Theater studies at College of the Atlantic can include actor training, improvisational comedy, or even intensive tutorials on producing and directing an original adaption of a play.
BAR HARBOR — A group of eight Conners Emerson students performed a unique, engaging interpretation of “Hamlet” at the Criterion Theatre Saturday and Sunday. The play’s directors said the public performance is just the tip of the iceberg. The performers learned and rehearsed more of the play than was included in the final version. They tried out lots of different interpretations before settling on their own.
“We were interested in having a workshop that wasn’t necessarily about a final show but was about figuring something out,” said Jodi Baker, a professor of performing arts at College of the Atlantic. “We didn’t spend the whole time trying to mount a show. We spent the whole time trying to figure out what ‘Hamlet’ meant to these kids. They decided what they were going to focus on.”
