Raleigh HightowerLifestyle Editorrhightower@murraystate.edu After an unusual dream, a 140-page script and five years of editing, local physician Chris Poor brings his horror play, “The Yellow Sign,” to a live audience. Poor has been a resident of Murray for 25 years and works in the Emergency Department of the Murray-Calloway County Hospital. Outside of the hospital, Read More
Mason Galemore Contributing Writer mgalemore@murraystate.edu Murray’s Playhouse in the Park has made adjustments to how they operate amid the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing a large transition to a virtual format. “We were literally in tech week for ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime’ when everything shut down,” said Playhouse in the Park Director Lisa Read More
Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu These two Murray State students would be lying if they said they didn’t enjoy performing in the production of “The Commedia Pinocchio” this past weekend with the Playhouse in the Park. “The Commedia Pinocchio” is an adapted story of Pinocchio performed in commedia dell’arte, a unique style of theater from Read More
Dionte Berry Contributing Writer dberry11@murraystate.edu With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, the Pip-Squeaks, a quartet from Playhouse in the Park, have been warming up their vocals for their fourth annual Valentine’s Day serenading fundraiser. The Pip-Squeaks, led by Brad Brauser, started this fundraising tradition in 2017 because of Brauser’s interest in barbershop quartets. “I’ve Read More
Breckyn McKinney Contributing Writer bmckinney14@murraystate.edu Tickets are selling quickly as the Playhouse in the Park plans to showcase its production of the musical “Mamma Mia!” on Nov. 1. Students and local citizens alike are invited to come watch as a local theater puts on its second to last production of the year. “Mamma Mia!,” which Read More
Story by Breanna Sill, Staff writer A local community theater took on a classic tale of true love and defying the odds during its opening weekend production of “The Little Mermaid” on Jan. 29-31. Playhouse in the Park is a community theater located in Murray’s Central Park. Since its opening in 1977, the theater has put Read More
Story by Da’sha Tuck, Staff writer “It’s not about the special needs but about the special gifts,” Holly Bloodworth, director of the Penguin Project said. Playhouse In The Park’s Penguin Project’s first performance of Seussical Jr. was a success. There were all ranges of disability displayed within the program but all participants were able to play Read More
Story by Da’Sha Tuck, Staff writer Broadway’s Seussical is coming to Playhouse in the Park. Performing this musical will be, what the directors of the program call artists, children ages 10-22 who have been diagnosed with a disability. Holly Bloodworth, director of the Penguin Project in Murray, said this particular production is more challenging for the Read More