MSUM theatre students receive multiple awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

This past week 26 MSUM theatre arts students and faculty attended the Region V Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in Lincoln, Neb. KCACTF offers a tremendous opportunity for theatre arts students to compete in the areas of acting, directing and theatrical design; to audition for professional theatres; and to partake in workshops with major theatre artists. MSUM students […]

Faculty and students co-create play for young children

A free children’s theatre production takes the stage for two shows Saturday, Nov. 23, in Hansen Theatre in MSUM’s Roland Dille Center for the Arts. Swashbuckled —  A Pirate Adventure, was created and directed by Craig Ellingson, director of theatre arts at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and senior theatre students Matthew Englund and Ryan Soukup. The play tells the story […]

The Laramie Project opens Wednesday

A play that examines a community’s reaction to a hate crime opens the fall semester of theatre in the University Theatre Series at Minnesota State University Moorhead. The Laramie Project delves into the psyches of the people of Laramie, Wyo., following the death of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. The University of Wyoming student was tied to a fence miles outside of […]

MSUM Theatre Arts Department announces fall and winter shows

A play that examines a community’s reaction to a hate crime opens the fall semester of theatre in the University Theatre Series at Minnesota State University Moorhead. The Laramie Project delves into the psyches of the people of Laramie, Wyo., following the death of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. The University Of Wyoming student was tied to a fence miles outside of […]

Stars return for Straw Hat Players alumni show

Sinatra tribute created by former Straw Hat director David Grapes Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Straw Hat Players Summer Theatre opens its 50th season with My Way – A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, a PG-rated musical revue with hits like “Fly Me to the Moon” and “You Make Me Feel So Young.” The show runs from June 4 to 7 […]