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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Celebrating Student Plays: DBMOAF

By Dani Guerrero February 24, 2017

In collaboration with Georgetown’s Department of Performing Arts, the Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society presents the Donn B. Murphy One Acts Festival. Celebrating its 31st edition, the festival took...

Dynamism and Opportunity at Center Stage

By Viviana De Santis September 16, 2016

As the curtains open on Georgetown student theater groups this fall, new plays promise to bring renewed diversity to their repertoires. This year, theater groups on campus are moving toward a common aim:...

JINWOO CHONG/THE HOYA
Vanessa Chapoy (COL ’18) and Daniel Frumento (COL ’18) in Mask and Bauble’s “Into the Woods.”

All the World’s a Stage

By Jane Mikus, Sarah Martin, and Hannah Kaufman April 15, 2016

With a number of dynamic and moving performances that are sure to evoke the deepest of emotions, performing arts groups at Georgetown are showcasing some of their best this week. From Mask and Bauble’s...

CLAIRE SOISSON/THE HOYA
In Mask and Bauble’s latest adaptation of the French play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” which runs from Feb. 18 to 21 and 24 to 27, Greg Ongao (SFS ’16), left, plays the titular Hercule-Savinien Cyano de Bergerac and Taylor Rasmussen (COL ’16) plays Roxane.

Cyrano de Bergerac

By Eleanor Tolf and Tom Garzillo February 19, 2016

In its third event of the school year, the Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society will bring "Cyrano de Bergerac" to Poulton Hall. Veteran Georgetown actors and new performers alike have worked to stage this...

A Musical Dystopia

By Justin Kotwicki April 10, 2015

Imagine a post-apocalyptic world where the earth has all but run out of water. Society is split between the wealthy elite in power and the poor population that must abide by their exploitative rules....

Georgetown Production Puts a New Twist on Family Ties

By Michael Fiedorowicz March 27, 2015

Family is usually associated with love; it is rarely conceptualized through a paradigm of power. However, that's the unique perspective on the familial unit that the newest Nomadic/Mask & Bauble...

Holiday Spirit in Dahlgren Quad

Holiday Spirit in Dahlgren Quad

By D.J. Angelini and D.J. Angelini December 4, 2014

With the Pumpkin Spice Latte being gradually replaced by the Peppermint Mocha as the drink of choice for all basic Georgetown students, one can tell the holidays are slowly taking over campus. The...

MICHELLE XU/THE HOYA
Work is under way for the set of Nomadic Theatre’s production of “boom,” which will open in Walsh Black Box Theatre on Oct. 30. The play is  being produced by Suzanne Coles (COL ’17) and has been put together by the hard work and dedication of a student production team.

Behind the Scenes

By Alex Mitchell October 24, 2014

As we finally settle into fall, Georgetown’s campus theater season has launched into full swing. Productions by the Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society and Black Theatre Ensemble have already graced...

ARIANA TAFTI FOR THE HOYA
Kathleen Hill (SFS ’15), Peter Fanone (COL ’15), Josh Street (COL ’15) and Tim Lyons (COL ’15) in a heatec courtroom scene in Mask & Bauble’s “Inherit the Wind.”

Drama in the Courtroom

By Emily Welch October 17, 2014

Can a cast of college students breathe new life into an old play? Definitely. The Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society proves this point with Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s play “Inherit...

Theater Season in Review

By Lindsay Lee April 25, 2014

Emerging Actors The dawning of a new theater season comes with the difficulty of having just graduated experienced actors but also comes with the excitement of seeing actors bloom and step up to the...

JANET ZHU

Fueling a Fervor for the Arts

By Matthew Grisier April 15, 2014

I am fairly certain that I got into Georgetown because of my experience as an actor. When I sat down with my school guidance counselor to go over the details of my application to Georgetown, I vividly...

OLIVIA HEWITT/THE HOYA 
Catherine, played by Katie Bellamy Mitchell (COL 15) and Hal, played by Sean Craig (COL 16) must team up to work out the mystery of her late fathers life.

The Proof Is in the Production

By Hannah Kaufman February 7, 2014

Devoid of lavish set designs and elaborate arrays of props, director Emma Rice’s (NHS ’15) “Proof” captures the audience’s attention with a very different set of visuals. With a cast of only...

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