Nine students from the Lycoming College Theatre program participated in this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). The College sends a group of students to the festival each year to provide them with the opportunity to showcase their talents, compete with students from over 50 other universities and colleges, and attend workshops led by theatre professionals.
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Although the lead actors of any show are usually given the credit for a spectacular performance, the show’s success is just as dependent on the back stage hands who make it all possible.
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Victoria Ashmore, a junior theater major from Havertown, Pa., enjoyed the many benefits of participating in a conference sponsored by the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology from March 16 to 19 in Salt Lake City. In January, Ashmore was selected from more than a dozen technical theater students at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival to represent Region Two at the national conference.
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Costumes, sound, set design — none of these backstage efforts by Lycoming College theater majors took the backstage at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Jan. 12-16. Thirteen students took home more than a dozen individual and group awards.
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Lycoming College welcomed fifteen new full-time faculty members at the beginning of the 2015-16 academic year.
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The Lycoming College Theatre Department presents “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf” April 8-11 at 8 p.m. in the Mary L. Welch Theatre, on Mulberry Street in Williamsport. This event is for mature audiences only, due to adult situations in the production.
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The Lycoming College Theater Department will host the premier of “A Saucy Sausage Sandwich” Feb. 26-28 in the Mary L. Welch Theatre, on Mulberry Street in Williamsport, before taking the show on the road to local high schools, middle schools and performing arts centers.
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The Lycoming College theatre and music departments will present “The Cradle Will Rock,” a musical written by Marc Blitzstein. The production, directed by N. J. Stanley, chair and associate professor of theatre, will run April 9-12 at 8 p.m. in Mary L. Welch Theatre. The musical director is Gary Boerckel, who recently retired as professor of music at Lycoming. Due to adult situations, the musical is recommended for mature audiences.
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Lycoming College students and faculty recently collaborated with Williamsport’s City Alliance Church to volunteer at the city’s Sojourner Truth Ministries (SJT). Participants served lunch to approximately 70 homeless and underprivileged members of the community.
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The Lycoming College Criminal Justice-Criminology and Theatre departments in conjunction with the Women’s and Gender Studies Program will host a performance of “The Letters Behind My Name” by the College and Community Fellowship’s Theater for Social Change (TSC). The event is free and open to the public and will be held Thursday, March 13 at 7 p.m. in Honors Hall.
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The Lycoming College Theatre Department will present “Let It Be Art! Harold Clurman’s Life of Passion” Feb. 13-15 in the Mary Lindsay Welch Theatre. All performances begin at 8 p.m. and the play is recommended for all audiences.
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The Lycoming College Theatre Department will perform “The Importance of Being Earnest” Nov. 20-23 in the Mary Lindsay Welch Theatre. All shows begin at 8 p.m. and this performance is recommended for all audiences.
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The Lycoming College theatre department presents “An Absurd Pair” of comedies, “Fire in the Basement” and “Out at Sea,” from Oct. 2-5 in the Mary L. Welch Theatre. All performances will begin at 8 p.m. The two Eastern European works celebrate the ridiculous while scrutinizing the art of manipulation. “An Absurd Pair” features adult situations and is recommended for mature audiences.
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The Lycoming College Theatre Department announces its mainstage production schedule for 2013-14. The season begins Oct. 2 and continues through April 12, 2014, with five shows all taking place in the Mary L. Welch Theatre.
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