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9 Questions for “Peter/Wendy” Director Michael San Roman ’17
A meta-theatrical adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Jeremy Bloom’s Peter/Wendy stands as the second student-directed workshop of the semester, as well as the first workshop for director Michael San Roman ‘17. STLN contributor Chris Naughton ’17 sat down with Michael the night before opening to discuss his process and passions for the show, which […]
A Conversation With “Peter/Wendy” Designer Chloe Brush ’18
The second student-directed workshop of the semester, Jeremy Bloom’s Peter/Wendy opens this week in JKB Studio A. Michael San Roman ’18 directs the show, which is an interpretation of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. STLN Staff Writer Kallan Dana ’19 talked with Stage Manager/Lighting Designer/Makeup Designer Chloe Brush ’18 about the experience of working on the show, […]
Spring 2016 Black Box: “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”
In Judas: Morality, Mortality, and the DMV. By: Rachel Karp ’18 The sound of rain. Filing cabinets. An assortment of cardboard boxes labeled “confidential,” neatly numbered with dates from the past century. Here is a divine courtroom reminiscent of your local DMV. But despite its apparent familiarity, we have been transported to a little corner […]
Invisible Art: Designing “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”
An Inside Look at the Design Team Behind “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” BY: Kallan Dana ’19 The less you think about theater design in performance, the better the designers have done their jobs. Such is the nature of theatrical design work, which strives to enhance the characters, story, and mood of a show. […]
Video Interview With Student Directors Hannah Baker and Theo Saroglou
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot runs in the JKB Black Box from March 3rd through March 9th. For ticketing information, click here: http://tinyurl.com/j5fua8m Shot by: Gabe Cohn ’16 and Max Helburn ’18 Edited By: Aaron Ardisson ’16
6 Questions For “Judas Iscariot” Actor Chris Naughton ’17
What is it like having to portray a real-life historical and biblical figure? There is literally a line in the show that says “Not much is known about Judas Iscariot.” So not much is know about him. But I’ve done a lot of research into the way Judas has been portrayed over the past couple […]
Spring 2016 Workshop #1: “Of White Walls and Words”
AN ESSAY ON ENDURANCE BY: BRANDON BOGLE ’16 “We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid.” That quote was one of the first we heard from the mouth of Tom Chandler’s embodiment of the long-dead personal essayist Michel de Montaigne, and it set the mood for the acute dissection of grief and loss that […]
7 Questions for Playwright Director Rachel Karp ’18
Rachel Karp’s new play, “Of White Walls and Words,” which follows the story of a grief-stricken young woman named Charlie and her conversations with the 16th-century essayist Michel de Montaigne, premiers as a workshop production at the JKB on February 21st. She is being interviewed here by Brandon Bogle, a senior theater major and staff writer. What are […]
Fall 2015 Mainstage: “Macbeth”
JKB Macbeth is Cinematic Shakespeare for the “Game of Thrones” Generation By: Gabe Cohn ’16 Midway through Macbeth’s “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” soliloquy, which by this point in history has been referenced by figures ranging from William Faulkner to Lin-Manuel Miranda, the doomed now-king describes a melancholy life full of “sound and fury.” Like Faulkner, director […]
Fall 2015 Workshop #4: “For Colored Girls…”
IN FOR COLORED GIRLS, A HUMAN CONNECTION BY: Gabe Cohn ’16 Midway through For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf, the “Lady in Green” (Brittany Kent ’18) begins an address to the audience by saying “Somebody almost walked off with all of my stuff.” This sentence becomes the anchor of […]
A Q&A Session with the cast of “Macbeth”
Right before the show opened, Newsletter Editor Gabe Cohn ‘16 sat down with Macbeth cast members Evy Yergan ’15 (Malca), Woodrow Proctor ’16 (Macbeth), Madeleine Emerick ’16 (Macduff/Assistant Fight Choreographer), Zachary Cohn ’16 (Lennox), and Rigel Harris ’16 (Lady Macbeth) to discuss the process of bringing Holly L. Derr’s gender-bent take on the “Scottish Play” to […]
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