Jason Ruckman
As this year’s play season winds down, director and professor Tee Quillin, along with the cast and crew, are here to give us Western’s unique rendition of Sweeney Todd. The musical tells the story of a barber whose family was taken from him by a judge, and the barber, named Sweeney Todd, is assumed dead. ...
Brian Duskey
Roger Ebert always said that if a film succeeds at what it practices, it is a good film, whether you like it or not. The 2013 remake of “Evil Dead” follows that logic, making it a purely phenomenal horror film. This film is not going to be for everyone. If you are squeamish, I suggest ...
JQ Dever
The lights are dimmed, the camera is set and the actors are ready for action. Adrienne Collins, a Missouri Western student, is ready behind the stage, as she is about to take on the role of Johanna in Western’s rendition of Sweeney Todd. Adrienne says she has worked with director Tee Quillin in the past, ...
Jourdan Ryan
Being a wife, author and pregnant mother of a toddler would be stressful enough if Sarah Kovac didn’t have to add Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita to that list. AMC, a condition that Kovac was born with, causes joints to be crooked or out of whack at birth. For Kovac, this directly affected the use of her arms ...
Brian Duskey
It’s like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” but in middle school and no one cares. After the success of the Twilight series, Stephenie Meyer’s other famous novel “The Host” was greenlit to have a feature film of its own. This was a terrible decision. “The Host” received almost no media promotion and that was probably ...