RDT Hosts A Symposium On Preserving Land, Water, and Culture
by Stephi Wild
- April 05, 2023
In coordination with Repertory Dance Theatre's concert, FLIGHT on April 20-22, RDT, will host a free symposium, Preserving our Land, Water, and Culture, on April 21, 2023 at 6:30 pm at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center.
BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Jenn Sheetz
by Elliot Lanes
- February 22, 2021
Throughout this pandemic, theatre companies have found some creative ways to keep staff members employed.
Today’s subject Jenn Sheetz is one of those fortunate artists that is living her theatre life as the Properties Manager at Arena Stage. She has held that position for the past three seasons after twelve seasons as Properties Director at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. She began her theatrical career at Arena Stage, working as a Properties Assistant for nine seasons in the Kreeger Theatre. She has also designed properties for Norwegian Cruise Line (Rock of Ages, Legally Blonde, Million Dollar Quartet), Comedy Central, and Showtime.
Pianists Lara Driscoll & Chris White Join Forces As Firm Roots Duo
by A.A. Cristi
- October 26, 2020
When pianists Chris White and Lara Driscoll perform as the Firm Roots Duo, they draw on lines of communication that are almost unknowably deep. They've developed that bond as spouses, of course, but also as fine independent artists with voices of their own.
KCRep Announces OriginKC: New Works Festival
by Stephi Wild
- February 14, 2020
Frankenstein, a haunting exploration of a 200-year-old horror tale and Legacy Land, a dark-comedy dive into the legacy of sexual abuse make their world premieres during Kansas City Repertory Theatre's annual OriginKC: New Works Festival, March 6-April 5 at Copaken Stage. OriginKC: New Works Festival engages audiences with the process of creating theater and gives emerging and established playwrights the resources to develop scripts for future seasons at KCRep and beyond.
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film Has Announced a New Performance Faculty Member
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- January 29, 2020
The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced a new faculty member in performance. According to School Director, Christina Kirk, 'We are thrilled that Rafael Untalan has accepted the position as Assistant Professor of Practice in performance in the Johnny Carson School.' Untalan will begin teaching in the Fall 2020 semester.
The Bearded Ladies Cabaret Comes to La MaMa
by Stephi Wild
- June 17, 2019
Cake, coffin, gavel, choir, composers, live musical trolling! On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the much lauded poet Walt Whitman's birth, a group of Philly queers and misfits known as The Bearded Ladies Cabaret gathers to put this ancestor and his legacy on trial. Should Whitman be canceled? Can he be? Come with friends, complaints, heroes and villains alike. All are welcome. Presented by La MaMa, the New York premiere performances will take place in the Ellen Stewart Theater (June 20 - 29).
BWW Review: STICK FLY at Meadow Brook Theatre Evokes Thoughtful Discussions of Race, Class, and More
by Stefani Chudnow
- March 25, 2019
For the next three weeks until April 14th, you can catch Detroit native Lydia R. Diamond's play Stick Fly at Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester Hills. Having played on Broadway from November 2011 to February 2012, Stick Fly comes to Detroit with a talented cast, fascinating production design, and intriguing direction choices courtesy of Washington College professor Benjamin Sterling Cannon.