Urine-vited to this year’s fall musical
Kirkwood Community College presents its 2025 fall musical, “Urinetown: The Musical”, a campy comedy about a 20-year drought-induced water shortage, leading to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann bring their writing and musical talents together to satirize the justice system, bureaucracy, capitalism, [Continue Reading »]
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Students present ‘Lost Girl’
Fans of Kirkwood theater were delighted over the past weekend by the opening of the spring play, “Lost Girl.” The cast and crew, who have been working on the production since the beginning of February, ran their first show on Thursday, March 30. Though severe weather and subsequent [Continue Reading »]
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Excitement builds as ‘Shrek’ is brought to life
Students at Kirkwood Community College are gearing up to perform “Shrek the Musical,” a show that brings the much-beloved 2001 film onto the stage. Rehearsals began during the first weeks of the semester, though some students prepared for several weeks before auditions took place. There is a [Continue Reading »]
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‘Failure: A Love Story”: Kirkwood hosts winter play by Phil Dawkins
Play Review Kirkwood’s Visual and Performing Arts students presented their winter play, “Failure: A Love Story” by Phillip Dawkins, Feb. 17 – 20 in Ballantyne Auditorium to small, but appreciative, audiences. The story is set in the 1920s, and is centered around the lives of the three Fail [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]College plans multiple in-person theater productions
The theater department is excited to host a live performance after last year’s quarantine. Faculty and students alike, are excited to go back to a live performance while maintaining the school’s protocols regarding social distancing and masks. This November they will perform, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling [Continue Reading »]
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Sweeney Todd – ‘Record’ audience attends ‘exciting’ performance
“Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” opened to excited theater goers at the Ballantyne Auditorium at Kirkwood Community College on Thursday, Nov. 7.
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