Tag: Meyer Theater

Video

The Forum: Gabby Forrester, Alex Schmitt and Brianna Pilz

The Forum is the Agora’s interview show. This episode, we interviewed Gabby Forrester, Alex Schmitt and Brianna Pilz about MCCC’s upcoming play “PUFFS: or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (One Act for Young Wizards Edition).” The show is scheduled to run at 6 […]

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Features

MCCC professor helping rebuild theater program

The hushed actors get into place as the audience chatters with excitement. The lights shine down on the set as the show begins. Beside the stage stands the director, pulling her cardigan closed in force of habit, watching over her students and her months of hard work unfold.  The director […]

Opinion

Catherine Brodie takes her final bow

The Agora Chorale sang under the direction of Catherine Brodie for one final concert on April 26, 2022.  In an emotional performance, the chorale performed many well known tunes that had the crowd hooked The show was kicked off by a tribute piece and prayer for Ukraine. The Chorale was […]

News

MCCC hosts annual Honors Night

Editor’s note: This version of the article includes award winners released in MCCC’s April 26 press release.   The bright lights shined on the Meyer Theater stage as award nominees anxiously awaited the results of the 38 awards given out to MCCC students and faculty at Honors Night on April 20.  […]

Features

Agora Chorale takes listeners ‘From Despair to Hope’

With live performances being rare in the last year, recent in-person performances can be much more impactful. The MCCC Agora Chorale hosted “From Despair to Hope” on April 27 in the Lay-Z-Boy Center’s Meyer Theater. This was their first concert in over a year due to COVID. Catherine Brodie, the […]

News

MCCC and MCMC change graduation plans

Graduation ceremonies across campus have gone through several revisions over the past year due to COVID-19’s impact and its restrictions. If students have been following along with the recent emails regarding MCCC graduation, they know that many changes have been made. Monroe County Middle College (MCMC) students have also been […]

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One Book, One Community events canceled to slow spread of coronavirus

One Book, One Community of Monroe (OBOC) had over 15 events scheduled for 2020. The coronavirus shut down all but one as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer increased restrictions on public gatherings. The events, scheduled for March 11 through April 3, included an on-stage conversation between Agora staff members and Dr. Mona […]

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‘Dog Loves Books’ performs at Meyer Theater

Over 850 elementary school kids from Monroe County came to MCCC’s Meyer Theater Feb. 25. The young students saw “Dog Loves Books,” a musical adapted from Louise Yates’ New York Times bestseller. The musical follows Dog, a dog who really loves books and decides to open his own bookstore. To […]

Entertainment

Meyer Theater sets the stage

From hard rockers to country fans, everyone can find a concert at the Meyer Theater this fall and winter. Fall Concert Series  Starting off the fall concert list is Jim Brickman,  who is celebrating 20 years of music making by performing The Platinum Tour. He will be at MCCC at […]