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REVIEW | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

'Charlie Brown' charms audience Larry Collins Springfield News Leader "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," the second entry in Tent Theatre's 2008 summer season, offers a high-spirited evening of song and dance that will entertain and perhaps even enlighten the entire family...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-27-2008
Spend an evening with that round-headed kid

"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" second production at Tent. Sony Hocklander Springfield News-Leader "Get your tickets today if you want to see the Peanuts gang come to musical life at Tent Theatre. They're selling faster than Lucy's 5-cent psychiatric sessions. "You're...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-26-2008
MSU alumns on Great White Way

Sony Hocklander Springfield News Leader Watching tonight's Tony Awards on CBS? Keep an eye out for Kyle Dean Massey, who graduated from Missouri State University's musical theater program in 2004. The actor performs during the televised ceremony with the cast of "Xanadu," nominated...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-22-2008
REVIEW | Cyrano de Bergerac

Larry Collins Springfield News Leader Actor/writer Steve Martin struck a blow for the feminine heart and soul of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac by titling his 1987 movie update "Roxanne." Director Robert Westenberg does something similar at Missouri State University's Tent Theatre...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-22-2008
"Swordplay and wordplay"

Sony Hocklander Springfield News Leader The 46th season of Tent Theatre opens this week with "Cyrano de Bergerac," the classic love story full of swashbuckling swordplay and poetic dialogue set in 1600s France. That Robert Westenberg, who teaches at Drury University, directs the play at Missouri...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-22-2008
"Under the big top"

Sony Hocklander Springfield News Leader It wouldn't be summer without a sizzling season of Tent Theatre, Missouri State University's outdoor repertory program. It kicks off its 46th season on Wednesday with a production of "Cyrano de Bergerac." And it wouldn't be Tent without a...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-22-2008
Bread & Puppet Theatre Trip

On September 24-28, 2008 (Wed-Sun), Professor Heinlein will be taking a group of students to Maryland to participate in rehearsals and a performance with the iconic Bread and Puppet Theatre. B&P will be performing a short residency at Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, and the faculty at SMCM have...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-22-2008
2008 Theatre & Dance Scholarship Winners

We would like to congratulate our Foundation Scholarship Award winners (All awards are pending final approval ): Kathleen Turner Scholarship- Stephanie Brown Irene Coger Scholarship- Kimberli Smalling Professional Performance Award- Sabra Sellers and Darci Burch Bob Comer Memorial Scholarship- David...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-22-2008
Tent Theatre becomes region's first equity company

New season features poetry, peanuts and porter Date: May 16, 2008 Contact: Mark Templeton (417) 836-4644 SPRINGFIELD - The department of theatre and dance at Missouri State University has signed a contract with Actor's Equity for this summer's Tent Theatre productions, making Tent Theatre the...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-22-2008
Kurt Gerard Heinlein - Green Theatre

Kurt Gerard Heinlein , assistant professor of theatre and dance at Missouri State University, recently published the book “Green Theatre — Promoting Ecological Preservation and Advancing the Sustainability of Human and Nature.” The book addresses an aspect of the theatre world that has yet to be fully...

Posted to Theatre and Dance (Weblog) by ThespianDave on 06-22-2008

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