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The evening of Thursday, January 26th, boasted the first of three Armstrong Black Box Theatre productions of Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, a semi-modernized, off-kilter spin on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, a tragic love story in which a man with a divine musical gift—his way with a song so beautiful that it famously makes...

On Thursday, January 26, 2023, the Georgia Southern Theater Department at Armstrong Campus will premiere its production of “Eurydice” in the Jenkins Black Box Theatre. The play, set in the 1950s, is a modernized retelling of the Ancient Greek, tragic love story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Student Director Grace Paulos explained how this production is...

The Last Laugh Improv Troupe premiered the first of two shows on Thursday, September 15 at 7:30 in the International Gardens. Director Logan Western hosted the event (his co-leader, Hannah Dodson, was the host for Friday night’s show) and introduced the talented members of the troupe: Hannah Dodson, Ethan Goble, Ava Mueller, Cameron Corn, Cameron...

On September 15, 2022, the Georgia Southern Theater Department at Armstrong Campus will premiere their bi-annaul Last Laugh Improv Show. Directors Hannah Dodson and Logan Western co-lead a group of 7 performers: veterans Ethan Goble, Ava Mueller, Cameron Corn, Cameron Saypack and Gabby Riley, and two “rookies,” Ben Longren and Nick Dillard. “I believe this...

Georgia Southern Theatre production about 1998 hate crime to stream April 8 April 8, 2021 The Masquers on the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus will stream a production of “The Laramie Project” from April 8 through 11.  Logan Western The play addresses the tragic 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay man and student who was abducted, brutally beaten and left tied to a fence to die in the countryside of Laramie, Wyoming.  “This play was difficult to handle in some ...

From April 8 through April 11 the play “The Laramie Project” will be available through the Georgia Southern Theater Live Stream and is not for the faint of heart. This play re-tells the horrific events that happened in October of 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming where Matthew Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming, suffered at the hands of others for being part of the LGBTQ+ community.  This play is constructed through the interviews of 200 individuals who were connected to the case or ci...