COURSES – FALL 2026 / Performing Arts / COMPELLING THEATER AND CINEMA: FROM PAGE TO PERFORMANCE

Coordinators: Wayne Cotter, Frieda Lipp, Bob Reiss

In this course, we’ll focus on the art of storytelling from script to stage and screen.

Although the course will primarily feature live performances of classic and contemporary works performed by Quest members, a few classes will be devoted to presentations on influential directors, groundbreaking actors, and the creative forces that help shape theatrical and cinematic productions.

B WEEK / MONDAY / 1:00 – 2:30 PM / IN-PERSON / AUDITORIUM


Theater and Cinema
DatePresenterTitle
Sep 14Bob ReissCarousel and the Hays Code
Sep 28Paul AdlerJean-Luc Godard, New Wave Pioneer
Oct 12Columbus / Indig. PeopleNo Classes
Oct 26Wayne CotterGeorge Orwell’s Animal Farm — The Play
Nov 09Ruth WardTwo Chekhov Plays — The Proposal and The Bear
Nov 30Mary Beth YakoubianPlay TBD
Dec 14Frieda LippFieffer’s People — Play



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