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The NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s Third Onion project will present the world premiere of the play, “Penny” – “a love story that no words could tell,” says its author, Nico Fernandez. Fernandez, a BFA in acting candidate at NIU, is enthusiastic about performing his play. “This is a project that has been with me...
Senior acting majors: Children of the Corn
NIU School of Theatre and Dance seniors are throwing their annual Halloween sketch comedy show from Thursday, Oct. 31, through Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Diversions Lounge of the Holmes Student Center. All performances are at 10 p.m. The show is also an important fundraiser for the seniors to help pay for their acting reels...
NIU Class of 2014 acting majors
A night of live music and raffles – a not-so-silent auction – will fill the Holmes Student Center Diversions Lounge from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. The Non-Silent Auction event is the idea of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance Class of 2014 acting majors. Instead of the typical silent auction format, NIU student...
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Presenting its final production of their 2012-2013 Studio Series, the NIU School of Theatre of Dance will stage the one-act farce, “The Real Inspector Hound,” by Tom Stoppard, opening April 18. Stoppard’s classic play takes satirical aim at several conventions of live theater. “The Real Inspector Hound” opens to an apparent play-within-a-play, quickly becomes a...
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An adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” will be presented as the next Studio Series production of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. “The Canterbury Tales” originally consisted of 24 stories written by Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. Eight of these stories have been adapted for the stage by visiting...
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Simply waiting for something can be tedious. The premise of the next theatrical production of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance is that waiting for something can also be all about facing the unknown. Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” runs from Wednesday, Oct. 31, through Sunday, Nov. 4, in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre...