The Youth Theatre of Central Arkansas (YTCA) presents its summer productions June 28 and 29 at 7 p.m. and June 3 at 2 p.m. on the Bridges Larson stage in Snow Fine Arts on the University of Central Arkansas campus. Performances are free and open to the public. Theatre instructor Ruthann Curry Browne is the director of the summer intensive theatre training for students from grades 5 to 12. … [Read more...]
ARKANSAS SHAKESPEARE THEATRE TO PRESENT SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE OF ‘MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING’
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre will hold a sensory-friendly performance of “Much Ado About Nothing” 2 p.m. July 5 at Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus. The family-friendly adaptation runs June 28 through July 7. Working in conjunction with UCA’s occupational therapy department, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre designed the July 5 performance to be suitable for … [Read more...]
ARKANSAS SHAKESPEARE THEATRE TO OPEN HENRY IV, PART ONE JUNE 22
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre’s 12th season production of Henry IV, Part One will open June 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus. Rebekah Scallet, AST’s producing artistic director, said she was “excited for our audiences to see this wonderful story, full of laughter, swordplay and a timeless story of fathers and sons.” Robert Quinlan, who … [Read more...]
FACULTY AND STUDENTS PRODUCE COUNTRY MUSIC VIDEO FOR DON DERBY
The University of Central Arkansas Department of Film, Theatre and Creative Writing faculty and students have produced a music video for Don Derby. Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital Filmmaking Stephen Stanley led the production team. Stanley, an award-winning filmmaker in his own right along with Director of Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Jen Gerber and UCA Lecturer and Director of … [Read more...]
ARKANSAS SHAKESPEARE THEATRE TO PRESENT MY FAIR LADY JUNE 15-JULY 7
In its 12th summer season, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre will present Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, opening in the University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall on June 15 and running through July 7. AST’s Producing Artistic Director Rebekah Scallet will direct the multiple Tony Award-winning musical that premiered in … [Read more...]
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC SETS SUMMER STRINGS CAMP
The University of Central Arkansas Community School of Music’s 10th annual Summer Strings Camp is set for July 15-21 on the campus. The camp is primarily for students in grades 6-12 who have completed at least one year of private lessons or one year of orchestra prior to attending camp. Daytime activities include rehearsals and special activities including masterclasses, a webinar with young … [Read more...]
UCA ANNOUNCES SCHEDLER HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS FOR FALL 2018
The University of Central Arkansas Norbert O. Schedler Honors College has selected 75 incoming first-year students as its newest class of Honors Scholars. The entering class of 2018 has an average high school GPA above 4.0 and an average ACT score of 30. The class also includes four out-of-state students. This year’s applicant pool was one of the largest in the 36-year history of the … [Read more...]
ARKANSAS SHAKESPEARE THEATRE SEASON TO OPEN JUNE 8 WITH ‘THE WINTER’S TALE’
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre’s 12th season will open Friday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. with William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale outdoors on the lawn of McAlister Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus. One of Shakespeare’s late romantic plays, The Winter’s Tale, follows the story of King Leontes, who grows jealous of his wife, leading him to make a series of terrible mistakes. The … [Read more...]
REYNOLDS PERFORMANCE HALL ANNOUNCES 2018-19 SEASON
Kicking off with a Sept. 20 performance by blues legend Buddy Guy, and two performances of the musical CHICAGO, Reynolds Performance Hall will feature 22 events for the 2018-19 season at the University of Central Arkansas. The season will include Broadway, Pops and Night Out Series, two Distinguished Lectures and one Add-On Special, as well as six Main Stage EdUCAtion shows and a benefit … [Read more...]
ART PROFESSOR SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION
Holly Laws, associate professor of Art, was recently selected as the Arkansas representative to the international exhibit Heavy Metals: Women to Watch 2018 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. The museum’s associate curator and curator for the competitive exhibition, Virginia Treanor, selected two of Laws’ mixed-media artworks: Placeholder and Three Eastern Bluebirds. … [Read more...]
