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A flyer for the 2017 Student New Works Festival. STEVE MARSH

Theatre arts students showcase original productions in Student New Works Festival

Joseph Konig April 25, 2017
The productions will be on full display next weekend at the 2nd Annual Student New Works Festival.
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A magician performed a face changing performance. The performers wear masks of different colors usually depicting well known characters from the Sichuan Opera. One of the faces the magician depicted included a fire-breathing skit. The technique used to change masks has been a guarded secret which has been passed down traditionally from generation to generation within theater families. MANJU SHIVACHARAN/ THE STATESMAN

Chinese New Year celebrated at Wang Center

Manju Shivacharan February 10, 2016
To ring in the Chinese New Year, the Confucius Institute at Stony Brook hosted a New Years Celebration at the Charles B. Wang Center on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016.
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(PHOTO CREDIT:STONY BROOK DEPARTMENT OF
THEATRE ARTS)

Theatre arts students modernize Greek tragedy Antigone

Will Welch April 7, 2014
The story of Antigone, a tragedy written by Sophocles in 441 BC, is as relevant to students today as it was to Greeks 2,455 years ago, according to Jeanette Yew, director of the Department of Theater Arts’ upcoming production “The Antigone Project.”
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“The Boy With No Name” gets a standing ovation

Steven Rosa November 13, 2013
Pocket Theater put on a rousing show this past weekend. "The Boy with No Name" by Ev Miller, a dramatic play set in the 1950s, was performed at the Staller Center of the Arts and received a standing ovation from the crowd.
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Now Playing at Stony Brook: The Rover

November 25, 2002
Stony Brook's new theatrical production, a contemporary update of Aphra Behn's The Rover, is enchanting, yet often perplexing. Directed by Paul Kassel, The Rover adapts a17th century storyline, which takes place at a carnival in Italy, toa 21st century setting during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
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