{"id":3287,"date":"2013-08-29T15:39:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T19:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2022-03-24T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:37:35","slug":"time-to-reprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/time-to-reprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Reprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3289\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/ail-Griffin-UNCOMMON-WOMEN-AND-OTHERS-19861.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3289 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/ail-Griffin-UNCOMMON-WOMEN-AND-OTHERS-19861.jpg\" alt=\"Kalamazoo College alumna Gail Griffin\" width=\"237\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/ail-Griffin-UNCOMMON-WOMEN-AND-OTHERS-19861.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/08\/ail-Griffin-UNCOMMON-WOMEN-AND-OTHERS-19861-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Griffin in the 1986 Festival Playhouse production of UNCOMMON WOMEN AND OTHERS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s been 50 years of great theatre at Festival Playhouse of Kalamazoo College. What have been the highlights? And who should choose? Let\u2019s start with the people who have acted and directed many of that half century of productions. They have picked their favorites, and you can enjoy them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Evening of Kalamazoo College Theatre Alumni Scenes<\/strong> occurs <strong>Saturday, October 19<\/strong>, at <strong>4 PM<\/strong> in the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse. Alumni of past Festival Playhouse productions will present staged readings of their favorite plays. On the schedule:<\/p>\n<p>William Shakespeare\u2019s <em>Hamlet<\/em>, featuring <strong>Emilia LaPenta \u201910<\/strong> and <strong>Emily Harpe \u201908<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p><em>Top Girls<\/em>, by Caryl Churchill, featuring <strong>Wa-Louisa Hubbard \u201903<\/strong>, <strong>Lisa Ludwinsk \u201906<\/strong>, <strong>Anne LaTarte \u201903<\/strong>, and <strong>Betsy King \u201905<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p><em>Uncommon Women and Others<\/em>, by Wendy Wasserstein, featuring recently retired Professor of English <strong>Gail Griffin<\/strong> and <strong>Laura Livingstone-McNellis \u201989<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p><em>Pullman, WA<\/em>, by Young Jean Lee, featuring <strong>Ryan Hatch \u201904<\/strong> and <strong>Matt Pieknik \u201904<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p><em>Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992<\/em>, by Anna Deavere Smith, featuring <strong>Kristala Pouncy \u201902<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p><em>subUrbia<\/em>, by Eric Bogosian, featuring <strong>Ben Harpe \u201909<\/strong> and <strong>Paul Whitehouse \u201908<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p><em>Waiting for Godot<\/em>, by Samuel Beckett, featuring <strong>Todd Beck \u201960<\/strong> and <strong>Bill Vincent \u201960<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 50 years of great theatre at Festival Playhouse of Kalamazoo College. 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What have been the highlights? And who should choose? Let\u2019s start with the people who have acted and directed many of that half century of productions. They have picked their favorites, and you can enjoy them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Evening of Kalamazoo College Theatre Alumni Scenes<\/strong> occurs <strong>Saturday, October 19<\/strong>, at <strong>4 PM<\/strong> in the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse. Alumni of past Festival Playhouse productions will present staged readings of their favorite plays. 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