Vote Ubu Roi By Lauren Scott If you did not know by this point, we are in the midst of a major election season – a season fueled by high emotions, finger pointing, and name calling. As election day draws closer, we are more overwhelmed by the candidates’ intensity and find ourselves in an internal […]
Shela Jennings as Vera in OpenStage Theatre’s 2008 production of “The Oldest Profession,” by Paula Vogel. (Photo: Courtesy of Joe Hovorka) Click here for a lovely story about Shela from the Coloradoan. Colleagues and Friends, As many of you fondly remember, as an administrative professional, SHELA JENNINGS was the glue that held the CSU theatre program […]
For the third consecutive summer, the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at Colorado State University has taken the Kids Do It All camp to the CSU Todos Santos Center, hosting dozens of children from Mexico and the United States. The non-profit international center for research, teaching, and outreach facilitates the bilingual theatre, dance, and music […]
Written by Lauren Scott, UCA Marketing Intern Finals week… most students cringe when they hear these two words. All it means to most is a week spent in the library, head-phones on, coffee in hand, and face buried deep in books and computers. The words “fun,” “creative.”, and “exhilarating” aren’t used to describe this experience. […]
Written by Chapman W. Croskell, CSU Collegian With the topic of marijuana legalization such a massive one here at CSU, the newest production from the theater department is a comedic throwback to the early fears surrounding the substance. “Reefer Madness: the Musical,” which opened appropriately on 4/20 at the University Center for the Arts, is […]
A Blog by Lauren Scott, UCA Marketing Intern Stella Adler once said, “When you stand on stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that what you say is so important the whole world must listen.” This is what has always drawn me to theatre; the stage has become […]
Enthusiasm is high over the 4/20 opening of CSU Theatre’s production of the cult classic, Reefer Madness, The Musical, by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney. Inspired by the original 1936 propaganda film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-firmly-planted-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, […]
By Samantha Bufmack, UCA Marketing Intern The Annual Freshman Theatre Project is back and the performance is sure to make headlines. The first commissioned play that meets the criteria of the Big Ten Theatre Consortium’s New Play Initiative, Good Kids, written by Naomi Iizuka, is coming to Colorado State University. This play will get the […]
Last weekend, a few dozen Colorado State University Theatre students and faculty attended the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival regional event. For 2016, the Region Seven festival was held at the Embassy Suites Denver Downtown, Feb. 15-19, and was hosted in tandem by the Community College Of Denver, Metropolitan State University, and the University of […]
Roger Hanna, assistant professor of Set Design, was a Top Five Finalist in the Professional Drama/Comedy category at the 14th New Hampshire Theatre Awards that recognizes and celebrates live theatrical productions throughout the state of N.H., annually presenting awards for excellence in a variety of categories. Twenty-two individuals from the Peterborough Players, including Hanna, received […]
