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Theatre and Dance’s Tracy Nunnally serving as flying director for Paramount Theatre’s Cats

Tracy Nunnally, professor and head of design and technology in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is serving as flying director for the Paramount Theatre in Aurora's production of Cats.  Cats continues its run at the Paramount Theatre through June 15....

Help send NIU students to Turkey to study theater!

Your support of an NIU Crowdfunding initiative will help send students to Turkey to study classical theater! A learning experience has been developed to use use the study of ancient and modern theatre practices in Turkey as a tool to broaden students' perspectives on...

Theatre and Dance’s Marc Macaranas present’s STEM Cafe on Dance, Movement and Media

Join Marc Macaranas, assistant professor and head of dance in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance for a STEM Cafe, Wednesday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Fatty's Bar and Grille. Dancing Bodies and Digital Interfaces: Dance, Movement and Media, is presented by NIU STEAM in...

Dance Concert opens April 24 in Black Box Theatre

The annual Spring Dance Concert brings a close to the 2024-2025 NIU School of Theatre and Dance production season. More than 20 student dancers will perform works by guest choreographer Vershawn Sanders-Ward of Red Clay Dance Company and NIU faculty choreographers...
BFA/MFA Actor Showcase on campus, April 1 and 2

BFA/MFA Actor Showcase on campus, April 1 and 2

The Meisner-based, classically trained actors of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance present contemporary scenes and monologues in this free showcase. Performances will be held in the Corner Theatre in the NIU Stevens Building, Tuesday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 2...

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Joe Miñoso, MFA ’04, featured in Hello! magazine

Joe Miñoso, MFA ’04, featured in Hello! magazine

Actor Joe Miñoso, star of NBC's Chicago Fire for the last 13 seasons was featured in a recent edition of Hello! magazine. Miñoso earned his MFA in Acting from the NIU School of Theatre and Dance in 2004. Chicago Fire star Joe Miñoso's life away from the cameras Top...

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Fall Dance Concert features Paquita and two world premieres

Fall Dance Concert features Paquita and two world premieres

The fall semester production season in the School of Theatre and Dance concludes with the Fall Dance Concert featuring the ballet Paquita and a pair of world premiere dances choreographed by NIU School of Theatre and Dance faculty members. Paquita was originally...

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Machinal next up at the NIU School of Theatre and Dance

Machinal next up at the NIU School of Theatre and Dance

Sophie Treadwell's 1928 true crime account of a murder and its prosecution is the next production in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance's season lineup. Machinal opens Friday, November 1 in the Black Box Theatre in NIU's Stevens Building. Treadwell, a playwright and...

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Help support the M.F.A. acting program’s residency in Canada

Help support the M.F.A. acting program’s residency in Canada

The Master's in Fine Arts in acting program in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is crowdfunding donations to help support a week-long residency with renowned writer, actor and solo performer Kevin McCoy in Quebec City, Canada. Northern Illinois University's School...

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