theater
March 22, 2021
Members of the community are invited to a production of In the Continuum, which was written by Danai Gurira (who played Okoye in Black Panther) and Nikkole Salter, and made it to Off-Broadway while both women were still in grad school. It tells the parallel stories of two black women, one in Los…
February 11, 2021
Join ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Department of Theater for a free online presentation of its first show of the season: a staged reading of The Liar. David Ives’ ‘translaptation’ of this 17th century comedy blends Elizabethan-style verse and modern language, relishing in its own rhyming word…
November 25, 2020
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts Acting Program will host an online production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot this week, featuring the program’s Class of 2022. Written by Pulitzer Prize Award-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, this play takes the audience…
November 12, 2020
2020 (hindsight), the latest ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ Department of Theater production, is a time capsule: The virtual production is a compilation of student experiences amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the form of monologues, poems and dances. Performances will be held today (Nov. 12)…
November 02, 2020
2020 (hindsight) is the November 2020 production from the Department of Theater at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ, directed by faculty member Beth McGee. During this live presentation over Zoom, students will perform original monologues, poems and dances reflecting on their experiences with the…
October 30, 2020
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s theater department lost one of its most loyal supporters when adjunct associate professor Kevin Moore died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 24. Managing director of the Cleveland Play House (CPH) since 2007, Moore actively engaged in the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program, regularly…
September 08, 2020
While this semester is different, the Department of Theater invites all ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ students to reflect on their experiences in a unique way. 2020 (hindsight) is a world premiere original play written by students. CWRU Students are invited to write personal essays for a live…
May 22, 2020
Kevin Inouye, assistant professor of theater, recently had a book published titled The Screen Combat Handbook. The book uses practical instruction, examples, interviews and illustrations to show how effective fight sequences can be put on-screen. Inouye includes sections on pre-production planning,…
April 29, 2020
When Ohio’s stay-at-home order began on March 24, the artistic community had no choice but to close their studios and performance spaces to the public. Shanna Beth McGee, professor of theater at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ and co-founder of the immersive theater company Shadow of the Run,…
April 15, 2020
When ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ courses went remote in March, Mad Men and Glow actor Rich Sommer (GRS ’04, theater) immediately reached out to Donald Carrier, interim director of the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Acting Program, to see how he might help…