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Mortal clocks ticking in EMU’S “Hickorydickory”

March 11, 2015Last updated March 26, 2015 by Florence Barrett

In the play “Hickorydickory,” normal people have mortal clocks behind their hearts. But others have clocks in their heads and they can hear the maddening ticking. Worse yet, they know

Upcoming production of Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ is a richly carnivalesque comedy

November 14, 2014Last updated November 24, 2014 by Randi B. Hagi

The guiding concept behind Eastern Mennonite University’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” is “drowning in excess,” says actress Makayla Baker. Fittingly, the performance begins with a shipwreck. Music, choreography,

Gonzo Opens with Gusto

September 25, 2014Last updated October 3, 2014 by

This article was published in the EMU WeatherVane, a student newspaper. The Black Box filled with students anticipating the first Gonzo theater of the year Inside the University Commons, past

Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing

June 2, 2014Last updated June 20, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each

EMU theater production ‘Into the Woods’ brings Brothers Grimm fairy tales to life

March 27, 2014Last updated April 7, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

The twists and turns of several fairy tales taken from the Brothers Grimm are intertwined in the next Eastern Mennonite University theater offering, Into the Woods, a musical by Steven

Question: Why theater?

March 23, 2014Last updated May 23, 2014 by Amanda Chandler

I am constantly asked, why theater? Why not film? Why choose such an impractical major? Do you ever want to be employed? Why theater at such a small school? Of

Two pioneers of Playback Theatre – evoking understanding, empathy and change – will be teaching at SPI 2014

February 20, 2014Last updated March 7, 2014 by Paul Souder

Imagine a theatrical performance with no starting script. Several actors listen intently to a volunteer from the audience tell a first-person story. On the cue, “Let’s watch,” the actors interpret

Play explores relationships, social issues, through lens of photojournalist injured in Iraq war

February 14, 2014Last updated March 3, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

A photojournalist returning from war-torn Iraq deals with the images her mind cannot erase and the personal, marital and moral choices that define her life in the Eastern Mennonite University

Pain and stubbornness put Hattie Berg on a now-loved path through EMU

January 30, 2014Last updated April 1, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Her back pain began sometime during her sophomore year of high school. It wasn’t too bad at first, nothing out of the ordinary. Aches and pains are part of a

Student writes unflinching play, now staged, about 17-year-old dying of cancer

December 5, 2013Last updated December 9, 2013 by Therran M. Dennis

Two weeks before his senior thesis project due date, Eastern Mennonite University senior theater and writing studies major Michael Bodner decided on a path he’d never tread: He wanted to

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