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Alumna kicks up heels in Seattle production of “Oklahoma!” Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 21, 2012 Image: Kirsten deLohr Helland ’10 as Ado Annie in “Oklahoma!” (Photo courtesy of Fifth Avenue Theatre.) February 21, 2012 Kirsten deLohr Helland ’10 never considered being an actor during her early years at Pacific Lutheran University. Actually, she was thinking about being a psychology major as she mulled over her future in her sophomore year. That is, until Assistant Professor of Theatre

midwinter night’s dream. In the small town of Parkland, Washington theatre students are preparing to close their theatre season with the production of Almost, Maine, and residents of PLU will find themselves falling in love with PLU theatre all over again. Almost, Maine, directed by Jeff Clapp, shows on Eastvold’s Mainstage May 11, 12, 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m. and May 20 at 2 p.m.  Student Preview is May 10 and students can watch for $2. This is the closing production for PLU’s Theatre season for the 2011

midwinter night’s dream. In the small town of Parkland, Washington theatre students are preparing to close their theatre season with the production of Almost, Maine, and residents of PLU will find themselves falling in love with PLU theatre all over again. Almost, Maine, directed by Jeff Clapp, shows on Eastvold’s Mainstage May 11, 12, 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m. and May 20 at 2 p.m.  Student Preview is May 10 and students can watch for $2. This is the closing production for PLU’s Theatre season for the 2011

Broadway Today! a musical revue to open the 2018-19 season Posted by: Kate Williams / September 17, 2018 September 17, 2018 By Kate WilliamsOutreach ManagerThe Theatre & Dance department opens the season with Broadway Today!, celebrating and performing songs from the past two seasons of Broadway’s biggest hits. Madison Willis ’20 who is co-directing the production with Department Chair and Associate Professor Tom Smith, described it as a musical revue with a wide range of performances, singing

Seeing Double with Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 4, 2019 October 4, 2019 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, 2019 in Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing

Broadway Today! a musical revue to open the 2018-19 season Posted by: Kate Williams / September 17, 2018 September 17, 2018 By Kate WilliamsOutreach ManagerThe Theatre & Dance department opens the season with Broadway Today!, celebrating and performing songs from the past two seasons of Broadway’s biggest hits. Madison Willis ’20 who is co-directing the production with Department Chair and Associate Professor Tom Smith, described it as a musical revue with a wide range of performances, singing

Seeing Double with Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 4, 2019 October 4, 2019 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, 2019 in Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing

Alumna kicks up heels in Seattle production of “Oklahoma!” Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 21, 2012 February 21, 2012 Kirsten deLohr Helland ’10 never considered being an actor during her early years at Pacific Lutheran University. Actually, she was thinking about being a psychology major as she mulled over her future in her sophomore year. That is, until Assistant Professor of Theatre Brian Desmond insisted that she try out for a part in “Cabaret.” She lobbed back excuses. Too much

Upcoming Student Series Production, Blood Wedding Posted by: Reesa Nelson / February 22, 2019 February 22, 2019 By Kate Williams, '16Theater opens the Spring semester with their student series performance, Blood Wedding. The show is presented by Alpha Psi Omega, the Theatre Honor Society at PLU. In this poetic tragedy, an arranged country marriage between the children of two rich, landowning families is endangered by the arrival of the bride’s former lover, reigniting a dramatic feud. The play

Upcoming Student Series Production, Blood Wedding Posted by: Reesa Nelson / February 22, 2019 February 22, 2019 By Kate Williams, '16Theater opens the Spring semester with their student series performance, Blood Wedding. The show is presented by Alpha Psi Omega, the Theatre Honor Society at PLU. In this poetic tragedy, an arranged country marriage between the children of two rich, landowning families is endangered by the arrival of the bride’s former lover, reigniting a dramatic feud. The play