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Theatre News


Pulitzer Prize-winning “Doubt: A Parable” presented by Lycoming College theatre department

The second installment of the Lycoming College theatre department’s 2023-2024 season will see a thrilling and thought-provoking production of “Doubt: A Parable,” by John Patrick Shanley, at the Mary L. Welch Theatre, Feb. 28-March 2. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available to purchase beginning today.

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Hit musical “Little Shop of Horrors” invades Williamsport!

The Lycoming College theatre department is kicking off its 2023-24 season with cult favorite “Little Shop of Horrors,” a musical about a flower shop on Skid Row that is taken over by a flesh-eating plant from outer space. The production will take place at the Mary L. Welch Theatre, Nov. 15-18, with all shows beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available to purchase beginning Oct. 25 at http://www.bigtickets.com/events/lycoming-college.

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Matilda at Community Arts Center marks Lycoming College summer stock production a success

Lycoming College’s theatre department is flying high following the successful summer stock production of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda the Musical” that delighted audiences at Williamsport’s historic Community Arts Center. The show provided the community with live family entertainment, and young performers from across the region with the opportunity to exercise their singing and acting chops during the summer months.

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New faculty arrive at Lycoming College for 2023-24 academic year

Lycoming College welcomed several new faculty members to campus for the 2023-24 academic year, bringing a breadth of knowledge to classrooms at the nationally-recognized liberal arts and sciences institution.

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Lycoming College theatre bursts into song and dance with production of “9 to 5”

The Lycoming College theatre department will wrap up its 2022-23 season with “9 to 5 The Musical,” a musical comedy based on the 1980 hit-movie of the same name, with songs and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick. This production will be directed by Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian, Ph.D., associate professor of theatre, and will take place at the Mary L. Welch Theatre, March 29-April 1 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available to purchase starting March 8, online at http://www.bigtickets.com/events/lycoming-college.

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Lycoming College theatre students honored at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Fourteen Lycoming College theatre majors and minors participated in this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), Region 2 at West Chester University, Jan.17-21. The theatre department takes a group of students to the festival each year to provide them with the opportunity to showcase their talents, present their work, compete with students from over 50 other universities and colleges in the nine-state region, and attend workshops led by theatre professionals. This year’s student attendees included: Christian Becker, Sadie Bossons, McKayla Cobb, Douglas Dixey, Abigayle Greevy, Thatcher Gunnells, Shantel Hill, Kirsten Houseman, Hannah Bailey Martin, Julia Martin, Keigan Mulreaney, Zoe Pew, Laura Ulrich, and Rachel Wright-Miggett.

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Lycoming College student to direct production of “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon!”

The Lycoming College theatre department continues its 2022-23 theatre season with “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon,” a fast-paced rendition of the classic and unusual fairy tales. The comedy will be directed by student Kirsten Houseman ’23, psychology and directing double major, and will take place at the Mary L. Welch Theatre, Nov. 16-19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available to purchase by calling the box office at 570-321-4048, or online at http://www.bigtickets.com/events/lycoming-college.

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Lycoming College theatre to kick off 2022-23 season with “Odin’s Horse”

Please note: Odin's Horse has been rescheduled for Oct. 19-22.

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Lycoming College welcomes new faculty for the 2022-23 academic year

Lycoming College is pleased to welcome eleven faculty members to its community this fall, bringing with them extensive knowledge and experience in their fields. With ecocriticism on the theatre stage, operatic styles in the music hall, Anglo-modernism in literature, expertise in stellar evolution, and more, these professors will enrich the classrooms at Lycoming College.

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WBRE: Lycoming College student self-publishes debut book

Lycoming College's Emma Klopp '23 launched her debut children's book on PA LIVE!

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Lycoming College theatre production recognized by KCACTF

The spring 2022 Lycoming College theatre department’s production of “The Treatment” has been nominated for inclusion in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), Region II in January 2023.

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Off to the printer: Lycoming College student publishes debut children’s book

Lycoming College is pleased to recognize the outstanding achievement of Emma (E.P.) Klopp ’23, design and technical theatre major with an entrepreneurship minor, on self-publishing her debut children’s book titled, “An Orange Dog Named Blue.”

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Lycoming College Theatre to present an American Premiere

Lycoming College theatre department is excited to present an American Premiere of a new Spanish play “The Treatment,” a dark comedy about the chaotic world of cinema, which follows a script writer in the middle of a personal crisis. Martin’s life becomes intertwined with several characters longing to write the stories of their past, what they are, and what they would have liked to have been. Written by Pablo Remón, the play was translated by Sandra Kingery, Ph.D., professor and department chair of modern language studies at Lycoming College, and directed by Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian, Ph.D., associate professor and department chair of theatre at Lycoming.

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Lycoming student awarded prestigious fellowship at Kennedy Center college theatre festival

Lycoming College senior Mitchell Kelly was recently named a KCACTF/LORT ASPIRE Fellow, a prestigious recognition from the respected Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). Kelly will be the only student from a nine-state region to participate at a national event at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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“Nunsense” kicks off Lycoming College spring semester with laughter

Lycoming College Theatre Department will kick off the spring semester with “Nunsense,” a musical comedy written by Dan Goggin in 1985. This witty musical will be directed by Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian, Ph.D., chair of the theatre department and associate professor of acting, directing, and musical theatre at Lycoming College, and will take place at the Mary L. Welch Theatre, Feb. 23-26 at 7:30 p.m. Two alternating casts will bring their own artistic perspectives to the story and characters. Tickets are available to purchase starting Feb. 9 by calling the box office at 570-321-4048 or by going online. Audience members are expected to wear a mask at all times.

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