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Theater Major Diamond ‘Dares to be Brilliant’
Theater Arts and Acting major Rachel Diamond ’12 has already tasted success in the dynamic and unpredictable world of theater: performed in a professional off-West End production in London, wowed hundreds of her peers at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) and premiered two of her original plays on British stages. Now, after four years [...]
Continue reading...‘Swing of the Sea’ Packs House and Stands Up to Stiff Competition at KCACTF
Friday, January 27, 2012
Professor Mark Wade and a brigade of 26 theater students piled into a bus and headed west, about 275 miles, to Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pa., where the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) was held in early January. Only six of them were cast members in Arcadia’s production of The Swing [...]
Continue reading...Wade Gets a Nod from Playwright as Arcadia Stands to Win National Accolades
Friday, January 13, 2012
Montgomery News recently reported that Arcadia University’s production Swing of the Sea is a participant in the 44th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) for Region II, which is being held at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Jan. 10 to 14. Mark Wade, Assistant Professor and Director of Theater Arts, was offered the play [...]
Continue reading...‘The Swing of the Sea’ Tapped for Regional Theater Festival
Friday, December 9, 2011
Arcadia University’s production of The Swing of the Sea (view photos) was one of eight shows selected for performance at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Jan. 10 – 14. Region II includes universities and colleges located in northwest New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Northern Virginia, West [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia University Theater Presents ‘The Swing of the Sea,’ Dec. 1-11
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Arcadia University’s award-winning theater program presents The Swing of the Sea, Dec. 1-11 on Arcadia’s MainStage located at the Spruance Fine Arts Center. Mysterious and whimsical in equal parts, The Swing of the Sea intimately explores what it means to be an adolescent facing the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” for the first time. [...]
Continue reading...‘Metamorphoses’: Catch One of the Final Performances
Friday, October 28, 2011
On Oct. 30 the curtains close on Arcadia University Theater’s first production of the season, Metamorphoses. But four shows still remain—that’s four opportunities to catch the award-winning theater program work magic on stage, bringing to life Mary Zimmerman’s retelling of Ovid’s classic tales. Admission is totally free for Arcadia students.
Continue reading...Arcadia Thanks ‘Covenant’ Supporters With Food, Song In the Castle
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
More and more people are including Arcadia University in their estate planning—through bequests in wills, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, and life insurance. “We include them all in our Covenant Society, because these commitments to Arcadia go beyond annual giving and are a binding pledge (covenant) with us that will survive them,” says Jan Walbert, [...]
Continue reading...Cast of ‘Metamorphoses’ Speaks of Love, Bonds and Blue Jeans
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
On Monday afternoon, the Bulletin interviewed four Acting majors from the cast of Arcadia University’s most recent theater production, Metamorphoses. Swiveling in the adjustable office chairs in Landman Library’s Faculty and Staff Resource Room, Trevor Foehl ’13, Kelsey Hodgkiss ’14, Olivia Lantz ’14 and Jess Jacob ’14 gathered to chat a little about life since rehearsal [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia University’s Award-Winning Theater Opens Season with ‘Metamorphoses’
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Arcadia University’s award-winning theater program opens its 2011-12 season on Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. on Arcadia’s MainStage with Metamorphoses, an evocative retelling based on the myths of Ovid. Arcadia’s MainStage Theater is located at the Spruance Fine Arts Center. Metamorphoses Based on the Myths of Ovid Written and Originally Directed by Mary Zimmerman Directed by Ceal [...]
Continue reading...Ryan Studies Military Symbols, Designs Set for ‘Julius Caesar’
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
As part of her senior capstone project, Theater Arts and English major Carrie Ryan ’11 designed the set for Arcadia University’s production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. The experience has expanded her skills and appreciation for her craft. (View photos from the dress rehearsal.) “I was really drawn to the story and its messages [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia University Theater Presents ‘Julius Caesar,’ Feb. 24-March 6
Friday, February 18, 2011
Arcadia University’s national award-winning theater program present Julius Caesar, Feb. 24 to March 6, on Arcadia’s MainStage located at the Spruance Fine Arts Center. Directed by Mark Wade, Assistant Professor and Director of the Theater program, this spell-binding tale wrestles with the tension between personal gain and public good. Witness the fierce struggle among the [...]
Continue reading...Theater Students Accept Awards, Advance to Kennedy Center Finals
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Arcadia University Theater students advanced to the finals at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Region II Jan. 11-16 at Towson University, Md. Of the 32 Arcadia students who attended, several students also have been invited to participate in the national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in April. Nine were [...]
Continue reading...32 Students to Perform at Kennedy Center Theater Festival
Friday, December 17, 2010
Arcadia University’s award-winning theater department will be taking 32 students to the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Towson University in Towson, Md., Jan. 11-16. Twelve of the 32 students were nominated for their performances: Lauren Myers, a senior Acting major for Criminal Hearts; Beth Seybert, a senior Acting major for Criminal [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia Performs Philadelphia Young Playwrights Work, Nov. 23
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Arcadia University and the School District of Cheltenham Township host A Special Evening of Theater as part of Young Playwrights’ 2010-11 Play Development Series on Nov. 23, at 7 p.m., Stiteler Auditorium, Murphy Hall. Mark Wade, Assistant Professor and Director of Arcadia University’s Theater Arts program, will direct performances by teachers and administrators from the Cheltenham [...]
Continue reading...Montgomery News: Cheltenham Students’ Plays To Be Performed at Arcadia
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
“For more than two decades, the Cheltenham School District and Philadelphia Young Playwrights organization have been partnered to provide an outlet for fledgling creative writers,” writes Kaitlyn Foti ’08, an Arcadia University alum and staff writer for Montgomery News, in a feature story on Nov. 12. “More recently, Arcadia University has been added into the [...]
Continue reading...Senior Theater Major Directs ‘Doubt,’ Nov. 12-14
Friday, November 5, 2010
By Sarah R. Schwartz ’10 Senior Theater major Ellen Podolsky is directing the upcoming Arcadia University Production Doubt by John Patrick Shanley Nov. 12-14 at Arcadia’s Chat Performance area. A dark and thought-provoking drama, the play’s complexities initially attracted her. Shrugging off the influence of the recent Meryl Streep and Phillip Seymour Hoffman adaptation, Podolsky [...]
Continue reading...Stamey Receives National Mention at Kennedy Center Festival
Friday, April 23, 2010
Three Arcadia University students were among an elite group of students from across the nation invited to participate in the national Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., April 12-18. Robin Stamey ’10 was one of only three college students in the nation recognized in the Lighting category at [...]
Continue reading...Theater Students Outstanding at Kennedy Center Regional Festival
Friday, January 22, 2010
Arcadia University Theater students earned national awards, regional accolades and the first standing ovation at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Region II on Thursday, Jan. 14, at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Several students also have been invited to participate in the national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in April. [...]
Continue reading...‘Home’ Invited to Perform at Kennedy Center Festival
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Home by Samm Art-Williams, produced by Arcadia University Theater this fall under the direction of Mark Wade, was one of nine productions invited to be performed at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for Region II on Thursday, Jan. 14. Started in 1969 by Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center’s founding chairman, the Kennedy [...]
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