By: Dakota Tibbetts, Design Director A one-act musical theater show meant for children with a cast full of college-aged students sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. For the University of Southern Maine’s Department of Theater and School of Music though, it was a recipe for greatness. Their musical offering for the 2019-2020 season was…
By: Cody Curtis, Staff Writer The University of Southern Maine’s theater department continues telling powerful and inspirational stories with “The Women Who Mapped the Stars”. This production is directed by Sara Valentine, written by Joyce Van Dyke and Starring Campbell Gibson, Halsey Redman, Jackie Condon, Alyssa Pearl-Ross and Meg Mayfield. While the production was a…
Musical theater majors at USM sacrificed their Halloween plans last week to celebrate the night by bringing a classic New England horror story to life at Corthell Music Hall. Only eight months ago, the rights to release CARRIE the Musical became available, and the USM School of Music didn’t waste any time bringing the story…
While being a musical theater major may seem like it’s all fun and games to audience members, there is a lot of work put into a single show with performers always bringing their best to the table. And that commitment to the stage doesn’t stop, especially during breaks between semesters. “It isn’t easy. It…
For their spring performance, Student Performing Artists will be producing their first full-length student-written work in the group’s 16-year history, written by their very own sophomore theatre major Sarah Kennedy. SPA has been producing prominent plays at USM since 1977. From Shakespeare to Edward Albee, with Sam Shepard, David Ives and Christopher Durrang in between,…
A select group of USM theater students made the trip to Hyannis, Mass. last Tuesday to take part in the nationally recognized 2013 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Some students competed and were successful, some just attended the workshops that were held, but all seemed to learn something new. “Our theater department, like all…
E.P. McKnight performed a one-woman play about the story of Fannie Lou Hamer, an important player from the civil rights movement at USM on Feb. 16 in celebration of Black History Month. Hamer’s story is captivating, and although Knight’s performance was passionate at times, her writing left something to be desired. It was well attended,…
“2 Pianos 4 Hands” is a clever, insightful exploration into what it takes to become a successful classical pianist. For anyone who’s ever taken a music lesson or ever agonized over Adagio or been frustrated by Fortissimo, this play is delightfully relatable. The writers, Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt, have taken their vast experience as…