Reading Time: < 1 minute Theater students and faculty came together at the Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival to see each other’s work and share their own. They also participated in several scholarship competitions, showcasing performance as well as technical theater. The winners of these competitions are invited to attend the National Festival at the Kennedy Center […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Broadway’s Kara Lindsay and Jackie Burns, both performing in the national tour of “Wicked” at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, made a visit to UVU to hold a masterclass for UVU and high school students.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s rare for a theatrical production to bring an audience directly into its world, but in UVU’s production of The Laramie Project, directed by Laurie Harrop-Purser, audiences were placed directly in the aftermath of Matthew Shepard’s murder in 1998. The result was a meaningful and moving production that asked its audience tough but necessary questions. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] In the intimate Noorda Blackbox Theater, students performed “I Never Saw Another Butterfly.” Though this play illustrates harrowing realities, it also offers a message of hope. Based on true stories, the play gives a heartbreaking depiction of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] The last thing that anyone expects at the theatre is an actor announcing that there will be no dialogue in the performance about to take place. But that is exactly what theatre-goers experienced this weekend in the UVU courtyard. Director Cleveland McKay Nicoll had the idea to incorporate clowning into the UVU […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The theater department’s latest production “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” delights audiences with wit, satire and just enough innuendo. The business world can be a rough place for young hopefuls wanting to move up. But the theater department’s latest production shows you can get ahead without really trying. The musical […]