Guest Director, Maggie Balsley, Brings Parody to the Hilltop
February 22, 2013 by maulick
West Liberty students will direct and stage a contemporary play, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, by Bert V. Royal, at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 21-23 and 3 p.m., Feb. 24. Adjunct professor Maggie Balsley is the guest director for the production. Balsley, a resident of Washington, Pa., is active in the Pittsburgh arts community and its “Off the Wall” theater. “This play is a parody that imagines characters from...
Read more of this articleDog Sees God Opens on February 21
February 5, 2013 by maulick
When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying, offers CB a peace of mind...
Read more of this articleThe Trumpet reviews of “The Cripple of Inishmaan”
February 4, 2013 by maulick
[article originally in The Trumpet] By Hannah Courtney, Staff Writer The West Liberty University Hilltop Players kicked off their fall season with a sensational, eerie performance of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”; an act that was truly a tough one to follow. However, they’ve pulled it off, going out with a clamoring, comical and emotion-inducing bang in their rendition of Martin McDonagh’s “The Cripple of Inishmaan.” The...
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