March 18, 2025
Trine University Theatre will present a free matinee of “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” to local school groups and homeschool students grades K-5 in the Ryan Concert Hall of the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts beginning at noon on April 3.
Interested elementary groups and homeschool students can register at trine.link/robin-hood. The show lasts approximately two hours.
In “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood,” the titular hero is reimagined as a swashbuckling, egocentric superhero. The legendary legend, in his never-ending quest to aid the needy, encounters a lovely damsel-in-distress (oddly obsessed with skin conditions); an ever-scheming sheriff who would rather bowl a strike than hit a bull's-eye; a gold-hoarding, bad-guy monarch wannabe; and a good-natured "Town's Gal" who manages to make her way into every scene, whether she belongs there or not.
Combine them with an expandable band of spoon-wielding Merry Men whose collective IQs equal six, and you've got an irreverent, Monty Python-esque jaunt through Sherwood Forest you won't soon forget!
The play will be performed for the general public at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 3 and 4, and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 5.
Tickets are on sale for $10 each, $5 for students ages 5-17 and non-Trine students, and free for Trine students and employees. They are available at trine.edu/furthtickets.
The 65th annual Northeastern Indiana Tri-State Regional Science Fair, hosted by Trine University on March 15, drew projects representing all areas of science from northeast Indiana elementary, middle and high school students.
Trine University’s Spring Career Fair drew about 500 students to the Keith E. Busse/Steel Dynamics Inc. Athletic and Recreation Center (ARC) on Feb. 20 to discuss internship and employment opportunities with 105 employers.
More than 40 Trine University faculty participated at the 28th annual Fort Wayne Teaching and Learning Conference, with four presenting sessions and Jeremy Rentz, Ph.D., Schantz Distinguished Professor in the Allen School of Engineering and Computing, serving as plenary speaker.