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Life Sucks.
by Aaron Posner
This is a play about love and longing. In this contemporary reworking of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong frenemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions, the state of the world, and each other.
Photo credits: Lynn Willis
Beautiful, Useful, True
Devised by Elizabeth Parks,
the student-devisors, and
the faculty and student creative team
Beautiful, Useful, True is an account of the life of Eunice Newton Foote woven together with the words and wisdom of the women in our Appalachian community.
What if we opened our ears, hearts, and minds to those disregarded? What lessons on resilience, fortitude, and community might be gained? What beauty, efficacy, and truth might emerge?
Special thanks to Laura England, Dr. Shea Tuberty, the App State QEP, Pathways to Resilience Team, the courageous female climate activists of App State and the region.
Photo credits: Lynn Willis
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As We Climb
Devised by Elizabeth Parks,
the student-devisors, the faculty and student design team
This production asks the question "Why are we so afraid of Feminism's invitation to honor the full humanity of all individuals and end systemic oppression?"
Photos by Jordan Linton and Tom Charlesworth
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
What does it mean to be free? How do we pursue freedom? What happens when the thing we think will free us turns out to enslave us?
