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Dance Concert opens April 24 in Black Box Theatre
The annual Spring Dance Concert brings a close to the 2024-2025 NIU School of Theatre and Dance production season....
Lighting design student Kev Kollmann featured in video about accessibility improvements for theater technicians
Kev Kollmann, an M.F.A. in lighting design in the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is featured in the Winter 2025...
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...
School of Theatre and Dance 2022-2023 performance season
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance 2022-2023 season features daring new works, familiar favorites and the always crowd-pleasing fall and spring dance concerts. The season opens Friday, September 23 with Melancholy Play. Three performance spaces will be utilized in...
NIU School of Theatre and Dance opens new season with Melancholy Play
The Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance will open their 2022-2023 performance season with Melancholy Play in the Stevens Building's Black Box Theatre. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 23, 24, 29 and 30, and 2 p.m. matinees on Sept....
Longtime costume designer, advisor, and associate dean Melanie Parks remembered for her talent, style, advocacy and wit
Beloved artist, designer, educator, student advocate and administrator Melanie Parks passed away July 28 after a long battle with cancer. Parks came to the NIU School of Theatre and Dance in 1990 as costume director and taught all of the technical costume classes. In...
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...