{"id":11825,"date":"2019-02-13T13:40:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T17:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=11825"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:52:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T15:52:43","slug":"senior-performance-series-opens-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/senior-performance-series-opens-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Performance Series Runs Through Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College students are continuing the tradition of directing and performing in their own thought-provoking theater productions this week through the Festival Playhouse\u2019s Senior Performance Series.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9160\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9160\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/playhouse-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Senior Performance Series\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/playhouse-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/playhouse-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/playhouse-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/playhouse-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/playhouse.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior Performance Series shows are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14-Saturday, Feb. 16, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s Senior Performance Series shows are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Exception and the Rule<\/em>, directed by Mitch Herr &#8217;19; and<\/li>\n<li><em>Realm of the Dead<\/em>, written by Hunter Himelhoch \u201919 and directed by Louise Thomas \u201919.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Exception and the Rule<\/em> is about a merchant who rushes to Sacramento seeking wealth only to encounter self-imposed difficulties. The characters represent different areas of socioeconomic power and demonstrate problems inherent in a capitalist society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/political-science\/\">political science<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/theatre\/\">theatre arts<\/a> double major, getting to stage a play by Bertolt Brecht, one of the most prominent political theatre practitioners, is a huge honor and lesson,\u201d Herr said. \u201cThe experimental nature of this play is still unusual in today&#8217;s theatre, even though he crafted [the play] in 1930.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRealm of the Dead\u201d explores figures from Yiddish folklore, specifically Lilith and the Angel of Death, and their relationships to each other, humanity and a Jewish girl named Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent about a year working on it and I\u2019m really glad that it is being produced at K since it has given me the chance to fine-tune the show,\u201d Himelhoch said. \u201cIt\u2019s been very interesting to hear the actors\u2019 interpretations of the script because they have greatly influenced this new version. I can\u2019t wait for the audience to see it and I hope that they will enjoy the experience as much as I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shows are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, through Saturday, Feb. 16, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Dungeon Theatre. General admission tickets will be available at the door. They\u2019re free for Kalamazoo College students and employees with a College ID and $5 for the public.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/theatre\/festival\/\">http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/theatre\/festival\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo College students are continuing the tradition of directing and performing in their own thought-provoking theater productions this week through the Festival Playhouse\u2019s Senior Performance Series. 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loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9160\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/09\/playhouse-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Senior Performance Series\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior Performance Series shows are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14-Saturday, Feb. 16, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s Senior Performance Series shows are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Exception and the Rule<\/em>, directed by Mitch Herr &#8217;19; and<\/li>\n<li><em>Realm of the Dead<\/em>, written by Hunter Himelhoch \u201919 and directed by Louise Thomas \u201919.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The Exception and the Rule<\/em> is about a merchant who rushes to Sacramento seeking wealth only to encounter self-imposed difficulties. The characters represent different areas of socioeconomic power and demonstrate problems inherent in a capitalist society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/political-science\/\">political science<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/theatre\/\">theatre arts<\/a> double major, getting to stage a play by Bertolt Brecht, one of the most prominent political theatre practitioners, is a huge honor and lesson,\u201d Herr said. \u201cThe experimental nature of this play is still unusual in today&#8217;s theatre, even though he crafted [the play] in 1930.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRealm of the Dead\u201d explores figures from Yiddish folklore, specifically Lilith and the Angel of Death, and their relationships to each other, humanity and a Jewish girl named Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent about a year working on it and I\u2019m really glad that it is being produced at K since it has given me the chance to fine-tune the show,\u201d Himelhoch said. \u201cIt\u2019s been very interesting to hear the actors\u2019 interpretations of the script because they have greatly influenced this new version. I can\u2019t wait for the audience to see it and I hope that they will enjoy the experience as much as I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shows are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, through Saturday, Feb. 16, with a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Dungeon Theatre. General admission tickets will be available at the door. They\u2019re free for Kalamazoo College students and employees with a College ID and $5 for the public.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/theatre\/festival\/\">http:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/theatre\/festival\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11825"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18204,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11825\/revisions\/18204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11825"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=11825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}