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‘Conversations on Sexual Violence’ symposium aims to nurture community-building and resilience

March 9, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek and Lauren Jefferson

A multi-year research project on domestic violence, under the direction of professor Carolyn Stauffer, will be highlighted in a community education symposium at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) this spring. The

EMU theater experience has been ‘soul-snatching’ for this history-major-turned-award-winning-dramaturg

February 5, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Senior Derrick Turner believes in letting theater speak for itself. His position as a dramaturg facilitates exactly that – providing a design team, cast, and audience with the information necessary

Commissioned theatrical work with live music retells the Gospels in ‘challenging’ and ‘surprising’ ways

January 19, 2016Last updated January 29, 2016 by EMU communications staff

Justin Poole, assistant professor of theater at Eastern Mennonite University, and professional composer and musician Jim Clemens present “The Gospel Project: A Theatrical Journey through the Life of Jesus Christ.” The

Winsome creatures from Appalachia take the stage in Tony-nominated musical ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’

November 10, 2015Last updated December 7, 2015 by Florence Barrett

Singing and dancing animals in Eastern Mennonite University’s MainStage Theater? A fly fishing frog and toad, an Appalachian Trail-hiking snail and mining moles? A community of critters showing how delightful

Playwright and teacher Sheri Bailey, an advocate for racial healing and dialogue, brings next Writers Read installment

October 30, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

“A great forum for people with radically different perspectives to have a reasonable discussion” – that’s how playwright Sheri Bailey characterizes one of her most popular plays, “Abolitionists’ Museum,” in

Contingent of EMU educators to present at annual Peace and Justice Studies Conference in Harrisonburg

October 6, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

As peace and justice studies educators from around the country converge on James Madison University for the Oct. 15-17 Peace and Justice Studies Conference, a large contingent of faculty and

Inside Out playback theater troupe makes debut appearance at the Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina

July 6, 2015Last updated July 15, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

For a few weeks, Eastern Mennonite University’s playback theatre troupe envisioned their next storytelling event at the Wild Goose Festival as revolving around the festival’s theme: Blessed are the peacemakers. Fitting, especially, for

Transdisciplinary seminar on adverse childhood experiences teaches future health professionals unique diagnostic tools

July 2, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

What if a traumatic childhood event could be contributing to health problems? Wouldn’t listening and learning from a patient about that experience be as valuable for diagnostic purposes to a

‘Twelfth Night: A Musical Remix’ to be performed at Capital Fringe Festival in Washington D.C.

June 29, 2015Last updated July 28, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s fall 2014 production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” was such a rousing hit that the play, which has been called the “Moulin Rouge version,” has been adapted for

EMU stage adaptation of Andy Carvin’s ‘Distant Witness’ immerses audience in tech-driven revolution of Arab Spring

May 4, 2015Last updated May 11, 2015 by Kara Lofton

The story of a man with 107,000 Twitter followers – famous for publicizing the “Arab Spring” via social media – has been dramatized by Eastern Mennonite University faculty and students.

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