This Wednesday, the student-directed production of Lynne Kaufman's play Shooting Simone will open on Whitman campus. This comedy, set in 20th century Paris, deals with love, love affairs, feminism, and...
The Instant Play Festival is a time-honored Whitman tradition. Entering its fifth year, the festival gives 14 Whitties the opportunity to learn from three different professional playwrights over the course of three weeks, absorbing all they can and learning the tricks of the trade.
The performing arts around campus just got a facelift with three new professors joining the Whitman team. Coming to us from around the country and the world, these gentlemen will have plenty to contribute...
Running through Sunday, April 15, Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party" brings a mix of humor, menace, mayhem and student originality to Harper Joy Theater.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Kristen Kosmas' play “Hello Failure," described as a “sprawling, associative, neo-realistic comedy of beauty," was performed from Thursday, Mar. 1 through Sunday, Mar. 4 on the Alexander Stage of the Harper Joy Theatre.
Consider this your Greyhound ticket to thoroughly enjoyable procrastination. From Thursday, Dec. 8, through Sunday, Dec. 11, Harper Joy Theatre presents the romantic comedy “Bus Stop" by William Inge on the Alexander Stage, directed by Visiting Instructor of Theatre Katie Pearl.
Every year, nearly 2,000 artists flock to Louisville, Kent. to audition for a coveted spot in the Actors Theatre of Louisville's Acting Apprentice Company. Whitman alumnus Chris Reid was among those 2000 hopefuls, but unlike the 1,978 turned away after auditions, Reid was awarded a position.
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.
Senior theatre major Devin Petersen has explored many avenues while at Whitman, both inside and outside of the theatre. He started out on track for an economics major, an interest he discovered his first...
A group of Whitman students will explore the State Penitentiary and its relationship with the community and individuals through a performance piece called The Walls. The piece is entirely researched, written, and performed by the students under the guidance of director Cynthia Croot.
