Acts of Youth, a nonprofit founded late last year, produced its first production on Aug. 11 at the Dawn Theater. The skit list included parts from “Clue,” “Abbott and Costello,” and “Children’s Snow White.” They are taking the stage in Hillsdale in hopes of helping youth express themselves and their imaginations. The group aims to...
Sophomore Emily Griffith sings onstage during “She Loves Me” the musical. Jack Cote | Collegian Romance and dancing are key themes in this semester’s Tower Players musical “She Loves Me,” directed by theatre professor Tory Matsos. The Tony nominee focuses on two tumultuous relationships: competitive coworkers Georg Nowack and Amalia Balash, who are unknowingly pen...
AJ Palubinskas thrusts his sword. Courtesy | AJ Palubinskas What led you to become a theatre major? I started doing theater when I was around 10 years old. It was community theater. Just something I did during the summer. I didn’t think too much of it, but then in eighth grade one of the artistic...
Students were nominated for their roles in recent productions. Courtesy | Tower Players Facebook Two Hillsdale theatre students were semi-finalists in an acting scholarship hosted by the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Out of the 175 people who entered the competition, the judges selected 45 individuals to compete in the semi-finalist round. Among those...
James Krag performed “According to Mark” last Saturday in Markel Auditorium. With nothing but a four-legged stool, a stage, and bursting expressions of voice, actor James Krag presented the Gospel of Mark, shot through with vigor and a precise artistic vision. One actor. One prop. Seventy-eight scenes of the Gospel of Mark. Hillsdale students, families,...