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Devika Ranjan

By Cosima Schelfhout October 7, 2016

Over the summer, Devika Ranjan (SFS ’17) lived along one of the world’s most dangerous borders with an important task at hand. Armed with nothing but a grant from the Catherine Davis Foundation, Ranjan...

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Vanessa Chapoy (COL ’18) and Daniel Frumento (COL ’18) in Mask and Bauble’s “Into the Woods.”

All the World’s a Stage

By Jane Mikus, Sarah Martin, and Hannah Kaufman April 15, 2016

With a number of dynamic and moving performances that are sure to evoke the deepest of emotions, performing arts groups at Georgetown are showcasing some of their best this week. From Mask and Bauble’s...

DUFF: All the World’s a Stage

By Olivia Duff February 19, 2016

As I stood lost on a street corner with a suitcase and two of my best friends, a couple briskly passed by us, wearing matching face masks. I took a deep breath of the muggy Shanghai air, thick with smog....

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‘Beyond’ Weighs Loss With Poignant Nostalgia

By Jane Mikus November 13, 2015

Although the bond of a family is meant to be everlasting, loved ones can be suddenly lost without a goodbye or a conversation to remember as the last. Nothing will inspire an urgent need to call home...

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Andrew Walker (SFS ’16) on the set of Nomadic Theatre’s fall show, “afterlife: a ghost story,” for which he co-designed the set.

A Place for Theater, Onstage and Offstage

By Lindsay Lee October 30, 2015

Andrew Walker (SFS ’16) has been involved in a show on campus for almost every semester he has been at Georgetown, even though as an international politics major with a certificate in women and gender...

Student Play Makes Debut at Kennedy Center

By Caroline Welch September 11, 2015

Seven actors took to the stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Terrace Theater Monday for a 50-minute reading of the student-written "Pandemopium," Georgetown’s entry to the...

A Musical Dystopia

By Justin Kotwicki April 10, 2015

Imagine a post-apocalyptic world where the earth has all but run out of water. Society is split between the wealthy elite in power and the poor population that must abide by their exploitative rules....

Olivia Duff (COL '16) and Conor Ross (COL '16) in Nomadic Theatre's "Sick" last January.

Performing Against the Odds

By Michael Fiedorowicz February 27, 2015

Marking its 10th year in November, the Royden B. Davis Performing Arts Center has more to celebrate than an imminent milestone — over the past decade, it has served as the home for the nationally...

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Laughs Abound in Theatrical Murder Mystery

By Nicole Ong February 27, 2015

With its candy-colored set and rapid-fire dialogue, the nation’s second-longest running play “Shear Madness” proves why it has enjoyed such continued success. The show combines comedy hijinks,...

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With a long history and big shoes to fill, the National Theatre’s version of “Chicago” provides a hilariously entertaining show.

‘All That Jazz’ and More

By Nicole Jarvis February 13, 2015

If you’ve seen the 2002 film adaptation of the musical “Chicago” — currently playing at the National Theatre downtown — you may think you know what to expect when the curtain rises. But,...

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In Mask & Bauble’s new production “Sonder,” normal students look beyond their projected selves to discover the true source of their identity.

Play Peels Back the Mask

By Madison Stingray November 21, 2014

The newest production from Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society, the 35-minute one-act play entitled “Sonder,” is an experience rather than a show, a haunting portrayal of the reality of our own...

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Doomsday Drama Captures Human Spirit

By Emily Welch October 31, 2014

It’s the end of the world and two beautifully neurotic strangers — Jules, a gay scientist played by Taylor Mansmann (COL ’15) and Jo, a punky journalism student played by Emily Lett (COL ’17)...

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