Berea College’s Theatre Department concluded its 125th Anniversary Season with William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which opened April 13, and ran April 14, and 18-21.
(Photo: Desiree Dunn ’20)
OnStage Blog, a media site that covers theatre on an international level, ranked Berea College’s Theatre Department in the top 25 Bachelor of Arts programs in America. Each year, OnStage Blog reviews theatre programs across the country to provide a resource to prospective students and families who are researching the best academic theatre programs in the country for dance, design, tech and performing. Berea came in at No. 23, with a major highlight of its “First Theatre in Human Culture” course, which studies the first theatres and extant play scripts of selected human cultures representing Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. Continue reading Berea College Among the Top 25 B.A. Theatre Programs for 2018-19 →
Adanma Barton, an associate professor of theater at Berea College, is presenting a one-woman show at Sweet Briar College. The play, titled “Lost and Found,” is Barton’s sabbatical project that takes a candid look at women’s health issues and explores societal taboos surrounding miscarriage and infertility. The performance at Sweet Briar is one of many stops as Barton takes her show to colleges and universities around the country. Following each 45-minute production, audience members can participate in a talkback with Barton, as well as a local gynecologist and a grief counselor. Barton’s upcoming performance will take place at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 30, in Babcock Fine Arts Center on the Sweet Briar campus in Virginia. For more information visit: