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A scene from “The Covid Decameron” (WCSU Theatre Dept. Facebook page photo)
DANBURY, CT - The Spring Virtual Production Series at Western Connecticut State University continues on Saturday when the stream for The Covid Decameron was shared. Armed with my season pass, I pushed the play button on my monitor to enjoy the projects prepared by a large group of university students.
Dramaturg Sydney Maher explains in her note in the virtual program that this project was inspired by a collection of novellas that was among the countless works of art that came out during the Renaissance, which took place despite The Black Death (or the Bubonic plague) that was gripping Europe and Asia. The Decameron was written by Giovanni Boccaccio and followed a group of ten people who fled to a villa outside of Florence to escape the plague. There the seven women and three men told 100 stories over the course of ten days; each day addressed a different topic and focused on morality, of the
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DANBURY, CT - The Western CT State University Department of Theatre Arts opened their Spring Virtual Production Series with the play SWEAT, written by Lynn Nottage. The production was directed and adapted to the screen by Tim Howard.
Since the series is scheduled to include four productions, I was surprised to discover that this was a fully-staged version of the play, convincingly acted by the WCSU students. I was expecting The editing of the stream may not have been flawless, but overall it was very, very good, making the two acts a pleasure for me to watch.twice, actually.
UpdatedMon, May 3, 2021 at 3:51 pm ET
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(WCSU Theatre photo)
DANBURY, CT - Western Connecticut State University s production of William Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream, directed and adapted by Theatre Chair Pamela McDaniel, premiered on Friday. This is the second installment in the theatre department s Spring Virtual Production Series that runs through May 9.
A Midsummer Night s Dream belongs to the early-middle period of Shakespeare s work, full of poetry in the lines he wrote, creating almost a musical without music. This wildly popular play is frequently adapted today. NewArts, the performing arts wing of the 1214 Foundation, produced an original musical based upon the play entitled A ROCKIN Midsummer Night s Dream with music by Eric Svejcar. Both casts of the Newtown-area young performers went on to record the original cast album with Broadway Records.
Shrewbury actor to star in `Midsummer Night’s Dream
Courtesy of Western Connecticut State University
Shrewsbury resident Will Stewich will star in the Western Connecticut State University Department of Theatre Arts s production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” part of the Spring Virtual Production Series, directed and adapted by Pam McDaniel. The production will stream April 30 and May 9.
The series comprises four productions that will be broadcast twice over two weekends spanning April 29, through May 9. A ticket to each performance date will allow the purchaser to access the show over the course of 24 hours that day.
Streaming on Thursday, April 29, and Saturday, May 8, is “SWEAT” by Lynn Nottage, directed by Tim Howard. “SWEAT” tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets and laughs while working together on the factory floor.