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Anker: Atrium serves as meeting ground for theater artists

26 February 2013 Marcie Anker

Marcie Anker takes readers on a “safari” through the Annenberg atrium.

Opera theater channels Paris on stage

19 April 2011 Chase Grier

The opera theater department performs two French operas. Temple’s opera theater department participated in this year’s Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, performing a double bill that channeled the festival’s 20th-century Parisian theme on April

Nonprofit theater services surrounding community

08 February 2011 Nichole Baldino

The Walking Fish Theatre spreads its love of performing arts to Philadelphia. For a playwright, having one’s vision come to life on the stage is a rewarding experience – something Michelle Pauls and Stan Heleva

Speaking words and spreading truth

08 November 2010 Chelsea Wargo

By touring the nation and spreading her message of truth to thousands of people, Nina “Lyrispect” Ball, a 2005 Temple alumna of the African American studies department, said she hopes to empower America with her

Theater grad’s play tells close-to-home tale

06 October 2010 Maria Cannon

In Donja Love’s “The Nigga Files,” high school plays out as a struggle for survival.

Shot! cast performs in D.C.

13 April 2010 Connor Showalter

Chosen from a pool of 526 collegiate plays, Shot!, the first Temple Theaters production invited to appear on the national stage, will perform at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

Playbill expectations in 2010

18 January 2010 Max McCormack

Columnist Max McCormack says the city’s theaters will surprise and delight audiences this season.

Students, locals have mixed reaction to “SHOT!”

17 November 2009 Jenn Stanley

Temple Theaters’ SHOT! tells the story of violence in North Philly through the eyes of witnesses.

Demystifying North Philly stereotypes on the stage and streets

16 November 2009 Haniyyah Sharpe

SHOT! – a Temple Theater production – addresses the bubble students have grown accustomed to, as the public is quick to judge Temple’s community.