Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, which deals with the conflict between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots in the...
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CVPA students invited to a free tailgate before Saturday’s home football game
When the #23 NIU Huskie football team returns to action for their first game since their upset win over then...
NIU to dedicate new Stevens Building sculpture Sept. 26 with ribbon cutting and cookout
A walk around the Northern Illinois University reveals a campus filled not just with students, faculty, staff and...
Theatre and Dance presents: “Kernel of Sanity” opening this weekend
The 2021-2022 performance season the NIU School of Theatre and Dance opens Friday, October 1 with Kermit Frazier's, Kernel of Sanity in the Sally Stevens Players Theatre, in the Stevens Building on the NIU main campus. The production is directed by School of Theatre...
Live theater returns with a full season of productions at the NIU School of Theatre and Dance
A full season of live theater and dance productions returns to NIU this year, as the School of Theatre and Dance welcomes back audiences to the theaters in the Stevens Building on the main campus. From classics like Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, new adaptions of Three...
CVPA Dean Paul Kassel to direct outdoor performances of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for Kane County Repertory Theatre
Kane Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the St. Charles Park District, presents a live outdoor production of the Shakespeare classic Romeo and Juliet at the Historic Pavilion on the Fox River. The play, is directed by Northern Illinois University’s Dean of the...
Graduation Stories: Jill Belluomini, Lincoln Laureate winner, Dance Minor
Jill Belluomini, NIU's 2021 Lincoln Laureate winner, chemistry major and dance minor, was featured in the commencement video for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Here's Jill's story: Also featured were Art and Design's Angie Redmond and Music's Izabella...
Still time to sign up for summer online arts camps
The NIU Community School of the Arts is offering online summer camps for kids ages 11-19 (grades 6-12). Have fun and make lifelong friends while exploring your love of performing and visual arts. Faculty, staff and alumni from the College of Visual and Performing Arts...
First-Generation Huskie Daniil Krimer, grows Kane Repertory Theatre
When Daniil Krimer graduated with his M.F.A. in acting in 2019, he had no way of knowing the kinds of changes that were on the horizon. When he founded the Kane Repertory Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois, in 2019 and became its artistic director, he had no idea that...
Still time to give to Curtain Call! and the Dean will match your donation
Just two days remain to give to our Crowdfund campaign to support our senior artists. As a last minute incentive, Paul Kassel, Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts will match the next $750 in new donations! Visit our crowdfund page to make your...
Dance’s Paula Frasz named 2021 Presidential Engagement and Partnerships Professor
For the past 28 years, Paula Frasz has been designing dances that mirror her students, their experiences and the world we all live in. “All artists reflect wherever they are,” she said. “I don’t just see our students in the classroom. This is my community. This is...
CVPA’s Jessica Labatte and Paula Frasz among this year’s winners of Deacon Davis Awards
The Presidential Commission on Race and Ethnicity (PCORE), formerly the Presidential Commission on the Status of Minorities (PSCM), has reimagined the annual Diversity and Inclusion luncheon as a virtual summit. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 14...