Duane Boutté, an assistant professor in the School of Theatre and Dance, is developing a play based loosely on his own family history and identity.
Boutté play to explore questions of race and identity
Unit: Theatre and Dance
Video: Scary Shakespeare inspires ISU Halloween event
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival partnered with Illinois State’s Ewing Cultural Center to present ShakesFEAR, a haunted tour through Shakespeare’s most gruesome imagery.
Video: Fight director shines at Illinois Shakespeare Festival
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.
Mother Justice in Westhoff Theatre Sept. 17
Two Illinois State University School of Theatre alumni will return to the University’s Westhoff Theatre for a staged reading of their new play, Mother Justice, on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
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
Two Gentlemen of Verona March 30, 31, April 1, 2, 3
Illinois State University’s School of Theatre will present William Shakespeare’s comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona on March 30, 31, April 1, 2 at 7:30 p.m. and on April 2, 3 at 2 p.m. in Westhoff Theatre.
