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"Director Melanie Stewart explains the play as being very “meta” which in theater has to do with the creation of a production and the “bones” behind a dramatic show." -Contributor / Gillian Kenney

Rowan’s “Monster: A Frankenstein Play” turns Tohill Theater into a realm of experimentation

Madison Miller February 28, 2024

Rowan students who came out to see “Monster: A Frankenstein Play” at the Tohill Theater, which ran over the weekend from Feb. 22-25, may have been expecting to see a unique take on the classic tale....

"Some advice that Giannattasio is based on growing, learning, and evolving as an artist and performer." - Photo via Giannattasio's Instgram

Dancing through degrees: Valentina Giannattasio’s dual journey in marketing and dance at Rowan

Dylan Francis January 31, 2024

Valentina Giannattasio dances to many different tunes during her time here at Rowan University. She double majors in Marketing and Dance with a CUGS (Certificate of Undergraduate Study) in Sustainable...

"Auditions were held in Bozorth Hall room 118. West was looking to cast five different parts for the film. These roles include the older brother Angelo and his younger sister Leonetta, who are at the heart of the story." - Photo via Adobe Stock

Rowan Cinema Workshop kicks off spring productions with auditions for “Stella Cadente”

Sean Walker January 31, 2024

This past weekend, on Jan. 27 and 28, Rowan Cinema Workshop held auditions for the first of their four upcoming spring productions, Stella Cadente. The film is set to start shooting on Feb. 18 and wrap...

"The play featured scenes that represented the most horrifying and disturbingly common aspects of the genocide." - Managing Editor / Abigail Twiford

Holocaust resonance: Unveiling the powerful narrative of “Five Survivors Tell the World”

Abigail Twiford November 15, 2023

Five Survivors Tell the World is a play about five young Jewish women who survived the horrors of several different concentration camps during the Holocaust. The play was written and directed by Anthony...

The cast of "Trail to Oregon!" performed several shows starting April 14. - Staff Photographer / Grace Fox

Lab Theater’s “Trail to Oregon!”: Just hope the audience doesn’t give you dysentery

Berry Andres April 19, 2023

In a show that began with encouraged cursing from the audience and ended with watching the entire cast go skinny dipping in clothes that revealed artistically-placed patches of hair, Rowan Lab Theater’s...

Rowan Department of Theater puts on "Head Over Heels" musical. - Arts and Entertainment Intern / Al Harmon

Head Over Heels: A Celebration of Queer Identities and Empowerment

Al Harmon April 12, 2023

Last weekend, the Department of Theatre & Dance performed a rendition of the musical "Head Over Heels." Christopher Roche, an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, directed the...

"Equus" had a four-day run from Feb, 16 - 19. - Staff Writer / Abigail Twiford

Rowan production “Equus” focuses on themes of religion, queerness and intolerance

Abigail Twiford February 22, 2023

On Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Tohill Theater connected to Bunce Hall, the College of Performing Arts' Department of Theater and Dance celebrated their opening night of “Equus.” The play, written by...

Rowan Lab Theatre presented "Perfect Arrangement" Nov. 11-13. - Photo / Elliot Colahan

Rowan Lab Theatre presents “Perfect Arrangement” for the fall season

Joshua Ayers November 16, 2022

I recently had the pleasure of attending the first showing of Rowan Lab Theatre’s limited run of “Perfect Arrangement” by American playwright, Topher Payne. Senior theater major, Elliot Colahan,...

Eurydice, played by Kayla Bowe, shields herself from the rain as she enters the underworld. /  Kristin Guglietti

Eurydice and relationships with men

Kristin Guglietti March 4, 2020

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl is a play based off the ancient Greek story Orpheus and Eurydice. The show directed by Christopher Marlowe Roche, puts the old story about two desperate lovers into a modern light. Right...

Samuel Beckett's works, including "Breath" and "Company," were performed by the Rowan Department of Theatre and Dance. - Photo courtesy of ribbonfarm

Department of Theatre and Dance gives ‘Breath’ to Samuel Beckett’s classics

Sanjana Kondapalli October 31, 2018

From Oct. 26 to 28, the Rowan Department of Theater & Dance presented "Breath: A Festival of Samuel Beckett Shorts and Prose." This play includes eight smaller pieces by Samuel Beckett, all weaved...

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