Bright Eyes and Dr. Dog Take The Chance
The Chance Theater is a dingy little venue in the slightly sketchy, but not terrifying part of Poughkeepsie. There is a river monster mural along […]
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Staying True to His Strings
Several years ago, 65-year-old Rob Turner decided he would rather make $100 a day as a substitute math teacher than $6 an hour as a hall monitor. His daughter won a scholarship to travel to Washington, D.C. But Turner had trouble finding a job that would pay the airfare without a bachelor’s degree under his belt. After roaming the halls to make ends meet, he is now back in the classroom to pursue a math degree, in addition to something more – mastery of performance and composition in cello. “I figured, ‘Why don’t I take music […]
Stage Set for New and Old Playwrights
Students and local playwrights joined forces this past weekend on April 8, 9 and 10 when they put on the New Play Festival in Parker Theater. The festival was comprised of 11 performances, eight 10 minute plays and three one acts, written by students and locals and completely student run. Members of the Department of Theatre Arts decided to hold the festival because they wanted to introduce the idea of new plays and their importance to theater, said Assistant Theatre Arts professor Nancy Saklad. Saklad was the chair of the committee working on the festival […]