Benstead Theatre Shines
Benstead Theatre is located in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, home to music, fine arts and theatre. The theatre is an innovative flexible-space black-box. It includes a proscenium opening, stage deck and a fly gallery, allowing plays to be staged in arena, thrust, environmental or proscenium depending upon the director and designers’ creative vision. The facility is dedicated to the theatre department so rehearsals and construction occur right in the space. First-year students who have experienced only proscenium staging in high school find Benstead Theatre a new and exciting place to perform and work.
The theatre is supported by lighting and sound control boards that are replaced with the latest equipment on a regular rotation; fully equipped scene and costume shops; a design studio; an acting studio; and a makeup room large enough to double as a rehearsal space.
Ripon College Cabaret
The Ripon College Theatre Department is proud to present: The Ripon College Cabaret, which will include a variety of acts including music, dance, theater, spoken word, poetry and stand up comedy! Performances are at 7:30 PM on November 22 and 23 in Benstead Theatre in the Rodman Center for the Arts. Although walk-up seats are […]
Ripon College Cabaret
The Ripon College Theatre Department is proud to present: The Ripon College Cabaret, which will include a variety of acts including music, dance, theater, spoken word, poetry and stand up comedy! Performances are at 7:30 PM on November 22 and 23 in Benstead Theatre in the Rodman Center for the Arts. Although walk-up seats are […]
Reading by Poet Sarah Schweig
Sarah Schweig, winner of the Jake Adam York Poetry Prize, will read from her collection, The Ocean in the Next Room. Books will be available for cash purchase. As always, this event is free and open to the public.
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Ripon College’s Caestecker Gallery to open “A Private Collection Revealed” Jan. 21 with curator’s talk, reception Jan. 31
RIPON, Wis. – A new exhibit titled “A Private Collection Revealed,” curated by Ripon College art students and Art Professor Travis Nygard, will open in Caestecker Gallery in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts from Jan. 21 to Feb. 14. In addition to the exhibit opening, a curator’s talk will be given on Jan. […]
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” play auditions to be held Jan. 22-23
RIPON, Wis. – Ripon College’s theatre department is hosting open auditions and a crew call for a touring production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” in the Benstead Theatre in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts on Jan. 22-23 from 7-9 p.m. The play, written by Shakespeare, features four young lovers – Hermia, Lysander, Helena […]
Kaleb Schroeder to perform senior vocal recital Nov. 23
Kaleb Schroeder of Iron Ridge, Wisconsin, is performing his senior tenor vocal recital in the Benstead Theatre of the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts at Ripon College Saturday, Nov. 23 at 5 p.m. He will be accompanied by Adjunct Instructor of Music Deb MacKenzie on piano. Admission is free and open to the public. […]