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Enjoy a showcase of student creativity at the annual Afterimages dance concert at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.  “Afterimages 2022” will be performed in Studio Theatre in the Noel Fine Arts Center, 1800 Portage St., Stevens Point, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 10-12, and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12-13. The […]
A drama that navigates the challenges of growing up and working as a team will be staged in a Pulitzer Prize-nominated play at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Oct. 14-16 and 20-22. “The Wolves,” a drama about nine girls on a high school soccer team, will be staged in the Studio Theatre of the Noel […]
A classic story of murder, mystery and mayhem will be shared by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Department of Theatre and Dance this fall with staged readings at the campuses in Marshfield, Stevens Point and Wausau. “Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express” will be performed at UWSP at Wausau at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. […]
A performance featuring a stage and screen actor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point aims to explore diversity and awareness of inclusivity. Keith Hamilton Cobb, an actor and playwright, will do readings of his award-winning play, “American Moor,” on Friday, Sept. 16. A 7 p.m. performance will be open to the community at no charge. […]
A talented cast of young people from central Wisconsin will tell the tale of a group of newspaper sellers in New York at the turn of the 20th century in a musical production Aug. 18-20. “Newsies Jr.” will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 18-19, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, […]
Sam McLellan, a UW-Stevens Point graduate currently in the Broadway touring production of “Anastasia,” returned to his alma mater Wednesday to give a master class while the show performed at the Grand Theater in Wausau. McLellan said acting wasn’t always on his radar, though. “In high school, I was playing football and one of my […]
“Danstage 2022,” an evening of new dance created by faculty and guest artists, will close the spring season of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Department of Theatre and Dance on May 6-8 and 11-13. It features choreography by Assistant Professor Sarah Olson and Professor Michael Estanich as well as guests Pamela Luedtke and Aysha Upchurch. […]
Explore the dark and seedy life of 1929 Bohemian Berlin in the musical drama “Cabaret,” staged by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Department of Theatre and Dance April 15-16 and 21-23. A multiple Tony Award-winning show, “Cabaret” will be performed at Jenkins Theatre in the Noel Fine Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, […]

Rising Star

December 6, 2021
Musical theatre student makes early impact pursuing her passion When Kaia Fitzgerald was 5 years old, she got hearing aids. They were pink, sparkly and helped with her speech therapy for the hard of hearing. When she was 5, she also joined her church choir in Minneapolis. “I was talkative and liked to sing at young age. […]
Excellence in student achievement has been recognized at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: The Department of Theatre and Dance’s student-created fall production of “In This Moment: Reflections of Our Time” was among the winners of the inaugural Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in April. The award recognizes […]