QuTheatr project seeks to employ, empower LGBTQ+ youth -- QuTheatr, a new performance project aimed at employing and empowering LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in greater Akron, is hosting two workshops this winter to identify participants for the project. The first workshop will take place at The Balch Street Theatre, 220 South Balch St. (Akron), Saturday, Feb. 24, from 2 to … [Read more...]
‘Devil’s Milk’ theatre trilogy excavates dark side of Akron’s rubber industry
Part 3 of the series, ‘Industrial Valley,’ opens May 11 -- The Devil’s Milk trilogy is the industrial story of Akron, circa 1910s to 1930s. This is Akron’s story as much as it is the story of the particular neighborhoods outlined therein. It might as well be the story of Akron today, right down to the constant destruction and construction. If only today’s orange cones could … [Read more...]
Knight Arts finalist New World Performance Lab previews performance based on 1930s labor novel
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...]
New World Performance Lab delves into Akron’s rubber history with ‘Devil’s Milk’ trilogy
Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC) and New World Performance Laboratory (NWPL) present “Death of a Man,” the first part of the company’s Devil’s Milk Trilogy, a long-term project based on Akron’s relationship with rubber. Preview performances will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Feb. 4, 5 and 6) at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. in The Balch … [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...]
Devil’s Milk Trilogy takes turn into ‘Industrial Valley’
New World Performance Lab hosts open rehearsal in third part of trilogy -- Industrial Valley is the third installment in the series titled Devil’s Milk Trilogy, presented at The Balch Street Theatre by New World Performance Laboratory, and is based on the book "Industrial Valley" by Ruth McKenny. The setting is a familiar one, minimalist, to the point, and stripped of … [Read more...]
Akron theatre group hosts Seattle’s Akropolis Performance Lab at Balch Street Theatre
Akron’s Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC) and New World Performance Lab (NWPL) present Seattle’s premiere ensemble-based theatre company, Akropolis Performance Lab (APL), and its production of "The Glas Nocturne" Nov. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and November 21 at 2 p.m. at The Balch Street Theatre, 220 South Balch St., in Akron. Tickets are $15 and seating is … [Read more...]
Akron’s ghosts come to light in ‘Devil’s Milk’ open rehearsal (Review)
'Goosetown; The Devil’s Milk, Part Two' at Balch Street Theatre offers unique audience experience Ghosts of every shade lined the walls of the theater as we walked in. The lighting was centered on the angled seating where the audience would eventually sit, casting long shadows and effectively giving us a glimpse of characters that are now long gone, or dead. A quick … [Read more...]
Local theatre group hosts open rehearsals for second in trilogy about Akron’s rubber history
The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC) and New World Performance Lab (NWPL) are hosting a second series of open rehearsals of scenes and songs from "Goosetown: The Devil's Milk Part 2,” Friday and Saturday, Aug. 14 and 15 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, August 16 at 2 p.m. at The Balch Street Theatre, 220 South Balch St. “Goosetown” is a drama with songs written … [Read more...]
Drama duo offers therapy, creative space for autistic students
Inside the Balch Street Community Center one cold, snowy Saturday morning, a group of children play a game called Flock of Seagulls. Each one takes a turn breaking away to soar on their own and strike a pose, at which time everyone else mimics, sort of like playing Statue. Limbs splay across the worn wooden floor, bodies leap, crouch, stand on one leg, twist - the poses are … [Read more...]
