Thumbs-up for theatre production

According to a review in The Greenville News, a searing clash of values makes for a gripping evening of theater in Furman’s staging of John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt, A Parable.” The reviewer wrote that “Rhett...

No “Doubt” for Furman Theatre

John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt, A Parable” is the sort of play that Furman theatre arts professor Rhett Bryson likes best—one that doesn’t take sides. Bryson is directing the drama about a clash of wills between...

No “Doubt” about it

John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt, A Parable” is the sort of play that Furman theatre arts professor Rhett Bryson likes best—one that doesn’t take sides. Bryson is directing the drama about a clash of wills between...

Thumbs-up for Furman Theatre production

Lillian Hellman’s “The Children’s Hour” is about the corrosive power of a lie, how it can plague its victims and destroy lives. According to Greenville News arts writer Paul Hyde, Furman’s production of “The Children’s...

Building a tradition, one dart at a time

Building a tradition one dart at a time

Fountain hopping. The bell tower kiss. Getting thrown in the lake on your birthday. Most students are familiar with the list of Furman traditions. But if you ask students in the theatre arts department, you"ll...

Theatre production gets good review

Lillian Hellman’s “The Children’s Hour” is about the corrosive power of a lie, how it can plague its victims and destroy lives. According to Greenville News arts writer Paul Hyde, Furman’s production of “The Children’s Hour”...

$2 million for fine arts at Furman

The Duke Endowment has awarded Furman a $2 million grant that will help fund a new initiative to enhance and expand the university’s programs in music, art and theatre, including a collaborative partnership with the...

The Children’s Hour is a tense teaser

NOVEMBER 1, 2012 by Jenn Summers '13, Contributing Writer The effort that goes into a play's production? Countless hours, multiple rehearsals, and thirty or so student backstage workers all on night number one. Seeing the...

New faculty positions in the arts

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Furman an $800,000 grant in support of the school’s new initiative to enrich its fine arts program.  According to John Beckford, the university's vice president for academic affairs...

Furman Theatre presents “The Children’s Hour”

Lillian Hellman wrote “The Children’s Hour” in 1934, but the play’s ideas remain as potent as ever, according to Furman theater professor Jay Oney. The Greenville News wrote about the Furman Theatre production which is running...

Watkins presents “Film in Focus-Opera”

SPRING, 2012 Marie Watkins presented the life and times of artists and historical events related to Tosca for the series “Film in Focus – Opera in Cinema Pre-Show Conversations” at the Gunter Theatre, part of...