Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• March 23, 2023
“Pirates of Penzance,” a comedic operetta directed by Viterbo’s Theatre & Music Theatre faculty member, Teddy Eck, recently had their performances on May 3-5. With only a month and a half of...
Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• March 23, 2023
On Feb. 24 and 25, Student Theatre Project (STP), a student-run organization, held their annual Thrift Shop fundraiser to support their current show, “Heathers the Musical.” One of the members of STP,...
It’s not a secret in the Music and Theatre Departments that singing in Viterbo’s Black Box Theater is very different than singing in the Recital Hall. It’s like “singing into the void,” as sophomore...
Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• March 1, 2023
On Feb. 17, “Significant Other” had its opening night. It was produced by Viterbo’s Conservatory of the Performing Arts and directed by Mary Trotter, an adjunct faculty member for the Theatre and...
Nov. 18, marked the opening of William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” produced by Viterbo’s Conservatory for the Performing Arts. Lauren Bergquist is the assistant director of the play and...
Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• December 7, 2022
It now seems so long ago that I penned my first article for the Lumen, a Campus Life piece from Nov. 20, 2018, titled “International students feel Viterbo’s hospitality.” Since then, countless other...
Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• December 7, 2022
On Nov. 4 and 5, members of the Wisconsin state chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing gathered in person for the 2022 Wisconsin NATS Auditions. The competition at the University of...
Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• November 16, 2022
On Oct. 29, the Fine Arts Center’s Main Theatre was filled with students and community members for Platinum and Diamond Edition’s latest fall performance, “Movin’ to Musicals.” The night featured...
Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• November 16, 2022
Polly Pappadopoulos has been a part of the Viterbo story since her first year as a student in 1994. Since that time, she has become a prominent figure at the piano in both the Fine Arts Center and San...
Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• October 31, 2022
During the first week in October, Viterbo’s campus community celebrated Alumni Week, a series of festivities meant to honor and highlight the work of Viterbo graduates. In addition to the Conservatory’s...
Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• October 31, 2022
Many art forms find their home in Viterbo’s Fine Arts Center, but one of the least well-known is improvisational theatre, known as “improv” for short. Improv engages a team of actors in games and...
Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• October 20, 2022
In a cozy office on the fourth floor of the Fine Arts Center lives one of the Music Department’s oldest alumni. It has no degree, nor has it ever been recognized as Distinguished, but it has seen more...
