{"id":86593,"date":"2017-11-17T07:13:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T12:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=86593"},"modified":"2017-11-17T06:20:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T11:20:34","slug":"colgate-and-syracuse-universities-stage-medieval-christmas-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=86593","title":{"rendered":"Colgate and Syracuse universities stage medieval Christmas pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-78543\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/COLGATE-C-GATE-300x300.jpg?resize=165%2C206\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/COLGATE-C-GATE-300x300.jpg?w=165&amp;ssl=1 165w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/COLGATE-C-GATE-300x300.jpg?resize=120%2C150&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/>At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, students from the Syracuse University Department of\u00a0Drama will perform the medieval Second Shepherds\u2019 Play in the Hall of Presidents, on the second floor of Colgate\u2019s Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>The play dramatizes the angels\u2019 message to the shepherds on Christmas Eve, but it\u2019s hardly a simple announcement. The author uses humor to speak to key issues of community &#8212; unrest, fragmentation, thievery, charity, and reconciliation &#8212; that are as relevant today as they were in the fifteenth century. With music, puppetry, and a fresh, modern-language translation, this performance will get the whole family into the holiday spirit.<\/p>\n<p>For those with a scholarly bent, the show will be followed by an afternoon symposium with faculty and students from Syracuse, Colgate, Cornell, the University of Rochester, and farther afield to discuss the <!--more-->Second Shepherds\u2019 Play. According to Lynn Staley, Professor of English at Colgate, \u201cthis is a symposium where anyone can offer ideas, where we can talk about the issues raised by the performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The performance and symposium are co-sponsored by the Colgate Arts Council and the Central New York Humanities Corridor, with the goal of engaging scholars and the general\u00a0public in meaningful dialogue about the arts and humanities.<\/p>\n<p>There will be two additional performance of the Second Shepherds\u2019 Play at\u00a07 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, in the Loft Theater at Syracuse Stage. Katherine McGerr of Syracuse University directs the show, with music direction by Hannah Shaffer and puppet design my Carmen Maria Martinez. The text is based on an adaptation of the Second Shepherds Play by Lister M. Matheson, William G. Marx, and Robert L. Kinnunen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Directed by Katherine McGerr<\/li>\n<li>Music Direction by Hannah Shaffer<\/li>\n<li>Puppet Design by Carmen Maria Martinez<\/li>\n<li>Featuring the work of students from the Syracuse University Department of Drama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, students from the Syracuse University Department of\u00a0Drama will perform the medieval Second Shepherds\u2019 Play in the Hall of Presidents, on the second floor of Colgate\u2019s Student Union. The play dramatizes the angels\u2019 message to the shepherds on Christmas Eve, but it\u2019s hardly a simple announcement. 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