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Category: Theatre
Review: “Our Town” is Simple, Classic, Good
You can’t put on a production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town without acknowledging – or at least knowing – that it’s a theatrical classic. Director Paul Barnes certainly must be well acquainted with that fact. His production of Our Town…
“Our Town” Filled With Opportunities for Students
Southern Oregon University has the great pleasure of hosting Our Town in the Center Stage Theater. The play will be showing from Nov. 14 until Nov. 16 and once again on Nov. 23 and 24. This will be one of…
Exploring SOU’s “The White Fugue”
Southern Oregon University’s Department of Performing Arts is preparing to premier an original play this coming week in the Center Square Theatre, devised and directed by James Donlon. Opening Thursday November 7th, and running until Sunday November, 17th; The White…
Avenue Q Review
Editor’s Note: This is a more unconventional review. Tyler and his friend Zach Marshall reviewed SOU’s production of Avenue Q in a conversation form. Hope you enjoy it. Tyler: So, we just came out of the theater. Zach, what are…
OSF: A Streetcar Named Desire Review
I think it would be safe to say that most people’s first exposure to Tennessee William’s masterful play A Streetcar Named Desire comes from the classic 1951 Elia Kazan film starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. With such seminal performances already in…
OSF 2013: My Fair Lady
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s new season is one for the ages. Multiple productions are underway, including some never-before-seen works and a few classic favorites. One such favorite is the beloved Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady, which has been…
“The Cyrano Project” Chronicles the Most Friend-Zoned Man in History
Despite being written over one hundred years ago, the classic tale of Cyrano de Bergerac speaks to today’s audience. In this adaptation of the play (adapted by Jo Roet for the SOU Department of Performing Arts) a line describes the…
Performing Arts Department Presents “The Cyrano Project”
Later this month, the SOU Department of Performing Arts will be showcasing, “The Cyrano Project”. This production is adapted by Jo Roet from original playwright Edmund Rostland, with Hilary Tate bringing in additional material. The original tale of Cyrano (a…
“Three Sisters” rough around the edges, but still powerful
If the self-portrayed character of Elizabeth Wurtzel from the autobiography “Prozac Nation” was fractured into multiple personalities and made into distinct characters and then translated into Russian, the result might be Allison Horsley’s contemporary English translation of an obscure Russian play called “Three…