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‘Passion Play’ entertains while asking ‘big enough’ questions https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2014/12/09/passion-play-entertains-while-asking-big-enough-questions/

‘Passion Play’ entertains while asking ‘big enough’ questions Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 Passion Play shows three communities, Queen Elizabeth’s England, Hitler’s Germany, and Reagan’s America, attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ. The play takes the audience on a humorous, but unsettling journey as it examines the intersection of religion and politics. The play is the featured Alpha Psi Omega (APO), the national theatre honor society

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& Staff Across PLU! Harstad Women Empowerment & Gender Equity Social Mixer! Snacks: charcuterie board and fruit & lemonadeFriday, 9/16/223:00PM-4:30PMHarstad 1st floor lounge Block Party (Featuring Rock the Vote & Engagement Fair) Join Residence Hall Association (RHA) and Associated Students of PLU (ASPLU; PLU's Student Government) for an epic block party event featuring music & dancing, registering to vote, and meeting/mingling with PLU & Parkland clubs and organizations! Friday, 9/16/224:00PM-8

A passion for dance, a call to teach https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2015/09/04/a-passion-for-dance-a-call-to-teach/

A passion for dance, a call to teach Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015 For Ariella Brown, dance has always been her passion, but not always her full-time job. While working behind a desk during the day, and carving out time in the evening to dance, she realized those few hours would never satisfy her. She made the decision to get an advanced dance degree with hopes of someday teaching at the university level. In graduate school, she taught students who wanted to

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process and connect them with study away opportunities that match their goals. Students should also consider the level of independence or structure/support that would be the best fit. For students that would thrive in a higher-support environment, J-Term courses could be a good option as students will have the support of a PLU faculty member who leads the program and teaches. With semester programs, there are programs that are more structured with a higher level of support from onsite staff and

Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2023/02/28/theatre-professor-amanda-sweger-finds-family-in-the-theatre/

Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 28, 2023 Image: Image: Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger in Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) February 28, 2023 By Lisa Patterson ‘98PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterLike it did for so many, the theatre called to Associate Professor Amanda Sweger when she was in those awkward teen years. “For the first time, I felt accepted,” she said. Yet she

Full Transcripts – Resolute Online: Winter 2018 https://www.plu.edu/resolute/winter-2018/alumni-news/full-audio-transcript/

people about it, they are often surprised. Maybe it isn’t so surprising given what we learned at PLU — the values of a liberal arts education: going to small classes, and knowing our professors. We also learned a lot playing basketball on a team that traveled long hours on buses, playing in a cracker box gym, receiving five dollars for meal money each day, warming up before games to gospel music played on an old pipe organ. These experiences teach you something no class really can: teamwork

How I Learned to Drive – a vehicle toward empowerment https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2013/03/03/how-i-learned-to-drive-a-vehicle-toward-empowerment/

How I Learned to Drive – a vehicle toward empowerment Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 3, 2013 March 3, 2013 How I Learned to Drive, by Paula Vogel, opens March 8 in the Studio Theater of the new Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Often described as one of the most disturbing love stories in theatre, How I Learned to Drive contains issues of pedophilia, incest and misogyny. The audience is urged to examine their relationship with the term

Steel Magnolias opens March 5 in the Studio Theater https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2015/03/03/steel-magnolias-opens-march-5-in-the-studio-theater/

Steel Magnolias opens March 5 in the Studio Theater Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 3, 2015 March 3, 2015 With a stream of hairspray PLU will enter the 80’s for the spring production of Steel Magnolias. The production runs for two weekends in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theater, March 5 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and March 15 at 2 p.m. The play, set in a small town in Louisiana, features an all-female cast. The scene is set in Truvy’s in-home beauty salon

APO’s One-Act Festival, Accidental Love, opens January 23 https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2013/01/19/apos-one-act-festival-accidental-love-opens-january-23/

Mitchell Helton ’15, Forbidden Fruit by George Jay Smith, directed by Jill Heinecke ’13, and Between Red and White by Kate Howland ’12, directed by Joshua Parmenter ’15. “This is a really great mix of shows with a really great mix of students, some who’ve been performing since high school and others who are in their first production,“ says Jill Heinecke ’13, who is directing Forbidden Fruit. The students are challenged with this quick turnaround production – they audition, rehearse, open and close in

Q&A with RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/qa-with-rha-president-hezekiah-goodwin-22/

Q&A with RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 Posted by: vcraker / November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 By By Zach Powers '10Director of Marketing and Communications The PLU Residence Hall Association, or RHA, brings students together for social events, community forums, and to advocate for residence hall-related issues. RHA president Hezekiah Goodwin ’22 thinks of his role in building a vibrant student community as a campus vocation. We met with him on the first day of class to discuss the