Theatre

Native Gardens demonstrates the vitality and importance of platforming diverse voices and creators in this impeccable, approachable play.

Felix Crim’s psychological thriller taunts viewers with menacing tableaux.

Green screen technology does some incredible work for this opera, both practically and narratively.

Recent University of Illinois graduate Jordan Ratliff discusses the inspiration, process, and takeaways from a senior thesis production that has been over a year in the making.

Lyric Theatre at Illinois co-director Julie Gunn “[likes] our students, the performers, to work with living people at least some of the time, and I also like them relating what they’re doing to something in their own lives.”

After months of preparation, The Station Theatre is revamping its focus on racial justice this summer with a brand new Teen Spotlight workshop for young artists of color.

For the second year in a row, graduates of Illinois Theatre’s Acting program are filming their work for casting directors in the hopes of smoothly transitioning into the professional theatre industry.

For Tom Zhang, a second-year MFA student in stage management at Illinois Theatre, COVID restrictions have been frustrating, but they also inspired technological innovations that may live on past the pandemic. 

The pros and cons of virtual performance are more complex than what first meets the eye.