Theatre MSU Presents: All American Boys

Award-winning Theatre MSU announces spring theater productions

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.

Theatre MSU students and faculty nominated for ACTF awards

Students and faculty in Mississippi State University’s Department of Communication are nominated for nine awards for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. 

Paula C. Mabry serves as Adjudicator for Alabama Conference for Theatre’s Walker Trumbauer High School 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.

Theatre MSU presents Banner: A Sea Turtle Saga

CO Connection: Tim Baker

Tim Baker, MSU Theatre Artist-in-Residence, discusses Theatre MSU's Fall children's production: Banner: A Sea Turtle Saga.

Theatre MSU students nominated for Kennedy Center festival, faculty receive ‘recognition of excellence’

Students in Mississippi State’s Theatre MSU—the Department of Communication’s production division recently named a 2021 School of Excellence Award in Higher Education from the Mississippi for Arts Education—now are nominees to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) to be held virtually this February.

Theatre MSU Presents: Men on Boats

Jaclyn Backhaus’ Men On Boats delves into the dynamics of ten explorers on the first expedition (of white men) down the Colorado River to a “big” canyon. Raised in Arizona, Backhaus had heard about the journey during her child- hood and wanted to adapt it for the stage. In the process she realized that she was interested in the story in part because she felt that she would never play the part of a nineteenth-century explorer—and that writing it was her way of vicariously living their adventure. -From an essay by Summer Banks

Award-winning Theatre MSU announces 2021 season, plans production promoting social change

Mississippi State’s Theatre MSU—the Department of Communication’s production division that recently garnered a 2021 School of Excellence Award in Higher Education from the Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education—debuts its new season this month.

Theatre MSU receives MAC grant to create original production promoting social change

Mississippi State’s Theatre MSU—the Department of Communication’s production division—has received a portion of more than $1.4 million in funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission to support the creation and performance of an original theatrical production.

Hays discusses Theatre MSU season on College of A&S Vision Podcast

Theatre MSU faculty member, Tonya Hays, along with theatre student, Jade Keaton, recently discussed the upcoming 2021-22 Theatre MSU season on the College of Arts & Sciences Vision Podcast with John Burrow. Use the link to listen to the podcast!

Communication senior one of five selected nationally for Broadway scholarship

A Mississippi State University senior is one of only five students chosen nationally to learn from a Broadway stage manager of color during the May 21-24 virtual meeting of Broadway professionals at their annual Broadway Stage Management Symposium.

Theatre MSU Presents: A Midsummer Night Dream

Theatre MSU presents Pipeline

Co-produced by TheatreMSU and Blackfriar's Drama Society and completely student-produced and student-directed.

Communication Connection: Matt Webb discusses Theatre program