Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Teatro Dignidads Alba Jaramillo. (Photo by Betsy Kaplan/Arizona Sonora News)

New Arizona theater company inspires audiences to think about universal human rights issues

Betsy Kaplan November 15, 2017

A Tucson human rights lawyer saw a need to create a conversation about issues within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Tucson’s newest theater company Teatro Dignidad produces plays about...

Susan Claassen at Invisible Theatre in Tucson. (Photo by Betsy Kaplan//Arizona Sonora News)

Why late Edith Head’s doppelgänger will never leave Tucson

Betsy Kaplan November 1, 2017

Each Thanksgiving Day, one of Arizona’s “48 Most Intriguing Women” becomes a clown. But when it comes to her career, the 5-foot Tucsonan is anything but clownish. Susan Claassen’s energy,...

Actors from Arizona Theatre Companys Summer on Stage program. (Photo by Arizona Theatre Company)

Rural community theater’s across Arizona struggle to survive

Betsy Kaplan October 1, 2017

In a world with limited arts funding, community theaters across the state of Arizona struggle to sustain themselves. According to Arizona Commission on the Arts, in rural areas only 52 percent of...

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