theatre
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Playwriting course inspires Gipson’s mainstage production
As an English and theatre major, Holli Gipson had interests in all forms of creative writing. She enjoyed Cornell fiction writing courses with Professor Glenn Freeman, but it was a playwriting course with award-winning guest artist Keith Huff that kindled her passion for dramatic writing, in particular.
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Cornell premieres student’s play, ‘Peach Blood,’ in December
MOUNT VERNON — “Peach Blood,” a play by a Cornell College student about the eventful life of a woman trying to chart a future independent of a haunted past, premieres Friday, Dec. 8, in Cornell’s Plumb-Fleming Studio Theatre in Armstrong Hall. The play continues Dec. 9, 14, 15 and 16. All performances are at 8 […]
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Cornell opens Tony-winning ‘Equus’ Oct. 13 starring actor from Broadway production
MOUNT VERNON — An actor who appeared in the 1975 Broadway production of “Equus” plays the lead role when Cornell College opens “Equus” on Friday, Oct. 13, at Kimmel Theatre. Performances are Oct. 13 and 14 at 8 p.m., Oct. 15 at 2 p.m., Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. […]
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Cornell receives $3,000 NEA grant to develop new play
MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College’s theatre and communications studies department has received a $3,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to workshop and develop a new play, with work on the production occurring in Term 3 of 2006-2007. The grant, provided through the New Plays On Campus program of the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, will […]
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Cornell stages ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
MOUNT VERNON — “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Shakespeare’s timeless tale of lovers, nymphs, fairies, actors and aristocrats, takes the stage at Cornell College beginning Wednesday, March 15, at 8 p.m. The performance is in Kimmel Theatre of Youngker Hall, with additional engagements Thursday through Saturday, March 16-18, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 19, at […]
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Sweeney Todd showcases synergy of music and theatre
Sweeney Todd is no ordinary production, but Cornell’s Lyric Theatre is no ordinary company. During Block 5 each year, Cornell’s music and theatre departments combine to produce ambitious works of opera and musical theater, and Sweeney Todd provided a formidable challenge to all involved.
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Cornell Lyric Theatre presents musical thriller ‘Sweeney Todd’
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College Lyric Theatre presents the musical thriller “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” opening Friday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre of Youngker Hall. Remaining performances are Saturday, Jan. 28, at 8 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. and Feb. 2-4 at 8 p.m. With music […]
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Cornell-Riverside production ‘Prosperity’ moves to Mount Vernon Oct. 6
MOUNT VERNON — “Prosperity,” a new play that follows a band of actors as they improvise a raucous comedy about community greed, murder and sacrifice, comes to the Kimmel Theatre stage at Cornell College on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. This is a world-premiere co-production with Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, where the play […]