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The Ring-tum Phi

Independent student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

The Ring-tum Phi

Independent student newspaper of Washington and Lee University

The Ring-tum Phi

Hamlet 50/50 casted Hana Chang, ‘26, as Hamlet and Alania Pastore, ‘25, as Ophelia for its 
gender equitable adaptation of the famous Shakespeare play.

“Hamlet 50/50” brings gender equity to a centuries-old tale

The reimagined Shakespeare play turns Elizabethan England’s gender power structure on its head, giving new voice and agency to female characters
Emma Malinak, Editor-in-Chief
December 9, 2024
Students perform in the Robert O. and Elizabeth M. Bentley Opera "Dido and Aeneas” in Wilson Concert Hall. Photo courtesy of the W&L Facebook page

Students make their opera debuts with Henry Purcell’s Greek tragedy ‘Dido and Aeneas’

This year’s Bentley Musical portrays the love affair between the titular characters adapted from Virgil’s “Aeneid”
Catherine McKean
March 28, 2024
Students met “Hamilton” and “In the Heights” creator Lin-Manuel
Miranda while in New York City.

W&L theater department takes on Broadway

A group of W&L students saw six plays and met playwrights in a fully-funded trip to New York City
Lizeth Moctezuma
March 19, 2024
A group of young women, all wearing different 1960s outfits, pose onstage and smile. One young man wearing black sits on the ground and smiles as well.

“Beehive” centers female empowerment, social movements, music of the ’60s

Director Jenefer Davies called the show "a love letter to girl power"
Chas Chappell, Staff Writer
March 28, 2023
The main characters and Priscilla, their bus. Photo by Claudia Schwab.

‘Priscilla’ encapsulates Pride Week’s theme of love and inclusion

Washington and Lee’s annual musical coincided with Pride Week, reinforcing and enhancing its ideas
Grace Mamon
November 6, 2018
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