Topic: Play — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Arts

Review: Rapture, Blister, Burn explores gender and agency

Rapture, Blister, Burn is an ambitious play that explores themes of female agency, sexual freedom and the toxicity of human nature. With all of its… Read More

by Osose Omofomah
March 2, 2023
Section: Arts

Review: Do Big Kids Cry? is a comedic reflection on youth

At 8 p.m. on the nights of Feb. 17 and 18, the lights dimmed in Gund Gallery’s Community Foundation Theater. An ambitious production was about… Read More

by Dorothy Yaqub
February 23, 2023
Section: Arts

KC Players presents Eurydice: new spin on Orpheus myth

On Oct. 21, Kenyon College Players opened the doors of the Black Box Theater to present Eurydice; a modern retelling of the tragic Greek myth… Read More

by Kylie Mullaly
October 27, 2022
Section: Arts

Kenyon College Players presents Two Birds and a Bag of Bones

This past weekend, the Kenyon College Players (KCP) put on an original play by Alexandra Bianco ’23 titled Two Birds and… Read More

by Cecilia Oshins
March 3, 2022
Section: News

MacLeod’s play The Good Samaritan workshopped in CA

After pulling The Good Samaritan from the Bolton Theater’s spring lineup, James Michael Playwright-in-Residence Wendy MacLeod ’81 workshopped her play with a new… Read More

by Devon Musgrave-Johnson
September 6, 2018
Section: Arts

As evening falls, the “Jerusalem” cast denounces its prophet

Few people at Kenyon spend time near the maintenance facilities behind the Taft Apartments. This is partly why it is hard, at first,… Read More

by Frances Saux
May 4, 2017
Section: Arts

Subtle, complex performances shine in Three Days of Rain

Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain has two acts, three actors and six characters that span two generations. This play is… Read More

by Devon Musgrave-Johnson
April 6, 2017
Section: Arts

You Got Older brings an unflinching narrative to the stage

While the man sitting behind me in the Hill Theater was still wheezing with laughter, I could hear sobs coming from just a few… Read More

by Devon Musgrave-Johnson
April 6, 2017
Section: Arts

Senior thesis Sex with Strangers explores lust and literature

Drama majors Natasha Preston ’17 and Elgin Martin ’17 presented their senior thesis, Sex with Strangers, this past weekend. Written by Laura Eason and… Read More

by Kara Morrison
February 2, 2017
Section: Arts

Senior thesis production Dying City premiers tonight in Hill

At a rehearsal fewer than 10 days before opening night of Christopher Shinn’s Dying City, Charlotte Herzog ’17 and Amy Sheahan ’17 were discussing… Read More

by Devon Musgrave-Johnson
January 26, 2017