"Hamilton" actor Bryan Terrell Clark will present "From Baltimore to Broadway" at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona.
Penn State students are invited to learn more about campus arts organizations and performance ensembles during the College of Arts and Architecture’s annual Arts Day, Monday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Penn State Centre Stage will produce eight shows during the 2018–19 season. Tickets go on sale July 2.
The Penn Players will present the one-act farce “The 9 Worst Breakups of All Time,” by Ian McWethy, at 6 p.m. April 18 and 19 in the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at Penn State York. The performances are free and open to the public, and tickets are not required.
The Penn State Berks Theatre Department will present the annual Fall Festival of Plays, a showcase of student written and produced plays, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium on campus. This event is free and open to the public.
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival recognized the fall workshop production of The Pavilion by Craig Wright.
The Penn State Berks Theatre Department will present the Shakespearean classic, "Macbeth," at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, through Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium.
Starting Feb. 10, Deb Braak, instructor in theatre at Penn State Brandywine, will move a staple of her Brandywine theatre courses from the classroom to the stage. Braak is currently directing a modernized rendition of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play “A Doll’s House” for the Players Club of Swarthmore.
The Penn State Berks Theatre Department will present "Greater Tuna" by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, through Saturday, Feb. 25, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. Admission is free, but space is limited and donations to the Theatre Department will be accepted.
With the opening of the fall stage production of “Footloose: The Musical,” on Nov. 4, Penn State New Kensington unveiled its new hybrid stage in the Forum Theatre. While the original thrust stage brought the scene into the audience, the new proscenium stage defines the scene.
The international award-winning Blood at the Root, which the School of Theatre commissioned for its M.F.A. Acting class of 2014, will have its New York City premiere at the National Black Theatre, April 20–May 15. Written by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Steve Broadnax, head of the M.F.A. Acting program, the play, inspired by the story of six black Louisiana teenagers charged with attempted murder.
When the audience is watching a live performance of Oscar Wilde’s comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the Pavilion Theatre during the week of April 12-23, they might not realize the stage was once home to another kind of “theatre” -– livestock judging, with sheep, cows and horses in the place of actors.
Arts and Design Research Incubator Research Fellow Sandi Carroll's study of the discipline of play led her to create an interactive comedy about saving the world. Her show — "Mission: Implausible!" — will be performed at 8 p.m. Feb. 11-13 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
Top Secret Agent Karen visits the co.space (thecospace.com) on her search for heroes. Anywhere that has a tagline of "the home for change makers" must have a lot of heroes hanging out!
Top Secret Agent Karen is on a mission to save the world, and she needs your help. Join her on her quest during Mission: Implausible!, an interactive comedy performance taking place Feb. 11–13 at 8 p.m. in the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
