2015 marks the BLC Theatre Department’s 22nd year of the annual Theatre Physics performances. This exercise in creative energy features a variety of short scenes of original material by Bethany students and theatre faculty written, rehearsed, and readied in three weeks. There is no charge for admission, but the shows are extremely popular for all…
The Bethany theatre department presents their spring production Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman, directed by Benji Inniger. Based on Ovid’s transformation myths, Metamorphoses mixes the ancient stories with contemporary language, humor, and thought. This is all enacted in and around a large pool of water, the elemental giver of life and vehicle for change. The themes…
Artistic Direction by Ann FredricksonMusical Direction by Dennis Marzolf Book by Michael StewartMusic and lyrics by Jerry Herman Hello, Dolly! is the story of Mrs. Dolly Levi’s efforts to marry Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half-a-millionaire, and send his money circulating among the people like rainwater the way her late husband, Ephraim Levi, taught her. Along…
A Christmas Carol is the classic Christmas favorite about the stingy moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge. In the course of one night, Ebenezer is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, as well as the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. These ghostly encounters show him how to embrace the true Christmas…
See our Fall Festival page for current year information. Events at Fall Festival 2014 B-Town Drumline performance Theatre Physics 21 Concert and Jazz Bands Performance Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet
The Bethany Theatre Department’s September tradition of Theatre Physics performances continues. 2014 marks its 21st year! This exercise in creative energy features a variety of short scenes, all original material by Bethany students and theatre faculty written, rehearsed, and readied in three weeks. Video Photos Cast: Ty BehnyMolly BruskeAmy EdmisonDustin EdmisonHank HeyerNick KochLydia LonnquistAlissa…
The Voice of the Prairie is a play centered around the time-honored tradition of storytelling. Flashing back between the 1890s and 1920s, the play follows David Quinn as he tells tales on the radio which is just making its way west. Most of David’s stories involve his youthful adventures with Frankie, a blind girl he…
Artistic Direction by Ann FredricksonMusical Direction by Dennis Marzolf By W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Rudolph, Grand Duke of Pfennig-Halbpfennig, was engaged to the princess of Monte Carlo in their infancies. This arranged engagement will expire tomorrow. The Grand Duke is not interested in marrying the Princess because he has heard that her father, the…
The Bethany Music Department presented their annual “Christmas at Bethany” concerts in Trinity Chapel. The concerts included participation by the Concert Band directed by Adrian Lo; the Concert Choir and Handbell Choir directed by Dennis Marzolf; and the Mary Martha Singers directed by Ann Fredrickson. Download the 2013 program.https://youtu.be/pFjY532mvWI Photos
Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, directed by Peter Bloedel. Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast of the master of suspense’s earlier films. With The Lodger, Sabotage and The 39 Steps, Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play is…
See our Fall Festival page for current year information. Events at Fall Festival 2013 Theatre Physics 20 Norseman 5K
The Bethany Theatre Department is celebrating the 20th year of the annual Theatre Physics performances. This exercise in creative energy features a variety of short scenes, all original material by Bethany students and theatre faculty written, rehearsed, and readied in three weeks. https://youtu.be/V71eLmQCuVY Cast: Molly BruskeEmily DworakScott FassettJoel FaugstadTimmy FavoriteLissa HorneberJason JaspersenAmanda JohnsonDavid KellyEmily KimballAlyssa…
The classic Shakespeare tragedy Hamlet was performed in the Sigurd K. Lee Theater of the Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center on the campus of Bethany Lutheran College. Directed by Peter Bloedel, performances were held on April 19, 20, 21, 26, and 27, 2013. When Elsinore Castle in Denmark is visited by the ghost of Prince Hamlet’s…
Captain Corcoran, the commander of HMS Pinafore, has a daughter named Josephine. Josephine is to be engaged to Sir Joseph Porter, the Admiralty’s First Lord (who always travels with a large entourage of sisters, and cousins, and aunts). This would be a great marriage for Josephine and for her father the Captain, because of the…
