News about "theatre"

For Faith Harris, theatre has always been a place of belonging, creativity, and growth. Now a senior theatre arts education major at East Texas Baptist University, Harris is stepping into a new role this semester as a student director.

Harris will complete her coursework this spring before beginning student teaching in the fall. As part of her preparation for teaching theatre in the classroom, she is directing a student production, an experience that has invited her to see both the art form and her own leadership in a new way.

The School of Communication and Performing Arts at East Texas Baptist University invites you to enjoy an evening of poetic drama with “The Women of Lockerbie.” There will be two weekends of shows, October 17-19 and October 24-26, in Jenna Guest Music Building’s Black Box Theatre. The first weekend aligns with ETBU Homecoming, so students and alumni are encouraged to bring their families and friends to enjoy the play.

Catherine Donohue began work as a 19-year-old woman. She died in her early 30's, weighing 65 pounds. She was one of many victims of radium poisoning in the early 20th century. East Texas Baptist University's Theatre Department led by Director Samantha Pettigrew told the story of Donohue and her co-workers on stage November 17-20 with ETBU's production of These Shining Lives.

Four weeks, 22 characters, thousands of lines, 25 rehearsals, and over 1,300 hours were spent on behind-the-scenes elements for ETBU's most recent theatre production. The ETBU Theatre Department began working on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream on August 29 and played five sold out shows from September 29 to October 2.
 

MARSHALL, Texas (4/08/16) – The Department of Theatre Arts at East Texas Baptist University presents Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, on Thursday, April 14, through Saturday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. and a Sunday matinee on April 17, at 2:30 p.m. The production will be held off campus at the Marshall Convention Center, located at 2501 East End Blvd South.