The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents Booked and Blessed...OR BUST! a heartfelt examination of the many...
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STEM Cafe on theatrical special effects to feature School of Theatre and Dance’s Tracy Nunnally
As you watch a live performance, every minute of entertainment represents hours of work behind the scenes by...
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...
Buy your music and theater tickets through the NIU app
Purchasing tickets to events in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has never been hard, but now it's even easier. In addition to buying them online or at the box office, you can now purchase tickets to School of Music concerts and performances in the School of...
Theatre and Dance presents Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida
The School of Theatre and Dance presents William Shakespeare's Toilus and Cressida, October 25-27 and 31, and November 1-2 in the O'Connell Theatre in the Stevens Building on NIU's main campus. The Trojans and Greeks are at war following the abduction of Helen, the...
With roles on “The Middle” and “General Hospital,” Jen Ray, ’92, is a star
What started as a three-line part turned into a nine-year recurring role for NIU School of Theatre and Dance alumna Jen Ray ('92). When Jen was growing up in Darien, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, she would often go with her mother who was helping backstage at local high...
Theatre and Dance professor Gibson Cima on protest theater and his research in South Africa
Gibson Cima is assistant professor of theater history and head of theatre studies in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. For several years he has traveled to South Africa to study and research South African Theatre. Cima is presenting the lecture, Future Nostalgias"...
NIU alumni create theater company in Kane County
If you're ever wondering what happened to the 2019 MFA Acting class at Northern Illinois University, you can find many of them, and a host of other School of Theatre and Dance alumni in St. Charles, Ill. these days. A talented group of recent alums have established...
NIU to present a panel discussion on the impact of stereotypes and caricature in the black community on media and pop culture
Northern Illinois University presents: "Modern Day Minstel: The History of Stereotype and Caricature in the Black Community and the Effect on Current Media and Pop Culture," a moderated panel discussion, Wednesday, September 25 from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. in the Stevens...
Theatre and Dance’s Studio Series begins with Something, Like Happiness
The 2019-2020 NIU School of Theatre and Dance's Studio Series kicks off, Thursday, September 13, with a new, developmental production. It is a new and moving work by playwright Caridad Svich titled, Something, Like Happiness. The description of the work on The New...
‘Our Lives in Letters’ brings letters from World War II, and their writers, to life
Northern Illinois University will be the home for a one-night performance of an original work created using actual letters between soldiers and loved ones during World War II. Our Lives in Letters: A World War II Perspective will be performed in the Carl Sandburg...
NIU alumnus dances his way to principal acting role and cast album
James Monroe Števko, Chicago native and graduate of NIU's School of Theatre and Dance, is a featured principal on the upcoming original cast album of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. He originated the role of Mendl, under the direction of Tony, Oscar and Golden Globe...