Even STEM majors may want to wander into the Fine Arts Building this week to watch the stars of “Silent Sky,” which tells the story of the astronomers who discovered Earth’s position in the galaxy. The Tower Players’ production of “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson will take place in Markel Auditorium from Oct. 2-5 at...
Peter McPoland, rising indie folk artist with over one million monthly listeners on Spotify, started in a community theater. He starred as Joseph in ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,’ and my friends and I still cannot take him seriously after seeing him shirtless with heavily draw-on abs. This is an experience I can only...
The Hillsdale College Department of Theatre has hosted an annual trip to the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, for more than 30 years. This year, 13 students and three faculty departed for the trip on Sept. 5 and returned on Sept. 8. The itinerary included five productions in four different theaters: “Get That Hope,” an...
The American musical sets the standard for the cultural understanding of the genre as a whole, speakers at this week’s Center for Constructive Alternatives said. The CCA, titled “The American Musical,” was the fourth CCA of the academic year and ran from March 3-7. It included showings of classic American musical films and lectures from...
Two Hillsdale theatre students advanced to the semifinals and above in multiple competitions at a regional theatre competition in January. About a dozen Hillsdale students and faculty traveled to University of Michigan-Flint for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival which ran Jan. 9-13, according to Professor of Theatre James Brandon. Hillsdale students competed alongside...