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Theatre
8:36 pm
Thu May 9, 2013

Crawlspace hosts the Kalamazoo Improv Festival

Credit Rebecca Thiele, WMUK
Dann Sytsma (left) and Brian Lam (right) doing some improvised theatre at WMUK.

“It really isn’t just people jumping on a stage and trying to make you laugh. It really isn’t," says Dann Sytsma of Crawlspace Theater Productions. "It’s people on stage working together to create a story that’s never been told, that will never be told again. And they want you to experience that with them.”

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Theatre
5:45 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

War correspondents try to lead a normal life in Civic play

Credit Kalamazoo Civic Theatre
Sheena Foster as Sarah recovering from the accident.

Sarah and James have been a couple for about ten years. She is a photojournalist and he’s a foreign correspondent. They cover war, at times putting themselves in great danger to get the story. When a serious accident in Iraq leaves Sarah critically injured they return home so she can recover and to see if they can live a more normal life.


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Theatre
11:05 pm
Mon March 25, 2013

Local theatre wants child sexual abuse survivors to tell their stories

Credit Rebecca Thiele, WMUK
Denise Miller reading one of her poems at FIRE Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Laura Sprague's occupation. 

Though it’s thought to be one of the most underreported crimes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimate about 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls will face sexual assault before the age of 18. On Friday night, FIRE Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative will show a taping of the New York theatre troupe Ping Chong & Company’s production Secret Survivors, where survivors of child sexual abuse use theatre to talk about their experiences.

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