Fall Performing Arts Showcase
Lunchtime Matinee: Monday, December 5, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Evening 1: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Evening 2: Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Spring Performing Arts Festival
Lunchtime Matinee: Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Evening 1: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Evening 2: Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Dance Performance Ensemble Concerts
Fall: Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Spring: Friday, April 20, 2012 at 8:00 PM
The music department sponsors full evening length concerts by the college choir and Jazz Ensemble. These two groups have now become the core for our Performing Arts Showcase series, which presents two full evenings of works by our student performers every semester. Each show is a different event with a variety of material, including full-length choral masterworks, works from the a cappella tradition by the Chamber Choir. The Jazz ensemble presents a diverse selection of a wide variety of material, including big band standards and exciting arrangements of bebop, cool, and blues standards. The guitar program regularly presents works for both large and small groups, and recently has featured solo and duet performances by more advanced students. Students in the Digital music and Songwriting classes are offered opportunities to showcase their best materials as well. Although both the Dance and Theater Arts departments offer extensive programming of their own, the Performing Arts Showcases also offer an opportunity for those students to present their best works. The Dance Performance Ensemble performs hip-hop, jazz, modern, ballet, tap, and traditional Irish step dance. Students from Theater Arts classes have presented scenes from classical and modern repertory, as well as works written and produced by the students themselves.
Theatre Arts
Drama Club/Theatre Arts production
@ The Blackbox Theatre
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
November 10, 11, 12, 2011 at 8:00 PM; November 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Nora and her husband have what seems a perfect life…until a scandal arises which threatens to upset the balance of their home and security. A classic of the stage, A Doll’s House puts one marriage to the test , and the decision Nora makes has been described as “the door slam heard round the world.” This production contains adult themes.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Jared Reed-Biehl
Special Event, Thursday, December 1, 2011 (Pottstown) at 7:00 PM; Friday December 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM (Blue Bell)
A returning holiday tradition, come welcome the season with this heartwarming tale of redemption, faithfully adapted from Dickens’ story of the original Scrooge. A re-creation of the acting version that Dickens himself created, performed by Theatre Arts faculty member Jared Reed-Biehl.
Pretty Fire by Charlayne Woodard
Special Event, Friday, February 10, 2012 at 7:00 PM (Pottstown); Saturday February 11, 2012 at 8:00 PM (Blue Bell)
This stirring solo performance piece shows vignettes from one woman’s life growing up spending summers in the segregated South. A co-production with our Community Partner, Norristown’s Theatre Horizon, this moving evening filled with story and song features Cathy Simpson. This production contains adult themes and language.
The Day They Shot John Lennon by James McLure
April 19, 20, 21, 2012 at 8:00 PM; April 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM
It’s the morning after: nine people who would have never met on any other day gather in Central Park, just outside the spot where the music died on December 8, 1980. The Day They Shot John Lennon throws these people together to deal with this life changing event, with pathos, humor, tears, and some lingering questions. This production contains adult themes and language.
