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August 03, 2023
Sinclair Community College’s annual Fine Art Faculty Exhibition will usher in the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year.
Each fall, the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, the Works on Paper Gallery, as well as other spaces around Building 13 display work from the faculty and adjunct faculty of Sinclair’s Art Department.
The Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery traditionally features one faculty member, and this year will exhibit Self-Portrait: Memory & Reflection by Pro...
March 20, 2023
From New York to Paris, from ragtime to jazz: THE HELLO GIRLS chronicles the story of America’s first women soldiers in this new musical inspired by true events.
Presented March 24-April 1, 2023, in Blair Hall Theatre, during Women’s History Month, Sinclair Theatre is proud to present the true story of the women who answered the call, with music and lyrics by Peter Mills; book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel.
These intrepid heroines served as bilingual telepho...
April 21, 2021
Sinclair Chorale, under the direction of Daniel Greene, will present a free virtual concert beginning Tuesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. on Facebook@sinclairmusicdepartment.
Songs of the Soul, Diversity with Determination, will feature two unique pieces: Mata del anima sola (Tree of the lonely soul) by Venezuelan composer, Antonio Estevez; and Soul's Anthem by African American artist and composer Kirk Franklin and singer Torie Kelly. The pieces are connected by the affirming message that des...
March 29, 2021
Sinclair Theatre proudly presents the hilarious comedy PUFFS, by Matt Cox, LIVE ON STAGE, beginning May 14-23 in Blair Hall Theatre on Sinclair’s downtown campus. Limited seating will be available and all COVID 19 safety protocols will be enforced.
The New York Times proclaims PUFFS, “A fast-paced romp through the ‘Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic.’ “
Licensing agent Concord Theatricals claims: “This clever and inv...
September 14, 2018
The smash hit, musical comedy Be More Chill closes its sold-out Off-Broadway run on Sept. 30 and opens Sinclair Theatre’s season October 5-13 in Blair Hall, Building 2 on the downtown Dayton campus! Then, the off-Broadway production heads to a recently-announced Broadway opening in February 2019!
Based on the book by Ned Vizzini, Be More Chill is about students surviving high school by transforming from “loser” to “chill” via a pill-sized supe...
August 03, 2017
Sinclair Theatre will open the 2017-18 season with Blues for An Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage from October 6-14 in the newly renovated Blair Hall Theatre, Building 2, on the downtown Dayton campus.
Blues examines the conflicting political currents of the Harlem Renaissance as seen through the eyes of 5 passionate African Americans who have been influenced by Josephine Baker, Margaret Sanger, Langston Hughes and other contemporaries.
Directed by Kimberly Borst, the cast includes Bryana Bentle...
July 12, 2017
Sinclair Theatre received 19 nominations in Russell Florence Jr.’s Saluting Dayton’s 2016-17 Theatre Season and received two “BEST OF” awards for scenic and sound designs for Dracula-- including one for the student sound design by Isaiah Parnell, 2017 Sinclair graduate, who is transferring to University of Cincinnati’s CCM this fall and is currently doing an internship in New York.
Full article can be viewed at: http://www.mostmetro.com/entertainment/saluting-day...
June 09, 2017
The Diversity Office is hosting the movie Pele: Birth of a Legend on Thursday, June 22 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Charity Earley Auditorium located in Building 12 on Sinclair's downtown Dayton campus. The movie is free and open to the public. Come and enjoy this 2016 film that chronicles the life of Brazlian soccer legend Pele. Snacks will be provided.
For more information, check out the links below or contact michael.carter@sinclair.edu.
Movie Overview
Movie R...
May 22, 2017
Students from the Sinclair Theatre program will perform 21 Chump Street by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda at 12 Noon Thursday, May 25 and Friday, May 26 in the Black Box Theatre on the third floor of Building 2, near the end of the ramp leading to Building 10.
The 15 minute performance is free, and seating is on a first come-first serve basis. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
DAYTON DAILY NEWS ARTICLE
Additional free performances take place 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 24; 7:00 p.m. ...
May 01, 2017
Sinclair Theatre and Dance presents Moving Spirits, a dance event, for two performances only May 19-20 (both at 8 p.m.) in Blair Hall Theatre, building 2, downtown Dayton campus (Fourth St.) Directed by Rodney Veal and featuring choreography by Erin Long-Robbins, Denise Miller and Elisa Kappedal there will be 6 pieces performed by Sinclair students and the South Dayton Dance Studio.
The beauty of dance begins within the soul and movement becomes an extension of the dancer's body, mind and ...
March 24, 2017
Sinclair Theatre will present an outrageous musical comedy with an environmental twist, The Toxic Avenger, April 7-15, in Blair Hall Theatre on the downtown Dayton campus.
Directed by Chris Harmon with musical direction by David McKibben, the show is based on Lloyd Kaufman’s The Toxic Avenger films. This charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical features an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor and bullies, mobsters, old ladies, and stiletto-wearing ba...
February 07, 2017
Sinclair will host the traveling exhibition SOS: Signs of Suicide Project February 13-27 on the Library Loggia at the downtown Dayton campus. The exhibit is presented by Dayton's K12 Gallery & TEJAS (Teen Educations and Joint Adult Studio).
The goal of this project is to educate the public about the signs of suicide among young people, bring hope to those who are suffering and provide resources for direct support. The travelling exhibition will travel to schools...
February 06, 2017
In honor of Black History Month, Sinclair Theatre is touring the play A Song for Coretta by Pearl Cleage to area schools throughout the community.
The story of A Song for Coretta centers five fictional African American women who share their inspirations from Coretta Scott King. The production is made possible through a Sinclair Cultural Diversity Grant.
A 20-minute selection from the show will also be performed as part of the NIA Awards, “celebrating leadership and good deeds w...
February 06, 2017
Sinclair Theatre will present one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, February 10-18 in Blair Hall Theatre, Building 2 on the downtown Dayton campus.
Adapted and directed by Nelson Sheeley, this version features music by Felix Mendelssohn including his well-known Wedding March. The four interconnecting plots, surrounding a wedding, include the adventures of four you lovers and six amateur actors who are manipulated by the fairies who inhabit ...
February 03, 2017
In the spring of 1964, Herbert Eugene Randall, Jr., a talented young African and Native American photographer, was awarded a fellowship to spend a year photographically documenting contemporary Negro life. He decided to photograph Freedom Summer activities in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
With gratitude to Mr. Randall, Sinclair will have several of the images from the Freedom Summer project on display in the library loggia on the downtown Dayton Campus from February 1 – March 31.
D...
January 23, 2017
Twenty-seven theatre majors represented Sinclair at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Indianapolis January 14. They competed against students from 2- and 4-year colleges from a 5-state region. Isaiah Parnell, won the Region III Theatrical Design Excellence Award for Sound Design and will compete in Washington, D.C. at the national festival in April. In addition, he received a Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas fellowship. Erin Waldon, with scene partner Bryan...
February 02, 2016
The Sinclair Diversity Office, Student & Community Engagement and Sinclair Theatre are just some of the areas at our campuses presenting events and activities throughout February in observance of Black History Month.
All events are free of charge, unless noted.
Download flyer and check website calendars for additional details on all events.
February 2 - Documentary "From Swastika to Jim Crow"
Building 8 Stage at 11:30 a.m.
February 8 - TV Adaptation...
January 22, 2016
This special event will be presented February 16 & 17 as part of Black History Month activities. The reading begins promptly at 6:00 p.m., and no latecomers will be seated, in consideration of the cast and audience.
Set in the 1950s, Fences is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle". Like all of the "Pittsburgh" plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among o...
March 14, 2014
Only 3 Performances!
Sinclair Theatre presents a FREE Readers Theater production of The Brick and The Rose by Lewis John Carlino on Wednesday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, March 27 at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre, Room 2411, on Sinclair's Downtown Campus.
Directed by Gina Neuerer, the play, performed in a unique theatre style, has been called a "collage of voices" that depict a young man's spiral into drug addition in his search for life's meaning. Fou...
February 06, 2014
February 2 - March 12
Building 13 Galleries
As the annual Realizing Awareness and Cultural Heritage (REACH) exhibit, Shades of Greatness, displays work from an estimated 30 contributors and honors the Negro Baseball leagues of the early 20th century.
Works in the exhibit include traditional paintings and drawings, as well as sculptures, prints commissioned by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. The exhibit also highlights a collection of jers...
January 24, 2014
To support and enhance the story being dramatized in the upcoming production of A Shayna Maidel, Sinclair's Theatre & Dance Department has collaborated with the Holocaust Remembrance & Education Committee to host three exhibits and a panel discussion designed to promote a better understanding of the Holocaust.
January 27-February 16
Bystander to Upstander: A banner exhibit from the Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education will be on display on the thir...
December 10, 2013
The African American Studies, Cultural Diversity Committee and Psychology Department are hosting the 2013 City-Wide Kwanzaa Celebration of Nia on Monday, December 30 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Student Leadership Center in Building 8
For more information, please see attached flyer.
December 04, 2013
The Sinclair Community Wind Symphony, directed by music professor Kenneth Kohlenberg, presents a concert featuring clarinetist, Joe Eller, on Saturday, December 14, at 8:00 p.m. in Building 2, Blair Hall Theatre.
Eller is clarinet professor at University of South Carolina School of Music and principal clarinet of the South Carolina Philharmonic.
In addition to the concert, Eller will present a woodwind master class on Friday, December 13, at 4:00 p.m.
Both events are free and the public...
November 13, 2013
The Sinclair Contemporary Gospel Ensemble, Opera & Music Theatre Ensemble, and special guests, The Sinclair Choral Union-- an ensemble formed of community members from the Greater Dayton Area-- will present: " An Evening in December" on Saturday, December 7 in Blair Hall Theatre at 8:00 p.m.
This concert will be an entertaining evening of vocal and choral music including seasonal melodies, up-beat gospel tunes, and opera/ musical theater scenes from su...
November 04, 2013
TWO Original One Act Plays
Written and Directed by a Sinclair Student and Faculty Member
ONE New Black Box Theatre
FOUR Performances Only
The Art of Dying
A new drama about 2 brothers, religion, and cancer. What could possibly
go wrong?
By Nelson Sheeley and Directed by John Ray
Featuring Lewis Smart and Graham Fulmer
Gilligan, The Titanic and Other Small Tragedies
A new comedy about 2 couples, 1 broken down cruise ship, and 0 hope of
rescue.
...
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