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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

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Case Western Reserve University's independent student news source

The Observer

The Dance Departments Vistas concert made use of the Microsoft Hololens in its finale.

Footwork in two realities

Smruthi Maganti, Arts & Entertainment Editor November 17, 2017

The Case Western Reserve University community had the opportunity to see a landmark performance for two weekends this November. In the finale of “Vistas”, the dance department’s fall concert, audiences...

“Now Circa Then” uses the past to tell a modern story

Smruthi Maganti, Arts & Entertainment Editor November 2, 2017

On Oct. 27 and 28, Players’ Theatre Group (PTG) took over the Eldred Black Box Theater to bring to life the classic story of a young girl moving to New York City, this time with a twist. The small...

“Into the Woods” takes the stage

Isabel Torres-Padin, Staff Reporter October 27, 2017

The CWRU Footlighters is Case Western Reserve University’s very own student-run musical theater group. Every semester, they put on a musicalーusually in Carlton Commonsーwhich is a fully staged...

“Boy gets girl” displays uncomfortable truths on stage

“Boy gets girl” displays uncomfortable truths on stage

Chloe Mieras, Staff Reporter October 27, 2017

“The boy sees the girl and falls in love. They begin a tentative relationship一but what happens when the girl ultimately says ‘no?’” Players’ Theater Group tackled this story in their newest...

Two-man show wows in the Black Box

Two-man show wows in the Black Box

Victoria Radcliffe, Staff Reporter October 27, 2017

This past week, fourth-year student Brett DiCello and second-year student Tony Monczewski, both theater and biomedical engineering majors, brought two artists to life in the Eldred Black Box with Players’...

Theater undergraduates to act with the Cleveland Public Theater

Victoria Radcliffe, Contributing Reporter October 6, 2017

JP Peralta and Nailah Mathews, both third-year theater students, have secured roles in shows with the Cleveland Public Theater. Peralta is acting as Zhang Sallerendos in Eric Coble’s “The Family Claxon”...

A reminder that vulnerability is not weakness

Max McPheeters, Staff Reporter September 29, 2017

The first Eldred Theater main stage show of this year is “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” by Paul Zindel, and will run both this weekend and next weekend. The production is directed...

Our favorite sponge sings his way into our hearts

Victoria Radcliffe, Contributing Reporter September 29, 2017

The cast recording of the world premiere of “SpongeBob Squarepants: The New Musical” was released on Sept. 22 and features songs written by beloved artists such as Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Panic!...

Players Theater Group staged Sophocles Elektra as part of their spring 2017 season.

Players’ Theater Group plans for season ahead

Smruthi Maganti, Arts & Entertainment Editor September 22, 2017

Just last week, Players’ Theater Group (PTG) began its preparations for the season ahead in earnest, auditioning students for its plays for the coming semester. One of three theater-oriented organizations...

“Love and Information”: a tribute to the daily lives of CWRU students

“Love and Information”: a tribute to the daily lives of CWRU students

Max McPheeters, Contributing Reporter September 1, 2017

For this year’s Welcome Back Show, the Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater is staging a production of Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information” at the Black Box at the Eldred Theater...

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