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.
CREATE! Micro-Grant 2021 Winners Announced
September 9, 2021
Twelve student projects were selected to each receive $500 CREATE! Micro-Grants to respond critically and imaginatively to events occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the funding, micro-grant winners will craft a variety of works using creative mediums such as film, dance, poetry, song, and oil painting to tackle issues involving race, isolation, body image, language, and more.
Arts Launch: Celebration of the Arts at MSU Set For September 12-18
August 30, 2021
Arts Launch, a week-long celebration of the vibrant arts scene on Michigan State University’s campus, will take place September 12-18, which coincides with National Arts in Education Week, where educators in communities across the country will join together to tell the story of the transformative impact made by the arts in education. Dedicated to showing the importance of the arts…
Gift to Benefit Summer Circle Theatre Program
May 26, 2021
Former Chair of the Michigan State University Department of Theatre, Frank C. Rutledge used to say that his daughter and the Summer Circle Theatre (SCT) Program were born in the same year. Now, in celebration of SCT’s recent 60th anniversary of producing free professional theatre on the banks of the Red Cedar, Andrea S. Rutledge, daughter of Frank C. Rutledge…
Integrative Arts and Humanities (IAH) Offers New and Innovative Courses
November 20, 2020
Delivering general education curriculum in the arts and humanities requires some ingenuity to put the human experience into context. Faculty and instructors who teach in MSU’s Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH) in the College of Arts & Letters continually meet this challenge by taking innovative approaches to teaching essential subjects. “The way we teach the…
CAL in the Classroom
November 16, 2020
Alumni and retired faculty and staff had the opportunity to attend a virtual event on November 7 where attendees got an insider’s look at the research and education of MSU’s College Arts & Letters while networking with fellow alumni, faculty, and students.
Groundbreaking Book Alters Perception of Introversion in Theatre
May 27, 2020
The field of theatre has long been one that favors the extrovert with a perception that actors must be outgoing, gregarious, and boisterous to find success. A new book seeks to alter that perception. Co-written by Rob Roznowski, Head of Acting and Directing for the MSU Department of Theatre, The Introverted Actor: Practical Approaches offers first-hand accounts, methods, and tested techniques that will…
Graduating Senior Founds Business to Support Marginalized Gender Playwrights
April 3, 2020
Taylor McPhail, a senior Theatre major, recently started her own business, By/For Publishing, which digitally publishes plays written by playwrights of marginalized genders, work that is far less often produced, and then licenses those plays to educational and community theaters across the United States. Playwrights submit their work to the company via email, which McPhail then reviews and publishes based…
MSU Summer Circle Turns 60!
March 4, 2020
Michigan State University is celebrating its 60th year of presenting free, accessible theatre during the month of June. Since 1960, the Michigan State University Department of Theatre has heralded the unofficial start of summer with its Summer Circle Theatre (SCT) program, using the talents of MSU students, professional artists, and community members to offer free theatre to mid-Michigan audiences. Each year, the…
Theatre Department Takes ‘The Gun Show’ on the Road Around the State
February 7, 2020
(PLEASE NOTE: Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak and in the interest of public safety, the Wednesday, March 18, performance of The Gun Show that was scheduled for the Swords into Plowshares Peace Center & Gallery in Detroit has been canceled.) The Michigan premiere production of The Gun Show, a non-partisan play about guns and America’s gun culture, is set to take center stage…