The Sarah Siddons Society’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce it has approved Northern Illinois University...
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Theatre and Dance’s Tracy Nunnally serving as flying director for Paramount Theatre’s Cats
Tracy Nunnally, professor and head of design and technology in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is serving as...
Help send NIU students to Turkey to study theater!
Your support of an NIU Crowdfunding initiative will help send students to Turkey to study classical theater! A...
CVPA students invited to check out NIU Athletics’ Beauty and the Beast meet
College of Visual and Performing Arts students, support our friends in NIU Athletics by attending the unique Beauty and the Beast Meet, Friday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. Check out the action as the NIU Gymnastics team and NIU Wrestling team will be competing simultaneously in...
Indiana University African American Dance Company to hold workshop and performance at NIU
As part of Northern Illinois University's Black Heritage Month events, the NIU Center for Black Studies and the NIU School of Theatre and Dance are hosting a workshop and performance by Indiana University's African American Dance Company. The workshop includes a...
Watch party for “Art and Wellness: Creating Intentional Spaces,” Jan. 17
Calling all art and wellness enthusiasts! Join us for a special watch party of "Art and Wellness: Creating Intentional Spaces," hosted by renowned artist Renee Fleming. Discover practical tips for transforming your surroundings into sanctuaries of creativity and...
Stanton Davis and Kerry Wilks presented at Hispanic Classical Theater Conference
Stanton Davis, associate professor in the School of Theatre and Dance and Kerry Wilks, dean of the NIU Graduate School and associate vice president for International Affairs presented at the international Hispanic Classical Theater Conference in El Paso, Texas last...
Theatre and Dance’s Gibson Cima honored by American Society for Theatre Research
Gibson Cima, assistant professor of theatre history and head of the bachelor of arts in theatre studies program in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance was honored by the American Society for Theatre Research with the David Keller Travel Award. The award is in honor of...
NIU presents annual Fall Dance Concert, Nov 30-Dec. 3
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents the annual Fall Dance Concert, Thursday, November 30 through December 3 on the stage of O'Connell Theatre in the NIU Stevens Building. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. from November 30 through December 2, with 2 p.m. matinees...
Theatre and Dance presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Black Box Theatre of the NIU Stevens Building with performances Friday, November 10, Saturday, November 11, Thursday, November 16 and Friday, November 17 at 7:30...
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 weekend-long event, held August 17-19, with a focus on practical learning for entertainment riggers. Sessions were held in the Stevens Building and the...
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 Building October 13, 14, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. with matinee performances, October 15 and 21 at 2 p.m. This adaptation by Alexander Gelman, who also is...