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Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Last Chance: 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead' Closes This Weekend

The Oakland Community College theater program brings the classic tragicomedy to the Smith Theater stage in Farmington Hills.

This coming weekend brings your last chance to see Oakland Community College Theatre Program’s production, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two minor characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, but Stoppard has turned them into existential antiheroes in his brilliant play. Final performances start at 8 p.m. March 29-31 in the Smith Theater at OCC’s Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills. General admission is $8; students and seniors (age 60-plus) pay $5. Tickets may be purchased at the OCC Raiders Store or at the Smith Theatre Box Office on the day of the performance. Tickets may also be reserved in advance by calling 248-522-3666.

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Oakland Community College Orchard Ridge Campus

Friday, March 23, 2012

OCC Theater Faculty Zips Through Hamlet on Farmington Hills Campus

The abbreviated staged reading provides a deeper understanding of the school's production of 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern'.

Normally, it takes more than four hours to get through Shakespeare's classic Hamlet. But a group of Oakland Community College theater faculty members cut the play down to two hours Thursday morning.  A staged reading held in Smith Theater on the Orchard Ridge campus in Farmington Hills presented selected scenes, amplified by the school's resident Shakespeare expert, English Department faculty member John Mitchell. He provided information about Hamlet's origins, which lie in an 11th century Viking saga, along with insights into the play.  "It's a play about plays," Mitchell said, adding a central theme is that "theater itself is about how people exist. We are always actors."  The reading was open to the public as a prelude to the theatre …

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Oakland Community College Orchard Ridge Campus and 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' Opens March 22 at OCC in Farmington Hills

Thursday, March 22, 2012

5 Things You Should Know Today - March 22, 2012

There's plenty of theater on tap this weekend, and two shows open tonight in Farmington Hills.

Two local student theater productions open tonight, and this weekend will bring an opportunity to see a popular cult classic film. Here's what you should know today: Today's temperature should work its way into the 80s again, with mostly sunny skies. Tonight, the National Weather Service predicts a 20 percent chance of rain after midnight, and a low around 56.  The Oakland Child Care Council’s Early Learning Center will share strategies for using conflict situations to develop important social skills in children. There is no fee for this event, held today, 6:30 p.m., at the Farmington Community Library Main Library. Registration is required; call 248-658-5506. It's opening night for Once Upon a Mattress at North Farmington High School and …

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The Farmington Community Library Main Library, North Farmington Production, 'Once Upon a Mattress', Opens March 23, North Farmington High School, and 6 more ›

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

See 'Hamlet' Excerpts Thursday at OCC Orchard Ridge in Farmington Hills

The 10 a.m. performance with theater faculty provide a deeper understanding of 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which opens the same day.

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  • Wednesday, March 21, 2012

As a prelude to performances of the Oakland Community College (OCC) theatre program’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, an edited version of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet will be presented at the Orchard Ridge Campus’ Smith Theatre on Thursday, March 22, 10 a.m.-noon.  OCC English Department faculty member John Mitchell and Theatre Program faculty member Dennis North, who directed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, will host the event. Admission is free, and the public is invited. Full-time and adjunct members of the OCC theatre faculty will read and perform the roles, with occasional interjections by Mitchell to discuss the historical setting and major themes of Hamlet – an excellent way for audiences to gain a…

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'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' Opens March 22 at OCC in Farmington Hills and Oakland Community College Orchard Ridge Campus

Friday, March 16, 2012

'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' Opens March 22 at OCC in Farmington Hills

Women play the lead roles in this classic play, directed by Dennis North.

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  • Friday, March 16, 2012

Performances of the Oakland Community College Theatre Program’s production, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, are scheduled March 22-24 and March 29-31 in the Smith Theater at OCC’s Orchard Ridge Campus in Farmington Hills. The curtain rises for all performances at 8 pm.  Featuring a cast of 18, with the lead roles played by women, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is directed by professional actor and OCC Theatre faculty member Dennis North. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two minor characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, but Stoppard has turned them into existential antiheroes in his brilliant play. General admission is $8; students and seniors (age 60-plus) pay $5. Tickets may be purchased at the OCC Raiders Store …

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Oakland Community College Orchard Ridge Campus

Stefanie Mullins

3:56 pm on Friday, March 16, 2012

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