Photos Courtesy of Kira BrownThe Pepperdine theatre program brought Euripides’ Greek Tragedy, "Medea," to Smothers from April 4 through April 7. The show presented Ben Power's modern-adapted version of the play, which was first performed in 2014 at the National Theatre in London. The play follows the inner struggles of a wife, Medea, as she carries out her calculated … [Read more...] about Pepp Theatre Gets Dark with ‘Medea’
Sarah Barney
A Call for Positive Representation
Images by Kayla Lee Brittany O'Grady, a half-Black, half-White actress said that because of the way she looks, she often gets casted as a Latina. She also said she gets type-cast to play roles about troubled women and thinks those roles are often given to women of color. On Fox's TV show "Star," O'Grady, a former Pepperdine student, plays Simone, who is of the same ethnic … [Read more...] about A Call for Positive Representation
‘The Interference’ Made U.S. Debut
Photos Courtesy of Brit RiveraLynda Radley's "The Interference" came to Smothers Theatre last week in its first U.S. performance. The play originally debuted in the summer of 2016 in Scotland, where it won the Scotsman Fringe First award and a Broadway Baby Bobby award.The story surrounds the character of Karen Henshaw, a young woman in college seeking justice after she was … [Read more...] about ‘The Interference’ Made U.S. Debut
