Mina Loy’s Trailblazing Feminism Takes Center Stage in World Premiere at MSU

A team of interdisciplinary artists will present a cross-institutional staging of the feminist futuristic poetic dramas of Mina Loy on Thursday, Dec. 7, and Friday, Dec. 8, at the MSU Broad Art Museum and at the University of Michigan-Flint North Bank Dance Studio, respectively. This world premiere is free and open to the public.   Mina Loy dressed for the Blindman’s Ball at Webster…

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Faculty Voice: What goes on behind the stage

Scene Shop Supervisor Levi Galloway, Technical Director D.J. Selmeyer, and Assistant Technical Director Marc White, from the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University, write about the technical seminar they hosted Oct. 12 for Theatre students. The seminar took place on the set of “Clue” at the Pasant Theatre in the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts. Scene Shop Supervisor…

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MFA Acting Candidate Selected as Educator of the Month

Ural Grant, MFA Acting Candidate in the Department of Theatre, was named the November 2023 Educator of the Month by the Graduate School at Michigan State University. Each month, MSU’s Graduate School features a graduate or postdoc educator as its Educator of the Month to share their unique stories and perspectives on what it means to be a dedicated educator,…

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Doctoral Student Researching Female Representation in Latin American Horror Films

Since she was a kid, Ana Patricia Ponce Castañeda has loved horror films and fondly remembers watching scary movies with her mom as she was growing up in Mexico.  Now, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Hispanic Cultural Studies program at Michigan State University, Castañeda has found a way to merge her childhood love of horror with her adult interests…

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MSU Theatre Presents ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ with a Novel Twist 

Come experience Shakespeare's timeless comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, as presented by Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, when this timeless comedy with its lightning-fast humor will take center stage on Nov. 10-12 and Nov. 15-19 at the Arena Theatre in the MSU Auditorium.  

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From Theory to Practice: Scene Shop Hosts Technical Seminar for Students

Before its closing performance, Department of Theatre students had the opportunity to closely examine the incredibly technical set for the production of Clue during an all-day seminar led by three faculty members from the Scene Shop Teaching Lab. The technical seminar was the first of its kind presented by the Theatre Department, which is looking to offer other seminars like…

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MSU Theatre Presents Hilarious Whodunit Inspired by Iconic Movie and Game ‘Clue’

Drawing inspiration from the beloved 1985 Paramount Pictures motion picture and the classic Hasbro board game, Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre presents "Clue" on Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 11-15 at the Pasant Theatre in the Wharton Center for Performing Arts.  

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MSU Theatre and UCLA Partner on World Premiere of Golden Age Latin American Play

Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre will present the world premiere of the English translation of Love is the Greater Labyrinth by 17th-century Mexican playwright/poet/philosopher Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sept. 28 through Oct. 1, at the Arena Theatre in the MSU Auditorium.   Director Oscar Quiroz, an Artist-Educator and MFA Acting Candidate in the Department of Theatre who hails…

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Theatre Graduate to Deliver College of Arts & Letters Student Commencement Speech

Sophia Psiakis, who is graduating with a BFA in Acting for Stage, Screen, and New Media and a minor in Musical Theatre, has been selected as the Spring 2023 College of Arts & Letters student commencement speaker. They applied for the role of commencement speaker after Professor Kirk Domer, who teaches their senior seminar class, encouraged them to do so.…

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