Rockapella
September 4th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - The undisputed kings of contemporary pop a cappella, the sound of this five-man powerhouse is an inf Learn More...
Gleb Ivanov, pianist
September 11th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - Twenty-five year old Russian pianist Gleb Ivanov is “eerily like the ghost of Horowitz…His talent is Learn More...
Music in the Air VI
September 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pm - Bells and more will ring from the tower of Tillman Hall as university carillonneur Linda Dzuris pres Learn More...
Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway
September 16th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - 100 Years of Broadway is a revue featuring five of Broadway’s finest singers accompanied by an all-s Learn More...
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
September 26th, 2008 at 7:00 pm - Ten year old Stanley Lambchop makes it cool to be flat! Although an unfortunate encounter with a bu Learn More...
Making It In The Windy City
Kent Brown
Class of 2003
Kent (pictured in the center) was among the first Clemson students to earn a performing arts degree. After graduating, Kent moved to the Windy City to attend the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
In addition to attending classes and learning to survive the cold Chicago winters, Kent teamed up with other Roosevelt University students to establish The Laboratory Theatre Project, founded in 2004. "Our aim is to ask important questions and raise social awareness through experimental theatrical arts," said Kent. "We work in collaboration with charitable organizations, and hope to lead a new wave of activism in Chicago theatre."
Last year, the Laboratory Theatre Project produced two plays, including the premiere of Local Celebrities, a drama by award-winning playwright Todd McCullough. The play is the story of Doyle Moerke, a local weatherman in Mulwray, Ohio, and his downward spiral as he struggles with alcoholism, divorce, his teenage daughter's sex life, the pitfalls of small-scale celebrity, and heavy rain.
A Chicago review said, "John David Hall as the meteorologist in mid-career crisis and Kent Brown as his sly ruthless would-be replacement deliver outstanding performances. They evoke our compassion as the tension mounts in this well-crafted script, and their fates remind us that sometimes the better guy wins."
Kent graduated with a master's degree in theatre performance last spring.
