The Harbinger
May 31, 2005
Tyst presents Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts
Beginning June 9, ghosts will be taking over Bates Hall in Hiram.
Tyst,
a Cleveland-based performing arts organization specializing in modern
Scandinavian performances, will kick off a summer-long partnership with
Hiram College with its presentation of Henrik Ibsen’s controversial
play, Ghosts.
Directed by David Vosburgh, Ghosts
will run from June 9 through June 26 in Bates Hall on the Hiram College
campus. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Ticket prices range between $15 and $20. To order, call 216-771-9118 for individual sales and 330-569-5900 for group sales.
Ghosts, one of Ibsen’s most controversial plays of its time, is an examination of societal convention by Scandinavia’s greatest playwright. Displaying the devastating results of a woman’s adherence to convention, Ghosts is the story of a woman who is torn between the protection of family secrets and the love of her dying son. At the time of its release, Ghosts was banned from theaters throughout Europe because of the material addressed in the play – dysfunctional marriages, adultery and venereal diseases.
For more information, call College Relations at 5288.
Faculty Focus: Adam Cathcart
Adam Cathcart (history) will be presenting his paper entitled "Building Barriers: Icons of Ascendance and Exclusion in Early Maoist Political Cartoons, 1949-1951" at two conferences in October. The first will be at the Library of Congress at the International Comic Arts Festival. The second will be at the University of Buffalo's conference on "Walls and Modern China."
In addition, Cathcart is
putting together a panel for next year's American Historical
Association's meeting in Philadelphia. He will be presenting a paper
on Korean War songs as part of an interdisciplinary panel on "Music and
War," and hopes to create an interdisciplinary class with that title
back on campus.
Community Band Returns for 29th Season
The
Hiram Community Band will present its 29th annual summer concert on
July 4 at 4 p.m. Area musicians of all ages are invited to play.
Rehearsals are 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. on June 21, 24, 28, and July 1. The
location is Frohring Music Hall, Dean Street on the Hiram College
campus. For information call Paul Dreisbach at 330-569-7539 or e-mail dreisbachpc@hiram.edu.