Tag: Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

TheatreFEST’s Production of Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder Is an Enthralling Whodunit

N.C. State University Theatre's will open its two-show TheatreFest 2019 with Agatha Christie's Go Back for Murder on June 6-9 and 15-16 in NCSU's Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

Last weekend, N.C. State University Theatre opened TheatreFEST 2019 with Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder, a very different sort of “whodunit” murder mystery, directed by Mia Self. The play is based on Christie’s 1942 Hercule Poirot mystery Five Little Pigs; in the play, Poirot (the novel’s Belgian detective) has been replaced by a solicitor… Continue reading TheatreFEST’s Production of Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder Is an Enthralling Whodunit

Nuns Are Dying to Have Fun in Dan Goggin’s Nunsense, Now Playing at TheatreFest 2018

N.C. State University Theatre's TheatreFest 2018 production of Nunsense stars (from left) Kathy Norris, Lynda Clark, Riki Dows, Brett Williams, and JoAnne Dickinson (photo by Ron Foreman)

The Nunsense franchise must be huge, for it includes a whole line of greeting cards as well as six sequels to the original Nunsense, which N.C. State University Theatre is currently presenting as part of TheatreFest 2018. Dan Goggin is the creative genius behind these entertainments, writing music and lyrics, and creating one of the… Continue reading Nuns Are Dying to Have Fun in Dan Goggin’s Nunsense, Now Playing at TheatreFest 2018

N.C. State University Theatre’s Spy Story, The 39 Steps, Unleashes Nonstop Laughter

The 39 Steps stars (from left) Daryl Ray Carliles as Clown 2, Marisa Markoch as Annabella Schmidt et al., Jonathan King as Richard Hannay, and Gus Allen as Clown 1 (photo by Ron Foreman)

The first thing that N.C. State University Theatre “regulars” will notice about The 39 Steps is the drastic “remodeling” done in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in NCSU’s Frank Thompson Hall. Scenic designer Jayme Mellema has created an awesome replica of the interior of a 1935 theater in London’s West End, complete with balcony boxes and… Continue reading N.C. State University Theatre’s Spy Story, The 39 Steps, Unleashes Nonstop Laughter

Playwright/Performer Sylvia Milo Gives Voice to the Unsung Genius of The Other Mozart

N.C. State LIVE presented three SOLD-OUT performances of The Other Mozart, written and performed by Sylvia Milo, on Nov. 11th and 12th in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in Frank Thompson Hall

N.C. State LIVE brought Polish playwright, violinist, and actress Sylvia Milo and her internationally touring one-woman play, The Other Mozart, to N.C. State University’s Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre last weekend. Milo won the 2015 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Solo Performance as Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart (1751-1829), older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91).… Continue reading Playwright/Performer Sylvia Milo Gives Voice to the Unsung Genius of The Other Mozart

Gross Indecency at N.C. State Examines Oscar Wilde’s Passions

Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885; Section 11 (“gross indecency”): Any male person who, in public or private, commits, or is a party to the commission of, or procures, or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour,… Continue reading Gross Indecency at N.C. State Examines Oscar Wilde’s Passions