October 9th through 14th the Department of Theater and Dance will be teaming up with the Department of Music to put on a production of Fame. This 1980’s musical by David De Silva is a stage show recreation of the popular movie by the same name. The show follows a group of performing arts high […]
Sophia Stephens as Nala. Photo courtesy of Sophia Stephens.
The Lion King has just finished its run at The Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis. From August 15 until September 2, St. Louisians and those in the Metro East could enjoy the acclaimed show, and during about half that time, some may have recognized a local […]
June 6, 2012 SIUE kicked off the third year of X-fest, five straight days of one night only alternative theater performances. Still a relatively new festival X-Fest continues to grow with increasing diversity of acts, growing audience attendance, and positive feedback.
“So Far so good,” remarked Chuck Harper (Department of Theater and Dance), “We’ve had great […]
Lighting designer Sean Savoie will be spending the semester as a guest instructor at SIUE. A faculty member of Washington University, Savoie heard about the guest position through Laura Hanson (Department of Theater and Dance) while they were working on a play together.
“Actually ironically I’ve worked with most of the faculty here before.” Savoie commented […]
Last May Lana Hagan from the SIUE department of theater and dance took a group of current students along with Friends of Theater and Dance Members (FOTAD) to visit New York City.
This trip was the continuation of a fourteen year tradition started by Hagan during her early years at SIUE. Hagan would frequently ask students […]
Wednesday May 30, 2012 students from the anthropology department teamed up with students from the department of theater and dance to perform, “Forbidden Love: Na Mini Du,” an abbreviated version of a traditional Surinamese Du play. The performance is the product of an IS class taught by Kathryn Bentley (Department of Theater and Dance) and […]
[Video] Last week SIUE’s Department of Theater and Dance hosted, “Cinderella: What You Think You Know is Wrong.” The play is a dark retelling of the classic fairytale, adapted and directed by freelance playwright and founder of The Hypocrities theater, Sean Graney.
Last week the SIUE Department of Theater and Dance hosted their annual student dance concert. This student run production features works choreographed and performed by SIUE dance majors. This years production included pieces by: Kayla Bradley, Morgan Taylor, Haley Mirabelli, Jacque Hartman, Melissa Riley, Nick Blaylock, Brian Cooper, and Shawnee Haycock.
[Video] March 23rd and 24th, SIUE Opera Theater demonstrated their range in both musical ability and content with two one-act operas.
The evening began with a tragedy, “Suor Angelica,” by Giacomo Puccini. The opera, performed in the original Italian, tells the woeful tale of a nun who learns of the death of her illegitimate child. Stricken […]
SIUE’s department of Theater and Dance held their production of “Servy-n-Bernice 4 Ever” last week.
The show follows the rocky romance between Bernice (Sharaina Turnage), an aspiring model, and her recently paroled boyfriend Servy (Thad Wilmore) as they attempt to overcome the complications of the world around them as well as the complications of their own […]
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