Curtain Theatre

joining a theatre crew. You spent much of your childhood attending plays while getting captivated by the fantasy being brought to life before your very eyes and now you want to become part of it. While it is true that most who are in the theatre did join for this very reason, there are some points where the similarities of watching and participating detour into major differences. I preface this with a brief glimpse into my background. First off, I was not an actor. I loved the theatre very much…

On Sunday November 20, at 2 pm I saw High Point University’s production of Curtains. The play had Hayworth theatre’s first and second floors packed with a lively audience. The audience was mostly filled with family consisting of parents, grandparents, and younger children. Some parents and older members of the audience had bouquet of flowers in their hands, probably to give to the cast or crew members after the show. I would consider the show house half full because the majority of the audience…

The Cold War began from mistrust, misunderstandings, and misconceptions between both the United States and the Soviet Union. While World War II was happening the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britan formed allies to take down the Nazis. After the war, the Soviet Union had different goals for the future of Europe than the rest of the Western Allies creating tension. The death of President Roosevelt, who was a supporter of Stalin and replaced with Truman, who agreed heavily with Britain,…

World War II left devastation and human turmoil in its wake. However, not long after the last shot was fired in one war a new kind of war was born. One that had no bombs surging down from the skies, yet still instilled fear into citizens of several countries. A war with undeniable boundaries made up of barbwire and guards. Each side professing the other’s weakness and oppression; neither willing to act on their threats in fear of retaliation. This was the Cold War. A political war between the…

As academics look at events to see the repercussions, what they were really about from the approach of the scholar sometimes they find contradicting ideas about a single event, which allows for further debate. To properly support the idea of the state analysis being the ideal idea for the Treaty of Dunkirk, and for the concentration of Security and Strategy, using the analyses of John Baylis, Cees Wiebes and Bert Zeeman, and Sean Greenwood to support the state analysis and show the different…

2016)Winston Churchill used to be the prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 up until 1945 and he is one of those leaders mentioned in history for having a role during the cold war. He was one of the very first leaders to raise the idea of an iron curtain that was descending across Europe which was later seen as a factor that gave birth to the cold war. Winston Churchill delivered a speech explaining his feelings towards the soviet unions and how they were trying to take control over the…

distinctively different cities. East Berlin was ruled under a Soviet communist regime, while West Berlin was ruled under the influence of the Western World. The division between East Germany and West Germany is what Winston Churchill called the “Iron Curtain” that fell across Europe, isolating its…

“Harrison Bergeron” is a fictitious story written by Kurt Vonnegut in October of 1961. During the time period in which it was published, the Soviet Union (USSR) was still in power. The Soviet Union was a communist society that used force from “secret police”, whose main objective was to censor the people. The story “Harrison Bergeron” has a similar approach set in a dystopian society in the year 2081. In this society “Everybody was finally equal....Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody…

Reich. Germany was to be divided into four zones, each controlled by either the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, or France. In addition, Berlin, which lied in the Soviet territory, was divided into four zones. Eventually, an Iron Curtain (as Winston Churchill described it) fell over the entire continent of Europe and created a rift between the East and the West. In 1949, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France combined their German land to create the Federal…

paths in life in an effort to fulfill our goals and dreams. I am fortunate to have grown up in a warm, loving home surrounded by family and friends who have contributed and continue to encourage me to believe in myself and pursue my dreams. The theatre experience has been a vital part of my life since early childhood. From a young age my family and I attended numerous Broadway musicals. The cultural and educational experience I gained from these theatrical performances fueled my passion for…