by Dr. Laura S. Crawford, English Department Head and Assistant Professor of English In February of 2021, the Judson College English Department, as part of the Humanities and Fine Arts Division, helped sponsor Judson’s 10th annual African-American Read-In, which celebrates the contributions of African-American thinkers and artists. English Department Head Dr. Laura Crawford read an […]
Judson College will host its 10th annual African-American Read-In Tuesday, February 23, at 11:00 a.m. in Alumnae Auditorium. The Read-In is part of a national initiative of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) that celebrates the voices of African American writers, artists, visionaries, and trailblazers, whose selected works are read aloud. It was established […]
Dr. Billie Jean Young, Artist-in-Residence and Associate Professor of Fine and Performing Arts at Judson College, will perform her one-woman show, Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light, on Thursday, November 7 at 7:00 p.m. in Judson College’s Alumnae Auditorium. Young has mesmerized audiences for more than three decades with her two-act drama depicting the life […]
The Drama Workshop at Judson College will present two performances of Agnes of God on November 6 and 7 at 7p.m. in Alumnae Auditorium on the Judson College campus in Marion, Ala. Parents, faculty, students, and the public are welcome and encouraged to attend. There is no charge for admission. There will be a talkback […]
Dr. Billie Jean Young, Artist-in-Residence and Associate Professor of Fine and Performing Arts at Judson College, will perform her one-woman show, Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light, once again in Marion. The performance will be on Friday, March 2 at 6 p.m. in Judson College’s Ramsay-McCrummen Chapel. Young has mesmerized audiences with her two-act drama […]
The American Shakespeare Center’s 2017-18 Wicked Folly Tour will come to Marion, Alabama, in February with performances of Shakespeare’s Macbeth (February 12) and a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility (February 13) at Judson College’s Alumnae Auditorium. Performances will begin at 7:00pm each evening; doors will open at 6:30. Admission is a suggested […]
Judson College will present three performances of JimmyLee, the Civil Rights-era drama, on March 2-4 in Alumnae Auditorium on the Judson College campus in Marion. JimmyLee will open with two performances Thursday, March 2 at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., followed by a final Alumnae Auditorium performance Friday night, March 3 at 6:00 p.m. A […]
The students of Judson College’s Opera Workshop class will perform scenes from musical theatre, opera, and operetta on Tuesday, November 29 at 7:00pm. The performance in full staging and costumes will be performed on the stage of Judson’s historic Alumnae Auditorium in Marion, Ala. A reception in Archibald Hall will follow the performance. The event […]
Judson College will present the off-Broadway hit musical, Disenchanted, November 10-12. Performed on the stage of the historic Alumnae Auditorium on the Judson campus in Marion, Ala., Disenchanted puts a new “spin” on well-known fairy tales. In Disenchanted, “Disney princesses” challenge the “sugar-coated” versions of their stories often portrayed in movies for maximum profit and […]