Frolicks Success!

 The Frolicks: Or the Lawyer Cheated The Frolicks: Or the Lawyer Cheated was a huge success for director and Wagner College faculty member David Miller.  With a joint effort of the Wagner College English department and Millers direction, this staged reading proved to be a true portrayal of the fifteenth century play.  The actors were amazing, falling into part so well and perfectly captured the emotions of each character with such elegance that one could not realize that hard work they all put into this staged reading.

   

31 Jan

Staged Reading of The Frolicks

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

What: Elizabeth Polwhele’s The Frolicks or The Lawyer Cheated
Where: Stage One Theatre, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY 10301
When: February 5th   4:00pm
 
The Frolicks or The Lawyer Cheated 
Wagner College Theatre Alumni and professional guest artists, in association with the English Department, will be coming together for the public reading of Elizabeth Polwhele’s The Frolicks or The Lawyer Cheated.
 

19 Jan

Dark Mondays

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

Join Wagner College's own Zee Cohen as she takes her new, self written play, Dark Mondays, to Times Square New York, NY!  Zee, a native of Sydney Australia and currently a Sophomore at Wagner College, joins fourteen of her Wagner peers in this magnificent production.   There will be two shows only, Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th of this January so be sure to get your tickets!  For full plot synopsis, cast and crew, address and ticketing information please visit www.darkmondays.com/

26 Nov

A Return to My Fair Lady

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

We're always proud of, and thank for, the experienced and talented artists who join thw Wagner community for a semester and work on WCT productions. And My Fair Lady is no different. For director Drew Scott Harris and choreographer Lisa Guignard, it was a return to this Lerner and Loewe classic musical. 

25 Nov

Staged Reading of Goddess Wheel

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

While Goddess Wheel is only due to open late next semester, preparations, of course, began some time ago. On Sunday, November 20th, WCT hosted a staged reading of Goddess Wheel for everyone to get a first glimpse of what is sure to be one of the department's most highly anticipated shows. Here's some photos from the reading:

 

 

22 Nov

Strange but Wonderful Parallels – The Story of Mary Barnett née Cloutier ’01 and Becky Stephenson née Slater ‘01

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

Shortly after graduating from Wagner, Mary and Becky toured for several years as Stage Managers with NETworks Tours, although they were never on the same tours together. A few years later, in 2005, both moved to Las Vegas to work on the Vegas production of "Avenue Q." A year later, both were hired as Stage Managers for separate Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil shows - Becky on "Ka" and Mary on "LOVE," where they continue to work today. Becky married her husband, Ben, in August 2006, and Mary married her husband, Jimmy, in April 2008. Both their husbands also work backstage for Cirque du Soleil's "LOVE." Mary gave birth to her son, Hunter, on July 30, 2010. Exactly 2 weeks later Becky gave birth to her son, Slater, on August 13, 2010.

15 Nov

Wagner alum produces benefit for LGBT Community Center — Dec. 5

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

Wagner alumnus Neal Bennington ’05 will be the producer for “Broadway Sings for Pride,” a star-studded benefit performance on Monday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, 208 W. 13th St. between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Manhattan’s West Village.

10 Nov

Wagner College Theatre Alumni Reunite for Assassins

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

October 25th, 2011 was a special day for the Wagner College Theatre family as Alumni of the nationally recognized program reunited for a one night only performance of Assassins.

Alumni from the Class of 1985 to 2011 were represented in a night of entertainment and praise to the talent and success of the program.

08 Nov

Lysistrata – Rise up and book now!

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

What: Aristophanes' Lysistrata - Adapted by J.A. Ball and Michael M. Chemers

 

05 Nov

Wagner College Theatre’s production of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady opens November 16th at Snug Harbor

in Wagner College Theatre Community News newsletter

What: Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady

Where: The Music Hall At Snug Harbor Cultural Center

When: November 16 – 19 and November 30 - December 4.

My Fair Lady, a classic musical with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, tells the story of a wager placed between phonetics professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering as to whether he can transform Eliza Dootlittle, a low class Cockney girl, into and English lady.