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Theatre and Dance News Archives
Award winners announced in College of Visual and Performing Arts
As the 2023-2024 academic year comes to a close, the College of Visual and Performing Arts has named this year's award...
Annual Spring Dance Concert wraps up School of Theatre and Dance production season
The 2023-2024 performance season in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance concludes with the annual Spring Dance Concert...
Theatre and Dance presents live stream of Angels in America
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents a live streamed performance of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. Tickets are free of charge and can be reserved online. Performances will be streamed at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27. The School of...
Theatre and Dance to present “Everybody” via webcast March 5 and 6
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents "Everybody" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. There is no charge for tickets but you must reserve your space. This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality...
Theatre alumna Nicole Upton promoted to managing director of Ingenuity
Nicole Upton, an NIU graduate who earned her bachelor of arts in comprehensive theatre studies from the School of Theatre and Dance has been promoted to managing director of Ingenuity. Ingenuity is an organization founded in 2011 to increase arts education access,...
Playwright Ike Holter to address Theatre and Dance students as part of the Black Artists Speaker Series
Ike Holter, an award-winning playwright based in Chicago will give a guest lecture to students in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance, Friday, January 29 from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. as part of the school's Black Artist Speaker Series. Holter is a winner of the...
South African actor Anton Krueger to serve virtual residency at School of Theatre and Dance
South African actor, playwright, director and scholar Anton Krueger will be serving a virtual residency in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance with free events on Thursday, January 21 through Saturday, January 23. Krueger is a writer and scholar specializing in South...
Dance minor Jill Belluomini chosen as NIU’s Lincoln Laureate
Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as they may seem, to her, they’re intertwined. For Belluomini, life is all about...
College of Visual and Performing Arts Virtual Commencement video
In case you missed it, or want to see it again, help us congratulate the Class of 2020 once again with this year's virtual commencement. All of last weekend's virtual commencement ceremonies are available to watch online.
Co-writer Mary Holland ’07, stars in Hulu’s acclaimed holiday movie “Happiest Season”
Mary Holland, a 2007 BFA graduate of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is the co-writer and co-star of Hulu's acclaimed new holiday movie, Happiest Season. Holland co-wrote the romantic comedy with Clea DuVall, whom she starred with on HBO's Veep, and the film also...
Dancing Together Forward: Fall 2020 Dance Concert premieres Nov. 20
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents Dancing Together Forward: Fall 2020 Dance Concert with six airings over the next two weeks, premiering Friday, November 20 at 7 p.m. on YouTube. This screen dance was made in collaboration with the dancers and...