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YSU’s Centennial Celebration, the event featured national,
regional and local speakers and scholars. Martin Apfel,
executive director of global manufacturing and planning for
General Motors and former director of GM Opel Division
Eisenach and Bochum plants, gave the keynote address. The
symposium also included tours of the GM Lordstown plant
and the National Packard Museum in Warren, as well as a
Classic Car show on the YSU campus.
Joel Stigliano, a senior theater major, performs a song from the
musical “Little Women” during a press conference announcing
the 2008–09 season of University Theater.
University Theater Celebrates 45th Year
From farcical comedy to tragic drama, University
Theater’s 2008-09 season has something for everyone.
“True to our stated mission, the 2008-09 University Theater
season continues to present a wide variety of quality theatrical
experiences, ranging from very contemporary issues of the
Middle East conflict, to works based on literary classics, to
broad improvisational comedy,” said Frank Castronovo, chair
of the Department of Theater and Dance at YSU.
The 2008-2009 season marks the 45th year of University
Theater’s existence as a co-curricular theater producing agency
on the YSU campus. Season tickets are available through the
University Theater Box Office by calling 330-941-3105.
University Theater 2008-2009 Season
September 4 -7, 2008
DEARLY DEPARTED, Comedy
October 2-5 and 10-12, 2008
HOW HIS BRIDE CAME TO ABRAHAM, Drama
November 13-16 and 21-23, 2008
LITTLE WOMEN, Musical
January 22-25, 2009
ALMOST, MAINE, Comedy
February 12-15 and 20-22, 2009
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS, Farce
March 26-29 and April 3-5, 2009
MISS JULIE, Tragic Drama
April 16-19, 2009
THE TENDER LAND, Opera
April 30 and May 1, 2, 2009
YSU DANCE ENSEMBLE
John DeWitt of the University of Arts in Philadelphia presents a
session on “Hot Rods, Kustom Kars and High Art” during “The
Automobile in Our Culture” symposium in April.
Fifty-seven pieces of art created by elementary, middle
and high school students throughout the Mahoning Valley
were unveiled during the Partners in Art celebration in
April in Beeghly Hall, home to YSU’s Beeghly College of
Education.
“The idea of this project is to provide an opportunity for
the university and the Beeghly College of Education and the
schools to partner and collaborate,” said Alison Harmon,
associate dean in the college. “It’s an outreach to the schools
to get more involved in the college and to celebrate the talent
of the students throughout the region.”
Partners in Art dates to 1998, when Beeghly Hall was
opened. With a brand new building but bare walls, the college
entered into a partnership with school districts throughout
the region to get students to produce artwork to hang in
the building. In 1999, a celebration was held honoring the
student artists, their families and their art teachers. The
project was conducted again in 2000 and 2004.
“We still have lots and lots of wall space,” Harmon said.
So, in recognition of YSU’s 100th birthday, the college
again launched the project, with nearly 60 pieces of art from
various students throughout the Mahoning Valley, from first
graders to high school seniors.
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