This one is pretty short notice because it is this Saturday, but we have a couple of weekends coming up after this as well, so watch for future notices.


Feature length film casting call for the second Theatre2Film Project!
Seeking extras to play office employees. Saturday April 2nd approx. 10am-12am. Shooting in the East Lansing area.
Unpaid. Meals and snacks will be provided.
Age range: 35-50
No other specifications
Please contact Angel Snyder at snyde157@msu.edu with interest or questions.

The Monkey King
A World Premiere Devised Performance

The MSU Department of Theatre is excited to introduce it’s incoming class of theatre students in the 9th Annual Freshman Showcase: The Monkey King. This unique devised piece, directed by Deric McNish will make its world premiere in the Arena Theatre of the MSU Auditorium from December 3-6, 2015.
 
This play is the Department of Theatre’s contribution to MSU’s themed “Year of China,” an exploration of arts and culture meant to deepen cultural awareness, enrich the student experience, engage the community, and enhance global inclusiveness. Based on China’s most well-known pieces of classic literature, Journey to the West, this devised piece was a total collaborative effort between students, faculty and graduate mentors, and even members of the Peking Opera Company.
 
Students in the production worked closely with Master Qi Shu Fang’s Peking Opera Company during an intense workshop including makeup, style, and stage combat; as well as the staging of some of the scenes in the show! This devised Freshman Showcase is truly a global product and an incredible example of cross-cultural learning and collaboration.
 
Performances held in the Arena Theatre in the MSU Auditorium.
Directed by Deric McNish

**Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 7:30pm
Friday, December 4, 2015 at 8:00pm
Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 2:00pm
Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 2:00pm
** Post-Show Discussion on Thursday, December 3, 2015. (Following the performance)
*   Director Pre-Show Discussion, Sunday, December 6, 2015, 1:15.
 
Tickets are available from the Wharton Center Box Office; 1.800.WHARTON; www.whartoncenter.com.
Box office at the Arena Theatre opens 1 hour prior to each performance with house doors opening 30 minutes prior.
General Admission $13. Seniors and Faculty $11. Students $10.
 
Arena Theatre at the MSU Auditorium (basement)
Michigan State University, 542 Auditorium Rd, MI  48824.
For more information and the entire 2015-16 season, “A Season of Journeys” visit theatre.msu.edu

By Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
 
Tickets are now on sale
EAST LANSING – The MSU Department of Theatre is proud to present the comedy-drama by Ferber and Kaufman, Stage Door. All performances will be held in the Pasant Theatre at Wharton Center opening Friday, November 13, 2015.
 
One of the largest scaled productions the department has generated this year, Stage Door, will take over the Pasant Theatre with its beautifully sprawling scenic design by Elspeth Williams, 3rd Year MFA Design. The talented cast of Stage Door tallies a hearty thirty-two in total, with the majority of those roles filled by women. The action surrounds the residents of the Footlights Club, a rooming-house for actresses. Join these women as they laugh and cry together on their journey through Depression-Era New York.
 
Once again, director Rob Roznowski has connected multiple units across campus in this highly-collaborative artistic effort of Stage Door. Major contributors include Lisa Fine of The Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen), Peter Glendinning of Art, Art History and Design, and Henry Brimmer  of Advertising. Fine spoke to the cast as part of their research about women’s professional opportunities in the 1930s. Glendinning, Prof. of Photography, worked with the women of the cast to recreate glamour shots of actresses of the time. And finally, Brimmer’s advertising students created mock Broadway and Holloywood posters of the 1930s using the very photographs taken by Glendinning. These partnerships, as well as the effort of the cast in researching real actresses of the time like Jean Harlow and Lucille Ball, creates a production rich with life, freedom of play and genuine relationships on stage.
 
Performances held in the Pasant Theatre at Wharton Center.
Directed by Rob Roznowski
 

Friday, November 13, 2015 at 8:00pm
Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 8:00pm
*Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 2:00pm
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 7:30pm
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 7:30pm
**Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 7:30pm
Friday, November 20, 2015 at 8:00pm
Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 2:00pm
Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8:00pm
Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 2:00pm

 
*   Director Pre-Show Discussion, Sunday, November 15, 2015, 1:15.
** Post-Show Discussion on Thursday, November 19, 2015. (Following the performance)
 
Tickets are available from the Wharton Center Box Office; 1.800.WHARTON; www.whartoncenter.com.
Box office at the Pasant Theatre opens 1 hour prior to each performance with house doors opening 30 minutes prior.
General Admission $17. Seniors and Faculty $15. Students $12. (plus $3 Wharton Center facility fee)
 
Pasant Theatre at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Michigan State University, 750 E Shaw Rd, East Lansing, MI  48824.
For more information and the entire 2015-16 season, “A Season of Journeys” visit theatre.msu.edu

10/23 - 24 - WHARTON CENTER AND MSU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS’ DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PRESENT
FOR TONIGHT – A Staged Concert

Friday, October 23, and Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
Pasant Theatre
$15.00 ● plus applicable fees

whartoncenter.com

517.432.2000 or 1.800.WHARTON

EAST LANSING, Mich. ― A key part of Wharton Center’s and the MSU Department of Theatre’s mission is focused on creative collaboration. This idea has sparked a new artistic endeavor called the ĭmáGen project. ĭmáGen partners the MSU Federal Credit Union Institute for Arts & Creativity at Wharton Center with the MSU College of Arts and Letters’ Department of Theatre and local high schools. Together, they create two nights of extraordinary theatrical entertainment – highlighting the best of Broadway talent alongside East Lansing’s brightest students. This year, the group presents FOR TONIGHT – A Staged Concert, an indy-rock love story and the second smash ĭmáGen production.

Joe Barros, a New York theatrical director, has been hired to direct the performance, which will be presented on Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. Tickets are available at the official source to purchase Wharton Center tickets online, whartoncenter.com, at the Auto-Owners Insurance Ticket Office, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.

Brand new and freshly written, FOR TONIGHT takes place in a small Welsh village, where three siblings – Thomas, Haydon, and Nettie – find themselves living on their own following the death of their beloved parents. Armed with nothing but a guitar and empty pockets, Haydon heads off to Liverpool to try to fill the missing pieces in his life and find a place that he can truly call home.

Kirk Domer, Chair of the MSU Department of Theatre, says, “It’s a revolutionary program for MSU and high school students. It will allow them to work with Broadway professionals...and will attract the highest-quality students.” Bert Goldstein, Director of the MSUFCU Institute for Arts & Creativity, says “Most people who begin a career as an actor are certainly able to use the skills that they learned and apply them to other things. I’m hoping that all of this is about creating a well-rounded, extremely creative human being who can ask great questions, solve problems, and do all of the things that the arts can instill really well.”