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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

Mark Maher ’08 and Clare Yeatman ’26 rehearse for “A Doll’s House Part 2,” Feb. 19.
PHOTO: LEAH CATLYN ’27/THE HAWK

Spring play houses deep conversations

Vincent Kornacki February 21, 2024

The SJU Theatre Company will perform “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” Feb. 21-25 in the Bluett Theatre. Written by Lucas Hnath, the play, which premiered on Broadway in 2017, is a sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s...

Lend Me a Tenor set in Bluett Theatre.
PHOTO: TESS COARY ’24/THE HAWK

Fall production promises to deliver belly laughs

Tess Coary October 25, 2023

For its fall production, the SJU Theatre Company will perform “Lend Me a Tenor,” the humorous tale of members of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company who face a series of unfortunate events while hosting...

“Steel Magnolias”cast rehearses in the Bluett Theater on Feb. 17. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22

SJU Theatre Company preps for “Steel Magnolias”

Zach Dobinson February 19, 2020

Spring has sprung early this year, as the SJU Theatre Company's production of “Steel Magnolias” opens on Feb. 20 in the Bluett Theater. The story of six women whose lives are all intertwined by...

“Company” opens Oct. 24 at the Bluett Theatre. PHOTO: Courtesy of Melissa Kelly Photography

The cast of “Company” ponders friendship, love and marriage

Lily Steele October 22, 2019

SJU Theatre Company’s production of the musical comedy “Company” opens this week in Bluett Theatre. With music and lyrics composed by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth, “Company” premiered...

Why we need the arts

Why we need the arts

Tom Smith February 12, 2018

Ask any random person on campus, and it’s likely they won’t tell you St. Joe’s is a school for the arts. And to an extent, I might agree with them. There are plenty of other schools out there with...

Michael Rizzo, 17, as Scoop and Natalie Roche, 17 as Heidi in a scene from The Heidi Chronicles 
(Photo by Luke Malanga, 20).

Life, onstage

Rose Weldon April 10, 2017

A Q&A with the cast of "The Heidi Chronicles" Wendy Wasserstein’s 1988 play “The Heidi Chronicles” has been praised as a masterwork of feminist drama, winning a Tony Award for Best Play and...

An adult Tommy (John Degnan, 18) pursues his pinball talent, as his cousin Kevin (Peter Bourne, 17) eggs him on (Photos by Luke Malanga, 20).

Acid Queens & Pinball Wizards

Rose Weldon February 21, 2017

SJU Theater Company performs "The Who's Tommy" British rock band The Who released their fourth studio album in 1969, a record that proved to be different from the group’s previous works, and a far...

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