THROUGH 4/30: Shakespeare in the 60s: App State Presents As You Like It
At Valborg Theatre, Appalachian State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance performed an amusing, puppet-filled interpretation of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The pastoral comedy displays bonds of...
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THROUGH 5/14: Stephen Towns’ Mesmerizing Visual Stories of Shadowed History at Reynolda House Museum of American Art
The mesmerizing recent work of painter and textile artist Stephen Towns welcomes interaction and introspection at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, the last stop of the Stephen Towns: Declaration & Resistance exhibition tour. This exhibition pulsates with power as it ponders the American dream and expands the historical narrative of African Americans who persevered through the enslavement, convict leasing, and other hardships that significantly contributed to the development of the American economy. Exploring the lives of African Americans from the late eighteenth century to the present day, Towns emphasizes their resistance and resilience in poignant multi-media paintings and exquisitely crafted story quilts.
Read MoreTHROUGH 5/7: An Intimate, Symbolic Exhibition of Ida Kohlmeyer’s Artwork at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum
Exhibiting the bright, dynamic work of Louisiana painter and sculptor Ida Kohlmeyer at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, the Geometry with Feeling: Ida Kohlmeyer in Two & Three Dimensions exhibition functions as a...
Read MoreArts Access’ Movement Exhibition Promotes NC Artists with Disabilities at the Sertoma Arts Center
What does movement mean to you? Is it a noun – the act of changing location or position? Or an action verb? How is movement understood in the context of nature, body, mind, or mechanics? When is movement social, personal,...
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TheatreFEST is Back at NC State with Gripping Production of Assassins
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, TheatreFEST is back after two years away! NCSU’s University Theatre brings a dark, thought-provoking look at the somber theme of presidential assassinations in their production of Assassins, now performing at Titmus Theatre at Frank Thompson Hall on NC State’s campus.
Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr., composer Stephen Sondheim and playwright John Weidman created a Tony Award-winning musical that tracks the motivations and the violent acts of nine infamous individuals who assassinated (or attempted to assassinate) the President of the United States. Directed by Danica Jenelle Jackson, the abject, vile stories of our country’s notorious assassins were bared soberly by this local theatre, yet with alarming comedy. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, with many in between, Assassins gives voice to the hopes, dreams, fears, and furies that emboldened each individual to pick up a gun and “squeeze [their] little finger.” In no way does this production seek to celebrate the lives or excuse the decisions of America’s four successful and five failed presidential assassins. Rather, Assassins throws these nine troubled individuals from different historical periods together on stage where they can provoke and inspire each other to irremediable acts, ultimately connecting to assassinate, motivated by a twisted American Dream.
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