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Student production disrupts time in new Romeo and Juliet https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2016/12/08/apo-disrupts-time-in-their-new-romeo-and-juliet/

“This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet ” December 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and December 11 – 2pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Director’s Note Romeo and Juliet. Four hundred and nineteen years ago, William Shakespeare penned…

Student production disrupts time in new Romeo and Juliet Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 8, 201

Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2023/02/28/theatre-professor-amanda-sweger-finds-family-in-the-theatre/

Like it did for so many, the theatre called to Associate Professor Amanda Sweger when she was in those awkward teen years. “For the first time, I felt accepted,” she said. Yet she quickly realized she didn’t like acting or auditioning. So, she spent a…

Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 28

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opens May 10 https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2013/05/02/the-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee-opens-may-10/

Join six adolescent outsiders who are vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is coming to Pierce County this week. The award-winning musical comedy, performed by Pacific Lutheran University’s Theatre Program will be sure to knock your s-o-c-k-s…

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opens May 10 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 2, 2013 May

Students take on the new Karen Hille Phillips Center Mainstage https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2014/03/19/students-take-on-the-new-karen-hille-phillips-center-mainstage/

APO Production, “In the Garden of Live Flowers” opens March 7 In the Garden of Live Flowers: A Fantasia of the Life and Work of Rachel Carson, by Attilio Favorini and Lynne Conner, opens March 7 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts,…

Students take on the new Karen Hille Phillips Center Mainstage Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 19,

Students revitalize PLU children’s theatre program with production of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2015/02/03/students-revitalize-plu-childrens-theatre-program-with-production-of-charlottes-web/

By Zach Powers & Mandi Brady PLU Marketing & Communications and the School of Arts and Communication Charlotte’s Web, the timeless story about the unbreakable friendship between an affable pig and a courageous spider, will be produced on stage next week at Pacific Lutheran University.…

Students revitalize PLU children’s theatre program with production of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Po

‘Dance 2015’ will be the last performance under Dance Director’s tenure https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2015/04/01/dance-2015-will-be-the-last-performance-under-dance-directors-tenure/

The annual dance concert, Dance 2015 , once again leaps onto the stage of Eastvold Auditorium on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11 at 7:30pm. This year’s concert will be Associate Professor and Dance 2015 Director Maureen McGill’s last show after 35 years. Dance 2015…

‘Dance 2015’ will be the last performance under Dance Director’s tenure Posted by: Mandi LeCom

Justin Huertas’ “Semi-Autobiographical” Musical Premieres at the Seattle Repertory Theatre https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2015/04/27/justin-huertas-semi-autobiographical-musical-premieres-at-the-seattle-repertory-theatre/

Ordinarily, it takes many years for a Theatre Major to earn the opportunity to write, compose or star in a high-profile musical production. However, one Lute is dramatically defying that expectation. Justin Huertas graduated almost six years ago, in 2009, with a Bachelor of Fine…

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Dancing to new levels: PLU’s Dance minor program celebrates 40 years https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2017/11/14/dancing-to-new-levels-plus-dance-minor-program-celebrates-40-years/

Some say dance is a universal language. At Pacific Lutheran University, that concept is growing further through the opportunities that its Dance minor program offers. This fall 2017 semester marks the 40th anniversary of the program. The Dance minor program and Dance Ensemble were created…

Dancing to new levels: PLU’s Dance minor program celebrates 40 years Posted by: Kate Williams / No

Seeing Double with Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Pacific Lutheran University https://www.plu.edu/music-theatre-dance/news/2019/10/04/seeing-double-with-shakespeares-comedy-of-errors-at-pacific-lutheran-university/

A madcap story of mistaken identity featuring two sets of identical twins separated at birth is none other than William Shakespeare ’s play Comedy of Errors . Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Theatre & Dance will present the slapstick comedy October 31 – November 3,…

Seeing Double with Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: Reesa

On the Path to Peace https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/05/07/on-the-path-to-peace/

On the Path to Peace Communication Professor Amanda Feller’s peace-building cohort, all graduating in 2014, comes together at PLU. From left: Caitlin Zimmerman, Lauren Corboy, Sydney Barry, Kendall Daugherty, Rachel Samardich, Rachel Espasandin, Jessica Sandler and Anna McCracken. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Eight Graduating Women Give…

have the same goals—good schools, no drugs, no violence—you can learn to respect people and work together for those.” She’s seen it work on the smallest of scales. “There were kids in Bosnia in a class, and an 8-year-old was curious—‘He kinda looks like me, we like the same soccer player and the same music’—that’s how you move from ignorance and fear, where everyone is a threat. With kids, there’s no personal memory, so curiosity is more powerful than fear.” Post-PLU plans: Corboy has been accepted