Theater
Folger Theatre reinterprets Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for modern audiences
|Folger Theatre in Washington D.C. launched a new production of "Romeo and Juliet" that reads like any modern play and is available to college students at a reduced price.
Shakespeare has remained relevant in western culture throughout the centuries with millions of productions produced over the centuries since his death and regaled in high school English classrooms world-wide. Sometimes students cannot help but dread and fear the name.
Peasant Theater sets the stage for aspiring theatrical artists
|Mason junior, Conor Kyle saw a problem growing in the theater community: theater was too expensive and inaccessible for struggling college students.
He wanted to start a theater company that does away with these problems, providing free theater to all presenting the work of any Mason student. He called it "Peasant Theater."
Kyle said, “Peasant Theater is a new student organization created by myself with the idea that we produce student written and directed stage work of any kind and that includes sketches, comedies and full length plays.”
"Six Characters in Search of an Author" kicks off Mason Player 2013-2014 season
|Over the weekend of Oct. 4-6, Mason Players produced Pirandello's famous meta-theatrical piece “Six Characters in Search of an Author.”
Broadway star teaches master class at Mason
|On Sept. 27, Mason’s "ARTS by George!" and the Center For the Arts gave musical theater students the chance to participate in a special master class and talk with actress and Broadway star Laura Benanti about “making it big.”
Benanti spoke with students about the professional world of acting through an actor’s eyes and gave valuable advice on maintaining a job and being happy.
AUDIO: Student theater director tackles Pirandello's challenging "Six Characters" play
|“Six Characters in Search of an Author” by Luigi Pirandello has intellectually stimulated theater audiences since its first performance in 1921. This weekend from Oct. 3 to Oct. 6, the Mason Players will be sharing this play with the Mason community as its first piece presented in its 2013-2014 season.
Center for the Arts 2013–2014 season announcement
|On April 11, 2013 George Mason University's Center for the Arts (CFA) publicly revealed its 2013–2014 “Great Performances at Mason” season. The CFA is well known for offering a wide variety of performances from orchestral and choral shows to dance troupes and theatrical tours. This upcoming season will feature a whole slew of new performances, and everyone can find something offered that will give them, as well as friends and family, a pleasurable evening of entertainment.
Top 5 weekend picks December 6
|Every week Connect2Mason will offer five entertainment picks for your weekend and week ahead.
"Into the Woods" brings Mason's music and theater departments together
|The College of Visual and Performing Arts is embarking on a new journey; that is a magical journey into the land of fairy tales. In a collaboration between George Mason University’s School of Music and the Department of Theater, the CVPA is presenting Stephen Sondheim’s 1987 musical “Into the Woods.”
Actor Stacy Keach launches Mason's new theater project
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Golden Globe winner and Tony award nominee, actor Stacy Keach is embarking on a new journey. This time, he will be improving the acting chops of the actors at George Mason University’s Theater Department.
Mason Players presents "Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?"
|Outside of George Mason University's de Laski Performing Arts Building, the Mason Players are rehearsing for their upcoming performance of the play “Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone” by Terrence McNally.
The play follows the rebellious Tommy Flowers as he struggles against being an adult. Using his dark wit and sarcasm, Tommy takes the audience on a wild ride through New York. His complexities are sure to have the audience simultaneously sympathize with and detest him.