Well, it has been a long semester, but now it has come to an end. I know this wasn't the best or most reliable blog, with update consistency plaguing my life, but it was fun and I learned a lot while doing it.
The future is a mysterious place; I can't say I know what's coming next, but I do know that I will not be continuing The Christmas City Curtain past the end of the semester. I still owe about 7 posts for class, so you can expect those to pop up (probably backdated to before this post) over the course of the next couple days. Once those are completed, the curtain will fall, the house lights will come up, and the (probably Christmas-themed at this time of year) lobby music will begin to play, and that will be that. Even the most fondly remembered production has to finish its run some time, and so it is for The Christmas City Curtain.
However, I've been thinking about the things I learned in this course, and the fun I've had with the blog, and started pondering a new idea. While I don't think this was the perfect set up for a blog (for me), I would like to try my hand at writing reviews, specifically of Progressive Rock albums. I can't say definitively that I will be going forward with such an idea right now, but I'm strongly considering starting such a blog once the semester is over and I've completed all the work I've got coming over the next week (and boy is it a lot!).
And with that, I leave you... after this.
If we bloggers have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but stumble'd here
While these blog posts did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a meme,
Redditors, do not us unfriend:
if you pardon, we will mend:
And, as we are all honest trolls,
If we have unearned lolz
Now to 'scape the flamer's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the blog a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your url, if we be friends,
And Harry shall restore amends.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Theatre Etiquette: Sit Down and Shut Up!
Most people already know how frustrating it can be to be in a movie theater with people who won't stop talking. You're trying to pay attention to what's being said, and you can lose entire pieces of dialogue to their insensitive babbling.
In Live Theatre, however, the problem is far worse. Now they're not only annoying the other audience members, they're distracting the performers.
This post is necessitated by a rather unpleasant theatre-going experience I had a few weeks ago. I was seeing Touchstone Theater's Halloween show Into The Dark. The doors opened, the crowd shuffled in and took their seats, the lights went down...
And two women behind me refused to stop talking. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SHOW.
This can go to different levels, and most actors know how to deal with a loud audience. Sometimes, though, it just gets ridiculous.
But it really doesn't matter what you're saying. You're in the theater. You paid money to be there. Probably at least $15. Now it's time to shut up. :)
(I feel like I need to add, it's fine to laugh if you find something funny. Laughter is desired. When something is funny, you don't need to stifle that.)
When I feel like talking, it always helps to remember: There's a special layer of hell for Child Molesters and People Who Talk At The Theater.
In Live Theatre, however, the problem is far worse. Now they're not only annoying the other audience members, they're distracting the performers.
This post is necessitated by a rather unpleasant theatre-going experience I had a few weeks ago. I was seeing Touchstone Theater's Halloween show Into The Dark. The doors opened, the crowd shuffled in and took their seats, the lights went down...
And two women behind me refused to stop talking. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SHOW.
This can go to different levels, and most actors know how to deal with a loud audience. Sometimes, though, it just gets ridiculous.
- Small bursts of whispered chatter are common, but manageable. People aren't likely to get too upset unless it goes on for long periods of time, or happens during very quiet sections of the play. If you need to ask a friend for clarification on a plot point, and you absolutely can't wait until intermission or after the show, try to make it as quick as possible. People around you might be annoyed, but you're taking that risk.
- Speaking above a whisper is likely to draw the ire of every other being in the theater. There is really no acceptable reason to be talking out loud while the play is going on. Intermission will be coming up, save your conversations for then!
- Yet, what these women did at this show was even more heinous; They spoke directly to one of the actresses as she was performing. Now, sometimes, there will be an audience participation element to a show, and then that's fine, but under any other circumstances this is ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. In this case, it was as a reaction to a jump scare from the beginning of the show, and the woman was repeatedly saying "Don't scream, don't scream, don't scream..."
But it really doesn't matter what you're saying. You're in the theater. You paid money to be there. Probably at least $15. Now it's time to shut up. :)
(I feel like I need to add, it's fine to laugh if you find something funny. Laughter is desired. When something is funny, you don't need to stifle that.)
When I feel like talking, it always helps to remember: There's a special layer of hell for Child Molesters and People Who Talk At The Theater.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Touchstone Theater Offers Halloween Thrills and Chills
Halloween is coming, and what better way to celebrate it than with a show? Luckily for you, Touchstone Theater on Bethlehem's South Side has you covered!
Touchstone has been a staple of Bethlehem's Theatre scene for more than 30 years, and is perhaps best known for its annual Christmas show, Christmas City Follies. Each year a small group of actors and a director get together near the end of October and begin writing an original show, in the form of a Vaudevillian Revue. Each year the show combines mountains of humor with a relentlessly heartwarming Christmas spirit. I had the chance to be in the show last year as an intern, and it was a blast.
Given the continued success of Follies, it is not surprising that starting this year, Touchstone is adapting that formula to Halloween, creating a new annual tradition in Into The Dark. This Halloween show will be premiering Oct 13 and running through Oct 23rd, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.
Touchstone's website, www.touchstone.org, describes the show thusly: "As the dry, crumbling leaves of autumn fall and the shadows lengthen, Touchstone proudly presents an eerie evening of experimental theatre. Our chilling cast of characters, suspenseful stories, and haunting vignettes explore the depths of terror that lurk within the human soul."
For those hoping to attend, tickets cost $25 or $15 for students, and all students are pay-what-you-will. This means that you can see the show for a smaller donation, or a larger one if you can afford it. The recommended donation is $5-$10.
This is a great opportunity to see some professional theater at a convenient location for a very reasonable price. Touchstone's ensemble works are always a real treat, and I know I'll be seeing it as soon as I have the opportunity.
Touchstone's productions are often quite popular, so if you intend to go on a Friday or Saturday (Or even one of the other days) it's a good idea to reserve tickets ahead of time, which can be done at 610.867.1689 or at their website, www.touchstone.org.
To Recap:
Touchstone has been a staple of Bethlehem's Theatre scene for more than 30 years, and is perhaps best known for its annual Christmas show, Christmas City Follies. Each year a small group of actors and a director get together near the end of October and begin writing an original show, in the form of a Vaudevillian Revue. Each year the show combines mountains of humor with a relentlessly heartwarming Christmas spirit. I had the chance to be in the show last year as an intern, and it was a blast.
Given the continued success of Follies, it is not surprising that starting this year, Touchstone is adapting that formula to Halloween, creating a new annual tradition in Into The Dark. This Halloween show will be premiering Oct 13 and running through Oct 23rd, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.
Touchstone's website, www.touchstone.org, describes the show thusly: "As the dry, crumbling leaves of autumn fall and the shadows lengthen, Touchstone proudly presents an eerie evening of experimental theatre. Our chilling cast of characters, suspenseful stories, and haunting vignettes explore the depths of terror that lurk within the human soul."
For those hoping to attend, tickets cost $25 or $15 for students, and all students are pay-what-you-will. This means that you can see the show for a smaller donation, or a larger one if you can afford it. The recommended donation is $5-$10.
This is a great opportunity to see some professional theater at a convenient location for a very reasonable price. Touchstone's ensemble works are always a real treat, and I know I'll be seeing it as soon as I have the opportunity.
Touchstone's productions are often quite popular, so if you intend to go on a Friday or Saturday (Or even one of the other days) it's a good idea to reserve tickets ahead of time, which can be done at 610.867.1689 or at their website, www.touchstone.org.
To Recap:
- When: Oct 13-15 and 20-22 at 8pm, Oct 16 and 23 at 2pm
- Where: Touchstone Theater, 321 E 3rd St Bethlehem PA 18015
- Tickets cost $25, $15 for students, or Pay What You Will on Oct 13 and 20.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Moravian College presents Good People Oct 14th
Keeping up with Moravian's Staged Reading series, while definitely rewarding, can be tough because they just keep coming!
First there was A Resting Place at Touchstone Theater, the early version of a play we'll be seeing come to life in spring of 2012.
Then we had Tooth And Claw on Oct. 7, which kicked off Moravian's Arena Theater for the season.
Next up we have Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire on Oct. 14, as directed by Music Faculty and resident Moravian Costume Designer Bill Bauman. The reading will feature a cast of Moravian College students who will be in rehearsal next week.
Moravian's season website describes the show thusly:
"Recently fired, single mother, ex-dollar store clerk, Margie, from Southie (aka: South Boston, a working class Irish neighborhood) decides to visit an old flame (Mike), now a married physician, to seek employment. Through a misunderstanding, Margie ends up at Mike's posh suburban home for his cancelled birthday party. The confrontation between Mike, his wife, and Margie leads us to the question: you can take the man out of Southie, but can you take the Southie out of the man?"
David Lindsay-Abaire is a playwright known for matching sharp wit and clever writing with touching looks at a grave reality, occasionally glimpsing absurdity. In 2007 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole, a beautiful story of how people deal with loss.
In Fall 2010, Bill Bauman directed a reading of Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead which was largely considered to be the most successful of last year's readings due to favorable reviews from students and faculty, and high attendance. This promises to be an interesting reading, as Bill always deliver.
What you need to know:
The next scheduled reading is All in the Timing by David Ives, which will be directed by Dan Marrero. The reading will take place Friday Oct. 8 at 8pm. Look for more information here as it gets closer.
Until next time!
First there was A Resting Place at Touchstone Theater, the early version of a play we'll be seeing come to life in spring of 2012.
Then we had Tooth And Claw on Oct. 7, which kicked off Moravian's Arena Theater for the season.
Next up we have Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire on Oct. 14, as directed by Music Faculty and resident Moravian Costume Designer Bill Bauman. The reading will feature a cast of Moravian College students who will be in rehearsal next week.
Moravian's season website describes the show thusly:
"Recently fired, single mother, ex-dollar store clerk, Margie, from Southie (aka: South Boston, a working class Irish neighborhood) decides to visit an old flame (Mike), now a married physician, to seek employment. Through a misunderstanding, Margie ends up at Mike's posh suburban home for his cancelled birthday party. The confrontation between Mike, his wife, and Margie leads us to the question: you can take the man out of Southie, but can you take the Southie out of the man?"
David Lindsay-Abaire is a playwright known for matching sharp wit and clever writing with touching looks at a grave reality, occasionally glimpsing absurdity. In 2007 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole, a beautiful story of how people deal with loss.
In Fall 2010, Bill Bauman directed a reading of Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead which was largely considered to be the most successful of last year's readings due to favorable reviews from students and faculty, and high attendance. This promises to be an interesting reading, as Bill always deliver.
What you need to know:
- When: Friday Oct. 14, 8 p.m.
- Where: The Arena Theater in the Hub.
- Free Admission.
- Arrive Early. It's a good idea to arrive early to ensure you get a seat. Last year, Confessions was almost a full house, and there's a risk of being turned away.
- Stay After if you have time, as there will be a talkback after the show in which you can ask the director or actors questions about the show, the process, or anything else you're interested in knowing. Regarding the play, at any rate.
The next scheduled reading is All in the Timing by David Ives, which will be directed by Dan Marrero. The reading will take place Friday Oct. 8 at 8pm. Look for more information here as it gets closer.
Until next time!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Moravian College Tooth and Claw Reading in Review
Friday the reading of Tooth and Claw took place in the Arena Theater on the bottom floor of the HUB building at Moravian College, as previously advertised. The Arena Theater was more than half-way full of people.
Christopher Shorr, the director of the Theater program at Moravian College, presented the blueprints his interpretation with this reading. The reading was semi-staged, which is a term for when a reading is loosely blocked. In a normal reading, actors will sit in a row of a chairs, remaining seated for the course of the show and reading from the script. While a staged reading still means the actors are reading from the script (As opposed to memorizing their lines), the actors are up on their feet whenever they are in a scene, and seated only when they are not involved in the action on stage. In this reading it was mostly fine, but some of the actors appeared to be bored or distracted at times when they were seated, which was distracting for the audience as well.
Accents and Spanish lines, of which there were many, provided some problems for the play as well. Not everyone in the cast knew Spanish, and that showed at times. For the most part the lines were delivered in tact, and some actors made the switches between Spanish and accented English flawlessly (Like Dr. Jones playing Congressman Mendoza). Other actors, however, had very forced accents and pronunciations of Spanish words that left a lot to be desired.
Gianna Miranda, who I interviewed in this previous post, played an excited and determined Dr. Schuyler Baines, Thom Eiser's portrayal of her father Dr. Malcolm Geary was wise and tastefully restrained, and Dr. Jones took the cake for the most powerful actor on the stage. Alanah Cervantes did a good job in multiple roles, always supplying tension and interest to the scenes she was in.
The next reading in the series will be of Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire on Oct 14 at 8PM. More information is available at http://home.moravian.edu/public/eng/theatre/index.htm
Christopher Shorr, the director of the Theater program at Moravian College, presented the blueprints his interpretation with this reading. The reading was semi-staged, which is a term for when a reading is loosely blocked. In a normal reading, actors will sit in a row of a chairs, remaining seated for the course of the show and reading from the script. While a staged reading still means the actors are reading from the script (As opposed to memorizing their lines), the actors are up on their feet whenever they are in a scene, and seated only when they are not involved in the action on stage. In this reading it was mostly fine, but some of the actors appeared to be bored or distracted at times when they were seated, which was distracting for the audience as well.
Accents and Spanish lines, of which there were many, provided some problems for the play as well. Not everyone in the cast knew Spanish, and that showed at times. For the most part the lines were delivered in tact, and some actors made the switches between Spanish and accented English flawlessly (Like Dr. Jones playing Congressman Mendoza). Other actors, however, had very forced accents and pronunciations of Spanish words that left a lot to be desired.
Gianna Miranda, who I interviewed in this previous post, played an excited and determined Dr. Schuyler Baines, Thom Eiser's portrayal of her father Dr. Malcolm Geary was wise and tastefully restrained, and Dr. Jones took the cake for the most powerful actor on the stage. Alanah Cervantes did a good job in multiple roles, always supplying tension and interest to the scenes she was in.
The next reading in the series will be of Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire on Oct 14 at 8PM. More information is available at http://home.moravian.edu/public/eng/theatre/index.htm
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Moravian Improv Comedy Troupe Performs Oct 1st
On Saturday, Oct 1st, an Improv Comedy night will be held in the Arena theater at 8PM. It will feature five members of the Moravian College Theatre House, a suite of students who have a special interest in Theatre. This will be the first of many Improv Nights, designed to reach out to students and get them interested about Theatre at Moravian.
Performing in the show will be students Jazzy Thomas, Phillip Wallens, Addison Rymar, and yours truly, Harry Matten Gillen. Adam Dart will be "emceeing" the event.
Phillip Wallens has taken charge of organizing the project, creating fliers, spreading the word, and ensuring performers are all up to speed with what is going on.
The show will be formatted somewhat like the classic TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, but Phillip warns not to compare it too closely. "We're not that good," he says humorously.
Admission will be free, and should be a very fun time for anyone who wants to join in. This will be a recurring event, and as we move futher into the year, plans are for the audience participation to become a larger factor.
All that said, if you're not doing anything on Saturday ad want to spend an evening with some fine artistic folks, meet some new friends, and have a good laugh with and/or at the performers, make sure you're in the Arena Theater by 8PM!
Performing in the show will be students Jazzy Thomas, Phillip Wallens, Addison Rymar, and yours truly, Harry Matten Gillen. Adam Dart will be "emceeing" the event.
Phillip Wallens has taken charge of organizing the project, creating fliers, spreading the word, and ensuring performers are all up to speed with what is going on.
The show will be formatted somewhat like the classic TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, but Phillip warns not to compare it too closely. "We're not that good," he says humorously.
Admission will be free, and should be a very fun time for anyone who wants to join in. This will be a recurring event, and as we move futher into the year, plans are for the audience participation to become a larger factor.
All that said, if you're not doing anything on Saturday ad want to spend an evening with some fine artistic folks, meet some new friends, and have a good laugh with and/or at the performers, make sure you're in the Arena Theater by 8PM!
Tooth and Claw Reading Friday the 30th
This Friday there will be a reading of the play Tooth and Claw by Michael Hollinger in the Arena Theater at Moravian College, starting at 8 pm. This is a part of the season's reading series, a new tradition at Moravian as of 2009, formally introduced last year.
I sat down with Gianna Miranda (a Moravian College Junior), the actress portraying the lead character Dr. Schuyler Baines for a short interview.
Harry Matten Gillen: So, Gianna. How did you first get involved with the Moravian College Theater Department?
Gianna Miranda: Well, my freshman year Kimberly Van Orden (Moravian College Senior, then and current Company Manager) was doing the [Student] Cabaret and I really wanted to participate in it but I couldn't because I had two concerts that weekend, since I'm a music major. I ended up helping Kim with the Cell Block Tango because she needed someone who had actual Tango experience.
HMG: So you were in Cell Block Tango then?
GM: No, I was the Tango choreographer.
HMG: Ah, okay.
GM: Then last year I was able to participate in the reading of "Frankly", and both perform and direct in the student cabaret. And that's how I got involved.
Harry: So did you attend any of the meetings at the beginning of the year?
GM: I went to one meeting at the beginning of freshman year, but then I got swamped with being a college freshman and didn't have time, and when I wanted to participate everything conflicted.
HMG: Understandable. So, Tooth and Claw. What's your role?
GM: I play Dr. Schuyler Baines. I am the new director of the Charles Darwin Research Center in the Galapagos Islands.
HMG: What should we expect?
GM: The play focuses on Schuyler arriving at the Galapagos and starting to get situated in her new job, trying to protect and save these giant tortoises, and in the journey to save the tortoises she encounters many problems with the natives of the islands.
HMG: Last year the reading of Escape was chosen largely to tie in to the yearly theme, 'China in Focus'. Does this reading tie into this year's theme of Poverty and Equality?
GM: Yes, it definitely does[...] There's a huge divide between Schuyler and the actual natives of the island, and the Ecuadorian Government. They see her as this rich gringa, who's just coming in and messing with things. For example, a giant conflict that exists is how she's trying to restrict the fishing of pepinos de mar, which are sea cucumbers. The problem is that they're overfishing and in the Galapagos, due to its ecological significance they don't want anything to really change. They don't want one species to boom, and they don't want other species to die off. The locals who are fishing for these pepinos prevent her from putting a limit on their fishing, because they make a lot of money from it. The fact that to them, Schuyler doesn't have to worry about money, but they have to over fish just so they can have money, is a huge conflict.
HMG: That sounds very interesting. Who else is involved in the show?
GM: Other students?
Harry: Students, faculty, whoever.
GM: Ariel Hudak, who plays my secretary, Thom Eiser plays Dr. Malcom Geary, a renowned Biologist with a specialty in birds. Alanah Cervantes is a chorus member, and Dana Smulkis reads the stage directions, among others.
HMG: Who's the director?
GM: Christopher Shorr! And Dr. Jones plays a member of the chorus, and Mendoza, the congressman of Galapagos.
HMG: Anything else we should know?
GM: The play itself, the way it's formatted is really interesting. Malcom, Dr. Geary, functions as a narrator as well as a character in the play, and he's almost more important as the narrator. It's structured kind of like a science lecture, where he talks about Evolution in his narration, and that covers scene changes and you learn a lot of important points none of the other characters know.
HMG: And when is it?
GM: It is Friday at 8 pm in the Arena Theater.
HMG: Well, thank you for your time and I look forward to seeing it on Friday!
For those wishing to attend, here's what you need to know:
I sat down with Gianna Miranda (a Moravian College Junior), the actress portraying the lead character Dr. Schuyler Baines for a short interview.
Harry Matten Gillen: So, Gianna. How did you first get involved with the Moravian College Theater Department?
Gianna Miranda: Well, my freshman year Kimberly Van Orden (Moravian College Senior, then and current Company Manager) was doing the [Student] Cabaret and I really wanted to participate in it but I couldn't because I had two concerts that weekend, since I'm a music major. I ended up helping Kim with the Cell Block Tango because she needed someone who had actual Tango experience.
HMG: So you were in Cell Block Tango then?
GM: No, I was the Tango choreographer.
HMG: Ah, okay.
GM: Then last year I was able to participate in the reading of "Frankly", and both perform and direct in the student cabaret. And that's how I got involved.
Harry: So did you attend any of the meetings at the beginning of the year?
GM: I went to one meeting at the beginning of freshman year, but then I got swamped with being a college freshman and didn't have time, and when I wanted to participate everything conflicted.
HMG: Understandable. So, Tooth and Claw. What's your role?
GM: I play Dr. Schuyler Baines. I am the new director of the Charles Darwin Research Center in the Galapagos Islands.
HMG: What should we expect?
GM: The play focuses on Schuyler arriving at the Galapagos and starting to get situated in her new job, trying to protect and save these giant tortoises, and in the journey to save the tortoises she encounters many problems with the natives of the islands.
HMG: Last year the reading of Escape was chosen largely to tie in to the yearly theme, 'China in Focus'. Does this reading tie into this year's theme of Poverty and Equality?
GM: Yes, it definitely does[...] There's a huge divide between Schuyler and the actual natives of the island, and the Ecuadorian Government. They see her as this rich gringa, who's just coming in and messing with things. For example, a giant conflict that exists is how she's trying to restrict the fishing of pepinos de mar, which are sea cucumbers. The problem is that they're overfishing and in the Galapagos, due to its ecological significance they don't want anything to really change. They don't want one species to boom, and they don't want other species to die off. The locals who are fishing for these pepinos prevent her from putting a limit on their fishing, because they make a lot of money from it. The fact that to them, Schuyler doesn't have to worry about money, but they have to over fish just so they can have money, is a huge conflict.
HMG: That sounds very interesting. Who else is involved in the show?
GM: Other students?
Harry: Students, faculty, whoever.
GM: Ariel Hudak, who plays my secretary, Thom Eiser plays Dr. Malcom Geary, a renowned Biologist with a specialty in birds. Alanah Cervantes is a chorus member, and Dana Smulkis reads the stage directions, among others.
HMG: Who's the director?
GM: Christopher Shorr! And Dr. Jones plays a member of the chorus, and Mendoza, the congressman of Galapagos.
HMG: Anything else we should know?
GM: The play itself, the way it's formatted is really interesting. Malcom, Dr. Geary, functions as a narrator as well as a character in the play, and he's almost more important as the narrator. It's structured kind of like a science lecture, where he talks about Evolution in his narration, and that covers scene changes and you learn a lot of important points none of the other characters know.
HMG: And when is it?
GM: It is Friday at 8 pm in the Arena Theater.
HMG: Well, thank you for your time and I look forward to seeing it on Friday!
For those wishing to attend, here's what you need to know:
- When: Friday the 30th at 8pm.
- Where: In the Arena Theater, bottom floor of the Haupert Union Building.
- Admission is free, but it's recommended you show up early to ensure you get a seat.
The Student Cabaret
If you've talked to anyone from the Theater Company here at Moravian College at any length, you've probably heard, at least in passing, about the annual Student Cabaret here at Moravian. But what is it? When is it? Where does it take place, who runs it, and why does it exist? Today I will answer these questions, so you can get involved if you so desire, or just enjoy the performance when it comes around!
Key points are:
More information is available at http://home.moravian.edu/public/eng/theatre/index.htm.
This is a great jumping-off point to get involved in the Moravian College Theatre Company. If you have any interest at all, keep your eyes and ears open for when the audition date is announced, and get involved!
Thank you for your time,
Harry Matten Gillen
Key points are:
- The Student Cabaret, a yearly tradition since 2010, takes place around February each year. This year it will be performed 4 times, Feb 23-25 at 8pm and Feb 26 at 2pm.
- The show is run entirely by students, and entirely for students with a focus on fun, learning, and camaraderie.
- Anyone with a talent they would like to share is welcome to audition and perform in the Cabaret.
- For those hoping to get involved, auditions will be coming up soon. The auditions will be held October 6 at 6pm.
- Rehearsals last from the point of auditions through the show in February, less Winter Break.
- The time commitment is minor (About one-two hours/week per piece) until the weeks immediately leading up to the show, and you can do as many or as few pieces as you want.
- Beginners are welcome! Again, the biggest goal of the show is to learn and have fun!
More information is available at http://home.moravian.edu/public/eng/theatre/index.htm.
This is a great jumping-off point to get involved in the Moravian College Theatre Company. If you have any interest at all, keep your eyes and ears open for when the audition date is announced, and get involved!
Thank you for your time,
Harry Matten Gillen
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Why I'm Blogging.
Hello, Bethlehem! My name is Harry Matten Gillen and I will be running this blog, The Christmas City Curtain! (Cue Fanfare)
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The purpose of this blog will be to track the goings-on of the Bethlehem, PA art scene. This blog will mostly focus on upcoming events in local Theatre, Music, and Visual Art, with the intention of informing those interested how they can get involved, or just to keep up with what's going on.
Again, my name is Harry Matten Gillen. I'm a local actor, poet, and musician, with an intense interest in local arts. I have interned at Touchstone Theater on southside, I work as a Stage Hand at Zoellner Arts Center, I studied Theatre and Music at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, Northampton Community College, and Moravian College, and I have been involved in many productions as both an actor and crew. I've played in local bands and many an open mic night, and have met and talk to many of the best local musicians and theatre artists.
The reason I'm creating this blog now is because of a class I'm taking, but it's something I've been interested in doing for much longer. It's fair to say I wouldn't have been motivated enough to start it without the class, but I may continue it after the class is over if it works out well and doesn't conflict with other projects I'll be doing by then. We'll see what happens.
So, if you want to know:
I'd like to end this post with a thank you to everyone who reads it. Suggestions and comments are always welcome!
Thanks for your time,
Harry Matten Gillen
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The purpose of this blog will be to track the goings-on of the Bethlehem, PA art scene. This blog will mostly focus on upcoming events in local Theatre, Music, and Visual Art, with the intention of informing those interested how they can get involved, or just to keep up with what's going on.
Again, my name is Harry Matten Gillen. I'm a local actor, poet, and musician, with an intense interest in local arts. I have interned at Touchstone Theater on southside, I work as a Stage Hand at Zoellner Arts Center, I studied Theatre and Music at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, Northampton Community College, and Moravian College, and I have been involved in many productions as both an actor and crew. I've played in local bands and many an open mic night, and have met and talk to many of the best local musicians and theatre artists.
The reason I'm creating this blog now is because of a class I'm taking, but it's something I've been interested in doing for much longer. It's fair to say I wouldn't have been motivated enough to start it without the class, but I may continue it after the class is over if it works out well and doesn't conflict with other projects I'll be doing by then. We'll see what happens.
So, if you want to know:
- What shows will be in the area, when, and how much it will be to see them
- What opportunities are coming up to get involved in the arts both on and off campus
- What's generally going on in the area, new developments etc.
I'd like to end this post with a thank you to everyone who reads it. Suggestions and comments are always welcome!
Thanks for your time,
Harry Matten Gillen
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