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Boy Gets Girl receives positive response from KCACTF

CSU Theartre received a positive response to the recent online production of Boy Gets Girl from Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) representative Shea King. Each year, representatives from KCACTF — the national theatre program dedicated to the improvement of collegiate theatre in the United States — score and provide feedback on submitted productions. Ratings given by […]


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School of Music, Theatre, and Dance COVID-19 Policies

All information and health protocols provided are based on information and CDC, local government, and CSU guidelines available at the time of posting. This website will be updated frequently to account for changes in CDC, local government, and CSU guidelines and protocols.  Read the complete list of School of Music, Theatre, and Dance COVID-19 policies […]


Sign up for one of the most popular theatre classes: Singing for Actors

TH 153 SINGING FOR ACTORS is a fusion of acting technique and singing technique for credible performance in the musical genre. You do not have to be a theatre major to take this class with Broadway singer and actress, Professor Patty Goble. Class size is limited, so sign up today in Aries!


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Performing arts majors present research and creativity

Several School of Music, Theatre, and Dance students creative work was selected for Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity (CURC). This year, the annual event is being held online and is open for viewing. Presented in this gallery are more than 225 posters showcasing the fantastic work that CSU undergraduates from all eight colleges are doing […]


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CSU Theatre makes masks for essential employees

Sgt. Adam Smith with the CSU Police Department faced a significant need when Governor Jared Polis urged Coloradans to wear masks in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. Thanks to the efforts of CSU Theatre’s costume shop, within a week of the announcement every essential member of CSUPD had two cloth masks.

Rams take care of rams: the well-known motto is being demonstrated by CSU Theatre students and staff. They have diligently created face masks for more than 1,000 essential employees across the CSU campus, starting with the police department.


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CSU Theatre staff recognized by KCACTF for support of students

According to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival region 7 newsletter, the HORACE ROBINSON/JACK WATSON AWARD is awarded to faculty/staff who show dedication and support for their students, going above and beyond the normal duties expected of university faculty. At the annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region VII conference, hosted by […]


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Theatre students awarded at 2020 KCACTF

  CSU’s 2020 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region VII Awards Scenic Design—Meritorious Achievement: Whitney Roy, junior theatre major for Cabaret Costume Design—Regional Award for Achievement: Laura Myers, senior theatre major for Cabaret Costume Design—Barbizon National Award for Excellence in Costume Design: Hannah Garcia, senior theatre major for One Man, Two Guvnors, will compete […]


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‘The Samuel Beckett Experience’ cuts deeper than absurdity

By Scott Powell; Reprinted with permission from the Rocky Mountain Collegian It’s easy to be intimidated by Samuel Beckett. He’s the kind of playwright who, to the general public, has largely devolved into nothing more than a sneering inside joke among elitist members of the theater world — the kind of playwright often name-dropped at […]


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CSU Theatre and Social Work students practice speaking up to help others

By Tricia Howley It looks a lot easier in a movie. A bartender notices two young women, who are clearly a couple, being followed around the brewpub by two young men. She walks over and calmly but firmly announces harassment won’t be tolerated. An employee at a medical clinic hears a patient being mis-gendered by […]


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Cabaret, the musical, opens this week at the UCA

The Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance presents Cabaret, the musical composed by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb. The play opens on Nov. 8 at the University Center for the Arts and runs through Nov. 17. The production is directed and choreographed by Noah Racey by Noah Racey with musical […]