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Senior Theatre Festival 2024

Truth be Told by William Cameron

Directed by Ryan Bennett ‘24

Featuring Alice Noble ‘24 (as Kathleen) and Canela Roey ‘24 (as Jo)

Truth Be Told by William Cameron seeks to understand loss in a world of sensationalized tragedy. The play features two characters, Kathleen (played by Alice Noble) and Jo (played byCanela Roey). One year before the play begins, Kathleen’s son opens fire in his workplace,killing fourteen people before taking his own life. Now, Jo, a journalist, is sitting down with Kathleen to learn her perspective on her son and the tragedy he committed. This provides a zoomed-in lens on Kathleen’s relationships with the memories of her family, the community her son turned on, and those weaponizing kindness to take advantage of her isolation and grief. This grounded, visceral play is bursting with tension surrounding hard conversations about our humanity, the complexities of motherhood, and the political nature of truth. If hurt people hurt people, how can we heal? Between objective facts and subjective experiences, how can we construct an understanding of the whole truth? How do we nurture and care for the people around us so they know they are loved?

Content Warnings: Heavy Discussion of Gun Violence, Discussion of the loss of a child,
discussion of abuse, and discussion of suicide.

Performances: 

April 11th | 7:30pm
April 12th | 7:30pm
April 13th |2:00pm & 7:30pm

Norton Clapp Theater | Located In Jones Hall

Get Tickets:  tickets.pugetsound.edu

 

 

Senior Theatre Festival 2024
Senior Theatre Festival

 

A festival of scenes selected from Full-Length Plays and directed by Students of Theatre 313: Directing Class. 

The festival features a diverse range of material and approaches that feature the exciting work of your directors and actors.

FREE Admission!

 

Senior Theatre Festival

Senior majors in the Department of Theatre Arts complete a culminating thesis project that requires the planning, execution, and evaluation of a four-show festival of plays, collaboratively produced. This Senior Theatre Festival is the capstone of experiential learning in the program, and draws on all areas of study in the major, while also mirroring many aspects of professional work in the field post-degree. Theatre Arts faculty provide guidance, beginning with thesis-oriented readiness assessment during junior interviews.  

Performances:

 

Performances:  (Tentative dates only, and program TBA)

Show A:  April 5, 6 - 7:30pm; April 6 - 2pm 
 
Show B     April 12, 13 - 7:30pm; April 13 - 2pm