The Southern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance is holding its final production of the semester: Alice Childress’ “Wedding Band: A Love-Hate Story in Black and White.” The two-act play, which explores themes such as racism, loneliness, social injustice and community, was written in 1962 and first performed in 1966 at the University of.
“Wedding Band,” the provocative and unsparing story of interracial love set against the backdrop of World War I in Charleston, South Carolina, will play out in the intimacy of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Christian H. Moe Laboratory Theater starting Nov. 30.
Life. Death. Love. And a second chance. ‘Ride the Cyclone,’ a comedic yet profound musical with Canadian roots, will make its Southern Illinois University premiere at the McLeod Theatre this Thursday. Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond’s tale of life, death and regrets was first brought to life fifteen years ago at a theater in Victoria,.
“Audiences should come along for the ‘ride,’" Shultz said, adding no pun intended. “The show is darkly comic and hopeful at the same time. Musically, you’ll hear everything from rap
The carnival deaths of six teenagers and their subsequent efforts to be the one chosen to come back to life hits Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s McLeod Theater stage Oct. 12-15 as the School of Theater and Dance opens its 2023-2024 season with the dark comic musical “Ride the Cyclone.”