The Richland production of “Self-Injurious Behavior” by Jessica Cavanagh has received more national accolades. Theater Professor Andy Long made the announcement Friday on Facebook. The production received seven individual national commendations from the Kennedy National Commendations given by the Kennedy Center to accompany the three Company Commendations the cast received in April.
The Richland Drama Department received multiple national awards this semester for their production of “Self-Injurious Behavior,” which they performed at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Abilene on Feb. 27. Preparing since October, the student cast and the director, Professor Andy Long put on a much-rehearsed production of the play for various universities and colleges.
The Broadway Dallas musical season recently kicked off at Fair Park. However, I am no longer going. Why? Because Broadway Dallas decided to ignore longtime subscribers who don’t use online sources to renew season tickets. This year, Broadway Dallas made advertisements online, on TV and within the Dallas Morning News for patrons to renew their season tickets.
But what if you’re a patron who doesn’t have access to these services? This is my situation. Broadway Dallas was supposed to send out notices in the mail to renew season tickets, yet these letters did not come as advertised.
Tragedy has struck at Richland campus, in a theatrical sense, as the drama department puts on its rendition of the Greek tragedy “Antigone.”
It’s the first play to grace the stage in Fannin Hall on April 27, since the two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the closing of campus buildings.
“The last thing you can do during a pandemic that is spread the way this one is, is be in a small room yelling at each other and spraying [germs],” said director Gregory Lush. “Theater is about conflict, so its heightened emotional states consist of almost always volume and projection. It was just impossible. The school had just shut down. It wouldn’t have been possible.”
