Category Archives: Theater

In Pictures: Global SCT session

By jcronin | Published: November 20, 2009
<b>In Pictures:</b> Global SCT session Representatives from every department in the School of Communications and Theater participated in the Global SCT session as part of the 2009 Global Temple event Nov. 17. It featured a survey of international research and creative work being done in the school.
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Donald Heller joins SCT administrative team

By jcronin | Published: November 19, 2009
Donald Heller joins SCT administrative team Temple University’s School of Communications and Theater welcomes Donald Heller as its assistant dean of administration. Heller comes to SCT from Temple’s College of Engineering, where he was assistant dean of finance and operations, but he is a familiar face in Annenberg Hall. Heller ... Read more »
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MFA student to appear on Broadway

By jcronin | Published: November 16, 2009
MFA student to appear on Broadway Current acting MFA graduate student Yvette Ganier has been cast in a Broadway play that will preview and open in late February/early March. She will play Viney in the Roundabout Theater production of The Miracle Worker, directed by Kate Whorisky and starring Allison Pill ... Read more »
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Temple Theaters’ Shot! mostly hits the target — Philadelphia Inquirer

By jcronin | Published: November 4, 2009
The format of Temple Theaters' new original production, Shot!, will be familiar to those who recall the school's 2007 success, In Conflict. While the latter, which had a well-received Off-Broadway run, addressed the physical and psychic wounds suffered by young Iraq war veterans in their own words, Shot! gauges the effects of violence on residents of Beirut. Except here, "Beirut" ... Read more »
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Laramie Project revisits hate crime – WHYY-FM

By jcronin | Published: October 13, 2009
Temple theater students joined thousands of performers across the country in a coordinated event called The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, a production based on interviews with residents of the town where a gay man, Matthew Shepard, was beaten to death in 1998. Theater Department Professor Ed Sobel says that in the play, the town of Laramie becomes a microcosm ... Read more »
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Theater Department notches victories at Barrymore Awards

By jcronin | Published: October 8, 2009
Theater Department notches victories at Barrymore Awards Adjunct Professor Jennie Eisenhower, THEA, has added a second Barrymore Award to ... Read more »
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Theater Department shines in two Philadelphia plays

By jcronin | Published: October 5, 2009
Nathan The Wise, presented by People's Light & Theater, starring David Strathairn, also featured Luigi Sottile, THEA '07, Graduate Student Kathryn Petersen, M.F.A. playwriting, and Adjunct Professor Peter DeLaurier, THEA. The Arden Theater's production of The History Boys features performances by Evan Jonigkeit, THEA '05, who also is the director of development for the Mauckingbird Theater, and Ankit Dogra, THEA '06.
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Theater professor’s dramaturgy work seen on Broadway

By jcronin | Published: October 5, 2009
Assistant Professor Edward Sobel, THEA, was the dramaturg for a new Broadway play. Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts opened Oct. 1 at Music Box Theatre. It stars Michael McKean. Sobel was also the dramaturg for Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play August: Osage County.
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Musical theater director gives to Charity

By jcronin | Published: October 1, 2009
It's opening night of Temple Theater’s production of Sweet Charity, and the Tomlinson Theater backstage area is awash in nervous energy. The stage manager is busy checking final details, and the dressing rooms are crowded with actors and actresses putting the finishing touches on make-up and costumes. Dressed in all black, assistant professor Peter Reynolds makes his way around the ... Read more »
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Two SCT students ‘graced’ with award

By jcronin | Published: September 30, 2009
Two SCT students ‘graced’ with award An MFA filmmaker and undergraduate theater major in the School of Communications and Theater have been honored with prestigious Princess Grace Awards. The awards are given by the Princess Grace Foundation, a national organization dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging talent in theater, dance and film by providing grants in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships. MFA candidate Chinonye Chukwu, FMA, ... Read more »
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