07 Feb 2006

Funny Makes the World Go Around: "The Miser" at Augustana College

By Mike Schulz
If you're a Simpsons fan and have always wondered what the hateful C. Montgomery Burns would look like in the flesh, you are advised to immediately secure tickets to Augustana College's production of The Miser, in which Brian Bengtson is giving a flawless approximation of Homer's hysterically hateful nemesis.
19 Jul 2005

Making Something Delightful Out of "Nothing": Genesius Guild's "Much Ado About Nothing"

By Mike Schulz

Ah, Genesius Guild. By the time the company's Saturday-night production of Much Ado About Nothing commenced, the quality of the show barely mattered, because I was already thoroughly amused by the audience.

03 May 2005

Augustana College's "Laramie Project" Thrillingly Good

By Mike Schulz

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.

15 Mar 2005

Quad City Arts Welcomes Controversial Absurdist Playwright

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
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.
01 Feb 2005

Shakespeare Without the Poetry

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard

Augustana's production of Storm & Stress (a.k.a. Sturm und Drang) is "an opportunity for local audiences to see a play that they will likely never see anywhere else," said Jeff Coussens, director of the college's Theatre Arts Program.

04 Jan 2005

New Ground's "QED" Celebrates Feynman's Genius

By Administrator

"What I cannot create, I do not understand." - Richard Feynman

New Ground Theatre's upcoming show, QED, traces the many accomplishments of physicist Dr. Richard Feynman, including his formula for quantum electrodynamics (which gives this play its title) and his participation in the development of the atomic bomb.

28 Oct 2003

Augustana College Offers a First-Rate Exploration of Truth: "Rashomon"

By Patricia Baugh-Riechers
What is truth? This is an age-old question, pondered by millions of people over the centuries. According to the story of Rashomon, truth lies in the eye of the beholder. As the wigmaker in the story says, "People see what they want to see, and say what they want to hear." Unlike many other treatments of the question of truth, Rashomon does not expose truth as absolute; it explores truth as a constantly shifting abstract idea, based solely on the perceptions of humans.
27 Aug 2002

New Ground Theatre Spinning Into Success

By Jill Walsh

Even though the organization has only staged two plays in its first year, New Ground Theatre chooses to measure success by quality more than quantity. And New Ground has been rising after being started last year by a woman with an idea and funding from local organizations.

30 Jul 2002

Witches, Murder, and Gold Shoes: Genesius Guild's "Macbeth"

By Administrator
In this weather, I pity the actors in Genesius Guild's production of Macbeth. In addition to the fact they're on stage wearing three layers of clothing and toting swords, shows are performed at Rock Island's Lincoln Park outdoor theatre, which draws little breeze, lots of bugs, and, of course, heat. Though these aren't ideal conditions for actors, or for audience members, people willing to brave the heat for three hours and put on the bug spray will be more than pleased to see an incredibly well-done yet traditional version of one of Shakespeare's great tragedies.

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