Please don’t let theatre die

Maya Krishna Rao performed “You Really Want to Know My Story?”—Tales of Incarceration and Death Row in India, hosted by Barnard’s Movement Lab and Columbia’s South Asia Institute.

Staff Writers Lorelei Gorton and Luken Sloan attended KCST’s Fear It, an original play centered around the stories of Shakespeare’s women.

For the high school theatre kids who are ready to become equally annoying collegiate theatre kids!

The grind never stops unless you stop it.

Columbia’s MFA Acting production of Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation: or the Re-Education of Undine at the Lenfest Center for the Arts is a masterclass in production design and dual role acting.

The Columbia University Players are running their annual One Act Festival this weekend and one thing is for sure: I won’t be forgetting this showcase anytime soon. 

Staff Writer Jake Torres attended CMTS’ 24 Hour Musical: A Very Potter Musical on Sunday, March 27th at 11 am in the Lerner Party Space and it was just as fun and hectic as one would expect!

Staff Writers Caroline Alpi and Celia Bernhardt attended the Extra Credit Ensemble’s production of Bard Overboard at the Soho Playhouse.

BBC America: August Coronavirus Report with Amelia Wilkinson, which premiered on Friday, aimed for biting political satire. The result was a convoluted take on power and collective tragedy.

Last Saturday, Staff Writer Samantha Seiff had the opportunity to view the Barnard Theatre Department’s virtual production On Loop, written by Charly Evon Simpson and directed by Professor Alice Reagan.

Last Sunday, Staff Writer Samantha Seiff attended the event “Tea and Conversation with Stage Manager Narda E. Alcorn,” hosted by the Barnard College Theatre Department and moderated by Professor Alice Reagan.

Staff writer Sydney Gerlach attended the December 15th live stream of the 15th Annual XMAS! show, Panic! At the Office, for an hour and a half of fun and humorous holiday hi-jinx written by Angela Lee (CC ‘22) and Ellie George (BC ‘23), and directed by Jack Becker (CC ‘21). 

Bwoggers Vivian Zhou and Eliza Staples review Latenite, Columbia’s silliest theatre tradition and the only one for which a review could include the phrases “‘beeps’ and ‘boops,'” “orange morph suit,” and “hair emporium.”

In the play In the Blood, intersectionality is not just your favorite little keyword to feel like a responsible member of society. It’s compound suffering and it’s really, really sad. Staff writer Mia went to see the play In the Blood by the Acting Class of 2020. And the tl;dr is that you should go see […]