Eric Altheide said USI Theatre’s upcoming play, “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson, is funny, intelligent and timely.
“It centers around the struggle of women to get their voices heard...
The Shield interviewed Jacelyn Stewart, a junior theater arts major, who will be performing in the upcoming production “First Date,” which will take place at 7:00 p.m Thursday-Friday and 2 p.m....
Rafael Gonzalez just happened to fall into theatre.
The junior theatre major was the lighting designer for the USI Theatre Department’s production of “Pygmalion.” This was his first time designing...
The university’s theatre held its first production of the season this weekend with the play “The Dog in the Manger.” The romantic comedy was set in royal 17th century Spain, and was filled with...
The old university theatre properties have been sold to a developer following a seal bid auction.
Following Board of Trustee approval for the sale of the former USI Theatre scene shop and costume shop...
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Hadin Hart said that many of the motivations in fairy tales can be black and white.
“This play it is gray,” the freshman theatre major said “Everything is not what we are used...
Through the struggle of her own boyfriend being deployed, Morgan Book channels her emotion in “Little Women” as the romantic Meg, engaged to a man who goes off to war.
“When we did the duet between...
Through a coming-of-age narrative and passionate performances, “Crumbs from the Table of Joy” felt genuine.
The story of “Crumbs” follows teenager Ernestine Crump (Jesmelia Williams) and her family...
As the production nears, The Shield spoke with guest director Ron Himes about working on USI Theatre’s “Crumbs from the Table of Joy” and the meaning of the play in today’s America. Himes is the...
Mr. Burns: a post-electric play is, in a word, problematic.
Set mere weeks after a virus wipes away most of humanity, “Mr. Burns” opens with several survivors sitting around a campfire reminiscing...
Regardless of my politics, I typically hang my head in disappointment when a play or musical digresses from its plot to unabashedly insert the director’s personal agenda.
But when said play or musical megaphones its message through the conduit of a lispy 9-year-old with two gay dads and a seething hatred for Donald Trump, I can’t help but crack a grin.
Alec Willis will play Jesus for the second time in his life in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
His first time playing Jesus was in his high school’s production of “Godspell.”
