Theater
24h Plays Festival XIV
The 24-hour Play Festival is a biannual tradition now in its 14th semester at Harvard.
The Ugly Duckling
Every year for the past 14 years, the Sunken Garden Children’s Theater revives a portion of every undergraduate’s childhood by putting on a performance of “The Ugly Duckling,” a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The performances run all through the weekend of Arts First.
Fat Men in Skirts!!!?!
“What if we’re two loons, nutty as fruitcakes, and there’s no one else around as a sanity barometer?” asks matriarch ...
‘Untitled’ Seeks Mystery
Enigma is the intrigue of “The Untitled Project,” a self-conscious play that breaks the barrier between audience and actor, and focuses on the very process of making theater. The hour-long show will run in multiple locations—ranging from the Signet Society to the Holyoke Center Gallery—from Friday to Sunday, and aims to separate itself from the typical trajectory of many of today’s plays by remaining somewhat mysterious.
The Ugly Duckling
Cast members from the Sunken Garden Children’s Theater sing during a midnight rehearsal.
Into the Woods
Sondheim’s play is in itself alive with magic and mystery, but what is most enchanting about this production is the incredible energy that its cast brings to the stage.
Talisa Friedman '10
“I’m pretty boring,” says Talisa B. Friedman ’10, who in reality, is anything but. Alongside Carolyn W. Holding ’10, she was recently awarded the Jonathan Levy Award in Drama by the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA), a prize recognizing the most promising undergraduate actor or actress in the College.
Beth Shields '10
“The set is important in how you initially visually perceive a production,” says Beth G. Shields ’10.
Jack Cutmore-Scott ’10
Inspiring, magnetic, and daring are words that frequently appear in descriptions of theatrical superstar J. Jack Cutmore-Scott ’10.
Michael Zellmann-Rohrer ’10
When one considers that during his time at Harvard College, Michael W. Zellmann-Rohrer ‘10 has served as lighting designer for over 40 college theater productions, a fellow technician’s description of Zellmann-Rohrer as “a bright spot among others” becomes fitting in more ways than one.
Christine Bendorf ’10
“I’m still getting over bronchitis and my show opens tomorrow!” A statement like this doesn’t sound so incredulous coming from Christine K. L. Bendorf ’10
Jordan Reddout ’10
Though some may call Jordan A. Reddout ’10 a “late-bloomer” in musical theatrics, her enthusiasm and talent both on and off the stage have earned her the Radcliffe Doris Cohen Levi Prize
Into the Woods
Into the Woods, directed by Jordan Reddout '10 blends classic fairy tales with the story of a baker and his wife. The show is playing in the Loeb Mainstage theater through Saturday, May 1st.
