Ellie Milewski, a junior in Penn State’s bachelor of fine arts acting program, made waves this past February when she, in collaboration with the Penn State School of Theatre, produced a staged reading of her first full-length play. The play, titled "27," tells the story of an unlikely friendship between an elderly man dying of Alzheimer’s and a 10-year-old girl struggling with dyslexia.
Penn State School of Theatre faculty member Richard Robichaux fondly recalled summers spent in Louisiana with his “Paw-Paw” for his most recent role, a Cajun local named Pascal in the New Orleans-set “Devil in the Deep Blue Sea.”
Steve Broadnax, head of Penn State’s master of fine arts acting program and accomplished actor and director, has been elected to the University/Resident Theatre Association Board of Directors for a three-year term.
The Arts Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley will offer a variety of workshops for six weeks from Apr. 7-May 15. Additionally, two new workshops, Acting for Film and Creating Ceramic Vessels and Raku Firing, will be offered in April. All instructors are Penn State adjunct faculty for the campus’ growing art program and bring a wealth of artistic experiences to the program.
The Arts Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley will offer a variety of workshops for six weeks from Jan. 13 to Feb. 20. All instructors are Penn State adjunct faculty for the campus’ growing art program and bring a wealth of artistic experiences to the program.
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Opening Aug. 24, 2011, at the Penn State Downtown Theatre
They look like real actors, they walk like real actors, they talk like real actors. But with these stars there are no contentious contract negotiations or on-set meltdowns. They do exactly what the director tells them, down to curling a lip just so or flaring a nostril to the perfect degree, no questions asked.
What is the greatest love story in history? For most people, the answer is "Romeo and Juliet." William Shakespeare wrote the famed tragedy in the late 14th century, yet it is still performed and praised today. It has been adapted into opera, ballet, and screenplay, and has also been transported into innumerable time periods and locations.
I have always been fascinated by the qualities of great leaders, says actor Tyrus Lemerande.
The desire to be a leader himself led him, at age 20, after two years in the Navy, to apply to the Naval Academy. I had joined up right out of high school and qualified as a nuclear technician, Lemerande, now 32, remembers. Then I decided I wanted to be a pilot.
A vintage armoire, a straight-backed chair, a telephone, a sturdy, worn table, and an open suitcase that starts out empty but is eventually full. A dark-haired woman, late twenties, perhaps thirty. She speaks aloud. Her emotions are strained. It is apparent the conversation she is having with herself is a rehearsal for one she'll have later with her husband:
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