Theatre News News Archive

The Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission honored Lewisburg natives Pamela Barry and Neely Seams with the “Living the Dream” award this year. The two wrote and performed a powerful monologue that honored another notable West Virginia native, Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson.  Read More

Marshall University School of Theatre announces Auditions for its Spring productions: Alabama Rain and As You Like It on November 27th, beginning at 7:00 PM  at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.  Read More

Marshall University’s School of Theatre will host a public performance of “*mark: the Gospel of Mark written in the First Century” by the Joan C. Edwards Distinguished Professor of the Arts, theatre artist George Drance, S.J. The free, solo performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, in Marshall’s Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre. Read More

Marshall University’s 2017-2018 theatre season will begin with “The Miracle Worker” by William Gibson. The opening show will play at 7:30 p.m. nightly Wedneday, Oct. 4, to Saturday, Oct. 7, and Wednesday, Oct. 11 to Saturday, Oct. 14, in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on Marshall’s Huntington campus. Read More

What to Expect "In The Rooms" This is a series of workshops and discussions with Marina Hunley Graham the Artistic Director of Unto These Hills in Cherokee, NC.  Read More

A new online application for students who are ready to graduate has been created.  The link is active in myMU and can be used to apply for December graduation now. This new online process will expedite graduation application processing and eliminate any misunderstandings that might delay graduation. Click Here for… Read More

The Marshall Theatre Department has listed upcoming meetings for majors as well as auditions for the first two productions of the year. Read More

More than 100 West Virginia students between their sophomore and junior years have been immersed in the Governor’s School for the Arts at Marshall University. The audition-based school began June 25 and will end July 15. Read More

Marshall University’s School of Theatre will present the classic musical “Guys and Dolls” by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows next week in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse on Marshall’s . Performances will take place Wednesday, April 19, through Saturday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m. Read More

J. Mark McVey, a Son of Marshall who has forged an outstanding career as a singer and actor on Broadway, will deliver the commencement address at Marshall University’s spring commencement ceremony next month. Well known for his performances as Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables,” McVey made his debut on Broadway in that role, after having won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actor while on tour. The first American to perform the role in London, he also gave performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and in the 25th Anniversary Tour of the show, for which he won the Ovation Award and BroadwayWorld.com Award. All in all, he has given more than 3,200 performances in “Les Mis.” Read More