Jonathan Gregg, lecturer in math, gave the Tower Players’ cast of “Proof” each a sheet of paper with a rectangle and a triangle in the center of it about a month before the play’s opening night, next Wednesday in Markle Auditorium. “Do math,” Gregg told the group. It turned out about as well as you...
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‘Repercussion’ exhibits graphic design
For graphic designer Kelly Salchow MacArthur, the digital arts communicate important ecological messages. The art department will be hosting an exhibit of MacArthur’s work from Oct. 20 to Nov. 19. The exhibit combines an array of digital designs printed on paper and metal, highlighted by different lighting techniques. The exhibit’s purpose is to encourage viewers...
All’s well that starts well
When the wedding of two theater students coincides with the first play of the school year, the production ends up with something rare: a majority freshmen cast. Next week the Tower Players perform Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well,” the final production directed by Director of Theatre George Angell. The cast features mostly underclassmen, including...
Teaching technique
Julio Suarez walked into his blank-walled office and took off his large black painter’s smock. As he sat down, he spread out a few art pieces on his desk. “Those were done by my students,” he said. They were collages made from magazine clippings, modeled after famous works like Johannes Vermeer’s “The Milkmaid.” “They did...
‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ shines with young cast
Director of Theater George Angell’s last play on a Hillsdale stage has challenged him with a green cast — mostly freshmen — and an unwieldy Shakespeare script. But his young actors have responded with only one thing: excitement. The Tower Players opened Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” Wednesday evening, and performances continue Thursday through...