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Swarthmore in Philly Fringe: A Guide to Upcoming Shows and Events

The Life Arts Festival and Philly Fringe is back! And just like every year, the theater, music, dance and general performance lovers around campus swear up and down that this year, they’re going to see everything. Or if not everything, at

September 12, 2012

Campus Journal

Orientation Play a success: new actors portray roommate relationships, more

Those not fortunate enough to get a coveted wristband for admission to the Orientation Play missed seeing Andrew Dorrance ’15, as the RA, sweep across the stage in a long red cape; they missed an inspiring performance by Josh McLucas ’15, who

September 5, 2012

Campus Journal

Experienced cast gears up for orientation play

Last year’s Orientation Play featured cast members throwing handfuls of condoms into the audience. Those lucky audience members who got to snag a couple (“Yeah, I’m gonna use this tonight! Heh”) were fortunate enough to get a little reminder of the Orientation

August 30, 2012

Campus Journal

Alumni return for Arts Weekend, perform off-Broadway ‘Chimera’

“Chimera” seamlessly interweaves technology, mythology, science and audience interaction that creates an experience that causes self-reflection while not being remotely didactic. “Chimera” was performed at Swarthmore College in the Frear Ensemble Theatre on Apr. 14 as part of last week’s campus-wide Arts

April 19, 2012

Campus Journal

Spring play brings ‘Spelling Bee,’ humor to Upper Tarble

A spelling bee is a familiar childhood competition for most people. Last weekend, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a musical comedy originated by Rebecca Feldman with lyrics and music by William Finn, came to Swarthmore. This theatrical performance, through the

April 12, 2012

Campus Journal

‘Baltimore Waltz’s’ three-person cast examines family, AIDS

From the fluorescence of a hospital room to the streets of Paris, from the lamentation of a diagnosis to the trysts with a bellhop, from the innocence of a childhood bunny to the secrecy cloaking a drug deal, Paula Vogel’s “Baltimore Waltz”

April 5, 2012

Campus Journal

Ensemble’s “Ivona” blackens the traditional comedy of the court

“Ivona, Princess of Burgundia,” taken in the abstract, seems to be a fairly straightforward aristocratic tragedy that continues in the vein of Shakespeare’s own masterworks. There is a prince who, in an act of simple childhood rebellion, decides to marry a woman

March 29, 2012

Campus Journal

Production Ensemble presents Ivona, Princess of Burgundia

Featuring 16 talented student actors, “Ivona, Princess of Burgundia” will hit the stage of LPAC’s Pearson-Hall Theatre tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. for its opening performance. With tech week drawing to close, Swarthmore’s Production Ensemble — after rehearsing the play since the start

March 22, 2012

Campus Journal

Barkin’s interactive theater thesis sparks excitement

Audience members attending “The House of Widows” this past weekend found themselves not only thrust beyond the fourth wall of performance theatre, but integrated into a richly vibrant family of grieving Cuban women — all of whom looked somewhat similar. In addition

February 23, 2012

Campus Journal

New shows hit the main stage at the Players Club

The Players Club of Swarthmore, a community theatre, built in 1911 and around a 20-minute walk from Swarthmore College, attracts large audiences and offers a wide variety of plays, ranging from musicals to dramas. With three hundred seats in the mainstage studio

January 19, 2012

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Swarthmore in Philly Fringe: A Guide to Upcoming Shows and Events

Orientation Play a success: new actors portray roommate relationships, more

Experienced cast gears up for orientation play

Alumni return for Arts Weekend, perform off-Broadway ‘Chimera’

Spring play brings ‘Spelling Bee,’ humor to Upper Tarble

‘Baltimore Waltz’s’ three-person cast examines family, AIDS

Ensemble’s “Ivona” blackens the traditional comedy of the court

Production Ensemble presents Ivona, Princess of Burgundia

Barkin’s interactive theater thesis sparks excitement

New shows hit the main stage at the Players Club

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