Hillsdale alumna Elizabeth Gray ‘12 originally wrote her one act play as part of a final assignment for a playwriting class at Hillsdale. When she saw the advertisement for a one act competition, she remembered the play she had written and decided to edit it and enter it in the competition. In January, she had...
Year: 2014
Auditions for Woyzeck
Senior and student director Katherine Denton held auditions this week for the world premiere of a new edition of the play “Woyzeck,” written by Georg Büchner in the 1830s. She is casting a new version of the German play, selecting roles for the apparently schizophrenic Woyzeck, his wife, doctor, commanding officer and others with the...
Chargers end improved season with first-round tourney loss
The Hillsdale College women’s basketball team ended its season on Wednesday, March 5 to Wayne State University. Wayne State, the number one seed in the GLIAC tournament, defeated the Chargers 75-60. The game was close in the beginning, with Hillsdale ahead 16-15 with 11 minutes left in the first half, but then Wayne State gained...
Through a foreign lens: Slavic culture in cinema
Professor of Theatre James Brandon and Visiting Assistant Professor of German Stephen Naumann partnered this semester to present a series of four Russian and Polish films. “We both enjoy film,” Naumann said. “Dr. Brandon knows Russian film. I know Polish film.” The professors’ respective interests in Russian and Polish film dovetail neatly. Both countries are...
Symphony orchestra undertakes Brahms
The Hillsdale College symphony orchestra will perform Thursday, March 6 at 8 p.m in Markel Auditorium in the Sage Center for the Arts. Due to complications scheduling around spring break and parent’s weekend, the orchestra will only perform one Thursday night concert instead of two weekend concerts as in years past. “It’s always fun to...