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A Different Kind of Late Night
Tuesday, 2 Oct, 2012 – 8:44 | No Comment
A Different Kind of Late Night

When Rachael Burke and Kristina Smithy appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to showcase their contest-winning dance, The Nug, Rachael told Jimmy she was a Creative Writing major. Jimmy joked, “So you don’t plan …

Edges: A Song Cycle
Thursday, 21 Apr, 2011 – 15:15 | No Comment
Edges: A Song Cycle

When you think of a musical, you almost always think of Broadway, big lights, flashy costumes, massive set pieces, melodramatic acting, and huge song and dance numbers. When you think of a musical about college, …

Comedy Improv: A Contact Sport
Friday, 11 Mar, 2011 – 11:53 | No Comment
Comedy Improv: A Contact Sport

“This is a hot ticket, ladies and gentlemen. Do I hear it going for fifty dollars? Fifty dollars! – Oh, no, he was just waving.” If you happened to be in the Mather dining hall …

Trinity Department of Theater and Dance Presents
Thursday, 3 Mar, 2011 – 9:43 | No Comment
Trinity Department of Theater and Dance Presents

The Marriage of Bette and Boo
“A remorselessly sad, achingly funny assault on the vanities, inanities, and insanities of family life.”
This is the tagline for The Marriage of Bette and Boo, the play that will be appearing …

From Book to Stage, A Story Worth Telling
Friday, 4 Feb, 2011 – 8:49 | No Comment
From Book to Stage, A Story Worth Telling

It is one endeavor to turn a book into a movie, and it is another undertaking to turn a book into a play. Both have seen its fair share of successes and failures, particularly within …

“Emergency” with Daniel Beaty
Tuesday, 1 Feb, 2011 – 23:12 | No Comment
“Emergency” with Daniel Beaty

Award winning actor, singer, writer, and composer Daniel Beaty will be visiting Trinity on February 1st to perform his widely acclaimed solo piece “Emergency.” It tells the story of two African American brothers, one …

Seeing the Unseen: Angel Franco’s New York
Tuesday, 30 Nov, 2010 – 21:57 | One Comment
Seeing the Unseen: Angel Franco’s New York

Walking through the streets of a major city can be an unsettling experience. An incredible variety of people stream along the sidewalks, some comforting in their imagined familiarity, some frightening in their eccentricities, and some essentially unseen. This latter group –the invisible– are the ones we willfully forget as soon as they pass from view.

Theater and Dance Presents the Tale of Sakhalin
Sunday, 28 Nov, 2010 – 21:12 | One Comment
Theater and Dance Presents the Tale of Sakhalin

In 1890, physician and writer Anton Chekhov traveled to Sakhalin Island, a penal colony off the coast of Russia. From his travels and interviews with thousands of prisoners there, Chekhov wrote and published A Journey …

Fall Dance Concert
Wednesday, 17 Nov, 2010 – 14:59 | No Comment
Fall Dance Concert

If one has spent a weekend out on Vernon, they would notice that students here “dance” on a regular basis. However, it is unlikely that the students consider themselves dancers, though some certainly will.  If you …

“Invisible New Yorkers” Appear at Austin Arts
Thursday, 28 Oct, 2010 – 1:10 | One Comment
“Invisible New Yorkers” Appear at Austin Arts

What do three elderly friends with fabulous hats, a heavily tattooed Coney Island employee and a tastefully nude 20-something have in common? They all inhabit New York City, and are featured in Angel Franco’s exhibit …