To host or not to host: CSU welcomes 1,000 theater students
CSU has welcomed more than 1,000 students from western colleges and universities to the weeklong Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival and the University Center for the Arts.
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Symphony ensemble to help celebrate Beethoven, CSU’s 150th on Feb. 10
An ensemble from the Colorado Symphony is coming to the University Center for the Arts to celebrate CSU’s 150th and Beethoven’s 250th.
CSU Dance alum Denna Thomsen in the new movie, The Turning
CSU Dance alum, Denna Thomsen (’07) attended the premiere of the new move, The Turning on Tuesday January 21, 2020. Thomsen plays the role of Jessel. In the new horror drama, directed by Floria Sigismondi, a young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl’s problematic brother uncovers secrets […]
In Memory: Robert Franklin Nisbett
Robert Franklin Nisbett, 82, passed away peacefully at his home in North Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday, Nov. 25. He leaves his wife of 53 years, Ellen Nisbett; his daughter Tamara Di Pasquallucci; son Heath Nisbett; four grandchildren; and his younger brother David Nisbett. Robert Nisbett was born on August 12, 1937, in Niles, Ohio. […]
‘The Samuel Beckett Experience’ cuts deeper than absurdity
By Scott Powell; Reprinted with permission from the Rocky Mountain Collegian It’s easy to be intimidated by Samuel Beckett. He’s the kind of playwright who, to the general public, has largely devolved into nothing more than a sneering inside joke among elitist members of the theater world — the kind of playwright often name-dropped at […]
CSU Theatre and Social Work students practice speaking up to help others
By Tricia Howley It looks a lot easier in a movie. A bartender notices two young women, who are clearly a couple, being followed around the brewpub by two young men. She walks over and calmly but firmly announces harassment won’t be tolerated. An employee at a medical clinic hears a patient being mis-gendered by […]
Cabaret, the musical, opens this week at the UCA
The Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance presents Cabaret, the musical composed by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb. The play opens on Nov. 8 at the University Center for the Arts and runs through Nov. 17. The production is directed and choreographed by Noah Racey by Noah Racey with musical […]
Dr. John Pippen to present at the Society of Ethnomusicology conference
Dr. John Pippen will present his research at the 2019 Society of Ethnomusicology conference; the 64th annual conference is being held at the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana on Nov. 7-10. According to ethnomusicology.org, “ethnomusicology is the study of music in its social and cultural contexts. Ethnomusicologists examine music as a social process in order to […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare opens at the UCA this weekend
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. — William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream If the merriment being experienced by the actors and crew in rehearsing the show is any indication, audiences will love CSU’s upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William […]
Theatre Director Price Johnston receives national URTA award
Dear Associate Professor Price Johnston, On behalf of the University Resident Theatre Association, I would like to congratulate you on being selected to receive an URTA Excellence Award in Undergraduate Training. You have been selected in the area of Projection/Media Design. The URTA Excellence Awards recognize the outstanding work of individuals and institutions whose students […]