A memorial service was held last night in the Gaede stage to honor the life of alumna Jan Mawell who passed away earlier this year. Jan, a West Fargo native, attended MSUM starting in 1975 and earned starring roles in many university theatrical productions. She left MSUM to pursue an acting career on Broadway, earning critical acclaim and five Tony […]
Jan Maxwell ’75-’80 (theatre), a five-time Tony-nominated actor whose performances spanned stage and screen, comedy and drama, died February 11 following a longtime battle with cancer. Her death was confirmed to Playbill by her son, William Maxwell-Lunney. She was 61. During her time and beyond at MSUM, she also performed in the Straw Hat Players from 1976-80 and 1985-87. Her myriad […]
MSUM Theatre Arts alum Jan Maxwell starred last spring in a revival of the Stephen Sondheim hit musical Follies with Bernadette Peters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A New York Times theatre reviewer wrote in the May 22 issue: “Ms. Maxwell, who gives the evening’s most complete and satisfying performance, sings and dances the audience in to a […]