Hired to play a hipster, a punk kid for a Coca-Cola commercial and a self-absorbed son of a drug lord for season two of the Dallas-based, USA television show Queen of the South, Gustavo Hernandez is 180 degrees different from the characters he brings to life. “My character, Pedro Jimenez, is the most outgoing guy,…
GIVE YOUR SEMESTER A BIG MUSICAL FINISH
Looking for a way to relax before finals begin? How about taking in a show? The Collin College theatre and music departments have several shows to see. Collin Theatre Center closes out its 2016-2017 season with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which opened April 29 in Spring Creek Campus’s Black Box Theatre. Directed by…
BROADWAY’S BOOMING WITH COLLIN COLLEGE TALENT
Six—yes, six –Collin College alumni are currently working on Broadway. Alumna Elizabeth Judd is performing in the 2016 Tony award-winning “Best Musical”—Hamilton. The 2016 Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical recently received a whopping 11 Tony awards. And that’s not all. Five other Collin alumni are working on Broadway hits. Cory Boulieris is a sub assistant stage…
RUNWAY READY
Students from all backgrounds are getting runway ready for Collin College’s first-ever Theatre Fashion Show at 7 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14 at the Spring Creek Campus Alt Lab. About 17 student models and around 20 student designers are collaborating to create unique looks through costuming and makeup skills. Designs from Victorian…
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH COLLIN THEATRE
Not every role in a production takes place on the stage. In fact, important positions in each performance involve the work of people the audience members don’t see. At Collin Theatre Center, one of those individuals is stage manager Devon Miller. “Putting a show together is a long, tedious and above all else extraordinary experience,”…