Author: Paul Farias

Entertainment

Corpus music comes alive during spring break

Paul Farias

Spring break gave me the opportunity to do a lot of things. I had the chance to clean my room, to work on my music, and most importantly of all, get out there and have fun. One of the most important forms of fun to me and my music-riddled brain would be going to see some local live music. Now that I had some time off, I was able to see some shows, and boy did I go see some! During the break, I went to see two concerts, meaning I got to see a whopping six sets altogether. Now…

Community

Del Mar College department leaves no stone unturned

Paul Farias

Del Mar Drama’s next production, Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice,” has begun rehearsals. Even though I told myself I was going to take a break from acting after “West Side Story,” I’m acting for this production too, as I am one of the six Stones cast. “Eurydice” is a retelling of a classic Greek story, that of the newlywed Eurydice and Orpheus. Separated twice, first by Eurydice’s death and second by Orpheus’ breaking of a rule, Orpheus’ search for death leads him back to Eurydice, only with them both in the underworld. The play takes many liberties on the story and places…

Entertainment

Trading out costumes for drum sticks

Paul Farias

Every time I’ve been involved in musical theater, it’s been as one of two things: as an actor or as a musician. The boundaries between these aspects of a production have always been defined. At Aurora Arts Theatre for instance, the band has a designated spot for performing while the cast has practically the entire building at its disposal. For one night though, I had to blur the lines. A singular “West Side Story” performance wherein I, one of the actors, traded in my costumes for a set of drumsticks and performed alongside the musicians as a drummer to a…

Entertainment

Going to the South Side for “West side”

Paul Farias

There are few three-word titles as instantly recognizable as “West Side Story.” They conjure images of gang warfare, young love, and well-choreographed dance numbers. They conjure sounds of American jazz, mixed with a grab bag of famous Latin music styles. After my time rehearsing for this production, I’ll also conjure thoughts of long nights spent doing the thing I love most: watching a show come together, and being a part of it as well. Why is that? Well, let’s go back to the start. November of 2024, to be exact. Now that “A Christmas Story: the Musical” has begun performing,…

Campus

A growing Art and Drama Department names its new chair

Paul Farias

Drama professor Craig Brashears was recently named chair of the Art & Drama department following Michael “Kim” Frederick’s retirement last semester. “I’m excited to be working with familiar people that I’ve worked with before,” Brashears said. “It’s exciting to move into a new role.” With this role, he intends to promote the department’s productions further. “I’m very interested in continuing to promote our productions in drama, our art gallery events,” Brashears said. He also wishes to increase the number of majors as well, which has already been happening. “We certainly want to increase our number of majors,” Brashears said. “We…

Entertainment

Starting community theater with “A Christmas Carol”

Paul Farias

By the time this article publishes, I will have already performed on the Harbor Playhouse stage. Getting to this stage was a dance with my friends and a fight with myself. I walked into Harbor Playhouse on a sunny September afternoon with two things in mind: the thought that I was out of my element auditioning for “A Christmas Carol,” but the conviction to still give it my all. My afternoon was spent watching many people give stellar performances, meanwhile I stayed worried about my chances about making it in the cast after all. We were told that the cast…

Drama

Lighting strikes again with return of Lightning Bolt Theatre

Paul Farias

After a six-year hiatus, Del Mar Drama is performing “Lightning Bolt Theatre” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 and 23 in the Finley Theatre on Heritage Campus. “It’s all student-written material, original stuff,” drama professor Carl Yowell said. Previous performances have seen students put together and perform full plays. “Lightning Bolt has historically been a bunch of different projects,” Yowell said. “We’ve done original plays, we’ve done sketch comedy, like ‘Saturday Night Live,’ we did puppet theater.” For this installation, Yowell has opted for a more individualized approach to the students’ productions. “This year, it’s student-written monologues,” Yowell said. “There may…

Sports, The Porthole

Del Mar College intramurals offered pickleball before it was ‘cool’

Paul Farias

Welcome back to my little Foghorn history corner that I call The Port Hole. It’s based on the name this very newspaper almost used. I was waiting for the right idea to come to me, and I finally got it this semester. Let’s get to some history, shall we? Now, I’m well aware of the fact that the phrase “I knew it before it was cool” has been done to death, but this time it makes sense. Del Mar was onto something decades before it came into public favor, and The Foghorn has records. Of all the recent phenomena to…

Entertainment, Student Spotlight

Holloway finds niche in local theater

Paul Farias

A calling can come from anywhere. The moment where someone stumbles into something that resonates can be found in a variety of locations, and Del Mar drama student Hunter Holloway found his calling from seeing people on stage for a musical. “I saw my first ever community theater show, which was ‘Footloose’ at Aurora Arts Theatre,” Holloway said. From the moment he saw it, he was sold on theater. “I knew that’s what I wanted to do with my life,” Holloway said. He went on to audition for a musical, wanting to give this new medium a try for himself.…

Entertainment

Local theater brings beloved Christmas movie to stage

Paul Farias

Del Mar Drama student Cameron Spencer has been working their way toward getting on a community theater stage for some time. “I’ve been auditioning for Aurora [Arts Theatre] and Harbor [Playhouse] for years,” Spencer said. All that hard work finally paid off when he got the call to be in “A Christmas Story,” a role he accepted. “I was glad to get in,” Spencer said. Based on the 1983 film of the same name, “A Christmas Story: the Musical” follows nine-year-old Ralphie Parker doing anything he can to get his hands on his dream Christmas gift: a Red Ryder carbine…