Topic: Trahern Theatre

The Bread and Puppet Theatre comes to Clarksville

By Bill Larson | October 2, 2009 |

In a program featuring their world renown 13 Dirt Floor Cathedral Dances  three full-time members of the Lubberland National Dance Company molded APSU students into Bread and Puppet performers for one day. Starting at around noon a group of 16 Students gathered on the Trahern lawn to learn how to be a Bread and Puppet performer.

The Cathedral Dances originated in the paper mache cathedral located at the Bread and Puppet theatre’s home in Glover, VT, but can be performed anywhere, provided a sprinkle of dirt from the floor of their home Cathedral blesses the venue.

The 13 dances include: a forest admiration dance, danced by a NYC rush-hour crowd; a deforestation dance, danced by the deforestors to make a place to park their cars; the dance of the foolish woman, who tries to bring back to life the victims of the bombardments on Gaza; a sermon dance danced by the deeply superstitious practitioners of the paper mache religion; and seven 7-second dances, danced to the sounds of the We-Do-As-Good-As-We-Can Orchestra.

The sleeper being mourned

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David Auburn’s Proof at APSU’s Trahern Theatre this weekend

By Bill Larson | August 8, 2009 |

It’s said that genius lies between normality and insanity, and in Proof that axiom certainly holds true. The play written by David Auburn, and directed by Darren V. Michael is being presented in Austin Peay State University’s Trahern Theatre. With two shows remaining: 7:30pm Saturday night, and 2:00pm Sunday, if you need something entertaining to do for the weekend, I heartily recommend checking out this wonderful Pulitzer Prize winning play.

For years Catherine has cared for her father Robert, a mentally ill math professor. Catherine worries that she may be fated to share his illness. The play opens with Catherine involved in a conversation with her father. It is later revealed that he has recently died.

Hal explaining the implications of the Proof. From left to right: Catherine, played by Jolie Hausman; Hal, played by Bryce Conner; and Claire, played by Britney Jade Smith

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Theatre Row arrives at APSU with ‘Paradise’

By James Butler | November 11, 2007 |

“Allah Akbar!” is the cry of Jihadists around the world. This motto of holy rollers shall soon be heard on Austin Peay’s Trahern stage. Glynn O’Malley’s Paradise will open in the Trahern Theater Wednesday November 14, exactly one year after the New York and former APSU resident artist’s death.

Paradise is the second part of O’Malley’s famous war trilogy and is set amidst the horrifying conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorists. The play follows the lives of two young girls, one Israeli and one Palestinian who in another place could have been friends. O’Malley follows their lives, their teenage crushes, their dreams as the cloud and horror of war looms over them and colors their world.

The show was first requested by The Cincinnati Playhouse as part of its educational outreach, but in the Post 9-11 world, the tour was cancelled and a threat was made to cease the production. However, the play eventually opened to a sold out opening night at the Kirk Theatre on New York’s Theatre Row in March 2005 for a limited run, and has since played to standing room only audiences through out the United States. «Read the rest of this article»

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