The fall semester production season in the School of Theatre and Dance concludes with the Fall Dance Concert featuring...
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Machinal next up at the NIU School of Theatre and Dance
Sophie Treadwell's 1928 true crime account of a murder and its prosecution is the next production in the NIU School of...
Help support the M.F.A. acting program’s residency in Canada
The Master's in Fine Arts in acting program in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is crowdfunding donations to help...
Kane Repertory Theatre presents outdoor production of Twelfth Night
Kane Repertory Theatre, founded in 2019 by a group of alumni from the NIU School of Theatre and Dance, in partnership with the St. Charles Park District, presents a live outdoor production of the Shakespeare classic "Twelfth Night" at the Historic Pavilion on the Fox...
CVPA alums feature prominently in Netflix’s “Senior Year”
The new Netflix movie Senior Year features Rebel Wilson playing Stephanie, who was injured in a cheerleading stunt when she was 17 only to wake from a coma 20 years later and insisting on returning to finish out her senior year of high school and attend her prom. Mary...
Congratulate Professor of Dance Judith Chitwood on her retirement after the Dance Concert, May 1
Join the NIU School of Theatre and Dance at the final performance of this year’s Spring Dance Concert “The Past to the Present” as we congratulate Judith Chitwood, professor and coordinator of dance, on her retirement. In her distinguished career as a dance educator...
Spring Dance Concert features dances from “The Past to the Present”
The Spring Dance Concert in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance features a little something for everyone as the six dances feature styles that range from classic to cutting edge. The dance concert is held in the O'Connell Theatre in the Stevens Building on the NIU...
School of Theatre and Dance presents “The Language Archive”
Researchers studying a dying language become involved in a love triangle in this absurdist farce that teases out the quirky differences between what’s expressed and what’s meant in "The Language Archive" written by Julia Cho, directed by Bethany Mangum-Oles and Emily...
School of Theatre and Dance presents “The Conference of the Birds” April 1-3, 7-9
The Conference of the Birds, a play based on a twelfth century Suffi poem that follows a group of birds on a spiritual quest for enlightenment, is presented by the NIU School of Theatre and Dance April 1-3 and 7-9 in the Black Box Theatre of the Stevens Building. This...
NIU’s Opera Theatre presents “The Happy Prince” and a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, April 1 and 3
Northern Illinois University will present both the one-act opera The Happy Prince and a tribute to American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim with performances Friday, April 1 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at 3 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the NIU Music Building....
NIU School of Theatre and Dance to present an evening of short plays by Ukrainian playwrights
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present an evening of short plays by Ukrainian playwrights, Sunday, April 3, to raise funds to benefit Ukrainian artists. The event is part of The Ukrainian Component of the World-Wide Reading Project, readings of brand-new...
Huskie Spotlight: Rachael Yoder, MFA Acting, ’22
Hometown: Niskayuna, NY Year: Anticipated graduation year: 2022 Major: MFA in acting What did you want to be when you were growing up? Are you pursuing that as a major, or have you taken another path? I have always wanted to be an actor. I remember going to the...