skidmore theater living newsletter

18 Questions with Costume Designer Leah MIrani [JKB LIFE]

Join Leah Mirani on a tour at the Skidmore Theater Costume Shop, where she answers questions on her recent work!

Everything You Touch [JKB LIFE]

We’ve got a show! We’ve got a show! Happy opening to the cast and crew of our Spring Black Box Production, “Everything You Touch!”

Curious what’s in store? Check out this promo for a quick taste.

Behind the Scenes: Bravery and Body Image

Staff writer Em Miller ’20, prepares audiences for director Rachel Karp ’18’s JKB Black Box production of Sheila Callaghan’s “Everything You Touch.”

Studio Lab #1: This Property is Condemned / Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen

In Skidmore Theater’s first Studio Lab of the semester, Director/Lighting Designer Erica Schnitzer ’18 artfully combined two short plays by Tennessee Williams: This Property is Condemned and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen.

The Floor is Lava: Blocking Studio Lab #1 [JKB Life]

Two short plays; completely different in time, place, and location. In an impoverished Mississippi railroad town, Willie, an independent preteen with ambitions to emulate her sister’s romanticized but tragic untimely death, attempts to regale the important parts of her life to Tom, an adolescent desperate for companionship.

Comfest Weekend: Here’s What You Missed

Staff writer Max LoSardo ’20 covers Skidmore’s 29th annual National College Comedy Festival.

Visiting Alumni Spotlight: Sara Juli

Co-Editors-in-Chief sit down with JKB’s latest visiting artist and alumni, Sara Juli, to get the inside scoop on her most recent work, Tense Vagina: An Actual Diagnosis.

SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS [JKB LIFE]

To cap off Fall 2017, check out some warm and fuzzy moments from our final Studio Lab, Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl.

A Star Has Burnt My Eye: Seniors Work with Artists-in-Residence

Ziggy Schulting ’18 interviews Skidmore Theater students who worked with recent Artist-in-Residence, Howard Fishman, on his NYT Critics’ Pick winning show, A Star Has Burnt My Eye.

Playwright’s Lab: Unison

While musicals are a rare sight in the Skidmore Theater Department, there is always a space for relatable plays and experimental creative endeavors. Unison, our sole Playwright’s Lab of the semester, is a musical written by Adina Kruskal ’18 and directed by Mira Klein ’18.

Fall 2017 Mainstage: “Big Love”

Caity Cook ’18 raises, and works to answer, some big questions as she covers the Fall 2017 Mainstage production, “Big Love” by Charles L. Mee.

Big Love, Bigger Fights

As this Fall’s mainstage production, Big Love, moves into the final stages of its rehearsal process the Living Newsletter sent staff writer Philip Merrick ’19 to a fight rehearsal to get the exclusive scoop.

Magic To Do: A Pop-Up Theater Alumni Reunion Event

Last Wednesday, a group of Skidmore Theater Alumni from the past 25 years gathered to perform the opening number at the President’s Society Campaign Launch Gala at Gotham Hall in New York City. The idea to kick off the event with a theatrical performance came from our own Marie Glotzbach, who was able to assemble an impressive roster of Theater Alumni ranging from 1993 to 2015.

Studio Lab #3: Antigone

STLN staff writer, Katie Jacobsen ’18, gets the scoop on Bertolt Brecht’s “Antigone,” translated by Judith Malina and directed by Rachel Karp ’18.

Studio Lab #4: Small Mouth Sounds

Small Mouth Sounds, a play written by Bess Wohl and directed by Sam Grant ’18, examines the depths of human emotion that can be reached if only we are willing to pay attention to them.

Looking back on: Lemons x5 [JKB LIFE]

With our Fall season pushing full speed ahead, join us as we reflect back on the second Studio Lab production of the semester.

Antigone [JKBLIFE]

Bertholt Brecht’s Antigone opens tomorrow at an… undisclosed location. If you attend, make sure you’re not tracked.

Studio Lab #2: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

First year and staff writer, Em Miller, makes their STLN debut by covering the second studio lab of the season, Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons.