Sydney Thompson Senior Staff Writer On March 12, the student population returned from spring break for the second half of the Spring 2022 semester. As the semester continues, there are several events being hosted on campus that are open to students to participate in. Here are a handful of upcoming events on campus available to the student body. Saturday Drop-In Museum Tours The Weatherspoon Arts … Continue reading Upcoming Events for Spring 2022 at UNCG
Corban Mills Staff Writer The UNCG School of Theatre put on their production of “Peter and the Starcatcher” this past weekend. The play tells the story of Peter Pan before Wendy. In other words, it is a prequel to the famous “Peter Pan” story that most folks are familiar with. The play itself was wonderfully written. At the start of the show, the audience is … Continue reading Peter and the Starcatcher: Ecstasy on the Brink of Despair
Corbin Mills Staff Writer Next week at UNC Greensboro, the Department of Theatre is putting on a production of “As You Like It” by William Shakespeare. However, this production is not like the one that would have been performed in Elizabethan England. Instead, this production is a “folk-rock” musical adaptation of the classic play. In preparation to go see this show, I took the liberty … Continue reading As You Like It? Part I: The Original Play And Its Cultural Relevance
Marlas WhitleyStaff Writer On September 27, 2019, UNCG’s School of Theatre opened their 2019-2020 season with the classic musical, ‘Pippin’. The opening night was met with a nearly full house, on a balmy, end-of-summer evening perfect for a colorful and eccentric experience with well-orchestrated music and phenomenal choreography. ‘Pippin’ is the story of a young man trying to find his purpose. Wanting his life to … Continue reading ‘Pippin’ From the UNCG School of Theatre
Rachel SpinellaFeatures Editor On Friday, Feb. 15, UNCG premiered the long-awaited and beloved play “Shakespeare In Love.” The play is a fictional tale about William Shakespeare and a young woman named Viola de Lesseps who poses as a man in order to star in one of the writer’s plays. In this play, the fictional counterpart-like character Shakespeare ends up finding his muse, as well as … Continue reading UNCG Presents Shakespeare In Love
Emily Cramton Staff Writer For the past several weeks, music and theatre students alike prepared to perform Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” for the annual major opera production at UNCG. Countless rehearsals have culminated in a week of dress rehearsals and performances, with the show ending on April 15. Their hard work truly paid off, as it resulted in a production that was both aurally and … Continue reading Review: Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’
Isabel Bozymski Staff Writer Jennifer Jellicorse, director of UNCG’s new theatre production “Clybourne Park,” recently discussed the storyline of the play in relation to the Triad Stage performance of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.” “Clybourne Park,” originally a Broadway play, is writer Bruce Norris’ reaction to “A Raisin in the Sun,” which succeeds Norris’ work by approximately 50 years. “A Raisin in … Continue reading ‘Clybourne Park’: Interview with Director Jennifer Jellicorse
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