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Abby Sink, a staff writer, holds her program for Anastasia at the Old National Events Plaza Nov. 11. Sink watched the live performance of Anastasia by the Broadway national tour.

“Anastasia” stuns at Evansville Old National Events Plaza

Abby Sink, Staff Writer December 2, 2021

The silence of the theater echoes as a man stands on stage left. Hope fills his eyes, but the somberness of his stature reveals his lack of confidence. To his right, a trio stands preparing to flee to...

First Date to feature contemporary love

“First Date” to feature contemporary love

Sydney Stocksdale, Staff Writer April 9, 2019

The Shield interviewed Jacelyn Stewart, a junior theater arts major, who will be performing in the upcoming production “First Date,” which will take place at 7:00 p.m Thursday-Friday and 2 p.m....

Hadestown making its way to Broadway

“Hadestown” making its way to Broadway

Emma Corry, Staff Writer September 11, 2018

Every once and a while, there’s a new piece of media that takes an old concept and turns it on its head. It uses that old concept to reflect many of the fears and desires felt by the people of today....

The beauty of relationships

The beauty of relationships

Jasmine Myers, Staff Writer April 10, 2018

Bev Jones Hadin Hart said that many of the motivations in fairy tales can be black and white. “This play it is gray,” the freshman theatre major said  “Everything is not what we are used...

Broadway, take notes

Broadway, take notes

Darrian Breedlove, Staff Writer January 23, 2018

Joel Kramer Musicals have been an important source of entertainment in America for many decades. With phenomenal soundtracks, passionate performances, and important themes addressed in memorable and...

Katie Jones (Amy March), Morgan Book (Meg March) and Maggie Browne (Beth March) huddle around Jacelyn Stewart (Jo March) as she tells them her plan to make everything better again for their family, during rehearsal for “Little Women” Tuesday evening in the Performance Center.

Actresses find themselves in Little Women

Gabi Wy, Features Editor April 19, 2017

Through the struggle of her own boyfriend being deployed, Morgan Book channels her emotion in “Little Women” as the romantic Meg, engaged to a man who goes off to war. “When we did the duet between...

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