Alumni and faculty of the School of Theatre and Dance are doing some amazing things. Slee Mumford, MFA '22 is...
Theatre and Dance News Archives
God of Carnage opens at NIU November 9
What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational...
Theatre and Dance presents “She Kills Monsters” by Qui Nguyen
An exciting performance of sisterhood, queer-identity, and nerd culture! Northern Illinois University’s School of...
The story behind the dance that sent NIU to the Kennedy Center
Students from the NIU Dance program performed at the Central Conference of the American College Dance Association (ACDA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on March 17-18. Their performance was of such high quality that they earned the top honor...
NIU dancers invited to perform at the Kennedy Center
The weekend of March 17-18 students from the NIU Dance Program attended the Central Conference of the American College Dance Association (ACDA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The students performed "ENUF," a work choreographed by NIU School of...
NIU is where Joe Minoso learned to learn, and how to follow his calling
Brooklyn born actor Joe Minoso has played firefighter Joe Cruz on NBC's hit series Chicago Fire for the past six seasons. He credits his career success to a fateful decision to come to DeKalb to earn his Master of Fine Arts in Acting. "NIU is almost single-handedly...
Huskie Spotlight: Alex Gelman, Director, School of Theatre and Dance
Alex Gelman, Director of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is featured in a recently published Huskie Spotlight. In nearly 16 years as director of NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Alex Gelman has created near-perfect...
School of Theatre and Dance collaborates with DeKalb Area Women’s Center for “Sisterhood Stories”
As part of Women's History Month, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will be performing scenes titled "Sisterhood Stories: Strong Female Voices in Theatre" at the DeKalb Area's Women's Center, March 10 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. This is the second year that the School of...