The groundbreaking poetic monologues accompanied by dance and music, for colored girls who have considered...
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“Julius Caesar” to open the performance season in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance
Shakespeare's classic Julius Caesar opens the 2025-2026 performance season in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance....
Theatre and Dance faculty updates
The spring and summer were a busy time for the faculty of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. Here's a look at just...
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...
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 production season Friday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sally Stevens Players Theatre in NIU's Stevens Building. Performances continue Saturday,...
Tracy Nunnally named one of ESTA’s volunteers of the year
Tracy Nunnally, Technical Director/Head of Design and Technology in NIU's School of Theatre and Dance was recently honored as a Frank Stewart Volunteer of the Year for 2022-2023 by ESTA (Entertainment Services and Technology Association). Nunnally is one of nine ETCP...
SoTD alumni J. Nicole Brooks and Matthew C. Yee to be interviewed by Stephen Colbert as part of Lookingglass Theatre’s Lunch Show, June 16
A pair of NIU School of Theatre and Dance alumni will be interviewed by CBS' The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, as part of Lookingglass Theatre's Lunch Show, Friday, June 16. J. Nicole Brooks, ensemble member and Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence at...
The Rite of Spring highlights this year’s Spring Dance Concert
The spring semester programming in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance ends, fittingly, with Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" as part of the annual Spring Dance Concert, which opens, Thursday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Stevens Building's O'Connell Theatre on...
School of Music and School of Theatre and Dance collaborate on “The Rite of Spring”
The NIU Philharmonic Orchestra will perform selections from Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" at their spring concert and they will be joined for those selections by students from the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. The concert is Wednesday, April 26 at 7 p.m....
“Big Love” opens Friday, April 14 in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents Charles Mee's "Big Love" opening Friday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sally Stevens Players Theatre in the Stevens Building on the NIU main campus. Other performances are Saturday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, April 16 at...
Roxanna Conner named new director of NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance
Roxanna Conner, an experienced theater professional with a background in education, administration, production and as a community builder and mentor, has been selected as the director of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. Conner will begin her new role at NIU on...