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  • When a Metropolitan Opera singer visits campus, you take note. Alfred Walker, who has performed in star roles all over the world, is offering a masterclass on May 10 from 5:30pm to 6:30pm in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Room 306. PLU student singers,…

    develop their own voice and embrace their own vocal identity. PLU Vocal Studies Chair Jim Brown, invited Walker to conduct the masterclass. Brown met Walker at Loyola University when they studied under the same mentor, Philip Frohnmayer. “Phil’s studio is like a big family, so when I heard [Walker] was coming to star in a Seattle Opera production, I asked him to do a masterclass here at PLU and he quickly agreed.” Brown thinks students will learn a lot from Walker’s incredible voice, intellect, and

  • If you are a PPA alum who knows of internship or other employment opportunities in printing and publication related fields that might benefit other alumni and current students, please get in touch

    photography business.  The Scribe Source was featured on the Chicago Manual of Style’s CMOS Shop Talk site. Read an interview with Hannah here! Maggie in SeattleMaggie (2007) owns her own interior design studio. Mariesa in TacomaMariesa (2006) was Marketing Coordinator for the Broadway Center for the Arts in downtown Tacoma and now works as a Public Information Officer at the Tacoma Public Library. Lisa in TacomaLisa (2005) went on to do graduate study in archival preservation in Ireland and has assisted

  • Night of Musical Theatre produces a large scale, student-created musical revue annually and supports students interested in producing and/or performing musical theatre.

    Theatre & Dance at PLU provides full support for student productions and student organizations as a means for professional growth, artistic experimentation and leadership development. Our Theatre & Dance student organizations have access to an array of performance spaces, from the flexible 150-seat Studio Theatre to our 600-seat Eastvold mainstage! Normalcy: A Climate-Fiction Musical produced as an independent production (2023) Normalcy: A Climate-Fiction Musical produced as an independent

  • Rising Star By Barbara Clements and Bryanna Plog ’10 Standing backstage, waiting for his cue to step onstage, Louis Hobson ’00 does a reality check. He’s in New York. He’s on Broadway – in a Tony Award winning, and now Pulitzer-winning,musical no less. And he…

    limited in what you can participate in,” he said. “Because PLU is the way it is, we all got to do a little of everything. I got to understand the mechanics of theater,” he said. While at PLU, Hobson helped plan the Night of Musical Theater, and he participated in the opera program. He was also in the Choir of the West, and got the opportunity to do the technical side of theater, working on lighting and tech design for several shows. Once he made the major switch, his career progressed at a fast clip

  • It was reported in 2010 that more than half of Americans had never met a Muslim. Yet hate crimes against Muslims rose 50 percent that year–the same year Florida pastor Terry Jones threatened to burn the Quran. Pacific Lutheran University’s award-winning MediaLab production team addresses…

    Burkas and Bombers: Anti-Muslim Sentiment in America, which will premiere April 11, at 7 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University’s Studio Theater and online at www.plu.edu/soac. The premiere is part of the 2013 SOAC Focus Series. Since 2011, the MediaLab documentary team has traveled around the country, from Tacoma to New York City to Washington, D.C. in an effort to break down barriers and shatter stereotypes that many North Americans may have about Muslims. “The statistic that prompted us to pursue

  • Dr. David Zarefsky to speak on the 1858 public debates Renowned argumentation scholar David Zarefsky will bring his expertise to Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) to speak on “Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate” on Thursday, May 14 at 6 p.m. in…

    Forensics expert to give notable presentation on campus Posted by: Todd / April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015 Dr. David Zarefsky to speak on the 1858 public debatesRenowned argumentation scholar David Zarefsky will bring his expertise to Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) to speak on “Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate” on Thursday, May 14 at 6 p.m. in the Studio Theater of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. In the book under the same name, Zarefsky

  • Professor Emeritus | School of Music, Theatre & Dance | David Deacon-Joyner is a former Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at Pacific Lutheran University.

    , Marc Johnson, Ed Soph, and others. Deacon-Joyner is a professional vocalist in both studio and live settings, and is a composer and arranger. He arranged big band charts for Jeff Coffin, saxophonist with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and the Jeff Coffin Mu’tet, published by UNC Press. He has also composed works for choir, orchestra, and wind ensemble. Jazz at PLU PLU Faculty: Jazz Sound Trio Beginning: A PLU Christmas Trust: A PLU Christmas Composition: A PLU Christmas Exploring: A PLU Christmas

  • Professor Emeritus | Music | David Deacon-Joyner is a former Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at Pacific Lutheran University.

    Shew, Marvin Stamm, Marc Johnson, Ed Soph, and others. Deacon-Joyner is a professional vocalist in both studio and live settings, and is a composer and arranger. He arranged big band charts for Jeff Coffin, saxophonist with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and the Jeff Coffin Mu’tet, published by UNC Press. He has also composed works for choir, orchestra, and wind ensemble. Jazz at PLU PLU Faculty: Jazz Sound Trio

  • South Hall is an apartment-style complex, located on the south edge of campus.  The hall has a view of the Olympic Mountains to the west and Mount Rainier to the east.

    : Studios of varying sizes [categorized into Studio A, B, and C based on square footage] One, two, and five bedroom townhouses Two and four bedroom apartments Apartment type costs can be found on our Rates and Dates page.Married HousingThe Lofts in our apartment style residence hall, South Hall, offer housing for students who are married.  Family student housing is unfortunately not available. Assignments are typically made in February for the following Academic Year.  If you are either married or

  • Todd Sheridan Perry ’92 worked on many of the Gollum scenes in the second Lord of the Rings movie. How Todd Sheridan rose from PLU to become one of Hollywood’s most successful special effects wizards By Barbara Clements Remember the scene in the “The Lord…

    series of movies that were being developed out of the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy. The rest is history. “The entire experience was fantastic,” said Perry of his time working with Peter Jackson and the Lord of the Rings creative team. Not only did he help the Ents attack the tower, but he helped the lighting team with Gollum, and he created some of the larger battle scenes. Perry is working for the next six months in Vancouver, B.C., on special computer generated effects on the next “Final Destination