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The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance will present the powerful drama, “The Normal Heart” by Larry Kramer, as its first Studio Series production of the 2015-2016 season. Opening Thursday, Oct. 8, the play is set against the historical backdrop of the initial discovery of HIV/AIDS in New York City in the early 1980s. It recounts Jewish-American...
NIU School of Theatre and Dance: Comedy of Errors
“At the time, it must have been the best situation comedy ever written,” director David Frank says about the Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance upcoming Studio Series play, “The Comedy of Errors,” by William Shakespeare. Opening Thursday, March 19, “The Comedy of Errors” is a timeless story of two sets of identical...
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The Third Onion, a student-initiated and produced performance program of Northern Illinois University’s School of Theatre and Dance, will premiere an original play, “The Porno Factory.” Performances are scheduled at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, and Saturday, March 28, in Holmes Student Center Diversions Lounge Theatre. The play stars its author, NIU writing instructor Loren...
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“One would think that Shakespeare had the college audience in mind when developing ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ a play about young adults torn between a life of the mind and a life of pleasure,” says Lara Crowley, an NIU assistant professor of English. Opening Thursday, April 10, in the Holmes Student Center Diversions Lounge, the School...
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NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance will present “Intimate Apparel” by award winning playwright Lynne Nottage. The play runs Thursday, Feb. 13, through Sunday, Feb. 16, in the Holmes Student Center Diversion Lounge on the NIU campus. Performances will start at 7:30 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Set in 1905 New...
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...
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which means it’s time for the fourth annual Rock Against Rape event. Rock Against Rape 2013 is scheduled from 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in the Diversions Lounge of the Holmes Student Center. Admission is free. Victim Advocacy Services and the Women’s Resource Center, in collaboration with...
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which means it’s time for the fourth annual Rock Against Rape event. Victim Advocacy Services and the Women’s Resource Center, in collaboration with supporting NIU offices and bands from the university and the community, are enhancing awareness of sexual assault by hosting a concert that inspires and rocks against...