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MSU Faculty, Students Support U.S. Embassy Climate Project with International Ballet Company

December 12, 2024

At Michigan State University, faculty and students are using theatre and dance to illuminate the effects of climate change through a project in partnership with Bullfrogs Ballet artists, educators, and students in North Macedonia. The Ripple Effect project was funded in part by the U.S. Embassy, MSU Office of Research and Innovation’s Climate Justice and Environmental Ethics Award, MSU College…

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Student View: Taking Advantage of Opportunities that Come Along

September 1, 2022

Tessa Golden Kresch, a junior from Farmington Hills, Michigan, who lived in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is majoring with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Tessa Golden Kresch Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been interested in all things performance. From the day I was cast as a…

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Deric McNish Selected by U.S. Department of State for Prestigious English Language Specialist Project

August 4, 2022

The U.S. Department of State has selected Deric McNish, Associate Professor in Michigan State University's Department of Theatre, for a four-month English Language Specialist project in Russia, Estonia, Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania. This multimodal project will support English language teachers and learners through the development of a podcast series that aims to build commonality and better understanding by supporting cultural…

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / Faculty / Michigan Impact / Student / Student / U.S. Impact / Uncategorized / Visual Arts, Arts Administration, and Performing Arts

MSU Outreach Effort Celebrates Works of Black Playwrights

April 6, 2022

A group of Michigan State University faculty and students from the Department of Theatre in collaboration with the Wharton Center Institute for Arts & Creativity led an effort to bring the Next Narrative Monologue Competition (NNMC) to Michigan, a national high school competition that celebrates the diverse perspectives and worldviews of the Black community by bringing works of contemporary Black…

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College Honors Faculty Promoted in 2021

December 15, 2021

The College of Arts & Letters is pleased to recognize the faculty members who recently were promoted to full professor, associate professor, or associate professor-fixed term. These faculty were honored during special ceremonies at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in October and November.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / News / Performance / Production / Programs / Student

MSU Department of Theatre Announces 2021-2022 Season

September 21, 2021

The Michigan State University Department of Theatre announces its 2021-2022 season, which focuses on the examination of the contemporary understanding of gender.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News / Performance / Production / Student

Theatre Students Develop Anthology of Audio Plays to Evoke Conversations Around Social Justice Issues

March 9, 2021

A group of Michigan State University Department of Theatre students created a series of new audio plays, each connected to themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). All five “Audio Anthology” plays, along with a student-produced documentary short, are now available online at theatre.msu.edu/dei_audio.

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Department of Theatre Announces Fall 2020 Experimental Season

October 19, 2020

The Michigan State University Department of Theatre announces an experimental season for Fall 2020, rooted in diversity, equity, inclusion, and public discourse. While conventional stage performances had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Theatre has built a slate of nontraditional performative exchanges to showcase the work of its students and faculty. By making use of experimental practices,…

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Inspiration Drawn from Detroit for ‘Into the Woods’ Production

January 28, 2020

MSU is giving the Tony Award-winning fairytale-themed musical Into the Woods a creative re-imagining designed to resonate with mid-Michigan audiences. Inspiration for the set and costumes came from images of Detroit in the 1930s. The Michigan State University Department of Theatre production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine runs for 10 performances February 14-23 in the MSU Auditorium building’s Fairchild Theatre.

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Faculty / News / Podcast

LAE Podcast Season 4: Theatre Professor Deric McNish

January 16, 2020

The new episode of the Liberal Arts Endeavor Podcast is out! Our host, Dean Christopher P. Long, spoke with Deric McNish, Assistant Professor of acting, voice, and speech and Director for the BFA in Acting program here at MSU. The two discuss the origins of the Department of Theatre’s podcast, Syllable of Recorded Time, which was created by McNish with a goal to put Shakespeare in context…