Tonya Hays, an assistant professor in theatre, was invited to Join the 2022-2023 cohort of Community-Engaged Learning Fellows, and she will attend the program in May 2022.
Alicia Margerum is a senior communication major from Poplarville, Miss., majoring in communication with concentrations in theatre and communication studies. Margerum is involved in Theatre MSU and works as the organization’s scenic designer. In the future, she plans to work in scenic design professionally.
Jesse Wade, assistant clinical professor in Theatre, discusses Theatre MSU's spring musical, student-directed plays, visiting artists and Lab Rats.
Tonya Hays joined the Department of Communication’s faculty in the fall of 2020 and worked the previous semester as a listing professor. Hays received her B.A from Oklahoma Baptist University and her MFA in Texas Christian University. At MSU, Hays teaches acting, playwriting, directing, theatre for young audiences and theatre for change.
Mississippi State’s Theatre MSU—the Department of Communication’s production division that received a 2021 School of Excellence Award in Higher Education from Mississippi for Arts Education—debuts its spring season this month.
Students and faculty in Mississippi State University’s Department of Communication are nominated for nine awards for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Fourteen schools, which have won on a divisional level, will present one-act plays for adjudication on the state level with the winners advancing to the Southeastern Theatre Conference.
Cameron Mayers is a sophomore double-majoring in communication with a concentration in theatre and political science, and he is minoring in marketing. Mayers is incredibly active across campus, participating in Student Association, where he is director of marketing for organizational outreach.