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Senior Monica Ramich plays the maid, Laetitia, in “The Old Maid and the Thief.” Italian-American composer Gian Carlo Menotti wrote the show in 1939 for radio.

IC Theatre Arts performs two one-act operas

By Olivia Riggio, Life & Culture Editor • February 28, 2019

A wealthy woman and her maid take in a handsome beggar and go to absurd and hilarious lengths to compete for his love. A fraudulent medium abuses her mute foster son and eventually slips into insanity...

From left, sophomore Joshua Isaac, freshman Nick Ryan, and sophomore Lucas Hickman act in “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut that was held at the college in Fall 2017. Isaac is one of the founders of the new theater group on campus, Theatrists Theatrics.

WATCH: Student production of ‘South Park’ movie premieres in Whalen

By Aidan Lentz, Staff Writer • November 1, 2017
"I’ve always been developing a vision for how you would do this. I never knew if I was able to pull it off.”
From left, director Wendy Dann and actor Karl Gregory work on a scene in “Every Brilliant Thing.” The play encourages audience participation and addresses themes of mental illness.

Interactive play addresses themes of depression and suicide

By Kara Bowen, Staff Writer • November 1, 2017
Every character besides the narrator is played by a member of the audience. Some stay in their seats ... while others are brought onto the stage.
Wonderful Town follows two sisters who move from Ohio to New York City to pursue their artistic dreams. The play runs Oct. 31 through Nov. 11.

Leonard Bernstein musical comedy travels to Main Stage

By Kara Bowen, Staff Writer • October 24, 2017
"I think this is one of those musicals and one of those pieces of art in general that anyone can go in and escape from their own lives"
Cynthia Henderson, professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, began working at Ithaca College in 2000, and she became the first African-American woman to earn tenure at the college in 2007.

Ithaca professor leads social justice workshops at Juilliard

By Colin Tessier, Staff Writer • September 26, 2017
“The point of those exercises is to teach you what your gut reaction is, so you can learn what your inherent biases are and point them out.”
From left: Cassie Norgaisse (Paquette), Andrew Hudson-Sabens (Candide), Nick Roscoe (Maximillian) and fill-in Sarah Welden (Cunegonde), listen as Doug Mathews ’90 practices his lines as Pangloss during a dress rehearsal Sept. 13 for Candide.”

IC alumni, students and faculty will perform in “Candide” Sept. 16–18

By Kalia Kornegay, Staff Writer • September 14, 2016
Originally penned as a novella in 18th-century France, “Candide” has stood the test of time again and again. Now, the theatrical version will be performed in Ithaca with Ithaca College students, alumni and staff at center stage.
Courtesy of Dave Burbank

Kitchen Theatre set to perform ‘Hand to God’ until Sept. 25

By Angela Poffenbaugh, Staff Writer • September 14, 2016
The Kitchen Theatre in downtown Ithaca is hosting “Hand to God,” a show that breaks social boundaries through raunchy and hilarious puppet characters. This is the first production of “Hand to God” in the Ithaca area since the show debuted off-Broadway in 2011.
Performing Arts for Social Change (PASC), a theatrical group at the college made up of students and Ithaca community members, hosted a workshop Sept. 5 in Studio 3 of Dillingham Center to teach acting techniques and exercises based on the Augusto Boal’s book.

Theatrical arts group at IC uses acting to target oppression

By Cecilia Morales, Senior Writer • September 7, 2016
Performing Arts for Social Change (PASC), a theatrical group at the college made up of students and Ithaca community members, hosted a workshop Sept. 5 in Studio 3 of Dillingham Center to teach acting techniques and exercises based on the Brazilian writer Augusto Boal’s book, “Theatre of the Oppressed.”
From left, Rachel Lampert, Keith Pillow, Lydia Gaston and David Squires perform in “Count Me In.

Semi-autobiographical play explores friendship and growth

By Steven Pirani, Life & Culture Editor • January 21, 2015
"Count Me In," written by and starring Rachel Lampert and directed by Emily Jackson, is being performed at the Kitchen Theater from Jan. 14 to Feb. 1.
From left, Alexander Thomas and Gillian Glasco star as Kenyatta and his daughter, Nina, respectively, in “Sunset Baby,” directed by Dominique Morisseau, at the Kitchen Theatre Company.

Review: Kitchen Theatre play delves into family values

By Daniel Wisniewski, Staff Writer • December 10, 2014
Exceptional acting fuels a family-centric narrative in "Sunset Baby," running from Dec. 3–21 at the Kitchen Theatre Company and directed by Dominique Morisseau.
Ithaca Colleges Mainstage Theater prepares for fall season

Ithaca College’s Mainstage Theater prepares for fall season

By Allie Hartley, Contributing Writer • October 1, 2014
The Ithacan takes a look at Mainstage Theater's fall season of productions.
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.
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