Theatre Studies Production

Location: Sternberger Auditorium (and simulcast in the Carnegie Room) • Time: 5:00-6:00 PM

In departmental productions, students apply techniques learned in the classroom to the creative problem solving involved in designing, rehearsing, marketing and presenting a fully realized production to the community. Each project is a collaboration of dozens of students working with faculty guidance in many areas. Research for each production involves extensive study of the “world of the play”; study of the given circumstances provided by the playwright; script analysis; and identification and pursuit of the purposeful transaction in which the production hopes to involve its audience. In "Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays", an A-list line-up of writers offers unique takes on the moments before, during, and after “I do.” Witty, warm, and occasionally wacky, these plays are vows to the blessings of equality, the universal challenges of relationships, and the often hilarious power of love. By addressing such an important part of our society, "Standing on Ceremony" indeed proves that theatre has the ability to unite a community in a shared experience that can promote understanding and prompt change. In addition to performing these plays at Guilford College, the Department of Theatre Studies will be taking these plays to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland over the summer to perform.

“Standing on Ceremony" is being performed in Sternberger Auditorium at 5pm. In addition it will be simulcast in the Carnegie Room in Hege Library: a student representative from Theatre Studies will be with the simulcast to answer questions about the Fringe and the project.