items tagged with St. Ambrose University
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2006-03-01 00:00:00
The idea started with a traffic jam. “This was two years ago,” says local poet and storyteller Shellie Moore Guy, regarding the origin of her domestic-abuse performance piece Healing Waters: I Will Carry My Sister’s Pain.
Read More About The Power Of The Witness...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2006-02-15 00:00:00
Like many who wind up pursuing a life in the theatre, Camanche, Iowa, native Dave Bonde never intended to;
his plan was to secure a B.A. in Mass Communication. Yet after appearing in his first theatrical production at St. Ambrose University in 1991, Bonde found himself hooked by the allure of the stage, partly because of its connection to his own field of study.
Read More About Communications Expert: Dave Bonde Directs "A Lie Of The Mind" For St. Ambrose...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2005-12-14 00:00:00
How wonderful and humbling the last eight months have been.
Read More About There’S No Business Like Reviewing-The-Shows Business...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-11-16 00:00:00
I love attending local college and university stage productions, partly because it’s such a wonderful reminder of my days as a theatre major – ah, the reassuring familiarity of Augustana College’s Potter Hall! - but also because the shows’ participants are generally involved with theatre because they truly want to be; with the possible exception of staff members, no one’s doing it just for the paycheck. (No one should ever be doing theatre for the paycheck, but that’s another issue entirely.)
Read More About Passable Entertainment, Questionable Education: "The Scottish Play: A Travesty!" At Black Hawk College...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-10-19 00:00:00
Since St. Ambrose University’s production of Urinetown at the Galvin Fine Arts Center has already closed, there’s probably not much point in a review. So consider this a thank-you note instead. I had more fun at the school’s production of this 2001 musical comedy than I have at nearly any other entertainment I’ve been to over the past few months. The show was terrifically staged and, almost across the board, vibrantly performed, but most inspiring of all, the audience was truly alive to it; Urinetown smashes the understood conventions of musical theatre to smithereens, and the Friday night crowd appeared positively delighted that it did. The show was a risk, and one that paid off big time.
Read More About St. Ambrose University’S "Urinetown": So Funny I Almost......
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2005-08-31 00:00:00
For students at Davenport’s St. Ambrose University, the end of summer brings with it the usual. Buying books. Attending classes. Preparing for Urinetown.
Read More About Involvement Leads To Opportunity With St. Ambrose Theatre...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-05-04 00:00:00
Since 1990, I’ve attended more than 25 plays at Augustana College, yet I’ve never seen one that made better use of the Potter Hall stage than The Laramie Project.
Read More About Augustana College’S "Laramie Project" Thrillingly Good...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-04-20 00:00:00
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, which recently closed St. Ambrose University’s 2004-5 theatre season, is a tough play to produce effectively at the collegiate level: How do you present Tom Stoppard’s mordantly funny rumination on mortality and the meaninglessness of existence with performers this young?
Read More About Humor Helps Elevate "Rosencrantz": St. Ambrose University's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"...
Written By: Administrator
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2005-03-16 00:00:00
Edward Albee, author of the play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and a three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will be visiting the Quad Cities April 8 and 9 for a Quad City Arts Cary Grant Residency. Albee will be presenting two public lectures and a pair of seminars.
Read More About Quad City Arts Welcomes Controversial Absurdist Playwright...
Written By: Administrator
Section: Theatre
Category: Feature Stories
2004-09-08 00:00:00
Once in a while a script lingers in a realm of such greatness that it demands the patience, creativity, and collaboration of the most dedicated and talented individuals in theatre to do justice to the playwright’s original intentions.
Read More About "Death Of A Salesman" Offers A Rare Opportunity...
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