Theater
Big-Time Aspirations: Brandi Porter ’13 Plans to Take Her Talents All the Way to Broadway
Someday, you might see Brandi Porter ’13 (Olney, Md.) on a Broadway stage. She knows that getting to The Great White Way will take a lot of hard work, and she’s prepared to do whatever it takes. Last summer, as part of an independent study in musical theater, Porter attended the summer Broadway Theater Project [...]
Brett Billings ’12 and Conner Woods ’11 Reach Semifinals in Major College Theater Competition
Brett Billings ’12 (Marion, Kan.) and Conner Woods ’11 (Stockton, N.J.) reached the semifinal round of the Irene Ryan Scholarship competition at the Region Two Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. More than 1,000 students from 87 schools in the Mid-Atlantic region attended the festival held in January at Townson University. Billings and Woods were [...]
Dramatic Flair: Daniel Ricken ’12 Directs a Musical and Will Study Theater in London
At the age of 11, Daniel Ricken ’12 (Woodbury, N.Y.) was asked to participate in a play during summer camp. His passion for theater was stoked — a passion that is taking flight at Lafayette. Ricken acted throughout middle and high school. He performed in numerous plays and musicals, and he dabbled in many aspects [...]
Brett Billings ’12 Explores Radio Theater through His Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship
Brett Billings ’12 (Marion, Kan.) first became interested in the stage as a member of the Marion High School speech and forensics team. A talented speaker, he won medals in poetry and improvised duet acting at state forensics competitions. This passion carried over to Lafayette, where he has performed in several College Theater productions and [...]
Photos from College Theater’s An Enemy of the People
College Theater presented its production of An Enemy of the People last week. Members of the cast and crew also participated in a workshop with set, lighting, costume, and hair and makeup designers from New York City. The following images are of the production and workshop. An Enemy of the People Design Workshop
Birds of Hope: Students Are Helping Easton Boy with Cancer Donate 5,000 Paper Cranes to Pediatric Hospitals
An old Japanese legend says that anyone who folds 1,000 cranes will be granted one wish. When Lafayette students delivered 1,000 paper cranes from the College Theater production of A Thousand Cranes to a 10-year-old boy with cancer last month, they had no idea their small gesture of hope would resonate with so many people [...]
College Theater Presents An Enemy of the People Nov. 3-6
Lafayette College Theater’s production of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen will be presented 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, through Saturday, Nov. 6, in the Williams Center for the Arts. Tickets are $2 for students, $3 for Lafayette faculty and staff and for students at LVAIC schools, and $6 for the public. They [...]
Lafayette Announces New Williams Arts Campus on North Third Street
An experimental black box theater, a state-of-the-art film theater, a sound stage, and a high-tech media and teaching lab are some of the exciting facilities included in the plans for the new Williams Arts Campus on North Third Street. “The arts campus will serve as a vibrant gateway to Lafayette and the city and provide [...]
College Theater Presents the Touching Play A Thousand Cranes
Lafayette College Theater will present its production of Kathryn Miller’s heartbreaking and poignant play, A Thousand Cranes, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30-Saturday, Oct. 2 in the Williams Center for the Arts. Japan’s ancient and rich theater traditions bring to life this moving adaptation of the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, which has [...]
Merging Theater and Engineering, Kim Corbett ’01 Excels in Cutting-Edge Profession
By Barbara Mulligan When Kimberly Corbett ’01 enters a theater to see a performance, she dreams of being caught up in the music, the drama, or anything but the reality of hidden microphones, motors, and trapdoors. “Unfortunately, I have a hard time doing that,” she says, with the trace of a playful sigh. “I’m looking [...]
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