The Illinois State segment of the Charles Ives Sesquicentennial Festival will be held February 19-21, 2025, and will bring several free events to students and general audiences that underscore the multitude of connections between music and the humanities.
The concert will consist of five unique pieces, featuring choreography from Jacob Henss, Greg Merriman, Laina Reese, Darby Wilde, and guest artist Alex Hlavaty and be performed November 14-17.
Puffs: Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, written by Matt Cox and directed by M.F.A in directing candidate Emily Grimany will be performed November 1-3 and 6-9.
For three weeks leading up to Halloween, students in Dr. Li Zeng’s Asian Film Genre class immersed themselves in Asian horror films by exploring cultural and societal nuances.
This fall, the Illinois State University School of Theatre, Dance, and Film will take audiences on a journey through seven years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic. “Puffs”, or “Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic” will be performed November 1-3, 2024.
This Fall, the school of Theatre, Dance, and Film will present a production of Medea, by Euripides and adapted by Ben Power. The production was directed by M.F.A Directing candidate John McCall Jr. During the show, the audience will notice a chorus of Corinthian women accompany Medea throughout her trials and tribulations. This group of women function as support for Medea during a time of great mental and emotional turmoil.
From the founding of the University’s first student organization 167 years ago to a memorable concert featuring a Redbird alum, historian Tom Emery explores this month in Illinois State University history.
Embrace your inner sorceress this October with Medea: a modernized reimagination of the classic Greek tragedy. Follow a stretch of this ancient tale with this raw, cathartic interpretation of a woman’s journey to Colchis and to her wit’s end.
In the School of Theatre, Dance, and Film’s up coming workshop production of Honey Bee Baby, the audience is presented a world in which the common person has to pass a test in order to have children, and the children of parents who did not pass the test do not have a place in the world. This article provides a deeper look into one of those children: Clarisa.
Honey Bee Baby, directed by M.F.A. directing student Alejandra Luna will be performed September 26-29.
