A Night of Gershwin Theatre at Triad Stage

Annalee Glatus Staff Writer This past weekend saw the first production of “The Memory of All That: A Cabaret of Gershwin Songs” by the Touring Theatre of North Carolina at the upstage cabaret in Triad Stage.  The Touring Theatre of North Carolina is a local theatre group dedicated to developing chamber series from works of literature and historical documents. Currently, they are showing a cabaret … Continue reading A Night of Gershwin Theatre at Triad Stage

“Method” Acting: Thoughts, Misconceptions and how it is Used Today

Annalee Glatus    Staff Writer When some people think of the “method,” as far as acting they think of actors going to the extreme, doing things that would normally not be done in order to bring some authenticity to their performance. Method acting as it is known today involves an actor going out and actually doing something that their character does, or did do, in … Continue reading “Method” Acting: Thoughts, Misconceptions and how it is Used Today

Minimalism/Post Minimalism Exhibit at UNCG

Annalee Glatus    Staff Writer   This exhibit examines both the style and advancement of minimalism throughout it’s existence. Minimalism shies away from the idea that an object has to refer to something higher than itself. In the creating of minimalism, certain artists sought to reduce art to its “essential” elements such as geometry and objects instead of abstract shapes and imaginative ideas. It spawned … Continue reading Minimalism/Post Minimalism Exhibit at UNCG

A Land Filled with Music

Annalee Glatus    Staff Writer   “The world sends us garbage. We send back music” is the motto for a particular orchestra from Paraguay; they decided to make instruments entirely out of garbage from landfills. This past Thursday the UNCG Sustainability Film and Discussion series presented the documentary “Landfill Harmonic”, a film detailing the creation and process of this Recycled Orchestra. Centering on the life … Continue reading A Land Filled with Music

Inside “Antigone”: A Young Director’s Perspective

Annalee Glatus   Staff Writer “Antigone” was my first experience assistant directing at UNCG and my first experience in any form of directing. Even though it was something entirely new to me I found myself very passionate about it. Last semester I read “Antigone” for my Theatre History class and immediately fell in love with it. The way that it related to our society today, … Continue reading Inside “Antigone”: A Young Director’s Perspective

“Antigone” is coming to UNCG

Annalee Glatus   Staff Writer   The UNCG theatre department is starting its Spring season of shows with “Antigone”, an ancient Greek tragedy written by Sophocles. This play is apart of the “War and Peace Imagined” theme of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. It starts with the end of a brutal, bloody battle between the neighboring Grecian cities, Thebes and Argos. Although this … Continue reading “Antigone” is coming to UNCG

Bayard Wootten: Light and Air

Annalee Glatus   Staff Writer Bayard Wootten has been called North Carolina’s most important photographer of the first half of the twentieth century. Born in New Bern, North Carolina in 1875, Wootten was raised by another important photographer, Rufus Morgan. She began her prolific photography career in 1904, taking pictures of the rural impoverished areas of North Carolina where she grew up. Along with being … Continue reading Bayard Wootten: Light and Air

Looking Inside the Theatrical Process

Annalee Glatus Staff Writer   Like all art, theater has a process. There are numerous facets that go into a performance that the audience may not see when seeing a performance of a play, especially when the piece is of heightened language and drama, such as Shakespeare. When approaching a Shakespearian piece and other pieces of heightened dramatic language like Greek Tragedies, significant table work … Continue reading Looking Inside the Theatrical Process

An Acoustic Evening With Joe Pug

Annalee Glatus   Staff Writer Last week The Crown at the Carolina Theatre hosted Texas native Joe Pug. Joe Pug is a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas with a folk rock sound. The Crown is an intimate space above Carolina Theatre. This show was Pug’s first stop in a short south-eastern tour. Pug started his career by handing out CD’s at his work as a carpenter … Continue reading An Acoustic Evening With Joe Pug