Single Ticket Sales Begin Friday, August 15
July 21st, 2008 - August 14th, 2008 at 1:00 pm - Individual tickets for events taking place during the 2008-2009 season go on sale Friday, August 15 Learn More...
Rockapella
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Gleb Ivanov, pianist
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Music in the Air VI
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Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway
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Performing Arts Grad and Clemson Players Alum Star in Chicago Production
Performing Arts graduate Kent Brown was recently featured in the Laboratory Theatre Project’s production of Lee Blessing’s psychological drama “Down the Road.” A 2003 graduate of the Production Studies in Performing Arts programs at Clemson, Brown co-founded the Chicago-based experimental drama company in 2004 while studying at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
“Down the Road” also featured John Kleebler, another Clemson alum and member of the Clemson Players.
The play is a cautionary tale about America’s obsession with violent crime and the people who commit them. Dan (played by John Kleebler) and Iris Henniman are a husband and wife writing team tackling the biggest book of their careers—a profile of serial killer and rapist William Reach (played by Kent Brown).
With stakes high and their marriage in the balance, the husband and wife journalists attempt to record Reach’s story without getting involved. But Reach’s psychological mind-games soon penetrate every aspect of their lives. As the situation spirals out of control, the couple is left with many glaring questions, including if any thing Reach tells them is true.
Chicago theatre critic Mary Shen Barnidge described Brown’s portrayal of Reach as “charismatic.”
The Laboratory Theatre Project aims to ask pertinent questions through experimental theatrical art by allowing audiences the opportunity to examine their own lives and the lives of those around them. By collaborating with charitable organizations the company hopes to lead a new wave of activism in off-Loop theatre.
