Senior Recital: Hannah Hieronimus, Soprano

FSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance Closes Season With Comedic “Martin and Margaret and the MINDSWAP”The Frostburg State University Department of Theatre and Dance will close its 2023-2024 season with the farcical comedy “Martin and Margaret and the MINDSWAP” by Mike Long and Amaree Cluff. Performances will take place Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, and Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 pm, with a matinee performance on April 20 at 2 p.m., all in the F. Perry Smith Studio Theatre in the Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center.Directed by Darrell Rushton, this lighthearted and fun play was originally intended for the 2020 season but cancelled due to the pandemic. The department is excited to bring it back for this Main Stage season.On the brink of World War II, a genius professor invents the ultimate spy device, a machine that swaps minds. The Nazis want this wonder device, but two American heroes are fighting to keep it – and its inventor – out of enemy hands. As the MINDSWAP machine takes hold, everyone loses their mind, literally, resulting in mistaken identities, comedic chase scenes and the chaos that can only come from a mad, brain-swapping scientist.The cast features performances by graduating seniors Brendon McCabe (Professor Georg Wachtendorf) and Hayden Shoemaker-Davis (Martin Buchanan), as well as Ava Breighner (Margaret Henkel), Finley Manocchio (Natasha Von Metzgemörder), Caleb Friend (James Burkhardt and Hans Burckhardt), and TJ Kelly and Cheyenne Daisy (understudies).In addition to Rushton, creative team members include Sarah Slack (stage manager), George Georgeson (scenic and sound design), Ronald Breitfeller (costume design), Carson Luther (lighting design), Nicole Mattis (dialects), Shea-Mikal Green (intimacy direction), Andrew Watkins (assistant stage manager), Mackenzie Guynes and Kyle Wolford (assistant scenic design) and the Stagecraft II class (properties design). The artwork was designed by Ava Breighner.Tickets for all performances can be purchased online at https://frostburgtix.universitytickets.com/?cid=169. Tickets are $18 for the general public, $15 for FSU faculty and staff, $10 for youth and $7 for FSU students.For more information about the season and group sales, call the Theatre and Dance box office at 301-687-7462 Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 3 p.m. The lobby box office opens one hour before performances.

The SafeRide Program, an initiative of the Student Government Association, offers safe transportation to the students at Frostburg State University. SafeRide, a student-operated program, is free to all students. SafeRide runs almost anywhere in the city of Frostburg, including 7-Eleven, Weis, McDonalds, Burger King, Urgent Care, etc.SafeRide is just a tap away! Download the TransLoc app today! Use the app to request your ride and to receive notifications when your driver arrives! Sign in using your FSU credentials and request a ride during SafeRide hours!

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Join the Catholic Campus Ministry for Sunday Noon Mass at Divine Mercy Parish at St. Michael Church, 44 E. Main Street, Frostburg. Transportation available by texting 410-300-4790

FSU Student Evie Shanholtz Will Perform Senior Viola RecitalFrostburg State University’s Department of Music will present student Evie Shanholtz in her senior viola recital, “¡VOILÀ!” on Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU’s Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. She will be accompanied by pianist Dr. Joseph Yungen and guest artist Peter Lewis on bass, as well as Chassady Redhead and Leah Boggs on violin. The concert is free and open to the public. This event will also be livestreamed; click the “Join Stream” button on this page a few minutes before the recital is scheduled to begin, or any time during the recital, to view the live performance.The program will include “Passacaglia for String Trio in D Major” by Dr. Scott Rieker; “Arioso” by Johann Sebastian Bach; “Humoresque” by Antonín Dvořák; “O Salutaris Hostia” by Edward Elgar, arranged by Shanholtz; the four movements, “Largo,” “Allegro,” “Andante” and “Presto,” of “Viola Concerto in G Major” by Georg Philipp Telemann; and the third movement, “Rondo, Allegro,” of “Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.At FSU, Shanholtz studies under Dr. Talya Schenk. She anticipates graduating in May 2024 with a bachelor’s in music education. Shanholtz is a member of Delta Zeta, the National Association for Music Education and the Fraternity and Sorority Life Council. She has been on the Dean’s List and is the recipient of an FSU Honors Scholarship. She has also been a choral assistant. Shanholtz plans to teach music in a secondary school and eventually become an administrator. She attended South Hagerstown High School.For more information, contact FSU’s Department of Music at 301-687-4109.

Mountain City Traditional Arts to Host Famed Irish Singer Rory MakemFrostburg State University’s Mountain City Traditional Arts will host famed Irish singer Rory Makem on Sunday, April 28, at 4 p.m. at 25 E. Main St. in Frostburg. The concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are required, though donations are greatly appreciated.A seasoned performer with more than 35 years on the road, Rory has toured extensively with The Makem Brothers and The Makem and Spain Brothers and for 17 years played guitar with his father, Tommy Makem. He has played sold-out venues, festivals and theaters throughout the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland and Ireland, captivating his audiences with charisma, passion for the songs, poetry, history, humor and skilled musicianship.The love of song runs deep in the family. Continuing a legacy handed down from his grandmother, the legendary source singer Sarah Makem, Rory pulls the songs of the worker, the sailor, the lovers, the fighters and the land from the pages of history and breathes life into them. An adept interpreter of folk songs, he masterfully accompanies himself on guitar, banjo, mandolin and bouzouki.Not limiting himself to the stage, Rory has played on movie soundtracks, including “A Fool and His Money” and “The Lightkeeper.” His compositions can be heard as the backdrop for PBS series as diverse as “Tommy Tang’s Modern Thai Cuisine,” “It’s an Age Thing” and “Simply Painting.”He has also recorded with some luminaries of modern folk music, including Tom Paxton, Noel Paul Stookey, Bill Staines, Eric Weissberg, Roger McGuinn, Dave Mallett, Gordon Bok, Jonathan Edwards, Rick and Ron Shaw, and Schooner Fare.MCTA is a program of FSU and a founding member of Maryland’s Folklife Network. It receives support from the Maryland Traditions Program of the State Arts Council.For more information, call 301-687-8040.