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Professor David A. Miller Keeps Directing Chops Sharp on the Summer Stage
For CU theatre professor David A. Miller, the end of the academic semester does not mean the show stops. For Miller, the show very much goes on. This past summer, as he does most summers, Miller...
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Lighting the Way
Reading scripts, sketching thumbnails, and balancing color theory with technical limits, Theo Lemons '27 shows how Bloomsburg’s small, hands-on program prepares student designers for the national stage.
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From Backstage to the Front Page
A theatre tech turned PR strategist, Tom Halko '26 mixed music, makeup, and media at Commonwealth University–Bloomsburg to earn national recognition and rewrite his own script.
Tony Award winner visits CU-Mansfield, works with music students in master class series
Tony Award winner and two-time Drama Desk Award winner, Santino Fontana, visited Commonwealth University-Mansfield on May 2, to work with music students in a master class series. Fontana offered two...
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CU Theatre Students Earn Honors at American College Theatre Festival
Three Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg theatre students earned honors at the Region 2 American College Theatre Festival held in January. Frankie Webb, a theatre major from Palmerton, was named an...
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CU Professor and Children’s Author Julie Petry to Give Reading
CU-Bloomsburg theatre and dance professor Julie Petry will give a reading of her children’s book on Friday, June 20, at 10 a.m. at the Ralpho Public Library in Elysburg. Created in partnership with...
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Broadway star works with CU-Mansfield music students during master class series
Two-time Tony Award nominee and four-time Drama Desk Award nominee, Kate Baldwin, visited Commonwealth University-Mansfield in May to work with music students in a master class series. Baldwin offered...
CU Theatre Program Earns Accreditation
Commonwealth University has been renewed for membership in the National Association of Schools of Theatre by the Commission on Accreditation. The National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)...
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Theatre arts major makes history attending national Kennedy Center festival
A simple course taken freshman year not only sparked a passion for theatre in Emily Shaffer but inspired a change in academic emphasis that’s led to a milestone opportunity on a national stage...
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BU Players to Stage "Anti-Hero: Revenge of the Sw*fties"
The Bloomsburg University Players begin their 2024-25 season with a mainstage production of Anti-Hero: Revenge of the Sw*fties, a new play by Derick Edgren Otero. The play runs November 7 through 10...