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The Life of an Enemy of the People

Meredith Joyce  —  May 1, 2013

Ithaca College Theater finished its 2012-13 season with six thought-provoking performances of Arthur Miller’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People at Hoerner Theater in Dillingham Center. The performers’ objective portrayal of the emotional struggle to find truth in the public made for a puzzling experience that gave no immediate conclusions.

Mother of Exiles Takes Aim at Big Issues

Madeline Salinas  —  Apr 8, 2013

Mother of Exiles, now playing at the Schwartz Performing Arts Center, is set in a high school classroom on the Arizona-Mexico border. It showcases six multicultural students at odds with their teacher, Ms. Andrews, a Princeton grad with hopes of instilling hope and opportunity in their isolated border community.

Students, Professors Adjust to Changes in Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts

Kaitlyn Kwan  —  Mar 25, 2013

Although the department says it is trying to better utilize resources while increasing student involvement, some students say changes in the department have reduced faculty mentorship.

Theater to Look Forward to

Sun Staff  —  Jan 29, 2013

It's a brand new semester filled with brand new theater. Colin Chan '14, Kaitlyn Tiffany '15 and Meredith Joyce '14 preview the upcoming productions at Cornell and around Ithaca that we are excited for.

Who is the Whipping Man?

Sam Bromer  —  Jan 29, 2013

 The story of the Matthew Lopez's Whipping Man, playing at Kitchen Theatre, poses poignant questions, but can't seem to resolve them. Sam Bromer '16 contemplates the plays strengths and weaknesses.

Anti-Capitalist Poetry at the Kitchen Theatre

Kaitlyn Tiffany  —  Dec 15, 2012

Money corrupts — Brian Dykstra ensures we know that in his fascinating but uneven one-man show, Selling Out, playing at the Kitchen Theatre. Kaitlyn Tiffany '15 enjoyed Dykstra's acerbic take on stereotypes, but found his criticism too uncritical. 

Making Music

Colin Chan  —  Oct 26, 2012

Colin Chan '13 commends the Kitchen Theatre's production of Opus, not only as a great piece of art, about art, but as a "darn good piece of after-dinner entertainment."

Dramatic Collision at the Schwartz

Danyoung Kim  —  Sep 21, 2012

Science is a theater of magic. Danyoung Kim '16 talks to the high-energy cast of Emergence, playing at the Schwartz Center this weekend. 

In the Bedroom

Alex Rehberg  —  Sep 5, 2012

Alex Rehberg '16 found it hard not to fall in love with the Kitchen Theatre's steamy adaptation of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.

Long Ago, Still in Love

Lubabah Chowdhury  —  Apr 30, 2012

Lubabah Chowdhury '14 reflects on the lovable, sincere and perhaps overly saccharine Schwartz Center production, Long Ago in May.

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