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Festival Playhouse presents: Water by the Spoonful

by Quiara Alegría HudesDirected by Bianca Washington May 20-23, 2021 Set Design by Lanny PottsProjection by Angela Mammel ’22Costumes by Lori SandsPhotography by Andy Krieger Reference the Water by the Spoonful program for further credits and information. Reflections Alonte Mitchell ’21 (Odessa/Haikumom): I’m so happy that Water by the Spoonful was the last show I did at K […]

Festival Playhouse presents: The Compass

by Michael RohdDirected by Dr. “C” Heaps February 25-28, 2021 Set Design by Lanny PottsProjection by Angela Mammel ’22Costumes by Lori SandsPhotography by Andy Krieger Reference The Compass program for further credits and information. Reflections Emma Fergusson ’22 (Prosecutor, Ms. Ellis): This was a really cool show. Being able to put this production on a physical stage […]

Festival Playhouse Newsletter- Week 10 SP’21

It’s Week 10 and our last week of the school year, if I can get a little sappy over here about 2 things: First, Congratulations Theatre Seniors! Of course every senior class is special, but I was hired in 2017 so this is the first class I’ve watched go from little wide-eyed freshman to full fledged adults ready to take on […]

Festival Playhouse Newsletter- Week 9 SP’21

Are you thinking about the end of the school year yet? Wrap up those papers and finish up those projects- you’re in the home stretch because it’s the end of WEEK 9 y’all! Before we get down to all the amazing things happening this weekend and upcoming week, I want to give a big warm hearty CONGRATULATIONS […]

Festival Playhouse Newsletter- Week 7 SP’21

Hello everybody and welcome to the end of Week 7! We’re so excited for Water By the Spoonful coming up next week and speaking of Water By the Spoonful we still need ushers for this production; please contact Daniel Whitcomb, House Manager, at Daniel.Whitcomb17@kzoo.edu As we’re thinking about our next show, we’d like to mention our ACTF nominees from last […]

Festival Playhouse Newsletter- Week 6 SP’21

Internships available!Check out Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, MI: bluelake.org as well as Meadow Brook Theatre, MI.Stop by and check out the postings on the bulletin boards near the main office for more information and ideas! Art Hop tonight!-Friday, May 7. Enjoy a walk downtown to the different galleries. Jon’s studio, Combat Ready Art, is in […]

Festival Playhouse Newsletter- Week 5 SP’21

What a glorious day–and weekend ahead! Get out and enjoy the spring air and bouquets of flowers in gardens! Take a walk to WMU’s campus…the Waldo Pond (just a ¼ mile or so from our athletic center) is a great destination point, complete with benches near the water for reflection, and turtles in the pond […]

Festival Playhouse presents our 2021-22 Season, Black is Beautiful: An Ode to Black Life, Love, and Strength

Festival Playhouse of Kalamazoo College presents its 58th season, Black is Beautiful: An Ode to Black Life, Love, and Strength. This season will support living Black playwrights by producing their work and support our own community though access to Black narratives that are not tragedy-centric or exploitative of trauma. These upcoming productions use wit, satire and thoughtfully […]

Alumnus Spotlight: Hutch Pimentel ’12

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This winter, we’re continuing our alumni spotlight series, featuring even more of our favorite Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts Department alumni! This week, we talked to Hutch Pimentel ’12. While at K, he/they directed two shows: Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat. He/they also wrote a Theatre Arts SIP titled […]

Theatre Arts Alumni and Asian-American Representation

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Two Kalamazoo College Theatre Arts alumni have recently been involved with projects which are sparking discussion about Asian-American representation in United States media. Joe Tracz ’04 created the Netflix show Dash & Lily, which is an adaptation of the Dash & Lily book series. Steven Yeun ’05, on the other hand, stars in an A24 […]