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School of Theatre and Dance presents “Witch”
Witch, the story of a devil arriving in a small English village to bargain for souls only to find that the toughest...
Anxious People! opens spring productions at NIU School of Theatre and Dance
Anxious People! by Carol Lee is a play about anxious people. And it is the first production in the spring season of...
Theatre and Dance students host Black Art Matters open mic event
The School of Theatre and Dance Student Advisory Committee sought to give students and alumni an outlet for expression by hosting Black Art Matters, an online open mic night, July 10. Brandon Sapp, a BFA Acting major and member of the Student Advisory Committee, said...
NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Penguin Project choreography
The cancellation of the season's final performances in the College of Visual and Performing Arts had an impact on all students, but for senior dance performance majors Chloe McCoy and Katie Meyer it not only wiped out their final dance performance, but left them in...
NIU Artists. Never. Quit. – Choreography students get back to nature
As NIU and the world around us deals with a global pandemic, artists continue to find ways to express themselves. In the College of Visual and Performing arts the learning and teaching hasn’t stopped, it’s simply evolved to meet the needs and limitations of the...
Registration is open for NIU Online Theatre Summer Camps
NIU offers a new and exciting online summer camp experience for middle school and high school students who enjoy theatre arts! For more than 30 years Northern Illinois University has offered fine arts residential summer camps. This summer, Online Theatre Arts campers...
A brief reflection on art during the Holocaust Days of Remembrance
Written by: Martina Berger, senior dance performance major, NIU School of Theatre and Dance There has been a huge wave of articles that have been published in recent weeks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is simply one more that will crash onto your screen,...
Huskie Spotlight – Mark Macaranas, School of Theatre and Dance
Marc Macaranas Assistant Professor of Dance Where is your hometown, and where do you reside now? I'm from a little farm town in California called the Delano, in central California just outside of Bakersfield. I did my undergrad in Southern California at UC Irvine. I...
NIU arts events status updates
As part of the university’s response to the rapid spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) world-wide, cancelations, postponements and modifications to scheduled arts events at NIU are being made. We appreciate your interest and support and decisions are being made with the...
Theatre and Dance presents “The Wolves” Feb 22-23, 27-29
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents The Wolves, by Sarah DeLappe in The Sally Stevens Players Theatre, in the NIU Stevens Building, February 22-23 and 27-29. In The Wolves, a stunning first play by DeLappe, an all-girls indoor soccer team warms up for their...
Theatre and Dance presents “A Bright New Boise” through February 15
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents, "A Bright New Boise" by American playwright Samuel D. Hunter. Get ready…in the parking lot of a mega arts and crafts store in Idaho, the Rapture is coming. Or is it? In this intimate comedic drama, five small-town...