All My Sons 2011 Production Photo

An American classic play opens at the UCA

By Anna Baldwin, The Rocky Mountain Collegian Ben Wasser, right, and Luke Peckinpaugh, left, rehearse Wednesday night in the University Theatre at the University Center for the Arts. Peckinpaugh and Wasser play father and son in the CSU Theatre production “All My Sons,” which opens tonight at 8. It’s a parent’s duty to teach his […]


Three Short Shocks 2011 Production Photo

Theatre: CSU offers three times the mystery

BY TAYLOR D. IVERSEN • TaylorIversen@coloradoan.com • November 11, 2010 • Coloradoan Those who walk into the University Center for the Arts’ Studio Theatre this weekend will be treated to an hour of paranoid monologues, spooky revelations and plot twists befitting an M. Night Shyamalan movie. “Three Short Plays/Three Short Shocks” is the brainchild of […]


Dog Sees God 2010 Production Photo

‘Peanuts’ characters face death, sex, alcoholism

Article by Matt Miller, The Rocky Mountain Collegian 10.13.2010 – One hour to curtain call. Backstage, Roger Miller walks along the pitch-black path lined on one side by curtains and on the other by shelves. Mumbling a to-do list under his breath, he skillfully makes his way through the darkness to a table. “I start […]


Romeo and Juliet

Theatre: “Romeo and Juliet rewarding” ~ Coloradoan Newspaper

From the Coloradoan Newspaper 07.16.10, by Tom Jones – How long has it been since you read Shakespeare’s classic tale of love and loss, “Romeo and Juliet?” Most of us remember what happens when a young boy and girl from warring families fall in love. Now is the time to refresh those memories and clarify […]


Bryan Connolly juggling fire

Theatre: “Juggler of Many Talents” ~ Coloradoan Newspaper

From the Coloradoan Newspaper 07.10.10 by Stacy Nick At 21, Bryan Connolly decided to run away and join the circus. Well, the National Circus School, anyway. In February, the CSU junior attended tryouts for the famed Montreal performing arts academy, and while he found he still has some learning to do, the experience cemented his […]


Department of Music, Theatre & Dance Professors Receive 2010 Best Teacher Awards

Colorado State University will honor the 2010 Best Teacher Award recipients during a reception at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8, in the Lory Student Center North Ballroom. The Colorado State University Alumni Association and its affiliate student group, the Student Alumni Connection, recognize outstanding Colorado State University educators each year with Best Teacher Awards. “The […]


Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance: 2010 Best Teacher Nominations

02.25.10 – The Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance proudly announce that two faculty members are included in the nominations for 2010 Best Teacher Awards, annually presented by the Colorado State University Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Connection. The nominees are: Nathan “Cory” Seymour, Professor of Stage Management and Stagecraft (CSU Theatre & Dance […]


2010 KCACTF Regional Winners Group

Theatre: Department Wins Awards at Annual Festival

02.24.10 – For the third consecutive year, students from Colorado State University’s theater program took home major awards at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), held in Reno, Nevada. Faculty and students representing the department traveled to the University of Nevada on Feb. 15–19 for the annual conference, and won awards in […]


Price Johnston Promotional Photo

Theatre: Price Johnston On Design Team for the Pee-wee Herman Show

02.01.10 – Price Johnston, professor of Lighting, Sound and Projection Design at Colorado State University, was a member of the projection design team for the Pee-wee Herman Show at Club Nokia@LA Live. The popular show, starring Paul Reubens, was revamped from the original production by Reubens, Bill Steinkellner and John Paragon. Due to popular demand […]


Snipes 2011 Production Photo

Theatre: Student Play Selected for Annual Festival

02.01.10 – Sean Cummings’ (‘11) original play Snipes was selected to be performed at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in Reno, NV, during the week of February 15, 2010. At the national KCACTF in 2009, Cummings won a summer apprenticeship with The Orchard Project at the Catskill Mountain Foundation. Image: Sean […]