2024

Performances, Faculty
Based on the book Cold Sassy Tree, Cheryl McFarren’s play Invincible Summer blends archival research, stories, and puppetry.
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What's Happening
Eleni Papaleonardos shares the history of her career — and the importance of getting comfortable speaking in front of people.
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Performances
Combining musical, visual, theatrical, and virtual elements - with interference from AI, the exhibition asks whether we still need human creativity.
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2023

Performances
Puppetry is so much more than people realize...
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Performances
A journey to discover bravery, self-acceptance, and love beyond life and death, with interweaving elements of iconic gaming and 90s references.
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Performances
The Department of Theatre presents Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, an exciting and unorthodox version of Orpheus and Eurydice’s timeless trek to the underworld.
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Alumni
Dramaturg Drew Lichtenberg '05 weighs-in on current controversy surrounding the Bard of Stratford-on-Avon.
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Newsletters
Every experience I've had in the Theatre Department has helped me prepare for this...
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Performances
“A play with music,” The Threepenny Opera has two directors, one each in music and theatre.
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Faculty
Professor Emeriti Kirk Combe shares his fun reflections on all kinds of culture in a blog titled “Rant Against the Regime.”
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Denison Magazine
“When (Hal Holbrook was) getting ready to do the Mark Twain show, Hal told my dad, ‘I need a white suit.’”
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2022

Performances
Max Wisnefski ‘24 shares his experience of playing the lead character Pippin
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Performances
Timeless issues through classic narrative: "You on the Moors Now" examines femininity.
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Alumni
Susan Booth '85 has been named artistic director of the Goodman Theater in Chicago, one of the most influential regional nonprofits in the country.
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Alumni
Tony Forman '79 combines his passions of music, theatre, and architecture into in his stage design company, Nextstage Design.
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Performances
The Department of Theatre presents the world premiere of Pearls in the Wave, a new play by Hongyi Tian ‘13.
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Alumni
For Andrew Levitt, the iconic role of Edna in the national tour of "Hairspray" is the perfect marriage of his drag queen and theater backgrounds.
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Performances
Original spoken word, song, dance, and digital visual art created and performed by Denison students of color.
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Students
Caro Elliott ’23 combines theatre and environmental studies to explore her true passion.
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Alumni
Actor Christa Nannos '12 unknowingly battled Lyme disease more than 12 years. Her book details advice for others to jump start their own healing.
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2021

Newsletters
This article on the former Theatre Arts building and the Cinema House is the second in a series of articles on the history of Denison’s Arts Quad
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Performances
A collection of five short comedies by David Ives each with different characters, stories and focuses, ranging from existential crisis to romantic comedy.
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Students
Balancing involvement on campus both in and outside of the arts
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Faculty
The Ohio Art Education Association recognizes Prof. RebeccaTurk as the 2021 recipient of the Higher Education Division Award.
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Performances
A lottery-based play about living, dying, and who will come with you when it’s your time.
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Students
Phoebe Martin '24, a Theatre and Data Analytics major, shares what she is learning through her Denison experience.
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Denison Magazine
Our distinguished alumnus died in January 2021. In 2012, he visited the campus where he met his life's mentor and came to know himself as a learner.
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Alumni
Following time on stage at Denison, Theatre major Merlin Bell ’15 is now Managing Director of The Fonseca Theatre Company in Indianapolis.
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In the News
Denison's Eisner Center director talks about keeping the arts alive during the year-plus of COVID-19.
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Fairs & Festivals
The Fringe Festival includes three original performances directed, written, and acted by Denison students.
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