Dancing at Lughnasa at SUNY Ulster
by M.R. Smith
With the preponderance of unskilled entertainment available onscreen thanks to YouTube and “reality” television, it’s good to know that good performance traditions are still alive, being taught, and being sought after. It’s also good to know that a school like SUNY Ulster, rather than slashing arts budgets to pay for science, math, and sports scholarships, recognizes the value of theatre programs in shaping and improving the life skills of students. And there’s a lot to learn, and plenty of classic material to explore. Jerry says, “A lot of our students don’t know the plays of Arthur Miller, of William Inge. They hardly know of Tennessee Williams past The Glass Menagerie. Yes, there are some innovations or new ways of looking at something, but essentially we’ve been re-telling the same stories.”
Dancing at Lughnasa will be performed at Quimby Theater, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, Th-Su 4/10 through 4/13 (Th-Sa, 8 PM; Su, 3 p.m.). The Audition Workshop will be held Fr 4/19, 1 p.m. Donald Brenner’s Great Expectations performance is Fr 4/26, 7 p.m. Open auditions for My Fair Lady will be May 2 and 3. Please contact
www.sunyulster.edu or the box office at 845.688.1959 for additional info and times.
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