Allegheny College’s Playshop Theatre continues its 80th season with “Chewing Your Fingers to the Bone,” an original production with elements from across the academic disciplines at Allegheny, in the Gladys Mullenix Black Theatre at the Vukovich Center for Communication Arts on Nov. 20 and Nov. 21 at 8 p.m.
Director and writer Beth Watkins, a professor of communication arts and theater at Allegheny, and local artist Brian Thummler worked last fall with Allegheny students to create a play based on Greek myths, folk tales and modern medical stories.
The play was devised through improvisational rehearsals in which students contributed both dialogue and ideas. Faculty in the neurosciences also were consulted in the development of the script.
“Devising or creating a theater piece through creative collaboration was a new process for most of the company,” said Watkins. “The performance will combine movement, music, puppetry, genetics, neuroscience and storytelling in a larger examination of the human condition,” she added.
The play will feature puppetry designed by Thummler and original songs by Philadelphia composer Bob Michel. The company includes student actors Stephanie Armstrong, Jordan Metcalfe, Camilo Matos, Kaitlin Mackenzie, Sara Odioso, Dan Winston, Steve Reaugh and Drew Pirrone-Brusse.
Marianne Broome is stage manager, Allegheny adjunct instructor of music Aimee Reash is the musical director, and Allegheny theater staff designers Michael Mehler and Sarah Russell will oversee the scenery, lighting and costumes for the production.
“Chewing Your Fingers to the Bone” contains strong language and is recommended for mature audiences only.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $7.50 for non-Allegheny students, senior citizens and Allegheny employees. Although admission is free for Allegheny students with identification, they are asked to make reservations.
More information or to order tickets: Call the Playshop Theatre box office at 332-3414.
Entertainment
Related Photos
Discussion
November 18, 2009
Neuroscience meets improv in new play at Allegheny
- Entertainment
-
- Thompson Square, Eli Young Band to play Crawford County Fair
-
SLIDESHOW: Madonna hypes Super Bowl halftime show
Madonna answers questions from the media during a news conference to hype the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI.
-
Golden Globe nominees announced; which are your favorites?
Two George Clooney films, a Brad Pitt baseball flick, a 3D Martin Scorsese epic fantasy, a Steven Spielberg war movie, and a book-to-screen adaption about African-American maids in the 1960s – these are the Golden Globe nominees for best motion picture drama, announced Thursday.
-
REVIEW: Dead Man's Cell phone at MCT
- 'Da' at Meadville Community Theatre
-
Beauty and the Beast at the Academy
-
Neuroscience meets improv in new play at Allegheny
-
Duquesne University Tamburitzans Return to the Academy Theatre
-
Grease slicks up the Academy Theatre stage
French Creek Community Theatre production this weekend in Meadville
- Friends of Music Concert Series Memebrs of Erie Philharmonic to perform at EUP
- More Entertainment Headlines
Jimmy Carter Endorses Egypt's Election Results
Biden Addresses West Point Graduating Class
Dozens of Children Killed in New Syria Attack
Raw Video: Activists Allege Massacre in Syria
NJ Man Charged With Murder in Death of Patz
Support, Fun for Kids of Fallen Soldiers at Camp
Fugitive Penguin Caught, Returned to Aquarium
50 Years Later, Underground Fire Still Burning
Light Show Transforms Sydney Opera House
Raw Video: Unruly Passenger Restrained in Miami
Raw Video: Robber Uses Drive-thru Window
Raw Video: Dragon Arrives at Space Station
Calif.'s Coronado Named Nation's Best Beach
CEO Salaries Become Sore Issue in Labor Disputes
Raw Video: Fight Erupts in Ukrainian Parliament
Texan Ranchers Remain Wary of Drought
Raw Video: Soldiers Plant Flags at Arlington
Police: Man Arrested in Etan Patz Disappearance
NYC Protests: the Revolution Will Be Scripted
Chicago U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald Resigns
