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  • Vpstart Crow presents – The complete works of William Shakespeare (abridged) The student run theatre club Vpstart Crow will perform The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 in the Studio Theater and Studio…

    April 19, 2012 Vpstart Crow presents – The complete works of William Shakespeare (abridged) The student run theatre club Vpstart Crow will perform The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 in the Studio Theater and Studio Theater lobby. Here’s what the original company, Reduced Shakespeare Company, that produced this show had to say about Shakespeare (abridged): “All 37 plays in 97 minutes! The Complete Works of William

  • Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies get a second look in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) at Pacific Lutheran University. The Shakespearean-inspired production runs in Studio Theater on March 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30pm and March 20 at 2pm. Constance, a quirky professor, attempts…

    frivolity and fun of theatrical transformation,” explains Anderson. “The play is fast-paced, unpredictable–and yet, it’s also a very human story about finding one’s way after you’ve been on the wrong path. It’s a bit of a dichotomy in how Constance balances the intellectualism of being a Shakespeare scholar with the absurdity of confronting the comedic truth of her work. The play is a romp that will entertain those with no Shakespeare experience as well as those who laugh at the in-jokes of academic

  • Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies get a second look in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) at Pacific Lutheran University. The Shakespearean-inspired production runs in Studio Theater on March 10, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30pm and March 20 at 2pm. Constance, a quirky professor, attempts…

    frivolity and fun of theatrical transformation,” explains Anderson. “The play is fast-paced, unpredictable–and yet, it’s also a very human story about finding one’s way after you’ve been on the wrong path. It’s a bit of a dichotomy in how Constance balances the intellectualism of being a Shakespeare scholar with the absurdity of confronting the comedic truth of her work. The play is a romp that will entertain those with no Shakespeare experience as well as those who laugh at the in-jokes of academic

  • TACOMA, Wash. (April 14, 2015)—If you were to mix Indiana Jones with Steve Irwin and sprinkle in extensive knowledge of Shakespeare and the English language, you just might get Pacific Lutheran University Professor of English Dr. Charles Bergman. From climbing into wolf dens in Alaska,…

    Professor Charles Bergman’s PLU ‘Swan Song’ is a Talk About Penguins Posted by: Sandy Dunham / April 14, 2015 Image: Professor Charles Bergman holds a penguin on South Africa’s Robben Island, where he spent two weeks researching penguins for a Smithsonian article. (Photo courtesy of Charles Bergman) April 14, 2015 By Evan Heringer '16PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, Wash. (April 14, 2015)—If you were to mix Indiana Jones with Steve Irwin and sprinkle in extensive knowledge of Shakespeare

  • A madcap story of mistaken identity featuring two sets of identical twins separated at birth is none other than William Shakespeare ’s play Comedy of Errors . Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Theatre & Dance will present the slapstick comedy October 31 – November 3,…

    Seeing Double with Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: Reesa

  • A madcap story of mistaken identity featuring two sets of identical twins separated at birth is none other than William Shakespeare ’s play Comedy of Errors . Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Theatre & Dance will present the slapstick comedy October 31 – November 3,…

    Seeing Double with Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: Reesa

  • “This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet ”  December 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and December 11 – 2pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Director’s Note Romeo and Juliet. Four hundred and nineteen years ago, William Shakespeare penned…

    Student production disrupts time in new Romeo and Juliet Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 8, 2016 December 8, 2016 “This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet ”  December 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and December 11 – 2pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Director's NoteRomeo and Juliet. Four hundred and nineteen years ago, William Shakespeare penned what would go on to be one of the most produced love stories ever written. So then why pick this show? There

  • Actor finds community, continuity fuels his work Danforth Comins ’97 is an Old Timer. He is, at least, compared to many other resident actors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In his ninth year at the country’s largest resident theater, he has spent a comparative lifetime…

    March 24, 2011 Actor finds community, continuity fuels his work Danforth Comins ’97 is an Old Timer. He is, at least, compared to many other resident actors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In his ninth year at the country’s largest resident theater, he has spent a comparative lifetime at the Ashland, Ore., company. The ability to settle-in and become a part of the local community is one of the things he loves about his work with the company. “I’m unlike so many people in my profession – I

  • To catch Josh Wallace, you’ll have to call him — and he’ll probably be on the move when you do so. The busy MBA student is juggling school classes, his job as a marketing intern… and a starring role in The Fern Shakespeare Company’s “Othello,”…

    starring role in The Fern Shakespeare Company’s “Othello,” which opens December 6.Wallace, 23, attended high school in Texas, and chose Pacific Lutheran University for his fine arts undergraduate degree focused on acting and directing. He moved around a lot as a child. “I never felt like I belonged somewhere, and wanted that community feeling.” He found it at PLU.    Our signature rain and grey isn’t quite the weather found in the Dallas suburbs, where Wallace grew up. “But the weather encourages you

  • “This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet ”  December 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and December 11 – 2pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Director’s Note Romeo and Juliet. Four hundred and nineteen years ago, William Shakespeare penned…

    Student production disrupts time in new Romeo and Juliet Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 8, 2016 December 8, 2016 “This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet ”  December 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and December 11 – 2pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Director's NoteRomeo and Juliet. Four hundred and nineteen years ago, William Shakespeare penned what would go on to be one of the most produced love stories ever written. So then why pick this show? There