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Plays for equality

The Western Michigan University Theatre Department will be simultaneously joining more than 40 other theatres across the world in raising awareness about marriage equality in a series of plays titled “Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays” Monday, Nov. 7 in the D. Terry Williams theatre at 8 p.m.  

With previous participation in a worldwide readings in years past, Joan Herrington, WMU Theatre Department Chair, believes this will send an important message.

“The shows have been written by some of the most well-known contemporary playwrights and some shows are humorous, some serious and some are quite sad; but they all address the questions of equality and equal rights for all citizens very effectively,” Herrington said. 

Comprised of nine short plays, this show, according to the Standing on Ceremony webpage, offers a night of witty, warm, and occasionally wacky vows to the blessings of equality, where the universal challenges of relationships and the often hilarious power of love occurs during unique moments before, during and after the ‘I do.

Source: Western Herald

Plays for equality | Western Herald

by LynnHodorek

The Western Michigan University Theatre Department will be simultaneously joining more than 40 other theatres across the world in raising awareness about marriage equality in a series of plays titled “Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays” Monday, Nov. 7 in the D. Terry Williams theatre at 8 p.m.  

With previous participation in a worldwide readings in years past, Joan Herrington, WMU Theatre Department Chair, believes this will send an important message.

“The shows have been written by some of the most well-known contemporary playwrights and some shows are humorous, some serious and some are quite sad; but they all address the questions of equality and equal rights for all citizens very effectively,” Herrington said. 

Comprised of nine short plays, this show, according to the Standing on Ceremony webpage, offers a night of witty, warm, and occasionally wacky vows to the blessings of equality, where the universal challenges of relationships and the often hilarious power of love occurs during unique moments before, during and after the ‘I do....

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Arts & Humanities Seek to End Western Civilization! Or, How ...

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Arts & Humanities Seek to End Western Civilization! Or, How Aristotle Gave Us Kim Kardashian

by Dr. Shelby Q. Egglesworth

Never doubt how dangerous creativity is.  Take democracy, for example.

Two thousand years ago, the Greeks invented theatre, which gave birth to democracy , and started Western Civ on its long and winding road.  Now, just this week, the Greeks say they want to be democratic again and vote on the Euro bailout plan, which has sent world financial markets into calamity.  It’s entirely possible that the Euro will crash, the European Union will dissolve, and fascism will rise again.  All because of satyr plays in an Athenian amphitheatre 500 years BC.  If it weren’t for theatre, my stock portfolio would be better right now.

Creativity moves stealthily, then sucker-punches us with unintended consequences. It’s like a Rube Goldberg machine.  The arts and humanities are like a set of mismatched dominoes that, nonetheless, topple each other, and then topple the rest of us.

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Plays for equality

Western Herald - Dec 31, 1969

The Western Michigan University Theatre Department will be simultaneously joining more than 40 other theatres across the world in raising awareness about marriage equality in a series of plays titled “Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays”

Theatre of Western Springs adds hearing loop

TribLocal - Dec 31, 1969

Thanks to two anonymous donors, The Theatre of Western Springs (TWS) is pleased to announce a big step forward in improving the theatergoing experience for its audience members with hearing challenges.

Doctors' pay claim sparks industrial action in emergency departments

Herald Sun - Dec 31, 1969

He said patients who would be normally given initial treatment by doctors in the emergency department may have to wait up to a day for an operating theatre to become available. "We're talking about lacerations that may need repair that are complex

Western student tackles role of Norwegian explorer Amundsen

Bellingham Herald - Dec 31, 1969

Miguel Vila-Henninger, a 23-year-old theater major at Western Washington University, portrays Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in Western's staging of "Terra Nova," Ted Tally's play about the doomed 1911-1912 South Pole expedition of Robert Falcon