Dance & Drama Archives — Page 2 of 13 — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Arts

Late, A Cowboy Song explores the struggles of self-definition

Stagefemmes’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s play Late, a Cowboy Song begins like any other Western: as the audience finds their seats, a cowboy’s silhouette… Read More

by Rose Paulson
October 31, 2019
Section: Arts

The House of Bernarda Alba: a macabre, chilling production

As the curtains fell on The House of Bernada Alba, the sorrow in the room was palpable. A crowd full of parents, students and faculty… Read More

by Jordy Fee-Platt
October 24, 2019
Section: Arts

Senior thesis show brings a queer narrative to the Hill Stage

The audience was immediately drawn in to the play “Homos, or Everyone in America” by the minimalistic set consisting of only a bed,… Read More

by Grace Korthuis
October 17, 2019
Section: Arts

Stagefemmes festival celebrates Kenyon women in theatre

This past weekend, Stagefemmes put together a series of performances in celebration of the 50-year anniversary of co-education at Kenyon. The festival took on the… Read More

by Paige Keller and Maya Yukselen
September 19, 2019
Section: Arts

The Crow’s Nest makes theatrical debut with As You Like It

A wrestling match, amusing disguises and topsy-turvy love triangles: This is the comical setup for William Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy As You Like It. Last… Read More

by Sam Brodsky
April 18, 2019
Section: Arts

Cabaret is an entertaining, emotionally devastating triumph

The Kenyon College Players’ (KCP) production of Cabaret delivered an emotional punch with a flawlessly choreographed, gin-soaked fist. It was a dazzling, devastating success. Read More

by Mae Hunt
April 11, 2019
Section: Arts

Visiting interpretive dancer lets his audience run the show

Simon Thomas-Train does not like the separation between performer and audience. His dance performance “Come/hone” was held in Gund Gallery on Thursday, April 4,… Read More

by Monmita Chakrabarti
April 11, 2019
Section: Arts

Agnes of God finds meaning amid the somber and surreal

As the lights in the Hill Theater dim, a candle materializes in the center of the dark stage, and its flame casts a faint,… Read More

by Chameli Belk-Gupta
April 4, 2019
Section: Arts

“Collaboration in Motion” brings eclectic artists together

“Tell us your best hamster/gerbil story,” read the slips of paper that passed from hand to hand through the densely packed Horn Gallery. People… Read More

by Chameli Belk-Gupta
March 28, 2019
Section: Arts

5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche invites the audience to breakfast

At the 1956 Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein’s Annual Quiche Breakfast, the smell of spinach and pepper quiche wafted… Read More

by James Sussman
February 28, 2019