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The University of Illinois Springfield Theatre Program has been listed as one of 40 finalists for the inaugural Performing Arts Technologies Lab by the Doris Duke Foundation.
Selected from a pool of 745 applications across 43 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, this recognition highlights UIS Theatre's innovative approach to integrating digital technologies in the performing arts.
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UIS Office of Electronic Media and Theatre Department honored with three Telly awards
The University of Illinois Springfield's Office of Electronic Media and Theatre Department has received three Telly Awards for their video production for Safe2Help Illinois, a statewide school safety initiative by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency aimed at helping youth seek assistance before harm.
UIS Theatre's THE THANKSGIVING PLAY production
With a wink and a smile, Larissa FastHorse reminds us all, that sometimes pushing less message does more good. "MacArthur Genius Larissa Fasthorse's shocking satire flips the bird on one of America's most prolific myths...When a troupe of really, really well-meaning theater artists attempt to put on a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving school pageant, things get messy. Hilarious and poignant, this delicious play skewers everything right, wrong, and woke in America. The Hollywood Reporter raves, "It's uproarious, clever and very, very funny!
On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)
Mary, Fanny, and Alexandra bushwhack their way through Terra Incognita--the globe's final undiscovered land. These intrepid explorers test their friendship and courage as they come face to face with psychics, yetis, trolls and…Cool Whip?!
On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)
Mary, Fanny, and Alexandra bushwhack their way through Terra Incognita--the globe's final undiscovered land. These intrepid explorers test their friendship and courage as they come face to face with psychics, yetis, trolls and…Cool Whip?!
On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)
Mary, Fanny, and Alexandra bushwhack their way through Terra Incognita--the globe's final undiscovered land. These intrepid explorers test their friendship and courage as they come face to face with psychics, yetis, trolls and…Cool Whip?!
On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)
Mary, Fanny, and Alexandra bushwhack their way through Terra Incognita--the globe's final undiscovered land. These intrepid explorers test their friendship and courage as they come face to face with psychics, yetis, trolls and…Cool Whip?!
On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)
Mary, Fanny, and Alexandra bushwhack their way through Terra Incognita--the globe's final undiscovered land. These intrepid explorers test their friendship and courage as they come face to face with psychics, yetis, trolls and…Cool Whip?!
On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)
Mary, Fanny, and Alexandra bushwhack their way through Terra Incognita--the globe's final undiscovered land. These intrepid explorers test their friendship and courage as they come face to face with psychics, yetis, trolls and…Cool Whip?!
Open Crew Interviews
Work backstage on our Spring Theatre Production - Opportunities to serve as light board operator, sound board operator, props master, master electrician and more!