Theatre & Dance Spring into Performances

Codi Clemmons Staff Writer Troy University has many successful faculty members and students who contribute to the outstanding Department of Theatre and Dance. While COVID-19 has brought many challenges, the department has continued with auditions and is preparing performances for the Spring 2021 semester. The semester will include performances such as Art in Motion, an acting showcase and a spring semester Pied Pipers performance. “We are also engaging lots and lots of guest artists in theatre and dance and making the most of these remote opportunities,” said Lily Everett, a…

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Theatre and Dance to open auditions this week

Lacey Alexander Staff Writer Students will have the opportunity to showcase their singing and acting skills Friday, Aug.19, and Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Theatre and Dance department auditions for the upcoming theater season. Many of the department’s theater projects and shows will be cast from these auditions, including “Flyin’ West” by Pearl Cleage, which has an all-black cast. The play focuses on three sisters who have moved to Kansas in 1898 to escape Jim Crow laws and other forms of racism in the south. “Flyin’ West” will be directed…

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