William Redd's Blog Posts Tagged 'department' (3)

Whenever I can, I try to get out to the theater. Live performances are always so much fun, and I agree with Oscar Wilde when he said:



"I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being."



The UNCW Theater Department prints this on the first page of every program they produce, and it's absolutely true. A well done live show can be both effective and… Continue

For as long as I can remember, I've had stage fright. It's one of the main reasons I started making videos.



Thought it would be a good way to get over it. Especially since I'm planning on teaching.



However, I've noticed that I still have issues getting up in front of a group of people. Twice this semester I have had to present in front of the class on my own. Well, technically once. The second one is tomorrow. But I've practiced for tomorrow's monologue (more on that in a… Continue

It's the last piece of entertainment that President Lincoln would ever see.



With that knowledge, I never knew that the play was a comedy. Strange what history can do to our perceptions.



Anyway, the UNCW theatre department put on this very funny play about an American visiting his English cousins and saving the day. I just got back from the show. It was really well done.



The director, a former professor of mine, Dr. Terry Theodore, followed the original concept… Continue