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Kent State University Museum, under the leadership of director Sarah Spinner Liska, Ph.D., J.D., is becoming a dynamic hub for creativity, fashion and education. Liska was recently featured in a Cleveland.com article highlighting some of her current initiatives and her focus on…
In April 2025, the iconic designer will be recognized as the 2025 inductee of Kent State University’s School of Fashion Hall of Fame, which Pliner considers the highest honor of his life. Joining Pliner at his induction ceremony will be his wife, muse and design partner, Lisa,…
Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2024-2025 season with “The Wiz” running February 21 through March 2 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts.
Dance students recently had the unique opportunity to travel to Thailand as part of the East Meets West study abroad program. This artistic collaboration engages diverse educational experiences and turns students into global citizens for the 21st century. While in Thailand,…
The School of Fashion is globally recognized for its exceptional programming. It provides students with opportunities to apply their skills in real-world settings, but it takes awareness and nerve for students to recognize a golden opportunity to showcase those skills. Jesus…
Kent State University’s partnership with the African nation of Rwanda continues to blossom with the School of Fashion, the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences all working to add program partnerships in Rwanda.
This year, Kent State University will hold the 55th commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine others and sparking a turning…
“Trial by Fire” is coming to Kent State in February. The play, written by Kent State alumnus and staff member Eric Mansfield, and inspired by a true story, is about banned books and a Kent State graduate who presented them to her high school class and how her students rose to…
Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance and Porthouse Theatre are proud to announce that the cast and crew of Porthouse Theatre were recognized for their work over the past year.
Meet Evelyn Snyder!“I have always had a passion for fashion, whether it be drawing, sewing, writing or shopping!”
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
URINETOWN was produced on Broadway in September 2001 by the Araca Group and Dodger Theatricals in association with TheaterDreams Inc. and Lauren Mitchell
Kent State University’s School of Theatre and…
Experience Dance at Kent State
Dance and learn from Kent State University dance faculty during the Open Master Classes event Sunday, Jan. 29 from noon to 5 p.m. on the Kent Campus!
We're inviting high school-aged dancers at the intermediate/advanced level to spend…
The World Premiere of the musical "The Land of Oz" is part of Dobama Theatre’s 2022/23 mainstage season. This production includes alumni and faculty from Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance. The production is currently running through December 31, 2022 at…
Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continued its 2022-2023 production season with the Dance '22: Shifting Landscapes.
Songs by The Go-Go's
Based on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty
Adapted by James Magruder
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY AMY FRITSCHE
Kent State University’s School of Theater and Dance is continuing is 2022-2023…
The School of Theatre and Dance is pleased to share that Assistant Professor of Dance, Ambre Emory-Maier, will serve as the Movement Director in collaboration with Kent State University's Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona in the creation and performance of "…
The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to share that Assistant Professor of Costume Design/Technology, Grace Cochran Keenan, has been awarded the Platinum Teaching Recognition Award for Costume History: New Strategies in Teaching.
“Corktown” Pre-Show Discussion: Gentrification, Race, & Democracy, hosted by the Growing Democracy Project
The School of Theatre and Dance begins its 2022-2023 season with the production of "Corktown, or Through the Valley of Dry Bones," by Jeff Augustin running October 6-12, 2022 in Wright-Curtis Theatre.
Directed by associate professor Fabio Polanco, “La Siempreviva,” by Colombian playwright Miguel Torres tells the story of the M-19 guerilla group’s November 1985 siege of the Palace of Justice and the subsequent re-siege by the Colombian army from the viewpoint of…