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Student honors play 'The Good Doctor' to portray absurdity, surprises in life

February 22, 2019

Combine classic tales by famed Russian writer Anton Chekhov with the wit and whimsy of Neil Simon, the author of many Broadway hits, and the result is "The Good Doctor," a series of 10 vignettes in one play, to take the stage in March as SUNY Oswego's annual student honors production.

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'Blanco Posnet' characters to re-create George Bernard Shaw play with 'voices alone'

November 19, 2018

The SUNY Oswego theatre department will present a one-performance staged reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, of famed playwright George Bernard Shaw’s “The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet: A Sermon in Crude Melodrama.”

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'Shape of Things' to explore 'losing yourself' in intense relationships

November 1, 2018

The SUNY Oswego theatre department next month will present playwright Neil LaBute's romantic drama "The Shape of Things," a "shocking" production that exposes four college students entangled in relationships to harsh life lessons about moral conflicts.

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Video preview: 'The Shape of Things' examines love, choices, identity

November 1, 2018

The upcoming SUNY Oswego production "The Shape of Things," running Nov. 7 to 11 in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre. looks at love, choices and identity.

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Off-stage team helps 'Shape' play into 'collaborative art form'

October 30, 2018

As the SUNY Oswego theatre department approaches opening night Wednesday, Nov. 7, for Neil Labute's "The Shape of Things," the students on the production team help mold a play that emphasizes the power of manipulation in relationships.

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Storytelling class to present 'A Night at Oswego Town Rural Cemetery' Oct. 26

October 17, 2018

A SUNY Oswego storytelling class will bring the tales of local historical figures to life during "A Night at the Oswego Town Rural Cemetery" on Friday, Oct. 26.

Community

Theatre, film classes team up for 7th annual children’s weekend

April 26, 2018

Students and faculty from SUNY Oswego’s "Children’s Literature and Film" and "Storytelling" classes will use their respective arts in a free presentation of children’s stories at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Oswego Public Library.

Society

‘Not Someone Like Me’ to provide powerful survivors’ tales

April 17, 2018

An April 30 SUNY Oswego production of “Not Someone Like Me” followed by a panel presentation will bring forward the stories of survivors of sexual violence to try to make a positive change.

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Comic musical 'Urinetown' satirizes corrupt politicians, greed

April 10, 2018

SUNY Oswego’s presentation of “Urinetown: The Musical” offers a satirical view on what many communities experience: official corruption, corporate greed and an ecological crisis.

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'Urinetown' pair balances acting, dancing roles in college's spring musical

March 29, 2018

Audiences can see the balancing act of SUNY Oswego student cast members Michaela Buckley and Shelby Gilbert -- balance acting and their roles as dance captains -- as the college presents "Urinetown: The Musical," opening at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in Waterman Theatre.