Kev Kollmann, an M.F.A. in lighting design in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is featured in the Winter 2025...
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BFA/MFA Actor Showcase on campus, April 1 and 2
The Meisner-based, classically trained actors of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance present contemporary scenes and...
Chicago-based playwright Ike Holter’s “Prowess” opens in School of Theatre and Dance, Feb. 28
Prowess, written by award winning Chicago-based playwright Ike Holter opens Friday, February 28 in the NIU School of...
Theatre and Dance to present world premiere of “The 30,000 Bequest” at the Egyptian Theatre
A movie more than a decade in the making will have its world premiere, Saturday, January 21 at 7 p.m. at DeKalb's Egyptian Theatre. The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present the original film production of Mark Twain's "The $30,000 Bequest." Filmed in 2011, the...
NIU Fall Dance Concert “Carmina Burana” runs Nov. 17-20
Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance will present "Carmina Burana" at the School of Theater and Dance’s Stevens Building beginning Thursday November 17, at 7:30 p.m. Performances continue Friday, November 18, and Saturday, November 19 at 7:30...
Scholarship established, and reception scheduled to honor Melanie Parks before Sunday’s Dance Concert performance
The College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Theatre and Dance are hosting a reception, Sunday, Nov. 20, in the lobby of the Stevens Building to honor Melanie Parks who worked for nearly 30 years in the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts as an...
NIU professors put their unique expertise into a new play about labor icon Mother Jones
A brand new play that brings together a pair of twentieth century labor icons, also brought together a pair of NIU professors. "A Table For Two At The Dill Pickle," written by Irish writer and musician Larry Kirwan will have its world premiere, Sunday, November 13, at...
Theatre and Dance Alumni and Faculty notes
Alumni and faculty of the School of Theatre and Dance are doing some amazing things. Slee Mumford, MFA '22 is performing in the Off-Broadway "Stranger Sings" Stranger Things parody musical. Slee plays Barb, the best friend of Nancy who (spoiler alert) met her demise...
God of Carnage opens at NIU November 9
What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums, and tears before bedtime? ‘Boys will be boys’, but the adults are usually...
Theatre and Dance presents “She Kills Monsters” by Qui Nguyen
An exciting performance of sisterhood, queer-identity, and nerd culture! Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance will present She Kills Monsters at The O’Connell Theatre in the Stevens Building on Oct. 21-22 and 27-28 beginning at 7:30 each evening...
NIU presents Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare's iconic romantic comedy comes to the stage of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance will present Much Ado About Nothing in the Sally Stevens Players Theatre on October 7– 9 and October 13 – 15...
Dance alumnus James Stevko returns to conduct masterclass
James Monroe Števko, Chicago who earned his degree in dance from NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance, is currently performing in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Fiddler on the Roof. Last week, he took time out to return to his alma mater and conduct a...