HENRY V tech day!
Saturday was a low key tech day which is what I always shoot for. All the sound for the show is live so the big focus was lights. Kris Dietrich created a space/set that utilizes light beautifully....
View ArticleWeek 2 of HENRY V!
It has been so rewarding watching the storytelling deepen. Hearing the language used more richly. Seeing the physicality of the actors become more specific. Today, I’m thinking about what it means...
View ArticleThe Week After
This is our first week after the closing of HENRY V. The entire H5 team blew it out on the last day striking the set along with the rest of the Theatre Department. The cast party was a pizza break...
View ArticleBack drop for “The Drunkard”
As we are preparing for our upcoming musical “The Drunkard”, we have been making our own back drop. Some of our students have done similar work but for most of those involved it is new. The finished...
View ArticlePreparing The Drunkard!
With the opening of the show this week, we wanted to share a couple of photos of the construction work in process… And a few of the work in the costume shop… We’ve put a lot of time and energy...
View ArticleICE ISLAND: The Wait for Shackleton
This week, we open our first production of the year, Ice Island : The Wait for Shackleton by Marjorie Duffield. It tells the story of the crew of The Endeavor, who faced the loss of their ship on...
View ArticleLOOK AWAY by Jerome Kilty opens February 12th
Student-directed Look Away will kick off the spring season of shows at Belhaven. Student blogger, Eric Henderson shares his thoughts on this stirring piece of theatre being produced in our Second...
View Articleearly rehearsal for Don Quixote
One of our productions for this semester is a devised theatre work based on the novel Don Quixote – which will be in production in November. Devised theatre is a process of creating a play as an...
View ArticleThe Glass Menagerie
Belhaven University Theatre Department will present Tennessee Williams’ timeless memory play The Glass Menagerie September 27-30 in Barber Auditorium in the Library building on Belhaven’s main campus....
View ArticleDon Quixote update
As we continue to workshop our devised production of Don Quixote, we’ll post some photos from time to time. Here’s a couple from the first week of October – our process is to break the story down into...
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