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...
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...
As campus says hello to autumn, faculty duo ReadyGO will reminisce on summer with a performance featuring “Makrokosmos III: Music for a Summer Evening” by avant-garde composer George Crumb. ReadyGO — comprised of teachers of music Stacey Jones-Garrison on percussion and Brad Blackham on piano — will be performing at 8 p.m. on Saturday in...
While rummaging through my car last week, I happened to dredge up Tom Petty’s anthology CD from my glove box. I smiled when I found it. He was my ultimate road-trip companion, and I hadn’t heard his songs in a while. By happenstance, that same evening, a friend asked me about Tom Petty’s greatest song....
August Hotel headlined student music festival Wombstock before its songs had been released, but junior Adam Cieply still knew all the lyrics and sang them until his throat hurt. Senior Dean Sinclair is the drummer of the Chicago-based pop group, which released its first EP last week. August Hotel has played at Hillsdale five times:...