The Revolutionists, Nebraska Wesleyan University’s current theatre production, doesn’t come to life overnight. The transformation takes several weeks – much of it behind the scenes.
Percy Jackson is in a tight spot. He's about to get kicked out of boarding school (again). And he's upset a bunch of Greek gods, who believe he has stolen the lightning bolt of Zeus.
Money is why Tony married Margot. And money is why he'll have her killed. His intent is evil. But his plan for getting away with it is brilliant. Brilliant enough?
On August 4, 1892, someone used an axe to kill Lizzie Borden's parents. News of the murder and the sensational trial that followed commanded national headlines for over a year.
A Nebraska Wesleyan University alumna is helping high school students break barriers and unleash their creative capabilities through unified theater performances.
The Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre has sold out all performances of Elf the Musical marking the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that it’s reached the milestone.
The study abroad experience looks a little different for NWU senior Sierra Smith. Smith, a recent recipient of the Gilman Scholarship, is spending her semester taking classes virtually through the University of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The bright lights of New York City — darkened by the pandemic — will be felt on Nebraska Wesleyan University’s O’Donnell Auditorium stage when the Theatre Department opens its first musical cabaret, “Fresh Voices.”
Like other NWU professors, Rebecca Boesen found herself in unfamiliar territory when she was asked to pivot mid-semester into a distance-learning model.
Boesen approached the new challenge first with caution and concern for students enrolled in her Playwriting II course.
OnStage Blog, a popular theatre website known for ranking college-level theatre programs nationwide, has recognized two of Nebraska Wesleyan University’s theatre programs among the best in the country.
Last year when Anna Sell studied abroad in London she made a visit to a local bookstore where she skimmed through plays hoping to find inspiration for the play she would direct the following year.
It comes as no surprise that the bright lights of Broadway intrigued a group of Nebraska Wesleyan University theatre students to spend their spring break in the Big Apple.
Natalia Spengler isn’t interested in likely stories. Give her a tale that twists. Make it vast. Have it kink and kick and contradict. That’s when you know you have something.
