theater

Gift makes collection available for public access and education The Karamu House guest book alone is extraordinary, with such signatories as Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, musicians from Duke Ellington's Orchestra and visitors from across the globe. The theatre’s historic…

By John Garcia While students' focus might be on the end of spring classes, the fall semester will be here soon enough. Undergraduate registration for the fall semester starts today (April 26); depending on the school, graduate program registration may already have started or may begin in the…

Members of the community are invited to a production of In the Continuum, which was written by Danai Gurira (who played Okoye in Black Panther) and Nikkole Salter, and made it to Off-Broadway while both women were still in grad school. It tells the parallel stories of two black women, one in Los…

Join Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater for a free online presentation of its first show of the season: a staged reading of The Liar. David Ives’ ‘translaptation’ of this 17th century comedy blends Elizabethan-style verse and modern language, relishing in its own rhyming word…

The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts Acting Program will host an online production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot this week, featuring the program’s Class of 2022. Written by Pulitzer Prize Award-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, this play takes the audience…

2020 (hindsight), the latest Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater production, is a time capsule: The virtual production is a compilation of student experiences amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the form of monologues, poems and dances. Performances will be held today (Nov. 12)…

2020 (hindsight) is the November 2020 production from the Department of Theater at Case Western Reserve University, directed by faculty member Beth McGee. During this live presentation over Zoom, students will perform original monologues, poems and dances reflecting on their experiences with the…

Case Western Reserve’s theater department lost one of its most loyal supporters when adjunct associate professor Kevin Moore died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 24. Managing director of the Cleveland Play House (CPH) since 2007, Moore actively engaged in the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program, regularly…

While this semester is different, the Department of Theater invites all Case Western Reserve University students to reflect on their experiences in a unique way. 2020 (hindsight) is a world premiere original play written by students. CWRU Students are invited to write personal essays for a live…

Kevin Inouye, assistant professor of theater, recently had a book published titled The Screen Combat Handbook. The book uses practical instruction, examples, interviews and illustrations to show how effective fight sequences can be put on-screen. Inouye includes sections on pre-production planning,…