Performing Arts

Elon junior Taylor Trensch and alumnus Matt Shingledecker '08 have spent much of the past year headlining the national tour of the Broadway musical, "Spring Awakening." This weekend, the Trensch and Shingledecker will enjoy a homecoming of sorts, as the critically acclaimed tour makes a stop at the Durham Performing Arts Center this weekend.

Kirby Wahl, an associate professor of performing arts, recently finished a job as the dialect coach for the currently running production of Conor McPherson's play, The Seafarer, at The Burning Coal Theatre Company in Raleigh, N.C.

The Department of Performing Arts brings to the stage this weekend 110 in the Shade, a musical that takes the audience into Depression-era Texas where one woman rediscovers love when a con man comes to town with promises to end a drought. The show opens Thursday night in McCrary Theatre.

Cathy McNeela will present a seminar on auditioning and healthy vocal production in the day-long workshop on Vocal Health in Musical Theater: Singin' on Broadway, on Saturday, February 27, at Duke University.

Lauren Kearns, assistant professor of dance and head of the dance program, was the 2009-2010 guest artist for the Winston-Salem All County Dance Consortium.