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North American premiere of Australian play gets smart RTW production.

The theater becomes silent as a spotlight shines down on a woman rocking back and forth in a rocking chair.  The rest of the room is dark, the focus being on her face which looks distant, as if she’s in her own world, remembering something. The silence stretches on until the audience is on their...

The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will rediscover grief, comedy and all the twists and turns it takes to reconnect with the past in their performance of “in a word” by Lauren Yee. The play focuses on the two-year anniversary of Fiona Hamlin and Guy’s adopted son Tristan’s disappearance. While still struggling with the...

Come one, come all! NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance has announced its Spring 2023 season featuring plays, actor showcases and a dance concert. Productions will begin Feb.10 going until April 30 in the Corner, O’Connell and Sally Stevens Players Theatres, located in the Stevens Building on campus. Students interested in attending any show must...

On Friday, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance opened their final play of the season, “The Language Archive,” written by Julia Cho. This prizewinning play from 2009 received a breath of new life in this production, thanks to the more interpretive style of direction by SOTD faculty Bethany Mangum and Emily Vitrano. Before co-writing...