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News & Events
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‘Almost, Maine’ to bring laughs, love through live online production »
11/2/2020
The Radford University Department of Theatre and Cinema will bring the lighthearted comedy, “Almost, Maine” to homes around the world over a five-day run beginning in early November. The story follows a series of tender-hearted, funny, and mildly surreal encounters in the fictional town of Almost, Maine.
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Theatre students, faculty shine during ‘Leaves of the Tree’ opening »
10/1/2020
During the recent gallery opening festivities for “Leaves of the Tree” and “More Leaves of the Tree,” faculty and students from the Department of Theatre and Cinema performed a series of monologues and sonnets at the locations of various trees across campus.
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Arts education in the age of coronavirus »
9/29/2020
Teaching the arts during a pandemic has presented a variety of challenges for the College of Visual and Performing Arts. However, innovative members of our artistic community have developed creative, effective ways to ensure that students are receiving a quality educational experience during these extraordinary times.
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Theatre offers multiple online performances »
9/28/2020
The Radford University Department of Theatre and Cinema opens this season with two sets of student-directed, one-act plays that will be presented in alternating performances as part of the program’s Studio Series. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, all 2020 theatre productions will be streamed online.
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Music, theatre collaborate for Dickens holiday performance »
12/2/2019
On Friday, December 6, 2019, the Department of Music will present “A Christmas Carol: Songs and Readings of the Dickens Classic.”
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Steinbeck’s 'The Grapes of Wrath' comes to Radford University »
10/23/2019
The American Shakespeare Center’s 2019/20 National Tour comes to Radford University with a free public performance of Steinbeck’s Great American Novel, “The Grapes of Wrath,” on November 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Bondurant Auditorium in Preston Hall.
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‘Darkside’ to bring perils of space exploration to stage »
9/30/2019
“Darkside” is the story of three American astronauts on a fictitious Apollo 18 mission who become stranded on the moon as their command module pilot suffers a mental breakdown. The play runs on October 23 through 26 at 7:30 p.m., with a final performance on October 27 at 2:00 p.m. in Hawes Studio Theatre in Porterfield Hall.
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Offbeat comedy ‘Wonder of the World’ coming to Pridemore Playhouse »
9/25/2019
On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. the Department of Theatre and Cinema will debut “Wonder of the World” to audiences at Pridemore Playhouse in Porterfield Hall. The production is a comedy written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire.
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'Walk to Defeat ALS' with Dean Devaney »
8/21/2019
Walk to Defeat ALS with CVPA Dean Margaret Devaney on Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Hollins University. Proceeds from the event will be used to support research, care servicesand advocacy to enact public policies that improve the lives of those living with ALS.