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We pick three

Story by Grace Olson, Op/Ed Editor
February 4, 2021
Graphic by Hailey Thorsen

We pick three

Story by Evelyn Nelson, Currents Editor
March 4, 2020
Executive Director Frank Watkins says everything from the script and choreography to the tech work and beyond is student-produced. “Cabaret: ‘Game Over’” will show again next weekend.

Travel into the Gamerverse with this year’s Cabaret production

Story by Grace Olson, Op/Ed Editor
February 4, 2020
Frank Rineck, a fourth-year English education student who plays Estragon in Waiting for Godot, said audience members should expect to laugh, cry and think at performances of “Waiting for Gadot.”

Director says Waiting for Godot offers audiences an escape from their world

Story by Julia Lopez
December 12, 2019
Joker is the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time—and counting—surpassing Deadpool.

Why everyone should see the movie ‘Joker’

Story by Jenna Erickson, Freelance Writer
October 30, 2019
The 24 hour show was held at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 in the Riverside Theatre of the Haas Fine Arts Center.

The Players perform on the clock

Story by Evelyn Nelson, Currents Editor
September 25, 2019
Former UW-Eau Claire professor Wil Denson signed books this past Friday night at Volume One.

Commemorating a past full of successful shows

Story by Rebecca Mennecke, Staff Writer
February 12, 2018
Member of the cast Emily Elliot said the play is “light-hearted with a feel-good message at the end.”

‘The Nerd’ comes to Riverside Theatre this week

Story by Taylor Reisdorf, Freelance Writer
December 11, 2017
‘Urinetown’ is about a town faced with having to pay to go to the bathroom.

‘Urinetown’ musical brings comedy to the stage

Story by Madeline Fuerstenberg, Freelance Writer
October 17, 2017
Narrators broke into a game show to determine who turned actor Tyler Kadlec into a talking fish during The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon Saturday night.

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon: an unconventional and modern approach to classic fairy tales

Story by Kelsey O’Connor, Staff Writer
March 14, 2017
Tyler Fridley, computer science and theatre arts student, played physicist Werner Heisenberg in the play “Copenhagen” during the Art AND Science: Dedicated Desire and Unmatched Reason reader’s theatre.

The intersection between art and science

Story by Stephanie Kuski, Currents Editor
December 5, 2016
Eau Claire community members, faculty and students reenacted “War of the Worlds,” the radio drama which sent the nation into a frenzy.

Volume One hosts ‘War of the Worlds’ reader’s theatre

Story by Sadie Sedlmayr, Staff Writer
November 1, 2016
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