Vernell L. Allen, a senior communication major with a concentration in theater from Brookhaven, has worked in different areas of theater throughout his college years, but directing All American Boys was a new experience for him.
Tonya Hays presented an improvisation workshop for the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Memphis. The how to workshop assisted participants in creating their own improvisation festival at their universities, high schools or community theatres.
Jesse Wade, assistant clinical professor in Theatre, discusses Theatre MSU's spring musical, student-directed plays, visiting artists and Lab Rats.
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.
Tim Baker, MSU Theatre Artist-in-Residence, discusses Theatre MSU's Fall children's production: Banner: A Sea Turtle Saga.
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.
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
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.
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.
