Don Connelly
Josefina Niggli celebration premiere to feature exhibit, photos and dramatizations
A semester of events celebrating the late novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter Josefina Niggli begins Thursday, Jan. 28. “She was an amazing person who pioneered a place for women in her field and who did so much for Western Carolina,” said Amy Pisano, a senior theatre major from Asheville.
Behind the scenes with Don Connelly and the writing of ‘On the Home Front’
Don Connelly (pictured above left) spent nearly two years researching the original Armed Forces Radio shows to write the production “On the Home Front: Nov. ’44,” which will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Veterans Day – Wednesday, Nov. 11 – in the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
