Blog and social media offer behind the scenes look at upcoming world premiere of “The Shadows of Edgar Allan Poe”
SPRINGFIELD – Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) Theatre is offering a behind the scenes look at developing the world premiere piece of theatre, “The Shadows of Edgar Allan Poe,” under the direction of Mark Hardiman, professor of theatre. The production runs Dec. 5-7 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts.
Former LLCC theatre student August Roy, winner of departmental honors in 2013 and now a student in the “Serving Up Art” class at the University of Illinois-Springfield, is documenting the process through photos, interviews and posts to the new LLCC Theatre blog, llcctheatre.blogspot.com, as well as atfacebook.com/LLCCTheatre.
“We have devised this piece through collaborative methods, framing the staging of the works of Poe through discussion, debate and experimentation of the company,” says Hardiman. “The resultant piece pushes the boundaries of performance and is the kind of theatre seldom seen. We felt it important to share the process with our audience in an effort to introduce them to this fresh kind of theatrical adventure.”
“This is such a great connection between all these institutions – LLCC, UIS and the Hoogland Center for the Arts,” says Roy. “This kind of synergy is exactly what the ‘Serving Up Art’ class is about.”
LLCC’s theatre program’s mission is to embrace and engage its community through curriculum and programs that advance theatre, arts and the community of theatre artists.
Questions may be directed to mark.hardiman@llcc.edu or by calling 217.786.4942.
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