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We pick three

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

November 1, 2016

Freshman music education student Jacob Hilton played Jamie in the UW-Eau Claire Player’s production of “The Last Five Years,” captivating the audience with theatrical showmanship over the weekend.

‘The Last Five Years’ in review

October 31, 2016

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