New World Performance Laboratory (NWPL) presents preview performances of its work-in-progress, “Industrial Valley” the third part of "The Devil’s Milk Trilogy," a long-term project based on Akron’s relationship with rubber and the rubber industry on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday October 20, 21 22, 24 2016 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. in The Balch … [Read more...]
University of Akron revives ‘Hedda Gabler’ Feb. 25 through March 5
The University of Akron (UA) Theatre Program continues its 2015-2016 season with Henrik Ibsen’s "Hedda Gabler" at Daum Theatre in Kolbe Hall, 328 Buchtel Commons. Performance dates are Feb. 25 through 27 and March 3 through 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 28 and March 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for general admission; $10 for seniors, UA faculty, staff and alumni; and $6 for … [Read more...]
Seattle-based group brings noir drama to Balch Street Theatre
Seattle-based Akropolis Performance Lab will bring its production of "The Glas Nocturne" on Friday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m., and again Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 and 8 p.m., at the Balch Street Theatre, 220 Balch Street in Akron. The Glas Nocturne is Joseph Lavy’s adaptation of Hjalmar Söderberg’s scandalous novel, Doktor Glas. Lavy describes the piece as, "a noir-style monodrama of … [Read more...]