Tag Archives: theatre
UM-Flint faculty, alumni and students perform online (and free!) during One-Act Festival
A group of faculty, alumni, and students from the UM-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance have joined with the Nicely Theatre Group to provide a meaningful escape for audiences at a time when it is needed most.
Zombify your look for Halloween
Two UM-Flint Theatre and Dance students show you how to knock 'em undead with this zombie makeup tutorial.
Setting the stage: theatre student Lisa Bilaski showcases her scenic design skills
Lisa Bilaski said her studies within the Department of Theatre & Dance prepared her to be director of scenic design for the play "My Children! My Africa!"
Q & A: UM-Flint Associate Professor of Theatre William Irwin Talks Comedy
William Irwin—a University of Michigan-Flint associate professor of theatre and chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance—has been drawn to comedy since childhood. In this interview he explains why "the ability to make someone laugh is truly a noble skill."
UM-Flint English Students Reassemble Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Flint
While Shakespeare's King Lear was set in a mythical kingdom somewhere in England, a class of University of Michigan-Flint English majors has adapted the play for a contemporary Flint context.
Michigan Shakespeare Festival to Showcase UM-Flint Faculty Member Janet Haley
The Michigan Shakespeare Festival 2013 season, featuring Twelfth Night, King John, and Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer runs July 18 to August 11 at the Potter Center in Jackson, Michigan.
"Mama Juggs" Comes to UM-Flint
Mama Juggs channels the voices of three generations of African American women within her family as they struggle with bra stuffing, breastfeeding and last stage breast cancer.
UM-Flint Hosts Free Stage Presentation of "Marx in Soho"
While many erroneously equated Marx with communist dictators, Marx himself became so disheartened by the misreading of his ideas that near the end of his life he stated, "I, at last, am not a Marxist."
UM-Flint Theatre Alum to Work on Metropolitan Opera Productions
Ben Motter was offered the newly created position with New York City's Metropolitan Opera ("The Met"), and will join the venerable opera house for its 129th season.