Tag Archive for ‘Kevin Browne’
Play Delights, Shocks Audience
When it comes to imaginary friends, Calvin has Hobbes, Pete has a dragon, and Christopher Robin has Winnie the Pooh. What sets these companions apart from Lucy’s imaginary friend, Mr. Marmalade, is that Hobbes doesn’t beat Calvin, the dragon doesn’t have a cocaine problem, and Winnie the Pooh doesn’t smell like alcohol. Thursday night’s opening [...]
Festival of One-Act Plays Begins
Need a break before final exams? Instead of watching Internet videos or renting a movie, check out the festival of one act plays that begins tonight and runs through Thursday in the Snow Fine Arts Center. Each year, Kevin Browne, associate professor of theatre, gives students in the his directing class the opportunity to direct [...]
Improv Troupe Forms on Campus
Things are about to get a lot funnier around here. A group of students in the Mass Communication and Theatre Department is forming an improvisation troupe on campus. They have submitted their paperwork to the university to become a Registered Student Organization (RSO) this semester. They are awaiting approval, according to Alex Huey, a senior theater major [...]
Improv Class Invades Student Center
If you were in the Student Center about 1:10 p.m. yesterday, you probably noticed the small group of people moving among the students and faculty in a manner resembling something from Monty Python. Most people noticed and gathered to watch as the 15 students marched and bounced through the lunchtime crowd at a hurried pace. They were completely expressionless, as [...]
Review: A Different Kind of Play
From the first moments of the UCA Theatre production of “The Skin of Our Teeth” by Thornton Wilder, the audience knew this would be a different kind of play. The audience is introduced to the Antrobus family, whose members are about 5,000 years old. Their pets are a mammoth and dinosaur. The characters chat with the audience from the [...]
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