By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – There are two sides to Megan Coffin. You’ll see one of them on stage at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she’s a senior majoring in elementary education with a theater minor. That’s the quirky side, the person who played a giant bird in the recent UNK Theatre production of “Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe,” ended a war by withholding sex as the main character in “Lysistrata” and committed a murder while … [Read more...] about UNK senior Megan Coffin balances life as college student, military member
Theatre
UNK Theatre’s ‘She Kills Monsters’ opens Wednesday
KEARNEY – The University Theatre at Kearney presents “She Kills Monsters” Wednesday through Sunday at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The first show of the season at UNK, it is produced entirely by students and under the direction of senior Mary Joyce Storm of Curtis. A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, “She Kills Monsters” tells the story of Agnes Evans, a young woman leaving her childhood home following the death of her teenage sister, … [Read more...] about UNK Theatre’s ‘She Kills Monsters’ opens Wednesday
UNK Dance opens ‘place[S]paces’ with Thursday performance
KEARNEY – The University Theatre at Kearney and UNK Dance program present “place[S]paces” Thursday through Saturday at the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Miriam Drake Theatre. Director of Dance Noelle Bohaty explores the “interconnected nature of place and space through movement in both commercial and concert dance.” “place[S]paces” discovers the lenses through which we see movement in time, place and space. The evening features repertory and premiere works by UNK … [Read more...] about UNK Dance opens ‘place[S]paces’ with Thursday performance
UNK production ‘Eurydice’ selected for Kennedy Center event
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Director Noelle Bohaty broke the news to her performers in a very Grinch-like way. “Sometimes we do the work and we think it’s awesome and we’re not recognized for that, and that’s OK,” she told the University of Nebraska at Kearney students, keeping them in suspense for a few moments. “And sometimes we are,” she added. “This is the latter.” Screams, cheers and hugs followed as the students learned their production of … [Read more...] about UNK production ‘Eurydice’ selected for Kennedy Center event
UNK production ‘Orphan Train: The Musical’ opens Wednesday
University Theatre at Kearney’s season-opening production of “Orphan Train: The Musical” is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Miriam Drake Theatre inside UNK’s Fine Arts Building. The University of Nebraska at Kearney show dramatizes the Orphan Train Movement that relocated an estimated 250,000 orphaned and homeless children during a 75-year period from 1854 to 1929. “Orphan Train: The Musical” features a 22-member cast playing 37 … [Read more...] about UNK production ‘Orphan Train: The Musical’ opens Wednesday
