Gibson Cima, assistant professor of theatre history and head of the bachelor of arts in theatre studies program in the...
Theatre and Dance Archives
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...
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...
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...
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...
Theatre and Dance presents “The Marriage of Bette and Boo”
The School of Theatre and Dance at NIU presents The Marriage of Bette and Boo with performances nightly at 7:30 p.m. from Wednesday, November 28 through Saturday, December 1, and 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 2. The Marriage of Bette and...
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...