By Amanda Gecewicz
December 9, 2014
The Penny Dreadful Players (PDP) will present a new twist on holiday favorites in their newest play, “Tis the Season: A New Holiday Show,” on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Channing Murray Foundation.
The PDP is the oldest student-run theater group on campus. For 22 years, the group has served as ...
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By Sarah Nolan
November 4, 2014
On the first day of his 2005 trip to Italy with his local community choir, Dr. Kent Conrad performed on the organ in front of a crowded St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.
Holly Jordan, a close friend of Conrad’s, will never forget the moment.
“The organ was facing the choir, so we could ...
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By Brittney Nadler
October 2, 2014
What happens when mythmaking collides with reality? That is the ultimate question in “Polaroid Stories,” a play with poetry, profanity and prostitutes that journeys into the lives of street youth on an abandoned pier in the outskirts of town.
Inspired by “Metamorphoses,” a Latin narrative poem, “Pol...
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