APSU’s esports team expanding quickly after first year on campus
September 22, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Last September, Ranked-Up Esports President Austin Stewart expected 13 or 14 Austin Peay State University (APSU) students to show up at the team’s first-ever interest meeting. More than 80 people showed up.
“We were blown away,” Stewart, a business senior, said. “We had 10 pizzas, and we quickly ran out of those.”
This Week at APSU: Ranked-Up Esports looking to add team members
September 21, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Last September, Ranked-Up Esports President Austin Stewart expected 13 or 14 Austin Peay State University (APSU) students to show up at the team’s first-ever interest meeting. More than 80 people showed up.
“We were blown away,” Stewart, a business senior, said. “We had 10 pizzas, and we quickly ran out of those.”
Middle College at Austin Peay State University holds 2018 Graduation
May 31, 2018
Clarksville, TN – Middle College at Austin Peay State University gathered recently for its 10th commencement ceremony, as faculty, friends and family watched 62 students receive their diplomas in APSU’s Dunn Center.
Melissa Champion-Emerson, Middle College APSU Principal, took a few minutes to proudly speak of her graduating seniors.
Grace Among the Leavings Debuts at the Roxy Regional Theatre
June 21, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Local author Beverly Fisher was present in theotherspace at the Roxy Regional Theater on Monday, June 20th, as her novella “Grace Among the Leavings” turned dramatic presentation debuted in Clarksville.
Based on Fisher’s family research and Civil War gleanings, “Grace Among The Leavings” tells the story of eleven-year-old Grace Meadows and her family’s hard times in the wake of war.
It features Ava DoVanne, a rising seventh grader, in the starring role. As Grace, DoVanne showed her command of the script and the stage in her performance.
Local Attorney Beverly Fisher’s “Grace Among The Leavings” Completes the Journey to the Stage of the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace, June 20th – June 28th
June 9, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The journey from the page to the stage does not always follow an established route: sometimes a new path must be forged.
Following months of adapting, rewriting and workshopping, Beverly Fisher’s Civil War novella “Grace Among The Leavings” completes its journey to the stage of the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace with four staged readings, June 20th – June 28th.
Originally adapted to the stage by Dennis Darling and Kari Catton and produced by Theatre in the Park in Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site in Illinois, “Grace Among The Leavings” underwent further adaptation this past year by Roxy Regional Theatre co-founder and artistic director John McDonald.
“SHREK The Musical JR.” Brings Irreverent Family Fun to the Roxy Regional Theatre, May 20th – June 11th
May 19, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Once upon a time in a faraway swamp, there lived a green ogre who one day found his home overrun by a group of banished fairytale misfits. Thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking donkey to rescue a feisty princess.
The Roxy Regional School of the Arts presents an irreverently fun adventure for the entire family with “SHREK the Musical JR.” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, May 20th through June 11th.
Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film and the book by William Steig, “SHREK The Musical JR.” is directed and choreographed by Tom Thayer, with additional choreography by Emily Rourke and music direction by Lacey Connell.
Maggie McCollester Stars in World Premiere of Booth Tarkington’s “The Magnificent Ambersons” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, March 25th – April 2nd
March 9, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Following months of workshopping, John McDonald’s stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Magnificent Ambersons” is poised for its world premiere at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Friday, March 25th, at 8:00pm.
A spoiled child, a mother’s death, the changing times and the loss of great wealth bring George Amberson his ultimate comeuppance in this timeless piece about the declining fortunes of a proud Midwestern family and the social changes brought by the automobile age.
Beachaven Winery Hosts “Sparkling Brunch” with a Side of Shakespeare at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Sunday, December 6th
November 30, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Shakespeare once wrote, “Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.” On Sunday, December 6th, at noon, the drink of the gods will be well used when paired with delicious cuisine and stellar theatre at Beachaven Winery’s “Sparkling Brunch” at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
This “Sparkling Brunch” with a side of Shakespeare will offer savory Beachaven wines alongside quiche, Belgian waffle shooters, chicken biscuit kabobs, bacon-wrapped asparagus, and banana & mandarin smoothies by Nicoletta’s Catering.
Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” to Close the Roxy Regional Theatre’s 32nd Season with a Nostalgic Bang, July 17th – August 22nd
July 15, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Seventy-six trombones will close the Roxy Regional Theatre’s 32nd season with a nostalgic bang when Meredith Willson’s great American musical classic “The Music Man”marches onto the mainstage, July 17th – August 22nd.
Reprising his role from the 2011 national tour of “The Music Man”, John Adkison stars as fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill, who cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize … despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef! However, his plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for town librarian Marian Paroo, played by Mary Malaney.
Roxy Regional Theatre brings Disney’s “The Aristocats Kids” to the stage, May 29th – June 13th
May 27, 2015
The Purr-fect Family Musical
Clarksville, TN – Everybody wants to be a cat! Twenty-eight students from the Roxy Regional School of the Arts are getting the chance to do just that in Disney’s “The Aristocats Kids” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, May 29th – June 13th.
In this feline adventure based on the Disney animated film, Madame’s jealous butler Edgar cat-naps Duchess and her Aristokittens and abandons them in the Parisian countryside. Luckily, Thomas O’Malley and his rag-tag bunch of alley cats come to their rescue!