MSU Theatre Department Partners with Berkeley Rep to Get Out the Vote Michigan State’s Department of Theatre has signed on as an official Broadcast Partner for Berkeley Rep’s highly anticipated radio play revival of Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t…
Alison Dobbins, MSU Associate Professor of Integrated Performance Media Design, recently completed the media design for the monologue, “Call Me by My Name,” to be presented at the 2020 Atlanta Black Theatre Festival on Saturday, October 3.
This is our August alumni conversations featuring MSU College of Arts & Letters Department Chair Tony Grubbs (Romance & Classical Studies) and Department Chair Stephen Di Benedetto (Theatre). Dr. Grubbs…
After 10 years and two terms as Chairperson of Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, Professor Kirk Domer is returning to the faculty. His time as Chairperson, he says, has been defined by three words: renovation, innovation, and compassion. He has built a…
Michigan State University once again racked up some big wins in design and acting at this year’s Lansing City Pulse “Pulsars,” which recognize on- and off-stage excellence in mid-Michigan theatre. Out of…
In 2018, the Huffington Post described intimacy directing as “an emerging field in which a small group of professionals are pushing to develop standards and procedures for scenes involving physical intimacy in…
At the beginning of the Spring 2020 semester, Musical Theatre students in MSU’s Department of Theatre expected to finish the academic year with some intense scene work that would bring together every…
Stephen Di Benedetto has been selected as the next Chairperson of the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University, effective July 15, 2020. “I am thrilled to join the Department of Theatre…
The field of theatre has long been one that favors the extrovert with a perception that actors must be outgoing, gregarious, and boisterous to find success. A new book seeks…