By Henry Nickerson | Public Relations Coordinator After the mid-semester departure of Salve Theatre Department’s former chair Reggie Phoenix, a challenging show such as Cabaret must have seemed a daunting hurtle to overcome for the leaderless department. However, adjunct director Tom Gleadow proved a wonderful successor to Phoenix. Stunning and powerful, Cabaret was a gamble well-taken for the expanding department.Read More

By Henry Nickerson | Associate Editor On Friday, March 31st, Salve’s theatre department’s production of “Godspell” premiered at the Casino Theatre. After just a month of intensive rehearsals, director Reggie Phoenix debuted a fun and colorful production of the immortal Stephan Swartz classic. Just before the Saturday night performance began, the air about the room was one of excitement and energy.Read More

By Lily Margaret Jones | Co-Editor-in-Chief The theatre department’s latest production, Godspell, opened this past weekend; however, the road to the spring musical was not as smooth as years past. In May 2016, it was announced that the theatre department would undertake Little Shop of Horrors for its spring 2017 musical. Over the course of a few weeks in early February ofRead More

By Michelle Karparis | Associate Editor  This past weekend, the Salve Regina Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance presented “The Children’s Hour,” a play by Lillian Hellman. The play was directed by Reggie Phoenix and performed at the Casino Theatre in Newport. The setting of the play was at a private school called Dobie/Wright in 1934. Act I takes place inRead More