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Groundbreaking tonight for building
By Elaine Guregian
Beacon Journal arts and culture writer
Published on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008
A greatly expanded and updated home is in the works for the dance and theater divisions of Kent State University.
Roe Green, an Aurora native who earned a master's degree in theater from Kent State in 1980, gave $6.5 million — the largest capital donation in the history of Kent State University — for a new theater and dance center. Tonight at 7 at Kent State's E. Turner Stump Theater is the groundbreaking of the Roe Green Center, expected to be completed in 2010 at a cost of $12 million.
The 70,000-square-foot project will bring the dance and theater divisions under the same roof. New or improved facilities will include three new dance studios and related facilities such as locker rooms and a rehabilitation facility; acting studios; new classrooms and design studio; new and renovated scenery, properties and costume construction facilities; and a black box theater.
The new Roe Green Center is designed by the architectural firm of Holzman Moss with the theater consulting firm of Davis Crossfield.
Coleridge in Canton
Here's something different to do for Labor Day weekend: Go to a one-man show about the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the author of the famous and possibly drug-inspired poem, Kubla Khan. Geoffrey Darling, an actor and writer originally from New Zealand, has performed the solo show for 23 years. He's bringing it now to the Kathleen Howland Theatre in the 2nd April Galerie — an art gallery, 324 Cleveland Ave., downtown Canton.
In Darling's press materials on the show, he urges audiences to ''Meet Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Self-confessed dope addict, lazybones, failed family man and one of English Literature's true greats as he nears the end of his 62-year-old life.'' The one-hour show includes a recitation of Coleridge's acclaimed work, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Performances begin at 8 tonight and continue on Friday and Saturday. Tickets cost $10, $5 for students. Call 330-451-0924.
Piano master class
Spencer Myer, a young American pianist and Oberlin Conservatory graduate, will give a master class at 9:45 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Akron-Summit County Main Library in downtown Akron. The class is free and open to the public. Myer will work with students from the Summit County Chapter of the Ohio Music Teachers Association and advanced students from the University of Akron and Kent State University. Tuesday Musical Association is a co-sponsor of the event, along with those institutions.
Myer is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, as well as Oberlin. He won the Tuesday Musical Association Scholarship Competition Award in 2000 and won First Prize at the 20th New Orleans International Piano Competition.
Winning composition
Knock Yourself Out, a composition by Daniel McCarthy, the chair of the University of Akron's Composition and Theory Department, won first place in the Harvey Phillips Award for Excellence in Composition. The Marine Band's Tuba and Euphonium Quartet played the piece at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. earlier this month.
'Nutcracker' meeting
The Wayne Center for the Arts is inviting the community to get involved in its annual production of The Nutcracker. Anyone who is interested in volunteering for the production, given by the Wayne Center Ballet, is invited to a kickoff meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 8 at 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster. For details, call 330-264-2787.
The Wayne Center has a new executive director, Robb Hyde. A native of Indiana who grew up near Pittsburgh, Hyde is a graduate of Mount Union College and the University of Pittsburgh. He formerly served as director of marketing and development for the Canton Museum of Art. He and his wife, Tammy Zinkhon Hyde, have three children.
Hyde's first day is Tuesday.
Elaine Guregian can be reached at 330-996-3574 or eguregian@thebeaconjournal.com
A greatly expanded and updated home is in the works for the dance and theater divisions of Kent State University.
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