Student Blogger: Laura Frost

I am ordering my cap and gown today for the Baldwin Wallace University commencement in May. Leaving this great theatre community is a sobering thought, but the spring semester is so busy there are plenty of distractions.

We plan for spring productions and celebrate a BroadwayWorld student blogger success story! My class group has been assigned to develop marketing and promotional content under the guidance of Stephanie Keefer, Senior Manager of Broadway Marketing and Publicity at Cleveland's Playhouse Square. It is a real privilege to participate in content design and development under such accomplished musical theater professionals

There are so many “take a break from studying for final exams” activities around the Baldwin Wallace University campus that it is a challenge to study for final exams. Students with an interest in the arts are never left out.

Going “into the woods” with too much happening on campus! My November theme takes me into the woods, literally, figuratively, and theatrically. The passing of Steven Sondheim on November 26th at the age of 91 makes this blog dedication even more important to me.

Beginning my senior year as a major in arts management and entrepreneurship, I've been lucky to get through some of my less-favorite academic requirements. Yes, things that involve math. The Baldwin Wallace University business management portion of the curriculum is especially rigorous. Intermediate-level accounting and economics taught me to admire students who love that material. I have to credit my accounting and economic professors for building my interest. See what I did there? Who would have guessed that you need money to run a theatre, music or arts business? After completing these required courses, my attitude changed from 'Stayin Alive' to 'I Will Survive.'

Junior year ended on a positive note. The Baldwin Wallace University landscaping crew scored another hit with the spring tulips that served as the backdrop for the return of our commencement ceremony at George Finnie Stadium.

Baldwin Wallace Ovation Festival Day of Excellence is kind of like a school science fair all grown up. This year, over 50 award-winning student projects were presented online. The projects came from every academic corner of the University.

This is the time of year when your shorts and flip-flops are parked next to your snow boots and parka.

It is always encouraging to hear the stories of Baldwin Wallace University alumni who make it big in the arts field. Oh, and I forgot to list a critical Baldwin Wallace University campus hot tip.

For a theater and arts lover, there is just too much to do on campus and too little time. Maybe grad school is the answer. That would also guarantee uninterrupted access to French fries at the Student Union!

The snow is piling up in Cleveland, so I’m lucky to have a warm dorm room to ignore homework and connect with my favorite artists.

Enjoy the latest installment of Frosty's World!

Headed back to campus after winter break has meant spending a little less time staring at a screen.

There is plenty of evidence that the theater community is a generous group.

The theaters are dark. The actors and staff have been sent home -- out of work.

Remote online learning during a pandemic has made for some comical situations.

It’s fun to see the broad influence of student theatre on our entire campus.  Spring Awakening, from Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, is in the middle of a four day virtual run at Baldwin Wallace University. 

Art inspires and heals. Lynn Ahrens’ Tony Award winning lyrics from the Broadway musical Ragtime have been running through my head ever since viewing a virtual performance of the show produced by Mad Factory Theatre Company in nearby Oberlin, OH.

My fellow Arts Management majors and other students at Baldwin Wallace University scored a day off of classes to attend the sixth annual Arts Innovation Summit sponsored by our University and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC).

Though the bright lights of Broadway are dark, college students are adapting and innovating to keep the spirit and activities of the theater  alive.