Tagged: theater

Calliope presents: Cyrano de Bergerac

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 […]

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Another response to the A.R.T. Ajax

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, […]

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Ajax in Afghanistan, revisited

February 14, 2011 at 4:18 pm

Professor Steve Esposito, a longtime member of the Core Humanities faculty and associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Classics, writes about a recent Core excursion to a new theatrical version of Ajax… This weekend, 85 Core students and 10 members of the Core faculty attended the very successful production of Sophocles’ […]

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Tonight: Sarah Benson at the BU Castle

February 3, 2011 at 2:03 pm

The American Repertory Theater is putting up a production of Sophocles’ Ajax this month, a world-premiere of this particular translation. This evening, Obie Award-winning director Sarah Benson will speak about her experience directing classical Greek plays professionally, and about her work on the upcoming production. This event is part of the Core-sponsored series of lectures […]

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