Last summer, Northern Illinois University was selected as the site of the second annual Midwest Rigging Intensive, a...
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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...
World premiere of “Rage Play” opens School of Theatre and Dance’s production season
The world premiere performance of Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy opens the NIU School of Theatre and Dance's 2023-2024...
NIU students to perform Kennedy Center number at this fall’s dance concert, Nov. 15-18
Dance students at NIU will be performing the number that took them all the way to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. This year's Fall Dance Concert features “ENUF,” the award-winning original dance created by professor Paula Frasz that the School of Theatre and...
Richard Jenkins tells Theatre and Dance students to believe you are enough
"Be yourself. There's nobody else like you. If you try to act like somebody else you can't be yourself." If there was an over-arching theme in a 90 minute question and answer session between Oscar nominated actor Richard Jenkins and a crowd of more than 120 students...
School of Theatre and Dance to host Q and A with award-winning actor Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins, a DeKalb native and Emmy Award winning, and Oscar nominated actor, will be at NIU on Tuesday, October 30 at 2 p.m. for a Q and A with students in the Stevens Building's O'Connell Theatre. Jenkins won the 2015 Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Limited...
Brand-new black box theatre opens with “The Flick” Oct 3-7
The brand-new black box theatre in the newly renovated NIU Stevens Building opens October 3 with The Flick, the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Written by Annie Baker, The Flick is an honest look at human life and the outside world as seen through three...
In the news: Alex Gelman on the reopening of the Stevens Building
Alex Gelman, Director of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance penned a guest column in the September 12 edition of The Midweek about the reopening of the Stevens Building. Stevens is home to the School of Theatre and dance as well as the Department of Anthropology. A...
Alumni: Joan Allen stars in new Broadway play
Tony Award winning, Oscar nominated actress, and NIU School of Theatre and Dance graduate Joan Allen is starring in a brand new Broadway play written by Oscar winner Kenneth Lonergan. The Waverly Gallery opens October 25, with previews beginning September 25. From...
Stevens Building ready for its close-up after $23.7 million renovation
The Stevens Building at Northern Illinois University, home to the School of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Anthropology have raised the curtain for Monday’s start of the fall semester after an extensive renovation project. The $23.7 million state...
Theatre and Dance’s Tracy Nunnally honored by the Illinois Theatre Association
Tracy Nunnally, Technical Director/Head of Design and Technology for the NIU School of Theatre and Dance has been honored by the Illinois Theatre Association with the 2018 Award of Excellence for College and University Theatre. Nunnally is one of nine winners of ITA...
NIU dancers have arrived in Washington DC
Eleven students from NIU's dance program have arrived in Washington DC to perform in the National College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center for the Arts this weekend. The dancers qualified for NCDF with their performance of "ENUF," an...