Theatre Department

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Just a few weeks ago, Nebraska Wesleyan University student James Hamrick was rehearsing lines for the rock musical “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.”

The summer theatre opportunity in his native city of Houston, Texas, would add another experience to his already impressive resume.

But an interesting change of events has Hamrick changing his summer plans.

Joan Korte’s eyes light up with excitement when she describes the costuming for the upcoming production, Learned Ladies.

“Think cupcakes,” she says, describing the fluffy, colorful, period costumes for the Molière comedy set to open on Thursday, April 12.

Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre Department will hold its fall One-Act Play Festival November 18-21. The student-directed one acts will be performed in two sets.

The first set will be held on Thursday, November 18 and Saturday, November 20, featuring the following one acts:

Nebraska Wesleyan University senior Cristiana Barbatelli was excited about her role as Aunt Eller in the university’s recent musical Oklahoma! Having just returned from an apprenticeship at the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Festival, Barbatelli was eager share her new skills with an audience.

Nebraska Wesleyan University’s next theatre production will tell the ancient Greek myth Iphigenia.

A retired French professor and his wife will be recognized for their dedication and support of NWU theatre during the opening weekend of the production Hay Fever.