Mississippi Bend Players: Brighton Beach Memoirs
Neil Simon's hilarious semi-autobiographical portrait shows an American family in post-depression, pre-war Brooklyn, through the eyes of a 15-year-old boy. The play has wit, warmth and Simon's signature laughs.
The Mississippi Bend Players is a new theatre company based in the Quad Cities whose mission is to provide excellence in the Quad Cities theatre by producing both commercially proven works and original musical and dramatic material. The group gives students and community members the opportunity to work together on professional stage productions.
Brighton Beach Memoirs also will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12 and 4 p.m. Aug. 13.
Mississippi Bend Players: Brighton Beach Memoirs
Neil Simon's hilarious semi-autobiographical portrait shows an American family in post-depression, pre-war Brooklyn, through the eyes of a 15-year-old boy. The play has wit, warmth and Simon's signature laughs.
The Mississippi Bend Players is a new theatre company based in the Quad Cities whose mission is to provide excellence in the Quad Cities theatre by producing both commercially proven works and original musical and dramatic material. The group gives students and community members the opportunity to work together on professional stage productions.
Brighton Beach Memoirs will also be performed on August 5, August 6, August 11, August 12, and August 13.
NCAA basketball watch party
There will be a watch party for the Augustana men's basketball team's appearance in the DIII Final Four in Carver Center for the 6:30 p.m. tip-off. Fans will be able to watch a livestream of the game.
Spectators can start to gather in Carver at 5 p.m. Concessions will be available.
The public is invited.
Mississippi Bend Players: Wait Until Dark
A blind Greenwich Village housewife becomes the target of three con men searching for heroin hidden inside a doll.
The Mississippi Bend Players is a new theatre company based in the Quad Cities whose mission is to provide excellence in the Quad Cities theatre by producing both commercially proven works and original musical and dramatic material. The group gives students and community members the opportunity to work together on professional stage productions.
Wait Until Dark will also be performed on July 22, July 23, July 28, July 29, and July 30.
Mississippi Bend Players: Zombie Prom
A 1950s horror comic book is brought to life as a musical comedy by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe. This campy, rollicking romp takes the audience through America's Atomic Age and the Golden Age of horror comic books.
The Mississippi Bend Players is a new theatre company based in the Quad Cities whose mission is to provide excellence in the Quad Cities theatre by producing both commercially proven works and original musical and dramatic material. The group gives students and community members the opportunity to work together on professional stage productions.
Zombie Prom will also be performed on July 7, July 8, July 9, July 14, and July 15.
Mississippi Bend Players: Zombie Prom
A 1950s horror comic book is brought to life as a musical comedy by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe. This campy, rollicking romp takes the audience through America's Atomic Age and the Golden Age of horror comic books.
The Mississippi Bend Players is a new theatre company based in the Quad Cities whose mission is to provide excellence in the Quad Cities theatre by producing both commercially proven works and original musical and dramatic material. The group gives students and community members the opportunity to work together on professional stage productions.
Zombie Prom will also be performed on July 7, July 8, July 9, July 15, and July 16.
Mississippi Bend Players: Zombie Prom
A 1950s horror comic book is brought to life as a musical comedy by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe. This campy, rollicking romp takes the audience through America's Atomic Age and the Golden Age of horror comic books.
The Mississippi Bend Players is a new theatre company based in the Quad Cities whose mission is to provide excellence in the Quad Cities theatre by producing both commercially proven works and original musical and dramatic material. The group gives students and community members the opportunity to work together on professional stage productions.
Zombie Prom will also be performed on July 8, July 9, July 14, July 15, and July 16.
Camp Creamery Performance
The Old Creamery Theatre in Amana, Iowa has been creating theatre productions for young audiences since 1971. Augustana alumna Jackie McCall '98 will bring Camp Creamery to Augustana this summer.
Camp Creamery participants will present two performances on the Brunner Main Stage (June 23 at 7 p.m. and June 24 at 2 p.m.).
American Religion in the Age of Trump
Augustana College will host a panel discussion, "American Religion in the Age of Trump." It will be moderated by Christopher Jones, Bergendoff Fellow in Religion at Augustana.
Panelists will include:
Daniel Morris, lecturer in religion, Augustana College
Matthew J.M. Coomber, associate professor of biblical studies, St. Ambrose University
Sophia Farooqui, community leader, teacher in the Davenport School District
Refreshments will be served. Students are invited to stay afterwards for an informational session about majoring or minoring in Religion.
The event is hosted by the Augustana College Department of Religion and the Institute for Leadership and Service.
Four Artists, Four Visions: Tom Lundberg
Tom Lundberg, one of the artists featured in the current "Four Artists, Four Visions" exhibition at the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, will give a gallery talk.
He is a professor of art at Colorado State University, where he coordinates graduate and undergraduate programs in fibers and teaches courses in weaving and surface design.