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Announcing the Adams School of Music and the Arts at Gordon College

Posted on February 26, 2024

Gordon Establishes the Adams School of Music and the Arts

The Adams School, led by Dr. Sarita Kwok, brings together the best of Gordon’s creative and performing arts programs into a distinct, collaborative entity.

Posted on February 13, 2023

What has faith to do with performance?

Norm Jones, professor of theatre arts, explores the intersection of faith and performance.

Posted on March 18, 2021

Creativity in Crisis: How Gordon’s Thespians Adapted to COVID Constraints

In a typical semester, theatre students would use facial expressions to help tell a story, audiences would sit shoulder to shoulder to watch live performances, and cast members would hold hands for their final bow. This year, those familiar rhythms have been replaced by totally new ways of doing things.

Posted on July 3, 2020

‘Creating a world onstage’: Hamilton’s Revolutionary Mosaic of Culture

As the hit musical Hamilton arrives to Disney+ on the eve of Independence Day, Theatre Arts Department students and alumni reflect on its cultural influence.

Posted on October 10, 2019

‘Antigone’: A Modern Spin on Timeless Struggles

After performances of Theatre Arts' production of 'Antigone,' audiences were torn on whether to laugh at the play’s hilarious banter or cry because of its tragic elements of death and sorrow.

Posted on April 15, 2019

Gordon’s First Mini-fringe Festival Makes Unknown Theater Known

At Gordon College’s first ever Mini-fringe Festival, theater became an immersive experience. Six short pieces each featured a new, experimental type of theater that invited the audience into the story.

Posted on February 22, 2019

Lauren Snyder ’19 Designs Major Set for Winter Musical

After reading a poem about a saw in her Nobel Literature class, Lauren Snyder ’19 was the only one who raised her hand when the professor asked if anyone had ever used one.

Posted on January 25, 2019

Interviewing Norm Jones 33 Years and 51 Plays Later

This year the Department of Theatre Arts turns 30. To celebrate, The Bell interviewed its founder, Norm Jones—a professor known for his warmth, ability to quote Shakespeare at any given moment, and charming repertoire of accents.

Posted on November 5, 2018

Theatre to Present 'Silent Sky'

The Gordon College Department of Theatre Arts presents its fall play, 'Silent Sky'—the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an early-1900s Harvard astronomer who fought to gain recognition for her groundbreaking discoveries.

Posted on April 17, 2018

“As You Like It” Review: Elizabethan-era Tennessee

In an effort to make the Shakespearean script feel more contemporary, director Norm Jones (theatre), who celebrated his 50th directorial production with As You Like It, moved the set from France to Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains.

Posted on February 7, 2018

Gordon Produces Classic Romantic Comedy

Gordon’s Black Box Theatre has undergone countless transformations in its time. Most recently, it became a 1930s perfumery for the Theatre Arts Department’s production of She Loves Me, January 25 through February 3.

Posted on December 8, 2017