Puppets with purpose
Who says grown-ups can't play with puppets? Marianne Gingher '74 MFA and Deborah Seabrooke '75 MFA make no apologies for their no-holds-barred, adult-only puppet theater, Jabberbox. Jabberbox, now in its third season, helps support a school in Zambia, Africa, by making people laugh.
Christine Morris — UNCG professor, actress and dialect coach — is an adept mistress of many voices. Read her tips on what it takes to master the art of the accent.
When adjunct faculty member Gesa Kordes with her Baroque expertise left UNCG several years ago, some students and former students made a bold decision. They'd start their own Baroque group: Greensboro Early Music. That's GEM, for short.
Access to a professional-caliber instrument can be a career changing experience for a musician. But for students studying the violin, viola, cello or other string instruments, the high price tag of top notch equipment — equal to about two or three years of tuition — can be an insurmountable obstacle. A new quartet of string instruments acquired by the UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance will help fill that gap.
