Bee Goodman- Managing Editor Tech Choirs host annual Unity in the Community Concert and celebrate gospel music. Each year, Director of Choral Activities, Dr. Craig Zamer, choses a special cause to bring the community together for the annual Unity in the Community concert in the spring. This year, he […]
Arts
Gagged and gutted; Backdoor Playhouse closed for spring season
Bee Goodman Feb. 6, 2024 Many are left with heavy hearts and worries as the Backdoor Playhouse abruptly closes. The former Facilities Director James Alder addressed a telling message to students and staff. Prior to the pandemic, the Backdoor Playhouse hosted numerous shows with gleaming success and followed into more […]
Gagged and gutted; Backdoor Playhouse closed for the spring season
By Bee Goodman, Managing Editor Many are left with heavy hearts and worries as the Backdoor Playhouse abruptly closes. The former Facilities Director James Alder addressed a telling message to students and staff. Prior to the pandemic, the Backdoor Playhouse hosted numerous shows with gleaming success and followed into more […]
TTU faculty present ‘An Iliad’ as first production for new theater company
From June 27-29, two TTU faculty members will be presenting the play “An Iliad” by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson at the Cookeville Performing Arts Center. “An Iliad” will be the first production for James Alder and Joseph Clark’s theater company Alder & Clark Present. Alder has worked as the […]
Backdoor Playhouse premieres a killer show
What happens when a bunch of thespians listen to true-crime podcasts? They make an infamous story of serial murders into a killer musical. The Backdoor Playhouse is working with playwright Jason Spraggins and composer Matt Glickstien to join the Backdoor Playhouse to premiere their original work Crawlspace: A True-Crime Musical […]
Midnights
Bee Goodman October 31, 2022 Taylor Swift’s Midnights Strikes Big With the release of her newest album “Midnights,” Taylor Swift has once again taken the world by storm. Just when you think Swift defined her identity as a star and established a sound recognizable to all, she appears out of […]
24th U.S. Poet Laureate Performs at Backdoor Playhouse
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the current United States poet laureate, Ada Limón, performed a poetry reading at the Backdoor Playhouse. The event drew a crowd of an estimated 155 people to the theater where Lemón recited 13 poems from her newest book, “The Hurting Kind,” with subjects ranging from love, […]
Women’s Center Art Gallery
Tech’s Women’s Center hosted their first women’s art gallery on Sept. 1 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., featuring the artwork of Anna Grayson, a metals major from Gallatin, Tennessee. The Women’s Center, located in Roaden University Center room 339, hosts a series of events throughout the year and […]
Tech Players Present Spring Production of “The Wolves”
The Tech Players will debut their production of “The Wolves” on Feb. 3 at the Backdoor Playhouse. Directed by Joe Clark, “The Wolves” features an all-female cast and follows the lives of a soccer team as they prepare for their matches. The characters, who are all referred to by their […]
Practice, Even the Improv Troupe Needs It
In the hopes of bringing laughter, the Backdoor Improv Troupe is rehearsing for their spring semester season in the Jere Whitson Building every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Backdoor Improv Troupe was established in November 2020 by its current president Briley Barnett, a junior communications major at Tech. […]