct performance sets for next week’s play
When the curtain rises on an ACU Department of Theatre production, the audience can't help but notice the striking, intricate sets. They quite literally set the stage for the actors and help audiences quickly pinpoint the exact time and place they are being transported to during the production. But all the audience sees during the show is the ... [Read More…]
ACU Theatre presents Mother Theresa Is Dead
ACU's theatre department is premiering the first ever "Cornerstone Production" next Tuesday. Mother Theresa Is Dead, a play by Helen Edmundson, is serving, for the first year, as part of freshman core curriculum. Adam Hester, theatre department chair and director of Mother Theresa Is Dead, said that as ACU moved into its new core curriculum, he ... [Read More…]
Musical comedy enters final weekend
The ACU Department of Theatre is performing I Do! I Do!, a musical based on The Fourposter, a play by Jan de Hartog. I Do! I Do! opened Aug. 19 and runs through the Aug. 28 in the Culp Theatre. Each performance begins at 7:30. The play starts off on the wedding night of Agnes and Michael Snow, and then follows the couple through 50 years of ... [Read More…]
Shakespeare goes Hollywood in spring comedy
The Department of Theatre's final spring production stands in sharp comedic contrast to the department's previous two shows. The large cast and a dizzying mix of historical and fantastical elements combine to make Shakespeare in Hollywood a funny, fast-moving farce. Shakespeare in Hollywood, written by Ken Ludwig, is based on A Midsummer Night's ... [Read More…]
Down the rabbit hole
Johnny Depp's glowing yellow eyes, Anne Hathaway's floaty presence and Helena Bonham Carter's massive head - these are just a few of the details that gave Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland its character. Obviously, more significant criterion led to the film's blowout weekend, and as with most movies, some things could have been better. Nevertheless, ... [Read More…]
ACU to produce ‘Rabbit Hole’
The rabbit hole runs deep for the cast members of ACU's winter production. ACU's production of Rabbit Hole, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by David Lindsay-Abaire, opens Feb. 11 in Culp Theatre in the Williams Performing Arts Center. The play showcases a cast of only five members, with Jefferson Ferguson, sophomore theatre major from Houston, and ... [Read More…]
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