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Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

This From Cloudland opens at Harper Joy

This From Cloudland opens at Harper Joy

Michelle Foster, Staff Writer October 20, 2016

A boy’s head is stuck in a bear’s mouth, people speak of stealing free things and two lovers hold themselves hostage in “This From Cloudland,” an original piece written and directed by Whitman...

Photo by Marra Clay.

Whitman Students Build Wind Turbine

Georgia Lyon November 19, 2015

By the spring of 2016, some of Whitman’s physics students will have finished building a vertical axis wind turbine. The wind turbine, which will be located between Penrose Library and Harper Joy Theater,...

Photo by Hannah Bashevkin

Harper Joy Theatre performs ‘The Liar’ over Parent’s Weekend

Emma Cooper October 28, 2015
In the Harper Joy Theater from October 22-25, Whitman students performed the comedy The Liar.

Pio Picks: Week of Oct. 15

Martina Pansze October 15, 2015

Performance of Butt Kapinski, an interactive mystery/comedy play: Oct. 16 & 17, 7:30 p.m. at the Gesa Powerhouse, 111 N 6th Ave.   JeanLouis Tripp & François Lapierre Drawing Concert...

This is Logues first year of dancing. Photo by Marra Clay.

New show builds student dance community

Daniel Kim December 11, 2014
It is the student dancers whose hard work and training will set the pieces in motion. Students in the show come from all backgrounds and represent a variety of experiences with dance.
Dancers rehearse for Peter deGrasses piece. Photo by Hannah Bashevkin.

Actually Just Kind of and Almost

James Kennedy December 4, 2014

"Actually Just Kind of and Almost," the dance performance starting Dec. 11, reflects last year's introduction of dance to the theatre department, and Harper Joy Theatre has begun introducing dance-based...

Photo by Annabelle Marcovici.

Professor combines environmental themes in new play

James Kennedy November 6, 2014

With experience in play-writing, acting and directing, Johnston Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Jimmy Maize will bring his expertise to the latest Harper Joy Theatre production, "John Muir Wolf,"...

Theatre, Encounters Partner to Bring Texts to Life

Theatre, Encounters Partner to Bring Texts to Life

Lachlan Johnson March 13, 2014
Performances of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet were held March 5th to 9th in Harper Joy Theatre (HJT) as part of the collaboration between Whitman’s Theatre Department and the Encounters faculty. This is the second year HJT has incorporated a performance of one of the texts in the Encounters syllabus.

‘Shooting Simone’ Breathes Life Into History

Sam Adler November 8, 2012

Things were aflutter in Harper Joy Theatre last Sunday as thespians and crew members prepared for a dress rehearsal of the second non-instant play of the term. The play in question––"Shooting...

Credit: Marie von Hafften

Theater department gears up for Instant Play Festival

Alex Hagen September 22, 2011
Whitman's Instant Play Festival, now entering its fourth year, has become an anticipated tradition among many in the Whitman community. The festival produces fourteen shows in the span of less than forty-eight hours.
HJT presents Moments Before Death, written by Theo Pratt.  Photo featuring Henry Noland as Vincent Nemesis threatening Minnie Cluff.  Photo Credit: Brandon Fennell

Harper Joy renovation creates obstacle for ‘lunchbox theatre’

C.J. Wisler March 29, 2011

The ubiquitous hammering of the construction crew, while previously a minor nuisance to theatre students and professors, has now become a present obstacle. The current Harper Joy Theatre renovations, which...

McKenna Millici 11 plays Mistress Ford in the music departments The Merry Wives of Windsor opera. Credit: Hong

‘Merry Wives’ offers farcical fun, escape from finals

C.J. Wisler December 9, 2009
The talented theater and music departments joined forces to produce an operatic 'Merry Wives of Windsor' that provides much-needed mirth before finals.
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