EMU Alumni Events
All alumni are welcome to attend any of the following events. We look forward to seeing you on campus!
October 11-13, 2013.
The 2013 Healthy Roots, Thriving Branches Homecoming registration is now closed. There will be a limited number of tickets for all events at the registration desk if you missed the deadline. These are on a first come, first served basis, so be sure to stop by early. If you have already registered PLEASE come to the registration desk, located in the Campus Center Lobby, to pick up your packet of tickets. The desk will be open from 3:00 – 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12. Thank you!
On The Verge, by: Eric Overmyer
Directed by: Heidi Winters Vogel (Theater faculty)
October 11, 12, 13 (matinee at 3 p.m.), 15, 16 ~ MainStage Theater
The play follows the adventures of three Victorian women explorers into what they believe to be Terra Incognita, a new, unexplored land. From very different exploration backgrounds, all exhibit their own form of independence. And share their experiences. As they progress on their travels it becomes apparent that they are not on an ordinary journey; time becomes a character as they jump ahead through time, and along the way they discover artifacts and debate the use of trousers!
Beckett Theatre, New York City, NY, December 14 at 2:00 p.m.
The Preacher and the Shrink, a play by book publisher and class of ’69 alumnus, Merle Good, will appear Off-Broadway at the Beckett Theatre Nov. 2 – Jan. 4. A special matinee performance for EMU alumni is planned for Saturday, Dec. 14. If we sell 99 tickets, the theatre will be exclusively available for EMU. Join us!
For interested residents in the Harrisonburg, VA or Lancaster, PA areas, a bus will be made available. You can view a full travel schedule here.
There are limited number of bus and matinee tickets. Register today!
You can register one of two ways:
# Securely online: please have your major credit card ready.
# By check: contact Marci Myers, event coordinator, at myersmk@emu.edu OR 1-800-368-3383 and mail check (payable to EMU) to Alumni Relations, EMU, 1200 Park Rd., Harrisonburg, VA 22802.
Registration deadline is November 14, 2013 or while ticket supplies last!
EMU Royals Athletics Schedule
Come on out and support your Royals! Full athletic schedule can be found here.
Annual Music Department Gala
Saturday, November 16, 2013. 7 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium
The annual Gala concert is the department’s opening celebration of the winter holiday seasons. We welcome the broader EMU community to this annual event that showcases the breadth of musical talent of EMU’s Music Department.
Repertoire:
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 with EMU faculty pianist Anne Waltner Schubert Mass in G Major with EMU choirsThis is our major fundraising concert of the year. Suggested donations are $10 per person and will benefit the music scholarship fund.
New Voices in the Studio Series
December 6, 7 ~ Lee E. Eshleman Studio Theater
EMU Theater’s new play series. Watch for titles and playwrights to be announced as this exciting body of new works is brought to life!
School for Leadership Training
January 20-22, 2013
Registration packets are available in late afternoon in the seminary building for those who have previously registered for the School for Leadership Training. Evening worship begins at 7:00 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium, featuring keynote speaker Ervin Stutzman. Theme of SLT 2014 is “Discerning Together, Shaping the Future.” A variety of personal, family, congregational and church administrative discernment styles and challenges will be included.
Time Stands Still, by: Donald Margulies
Directed by: Amanda Chandler (‘14)
February 14, 15, 21, 22 ~ Lee E. Eshleman Studio Theater
The play is set in Brooklyn and revolves around Sarah, a photo journalist who has returned from covering the Iraq war after being injured by a roadside bomb, and her reporter boyfriend James who is swamped by guilt after leaving Sarah alone in Iraq. They receive a visit from their friend Richard, a photo editor, who introduces them to his new girlfriend Mandy, who is much younger than he. The play focuses on their relationships and Sarah and James’ prospects at a more conventional life.
Into The Woods By: Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine
Directed by: Justin Poole (Theater faculty)
April 4, 5, 6 (3 p.m. matinee), 10, 11, 12 ~ MainStage Theater
This musical intertwines the plots of several fairy tales, taken mostly from the Brothers Grimm, following them to explore the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Rapunzel,” and “Cinderella,” as well as several others. The musical is tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, and their interaction with a Witch and her curse on them. Oh, and there’s a giant.