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Seniors Alex Tortora and Taylor Misiak, who play John Proctor and Abigail Williams, respectively, star in the Ithaca College Main Stage Theater production of “The Crucible.” The play is set during the Salem Witch Trials.

Paranoia prevails in allegorical Main Stage play

By Ashley Wolf, Staff Writer • April 23, 2014
Ithaca College's Main Stage Theater will perform "The Crucible," written by Arthur Miller, April 22–27 at Hoerner Theatre.
A crowd gathers to watch a film screening at the Rochester Fringe Festival last year. Fringe festivals often feature chaotic and unconventional acts. Ithaca will hold its first fringe festival April 24–27 in downtown Ithaca.

Unorthodox theater festival premieres in Ithaca

By Nina Varilla, Staff Writer • April 16, 2014
On April 24–27, Ithaca will host its first fringe festival, featuring five different acts. Fringe festivals usually deliver unconventional performances.
Members of IC Greens rehearse their upcoming production of "The Laramie Project" and its companion piece. "The Laramie Project" will premiere April 24 in Textor Hall, room 103.

Political club tackles social issues in production

By Alyssa Gilliam, Staff Writer • April 16, 2014
IC Greens, Ithaca College's Green Party, is producing a production of "The Laramie Project" and "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later," the story of a gay college student named Matthew Shepard who was tied to a fence and beaten to death because of his sexuality on April 24–27.
Behind the scenes of Staged, a musical ICTV show, with director Julie Sullivan.

Staging success: Student develops musical TV show

By Erica Palumbo, Senior Writer • March 5, 2014
Junior Julie Sullivan has created a musical TV show for ICTV, the first the station has produced.
Anne Marie Cummings and Evan Stewart Eisenberg star in the Readers' Theatre production of "In A Forest, Dark And Deep" as Betty and Bobby, respectively, two feuding siblings.

Through the woods: The Readers’ Theatre to present intense thriller

By Tylor Colby, Staff Writer • February 19, 2014
From March 7–9, the Readers' Theatre will stage a performance of Neil LaBute's "In A Forest, Dark And Deep," directed by Cynthia Henderson, associate professor of theater arts at Ithaca College.
From left, Lisa Gaye Dixon and Emily Dorsch perform in the Kitchen Theatre production of “Black Pearl Sings!” by Frank Higgins. The play uses both music and acting to tell a story of death and race.

Review: Moving production tackles race issues

By Tylor Colby, Staff Writer • December 11, 2013
"Black Pearl Sings" takes on race issues with a mix of theater and music.

A walk in their shoes: Civic Ensemble performs staged reading of theater professor’s play about identity

By Daniel Wisniewski • November 13, 2013
Saviana Stanescu, associate professor of theater arts, wrote the play "Lenin's Shoe," which will be performed as a staged reading at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Hangar Theatre.
From left, sophomore Benjamin Bartell, junior Jessica Caracciolo, junior Jake Minter, sophomore Kalina Jasper and freshman Anne Baum sing the finale in “Angels, Demons (and the rest of us).”

Macabre Theatre group presents avant-garde, student-written shows

By Evin Billington, Staff Writer • December 13, 2012
The Macabre Theatre Ensemble performs avant-garde, sci-fi plays written by students.
Brian Dykstra, HBO def poet and award-winning playwright, performs in his solo show “Brian Dykstra Selling Out” at the Kitchen Theatre. The show is written by Dykstra and explores the American condition.

Review: One-man comedy gives exciting show in ‘Brian Dykstra Selling Out’

By Lucy Walker, Staff Writer • December 5, 2012
Written and performed solely by Brian Dykstra, this play is less of a traditional theater piece and more of an extended rant on anything and everything pertinent to money and modern life.
Actress Elaine Del Valle performs "Brownsville Bred" at Emerson Suites.

‘Brownsville Bred’ emotionally captures a lifetime of struggle

By Evin Billington, Contributing Writer • September 26, 2012
Actress Elaine Del Valle puts on a one-woman show to explain her life while growing up in Brownsville.
Cynthia Henderson, associate professor of theatre arts, stars in The Readers’ Theatre production of “No Child.” The play, that follows a high school teacher’s struggles, will be showing from Sept. 28 to Sept. 30 at The Space at Greenstar.

“No Child” incorporates gospel music with heartfelt story

By Jackie Eisenberg, Assistant Accent Editor • September 26, 2012
Cynthia Henderson, associate professor of theatre arts, stars in The Readers’ Theatre production of “No Child.”

No day but today

By Aaron Edwards, Editor in Chief • October 27, 2011
Xavier Reyes doesn’t consider himself a particularly religious person. But on the day of his audition to the Ithaca College theater department in the spring of 2011, he appealed to a higher power. He needed strength that day.
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