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 […]
Cynthia Stokes, 1981, B.A. Speech and Theatre Arts, recently founded SD CITY Opera in San Diego, Calif., a new, artist-driven opera company dedicated to building community by turning beautiful music into stunning theatre and contributing to the dynamic reimagining of opera in America for the 21st century. Previously, Ms. Stokes started La Jolla Playhouse’s Summer Conservatory […]
Social Work student Bea Lewis and Theatre student Rachel Rhoades Social Work student Bea Lewis and Theatre student Rachel Rhoades Social Work student Bea Lewis and Theatre student Rachel Rhoades Theatre student Zack Rickert and Social Work student Alaina Stechmesser Theatre student Mason Weiss and Social Work student Natalie Prewitt Parks Theatre student Mason Weiss […]
By Nik Olsen Gaby Ocádiz, a CSU alumna who earned a Masters degree in Music Education, directs a child-led theater program at the CSU Todos Santos Center in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Kids Do It All was created by CSU Theater Professor Walt Jones and took place at CSU in Fort Collins until Ocádiz helped […]
For the first time in twenty years, Diana Son’s play will be seen on stage when Colorado State University Theatre premieres the latest draft of her important gender role comedy, Boy. Written as a parable about a society that values boys over girls, in this workshop-style production of Diana Son’s Boy, directed by CSU Theatre […]
Jeremy Holm, 1993, B.A. Performing Arts, Theatre, is a New York based actor who plays Mr. Sutherland on the U.S. hit Mr. Robot, as well as Nathan Green on House of Cards. jeremyholm.com
Lauren Scott in CSU Theatre’s production of A Winter’s Tale Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale might be best known and remembered for a specific stage direction, “exit, pursued by a bear.” Although this direction gives an accurate depiction of the play as surprising and intense, there is more to it than meets the eye. The Winter’s […]
