November 20, 2014 | Theatre,
Your Recent Trip to Bountiful
Thank you for joining us for The Trip to Bountiful. We are so pleased that you came and would love to hear your response to this production. This play has...
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November 20, 2014 | Theatre,
On Folktales and Meeting Freshman Year
“The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue…” —Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales When I met...
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November 19, 2014 | Theatre,
PigPen’s Musical Muses
No one knows how to grab inspiration from one another like artists, and Pig Pen is no exception. Here is a list of some of the musicians that inspire this...
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October 24, 2014 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
Get Disinformed
I arrived at the performance of Isango’s The Magic Flute feeling heavy. I’d flown from Boston overnight to Munich to be there for it. I was tired and out of...
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October 22, 2014 | Theatre,
Sacred Storytelling
This summer I had my own little version of Eat, Pray, Love—except mine was a little more like Eat, Fight Off Mosquitos, and Manual Labor in the Hot Sun. Despite...
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October 22, 2014 | Theatre,
The Magic Flute – A Synopsis
Mozart’s classic opera, The Magic Flute, has been completely re-imagined, transformed and translated into multiple dialects (including English, Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana) by the Isango Ensemble— but the story remains...
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October 21, 2014 | Theatre,
Nine Hours with Brook and Carriere
This week, we welcome Jean Claude-Carriere and his 90 minute telling of the one of the world’s oldest foundational texts The Mahabharata. In preparation, Rob Orchard shares his memories of seeing Peter...
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October 10, 2014 | Theatre,
In Their Own Words – The Magic Flute
As a presenting organization, we face an interesting challenge when it comes to talking about productions. Often only one or two members of the staff have actually seen what comes...
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