{"id":60747,"date":"2020-09-23T09:47:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T16:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=60747"},"modified":"2020-09-23T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T16:50:48","slug":"nau-theatres-first-virtual-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-theatres-first-virtual-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"The curtains open on NAU Theatre&#8217;s first virtual performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ESWM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60623 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ESWM.jpg\" alt=\"East of the Sun, West of the Moon flier\" width=\"286\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/09\/ESWM.jpg 1782w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/09\/ESWM-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/09\/ESWM-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/09\/ESWM-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/09\/ESWM-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/09\/ESWM-1358x2048.jpg 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a>The NAU Department of Theatre is preparing to kick off its 2020-21 season with &#8220;East of the Sun, West of the Moon,&#8221; an adaptation of a Norwegian folktale by award-winning playwright Tina Howe and directed by NAU Theatre department chair Kathleen M. McGeever.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;East of the Sun, West of the Moon&#8221; is an enchanting tale of love and inner strength where spells and darkness can be conquered. Follow the story of young Tove whose family thrusts her into the bitter Norwegian winter with a mysterious Polar Bear.<\/p>\n<p>The show will be staged in a unique way that will keep cast, crew and audience socially distanced. It will include a mix of live acting, voiceover, puppetry, music and more, all performed on a livestream from the Clifford E. White Theater stage. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1-3 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 3 and 4. Tickets are available by phone (928) 523-9011 or by visiting the Central Ticket Office in the University Union.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-theatres-first-virtual-performance\/\">The NAU Department of Theatre is preparing to kick off its 2020-21 season with &#8220;East of the Sun, West of the Moon,&#8221; an adaptation of a Norwegian folktale by award-winning playwright Tina Howe and directed by NAU Theatre department chair Kathleen M. McGeever. &#8220;East of the Sun, West of the Moon&#8221; is an enchanting tale&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}