Performance

Theatre Student’s Drag Queen Web Series Uses Costume Design to Examine Current Events

March 2, 2021

When the Michigan State University Department of Theatre’s productions for the Fall 2020 semester were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a call went out to all faculty and students for ideas focused on themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion. First-year MFA Design Candidate Zech Saenz, who specializes in costume design, pitched a project addressing the pandemic through the lens of drag queens and comedy. The result is a three-episode web series, called Grads in Drag, which is now available for streaming on-demand.

Faculty / News / Performance / Podcast / Student

MSU Theatre Department Launches First-Ever Actor Warm-Up Podcast

February 25, 2021

In conjunction with Digital Learning Day on February 25, the Michigan State University Department of Theatre MFA Acting cohort will launch a six-season podcast, entitled “The Moment Before: An Actor’s…

COVID-19 / Event / News / Performance / Student

MSU Theatre Freshmen Premiere Original Web Series Satire About College During COVID-19

February 9, 2021

The cast of Pandemic'd! rehearsing via Zoom The freshmen class of Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre have created a mockumentary-style web series satire about the experience of starting college during the COVID-19 pandemic. Freshman…

Alumni / News / Performance / Student

Theatre Design Alum Returns to Mentor Current Students

January 18, 2021

G. “Max” Maxin IV (MFA Design ’12) was scheduled to return to Michigan State University as a guest scenic designer for the Department of Theatre’s production of 9 to 5:…

COVID-19 / Exhibition / Grant / News / Performance / Podcast / Student

Graduating Senior Makes Film About Social Isolation

December 18, 2020

Marshall Ross, a senior BFA Acting major, received CREATE! Micro-grant funding to support his SOLO* project, a short-film that follows the experience of a young man living on his own…

COVID-19 / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Event / Faculty / News / Performance / Student

New MSU Musical For Audiences Who Are Neurodiverse to be Performed Virtually

December 15, 2020

Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre has produced a new sensory-friendly musical for children who are neurodiverse and will begin offering free virtual performances this month. Written by students and faculty at…

COVID-19 / Event / News / Performance / Programs

MSU’s Summer Circle Theatre Season Postponed Until 2021, Online Activities Offered This Summer

April 6, 2020

The Michigan State University Department of Theatre’s 2020 Summer Circle Theatre (SCT) season has been postponed. The entire season will move to June 2021, but the Department of Theatre will…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / News / Performance / Production / Programs

Theatre Department Combats Gender Inequity with Big Ten Initiative

February 26, 2020

Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre is staging the latest production to be commissioned by the Big Ten Theatre Consortium, a series of plays by outstanding American female playwrights designed to promote…

Faculty / News / Performance / Production

MSU Theatre Setting the Stage for Design & Mentorship

February 18, 2020

In the theatre world, reviews tend to focus on the performers more than costumes, sets, or lighting. But for a recent production of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by the A.D.…

Event / News / Performance / Programs

BFA in Acting Jala Jackson Takes “The Gun Show” on the Road Around the State

February 7, 2020

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak and in the interest of public safety, the Wednesday, March 18, performance of The Gun Show that was scheduled for the Swords into Plowshares Peace…