by mlfinch | Oct 26, 2021 | Folio
The Shakespeare & Performance Thesis Festival is a conference style presentation of the Master of Letters students’ research for their Thesis Projects. It is integral to their decree completion as well as being a communal sharing of ideas and research. This...
by mlfinch | Sep 16, 2021 | Folio, MFA
This August, the MBU S&P MFA class of 2022 introduced their theater company: Polaris Shakespeare Company. The driving force behind Polaris’s theater company is bringing people together. Polaris’ website states that they hope to “foster a sense of connection and...
by bharlow | Mar 3, 2021 | Folio
Male Gender Performativity in Twelfth Night by Hessy Sanders. In viewing a play with a feminist lens, especially one as gendered as Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, one must ask Whose story is privileged? Whose isn’t? In most stagings of Twelfth Night, these...
by bharlow | Mar 3, 2021 | Folio
2020 Thesis Project Festival By Kara Hankard The second year MBU MLITT students presented abstracts for their theses on Monday, November 2nd 2020. The professors and presenters beautifully reimagined the event to support COVID-safety. Only professors and...
by bharlow | Mar 3, 2021 | Folio
Enter the Spokeswoman, Gently by Will Eno Cast Amber James Director Michael Blackwood Director’s Note Will Eno’s Enter the Spokeswoman, Gently centers on a particular event, but it does not belong to a single moment. I often balk at the notion that a...
by bharlow | Jan 15, 2021 | Folio
Unfix the Stars By Keith Taylor Assistant directing Mary Baldwin’s fall production, Unfix the Stars, was as exciting as working on a show during a global pandemic can get. The process was fast paced, three weeks of writing followed by two weeks of rehearsal and a...
