Student Run Newspaper for McPherson College
By Jewel Marie The theatre department continued a tradition that has been honored for the last 30 years. Every two years, children from elementary schools across the McPherson and Moundridge school districts visit the campus to watch a live play, have fun and ask questions of the actors afterwards. Eight student actors have practiced the…
By S. Asher McPherson College Theatre Department started off the season with Mama Won’t Fly, written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten. This comedy follows Savanah and her mission to get her mom from Alabama to California for her brother’s wedding. While it sounds like an easy task, it turns into a whirlwind…
By Department of Theater Box Office The Theater Department begins its season this week with 20/20 Vision: a hybrid of Zoom recordings from current students & alumni. The collection is a celebration of all the ways theater has impacted McPherson College over the years. Visit: https://www.mcpherson.edu/programs/theatre/ for more information. “Molly Sweeney” by Brian Friel: Online, November “Molly…
By: Cali Godwin McPherson College Theatre began to wrap up the 2018-19 season with the school production of “Oliver” the musical. “Oliver”, takes place in the 1800s, and is based off of the popular Charles Dickens book “Oliver Twist”. McPherson College partnered with Washington Elementary for the production. Fourth and fifth grader played orphans and pick pocketers…
By: Emmy Goering The McPherson College Theater department presented their final show of the school year, “Far Away” by Caryl Churchill, on April 13th at 7:30pm in Mingenback Theatre. Although the play was only thirty minutes long, a large cast of 34 presented the show on the secondary stage in Mingenback Theatre. The play consisted…
By Toni Snyder The McPherson College Theatre Department’s season drew to a close on March 10th with “Another Antigone.” “Another Antigone” is a play by A.R. Gurney about a college student who tries to submit an essay based off of “Antigone,” but gets rejected by her professor. In a scramble to graduate on time,…
By: Gregory Roller Elephant and Piggie “We are In a Play” was an excellent play. The play was written by Mo Willems, and directed by Jd Bowman. It was about a pig named Piggie and an elephant named Gerald who were best friends and went on many adventures together. Piggie was played by Micaila Curtis…