The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Black Box...
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NIU featured with cover story in Protocol
Last summer, Northern Illinois University was selected as the site of the second annual Midwest Rigging Intensive, a...
NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents a new adaptation of “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”
NIU's School of Theatre and Dance will present The Caucasian Chalk Circle at The Black Box Theater in the Stevens...
“Bent” to be performed at NIU’s Black Box Theatre, May 2-4
Bent by Martin Sherman is a collaboration project between Northern Illinois University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, The Graduate School, Gender/Sexuality Resource Center, School of Theatre and Dance, School of Music, and School of Art and Design. The play...
Theatre and Dance presents Wonderfully Alice through April 7
The School of Theatre and Dance presents Wonderfully Alice in the Stevens Building's Black Box Theatre, April 3 - 7. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 7 p.m, with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Buy your tickets online or at the Stevens Building...
Organic Theater Company’s production “Melancholy Play” is Jeff Recommended
The Organic Theatre Company's current production Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce has earned Jeff Recommended status. The production features many NIU alumni and faculty, and continues its run at The Greenhouse Theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, through...
Theatre and Dance presents: Seven Ways To Say I Love you, March 20-24
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents the Bachelor of Arts Showcase Seven Ways To Say I Love You, March 20-24 in the Stevens Building's Corner Theatre on the main campus. Seven Ways To Say I Love You is a collection of funny, sweet, silly, poignant and...
Theatre and Dance presents Hamlet, Feb. 27 – March 3
The School of Theatre and Dance at Northern Illinois University presents William Shakespeare's Hamlet, in the Stevens Building's Black Box Theatre with nightly performances at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 27 through Saturday, March 2 and 2 p.m. matinees Saturday,...
Theatre and Dance presents “Boy” February 13-17
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents, Boy by Anna Ziegler, February 13-17 in the Corner Theatre in the Stevens Building on the NIU Main Campus. Inspired by a true story, Boy explores the hot button issue of gender identity. It is the 1960s, and, after a...
Interpretive Dance in the NIU Art Museum, Feb. 7, 8 and 10
Advanced dance students from the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will perform kinetic interpretations of select works of visual art in the galleries of the NIU Art Museum (first floor, Altgeld Hall). Students chose and choreographed their individual short responses to...
Third annual CVPA Convocation set for February 18
Once again this winter, the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Northern Illinois University is hosting an NIU Arts Convocation to celebrate the great work of students in the schools, Monday, February 18. The evening showcases performances by students in the...
School of Theatre and Dance presents The Revolutionists, Feb. 6-10
The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents, The Revolutionists, with performances nightly from Wednesday, February 6 through Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. and with matinees at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10 in the O'Connell...