In conjunction with 鈥淓lectra,鈥� the 蜜桃传媒 Theatre Arts Department hosts the first 蜜桃传媒 Dialogue on Theatre Ancient and Modern on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 1-8 p.m. in Porter Theatre. Tickets cost $15 and do not include dinner. Please RSVP by Feb. 5 to Beth Whitcomb at bwhitcomb@westmont.edu.
Special guests this year include Eric Dugdale, professor of classics at Gustavus Adolphus; Dorota Dutsch, associate professor of classics at UC Santa Barbara; Eric Ederer, composer and ethnomusicologist; Andrea Fishman, classics teacher, scholar and dramaturg on 鈥淓lectra鈥�; and Joyelle Ball 鈥�11, UCSB doctoral student.
鈥淭he dialogue is designed to explore issues and perspectives of the theater of the past and their application to the present, and includes lectures, discussion, workshops, and performance, focused on a significant play or theatrical figure,鈥� says John Blondell, 蜜桃传媒 theater arts professor. Here is a pdf of the full program