The professor in Illinois State University’s School of Theatre and Dance is teaching acting majors how to be believable (and safe) while fighting on stage.
Video: Fight director shines at Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Topic: Arts & Entertainment
Video: Dancer becomes Gamma Phi Circus star
For Jasmine Yu and her dedicated Gamma Phi Circus teammates, what they learn stays with them long after Spring Shows end.
Video: Student designers shine at AMDA Fashion Show
What is your muse? That’s the question that student designers explored as they created looks for the 2013 Apparel Merchandising and Design Association Fashion Show.
ISU’s theatre program prepared Steppenwolf founders
What is now lauded as the nation’s premier ensemble theater had humble beginnings with two Illinois State alums. Terry Kinney ’76 and Jeff Perry ’78 partnered with Gary Sinise to create Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company in the mid-1970s. They did so out of a resolve to continue developing as actors, never anticipating they would ultimately
Book Art Speaker at Illinois State Nov. 2
The second of three book arts lectures at Illinois State University, A Change in Dimension: Book Art in America, 1960 to Today, will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, on the main floor of Milner Library.
Faculty Showcase Sept. 21
A showcase of the talents of School of Music faculty is set for 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21 in Kemp Recital Hall.
Rites of Spring became the administration’s nightmare
As student enthusiasm grew with each Rites of Spring, so did administrative apprehension. Among those watching as the event mushroomed was a Student Affairs leadership team of then Vice President Neal Gamsky; his Associate Director, Jude Boyer, M.A. ’68; and Mike Schermer ’73, M.S. ’78, who was director of Student Life and Programs. The trio
