Here are the events that make our Eta Gamma Chapter uniquely our own!
Festival of Dionysus and the King and Queen of the Laurels
The ancient Greeks celebrated this fetival from December through April and at the end, they crowned a King of the new year. In this tradition we plan to hold educational events at each phase in the festival and remember how theatre started from ancient religious and cultural festivals, while celebrating what makes theatre at Virginia Tech special and unique. We will crown a king and queen of the year to be our delegates and representative to campus and community events speaking on behalf of the organization and who we wish to be affilated with in the Greek and educational community.
Satyr Days
This is our answer to Herculean attempts at the Greek Olympics, except with a theatrical twist and flair. Resembling more an elementary school field day (with more mess than you can shake a stick at!) than physical and sporting prowress, Satyr days last through a week of events culminating in an outdoor game arena celebrating the competitive side of theatre!
HamFest!
"'Cause the whole world loves it when you play the clown..." as Outkast once sang, and we agree! This one night stand-up, sit-down, tie-your-shoe, comedy event allows teams to enter and participate in a variety of games and talent competition to show us the funny! And the best part is, all true hams don't have to share their stage if they don't want to! Remember, there ain't nothing funnier than a ham!
Oedipus Wrecks
Even though the title is taken from an old Woody Allen film, this is actually a fundraising event that uses a very old theatre convention... Men in drag. APO members sponsor their "Ms. America" and gussie them up in preparation for a one night competition in talent, fashion sense, and how well frat boys can walk in heels! Hey we dress up most of the year, it's time to give back to the community while raising money for the arts!
Masqued Ball
Hey we're theatre majors, we all have mask fetishes, you think we weren't going to pull off one of these during the Halloween season! We tear this time up with the best make-up and cotumes around, cause baby, we know how to do it... PROFESSIONALLY!
You can be sure there will be more to come!
