Fine Arts

Author: Al

  • Double Reed & Double Bass: Vecchione & Erdahl Making New Happen

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    “Quick! Name as many pieces as you can think of written for double bass and oboe. Sorry, time’s up.” Bruce Hodges opened the Juilliard Journal On-Line review of the Vecchione/Erdahl Duo’s cd, It Takes Two… with this question. And even the most ardent classical music enthusiast would be pressed to name one work. The Vecchione/Erdahl…

  • Gustavus Theatre Connections Strong with St. Croix Festival Theatre

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    St. Croix Festival Theatre’s 20th Anniversary Summer Season includes productions of Jean Anouilh’s To Fool the Eye, Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard’s Red, White and Tuna and concludes with the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play Proof by David Auburn. Included in the casts are Shane Jensen ’10, Christian DeMarais ’11 and faculty emeritus…

  • Belpedio Chosen for Publication in Theatre Design & Technology Magazine

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    Gustavus Adolphus College senior Erin Belpedio has been selected to have her lighting design display published in the upcoming summer issue of Theatre Design & Technology magazine. Belpedio showcased her lighting display for Falling Awake: A Physical Theatre Project, at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s (USITT) national conference Design Expo in Kansas City,…

  • Seham Returns to Fringe Festival with Premiere of FW: RE: Mom Update

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    Playwright Amy Seham, chair of the department and professor of theatre and dance at Gustavus Adolphus College, returns for the seventh time to Minnesota’s Fringe Festival in August with her newest play, FW: RE: Mom Update. Directed by Diane Mountford and featuring a cast of Gustavus alumni, St. Peter and Minneapolis-based actors, Seham brings her…

  • Gustavus Alumni to Perform at Minnesota Fringe Festival

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    Four Gustavus Adolphus College alumni are preparing to perform in the production of Professor/Choreographer Jeffrey Peterson’s Thinkingaview at this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival Aug. 6-14.

  • Gustavus Theatre & Dance Season Announced

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    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 season, highlighting the influence of William Shakespeare with three Shakespeare inspired production, including Shakespeare’s R&J, a Shakespeare Performance Showcase and the season finale of Hamlet. The 2010-2011 dance season opens with a performance by the Stuart Pimsler Dance and…

  • Klitzke ’10 Cast in Shakespeare & Co. 35th Season and Fringe Festival

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    Jordan Klitzke ’10 didn’t take a break after graduation and sit around wondering what life holds for him. Instead, the Eden Prairie native moved from graduation in May to rehearsals in June for productions of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shakespeare and Company, followed by rehearsals for his Fringe Festival…

  • Sarah Jabar ’10 Finding Her Rhythm

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    Graduating from Gustavus in May didn’t mean that choreographer/dancer Sarah Jabar would be leaving dance behind as she ventured into the “real world.” Quite the opposite, the 2010 graduate and Plymouth native, with majors in psychology and dance, has found her way into Minnesota’s thriving dance and theatre community and the time to continue to…

  • Grinding, Welding and Lots of Bronze

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    For the second year, senior philosophy major and musician Alexander Legeros left the Gustavus campus and returned home for the summer to work in his father’s business — something not altogether unusual for a college student. For Legeros, however, that means packing his books and his bassoon and trading them for grinders, welders, hearing and…

  • Hagberg Awarded McKnight Composition Fellowship

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    Singer/songwriter Neal Hagberg, Class of 1981, has been awarded a McKnight Composition Fellowship for 2010. Rarely given to a singer/songwriter, Hagberg received the $25,000 fellowship to “continue and expand the creative work he has been doing with his solo cd project It’s Not As Simple As It Seems.” This is Hagberg’s second McKnight Fellowship. The…