January 30, 2012 at 11:35 am
As many of you know every year Core and Classics does an informal but wild Aristophanes play, with students and faculty joining in. The time has come once more to think of Aristophanes, candy-throwing, and phallic processions. We will be having a preliminary meeting for anyone interested in being part of the show this Wednesday, [...]
December 7, 2011 at 1:21 pm
From Erin McDonagh (Core ’08, CAS ’10), member of the EnCore Steering Committee: As Core alums, we all know that no one understood war or tragedy like the ancient Greeks. In Theater of War, actors read excerpts from Sophocles’ tragedies Ajax and Philoctetes, with the aim of drawing attention to the challenges faced by veterans [...]
December 6, 2011 at 9:57 am
Theater of War participants and Columbia student veterans discuss a performance on the Columbia campus. Theater of War is an innovative project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays as a catalyst for town-hall discussions about the challenges faced by our soldiers and veterans. This unique stage production and panel discussion is designed to raise [...]
October 19, 2011 at 11:58 am
Come and enjoy various scenes from famous plays and works of literature performed and directed by the Core student and Core alumni members of Calliope Project theater troupe. The pieces at this Friday”s show are drawn from sources including Hamlet, Eurydice, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, and the poetry [...]
October 12, 2011 at 8:57 am
The “Arab Shakespeare Trilogy”: Staging a Region in Tumult, 2002-2011 What: Lunch and public conversation with video examples from Sulayman Al-Bassam’s “Arab Shakespeare Trilogy” Who: Anglo-Kuwaiti theater director Al-Bassam, MLCL Arabic literature professor Margaret Litvin, and interested students and faculty When: Wednesday Oct 12, 12-2pm. Buffet lunch will be served before and during the talk. [...]
The Calliope Project, a campus theater troupe composed of Core students and alumni, is putting up a production of Cyrano de Bergerac as their mainstage show this semester. Last weekend’s opening performances were received quite enthusiastically. You have the chance to see the Calliope players in either of the last two shows, either tonight or [...]
March 29, 2011 at 6:56 pm
From the 2011 production of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac by The Calliope Project. Sponsored by Boston University’s Core Curriculum. Directed by Elizabeth Ramirez. Trailer by John Sanderson with permission from the Hal Leonard Corporation
March 28, 2011 at 10:24 am
This year’s calliope mainstage Cyrano de Bergerac opened this weekend, and well over a hundred students and theater-lovers went, saw, enjoyed. Tickets are available in the Core office for this weekend’s shows, 7 PM on Friday and Saturday both, April 1st and 2nd. Stop by CAS 119 to purchase yours for $5. Tickets may also [...]
February 14, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Prof. David Roochnik, Core seminar leader, lecturer, and professor in the Department of Philosophy, wrote in to the Core blog to share this thoughts about the production of Ajax Core students and faculty attended this weekend. Interesting production. Brilliant idea to use the video screens for the chorus. But the disconnected speeches they uttered were, [...]
