CSU Theatre is proud to announce our 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 seasons! 2024-2025: Reforming the Classics: Wishes, Wrights and Wrongs Playwrights write stories for the stage that offer us chances to better understand the human condition. Theatre artists often return to past works to wrestle with their universal themes and tease out new meanings for the […]

Colorado State University’s School of Music Theatre and Dance presents “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson and Directed by Debbie Swann at the University Center for the Arts. September 28, 2023 Colorado State University’s School of Music Theatre and Dance presents “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson and Directed by Debbie Swann at the University Center for […]

Please join CSU Theatre in congratulating sophomore theatre performance major, Jesus Castro Gonzalez, on receiving the prestigious Soul of Leadership Award through the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado. Soul of Leadership Award According to the foundation’s website, The Soul of Leadership Award ‘was established in 2014 to pay homage to a Latino leader or organization […]

CSU Theatre is pleased to announce two new staff members who are joining the team! Melissa Centgraf, Head of Properties: Melissa has a B.A. in Technical Theatre from Illinois State University, and has more than two decades of experience working in props for institutions such as Milwaukee Rep, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, […]

CSU’s Theatre majors Alma Alvarado, Matthew Berman, Jesus Castro-Gonzalez, Lana Greeness, and Aleiah Jasper joined their CSU Theatre professor, Saffron Henke, for a local production of Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias at Bas Bleu Theatre. Matthew Berman noted that the new experience has given him an appreciation for the education and professionalism he and his […]

The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is thrilled to introduce Javier Hurtado as a new assistant professor of theatre at Colorado State University. His focus will be playwriting and directing within the performance concentration. Javier Hurtado brings an impressive record of teaching and research to CSU. He received his M.F.A. in Creative Writing and […]

CSU Theatre alum, Whitney Roy (’21), is a recipient of the 2023 Charlie Blackwell Symposium Scholarship. The scholarship was awarded to five BIPOC stage managers to attend the Broadway Stage Management Symposium, as well as a meeting with a selection committee member during the professional development and networking conference. The selection committee of veteran Broadway […]

Colorado State University’s School of Music Theatre and Dance and the University Center for the Arts presents “Machinal,” written by Sophie Treadwell, directed by Debbie Swann, Scenic Design by Roger Hanna, Props Master Thomas Ray, Costume Design Kayleigh Owen, Lighting Design by Laurel Ladzinski, Sound Design by Patrick Middlebrook and Stage Management by David Walters. […]

On February 19-24, CSU students competed at the annual Region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), which brings together exceptional student actors and technicians from across the western states. It was the first time in several years that the festival was held in-person. The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival is a national […]