The Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance and Crossroads Project will host award-winning actor and playwright, Eisa Davis, niece to civil rights activist Angela Davis, for a playwriting workshop and colloquium featuring a performance of material from her critically acclaimed play, Angela’s Mixtape.
Illinois State University opened its classrooms and theatres to over 5,000 students, teachers, and vendors attending the Illinois High School Theatre Festival from January 7–9, 2016.
Casting is nearly complete for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival’s exciting 39th season. The next step for ISF’s casting process is to select of company of seven student interns.
Illinois State’s top faculty researchers have made national and international impacts in their fields of study. The University’s colleges recognize these scholars annually through the Outstanding College Researcher Award.
With more than 30 years working on Broadway, Thom Schilling ’79 was ready for a new adventure. He found it by working this year to create the first fully produced Broadway musical in Cuba in close to five decades.
Ian Barford and Jon Kusner were inducted into Illinois State University’s College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame on October 23 in a special ceremony following colloquia with students.
The School of Theatre and Dance at Illinois State University will showcase the work of its students, faculty, and guest artists in the annual Fall Dance Concert performances.
Acting alumna Gretchen Wingerter ’92 received the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Gold Medallion for her contributions to teaching and producing college theater.
The Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance and the Theatre Connections program is partnering with two registered student organizations to gather donations of new or gently used winter outerwear for new refugees in the Chicago area.
Walking With My Ancestors, an original play about enslaved Africans in West African slave-holding dungeons, will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday, October 24, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, October 25, in Illinois State University’s Kemp Recital Hall.
