Secret marriages, contemplating suicide, and crossdressing are the stuff of many of William Shakespeare’s plays. They are all found in Shakespeare in the Arb’s production of “Cymbeline.” Running Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3 at 1 p.m., the three hour show will be performed outdoors unless inclement weather moves it to Mauck’s Solarium. Student players take the audience back...
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Don’t let writing papers stop you from writing
Slow down. Enjoy reading the newspaper. Sure, it’s hell week and you’ve got a helluva lot of pages to finish before you can sleep—or ingest whatever cocktail of stimulants and supplements and fumes you’ve replaced that with before studying for finals—but you need to stop and remember life is bigger than this. Go check out this week’s cartoon. Breathe. In...
‘Twelfth Night’ auditions lead roles a semester early
The Tower Players will hold casting auditions for principal roles for its upcoming production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” on April 22 and 23. Auditions will take place in the Quilhot Black Box. Interested students can sign up for a 45-minute time slot on the call board outside the black box. “The calendar year next year is very restrictive,” said Professor...
Tower Players put on ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ in Quilhot Black Box
On a small set in the Quilhot Black Box, with audience members seated in the round, the Tower Players bring “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” to life Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The play begins with a grey-haired couple just out of bed—Vanya in blue-striped flannel pajamas and Sonia...
