- Dean Seeger speaks on WDET about crisis communications Re: Boston Marathon
WDET-FM, 4/16
WSU professor Matt Seeger on Boston Bombings
Dean Matthew Seeger of the College of Fine, Performing and...
- Hilberry Theatre announces its 2013 production of Marat/Sade...
- Support the Blair Anderson Endowed Scholarship campaign...
- CFPCA supports Thursdays in the D this winter...
- Facebook users: Join the CFPCA Group...
- Theatre student Andy Siegmund spotlighted in Patch of Ferndale...
Ferndale Patch
"From con man to rhino: FHS alum follows path on stage"
by Sue Pearson
An article profiling Wayne...
- Read the CFPCA blog...
- Studio Theatre presents Doubt: A Parable through Apr. 2...
New Monitor, Detroit
"WSU Studio Theatre to stage Doubt: A Parable Mar. 24-Apr.2"
An article highlights John...
- Prof. Hart directs 'Model Apartment' at JET...
West Bloomfield Patch.com
'Model Apartment' offers unique look at Holocaust
by Jan Cartwright
Donald Margulies' Obie...
- Dean Vasquez named provost at University of Hartford...
Crain’s Detroit Business
"WSU Fine Arts Dean Sharon Vasquez to become University of Hartford provost"
by Ryan...
- MFA actor Vanessa Sawson profiled in the Freep...
Detroit Free Press
"Vanessa Sawson is student stand out in acting"
by John Monaghan
First-year Wayne State...
- Faculty from all five CFPCA departments collaborate on Spero Meliora at the DIA...
- Tenure-Track Searches for Fall 2011...
- DWIFF/MovingMedia recommended by Robot...
- Electro Monk Acoustic Funk reviewed by Zombie...
- Prof. Magidson directs a production at Jewish Ensemble Theatre...
West Bloomfield Patch.com, 3/14
"Old conflict infuses new play with energy and relevance"
by Jan Cartwright
David...
- Alum Ernie Hudson helps introduce Benton Harbor Promise Zone...
Grand Rapids Press, 3/13; The Herald-Palladium (Benton Harbor), 3/12
"West Michigan Links: Former 'Ghostbuster'...
- CFPCA students: get math tutoring specifically for you!
- WSU theatre hosts annual Subscribers Party and Open House, Mar. 6...
New Detroit Monitor
WSU Theatre open house
A brief highlights Wayne State University’s Department of Theatre which...
- Guest artist Julie Hampton offers interdisciplinary performance workshops...
- Alum Jeffrey Tambor counts Hilberry training program as "one of the best..."
- Detroit wins bid to host "From Rust Belt to Artist Belt" conference...
- 'The Science of Optics; The History of Art' guest lecture 4/4...
- Studio Theatre presents 'Time Stands Still,' 3/28-4/6...
Detroit Free Press, 4/4; R.O. Daily Tribune, 4/3
Professional theater
by Angela Lopez and Dora Robles...
- Read CFPCA's latest alumni newsletter...
- Cast of FLOW appears on WDET-FM, Feb. 17...
WDET-FM 101.9, Detroit's Public Radio
"Upcoming ensemble production of FLOW"
Amy Miller spoke with the team behind...
- Help WSU support the Fundred Project, Mar. 30
- Metro Arts is auditioning on-camera show hosts...
- Prof. Kadogo comments on FLOW...
New Monitor, Detroit
“Flow has hip-hop, African storytelling, dance"
by Robert Delaney
Aku Kadogo of Wayne...
- Dean Vasquez discusses ArtsIMPACT w/Ann Delisi, WDET-FM
- Dean Vasquez podcasts about the Mar. 23 Creative Business Forum at TechTown
- Det.News: FLOW runs Feb. 18 - 27 at the Bonstelle...
The Detroit News
"Black History Month: Events honor literary, musical trailblazers"
by Michael H. Hodges
A roundup...
- Alumna, Dolores Slowinski, and grad. student, Carol Cook Reid, show work at Swords into Plowshares
- DetNews: Edmund Alyn Jones is "prodigiously impressive" as Richard III...
- CFPCA Alumni Assoc. hosts Richard Rattner event about breaking into the entertainment business
Observer & Eccentric newspapers
"The legal side of the limelight"
by Greg Kowalski
Attorney Richard Rattner is...
- Mich Chronicle: History is re-created at the Hilberry...
- Studio Theatre's Rhinoceros ran Feb. 3-12...
Detroit Free Press
Professional Theatre
Compiled by Nancy Chipman Powers and Dana Sue Jackson
Final performances of...
- Wayne State is central to Detroit's creative corridor; Crain's, Nov. 3
- Freep: Of Mice and Men runs through 2/5...
- Avoid the flu! And don't miss theatre major, Justin Crutchfield, in this WSU illness prevention PSA...
- DetNews: Of Mice and Men "is not to be missed"...
- Noel Night features artists and more this Saturday
- Hay Fever runs through 12/9...
Dearborn Times-Herald
"Hilberry season will let its stars shine"
The Hilberry Theatre, Wayne State’s graduate...
- Aspiring Filmmakers Boot Camp returns to WSU, Nov.13-15
- Among CFPCA's 2013 Arts Achievement Awards honorees is World of Children Award founder Harry Leibowitz...
Detroit Jewish News
The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University annually presents its...
- Dean Vasquez welcomes new students to CFPCA
- The Hilberry is a dp2a destination 12/11...
- Ntozake Shange, Ifa Bayeza lecture, book signing 12/18...
- CFPCA seeks part-time faculty applicants
- ArtWalk wins 2009 CASE award
- The Misanthrope is a Freep Best Bet...
- The Misanthrope is lauded for performances and costumes...
New Monitor, Detroit
Moliere returns to Hilberry stage in new “Misanthrope”
The Misanthrope, the latest...
- Concert Chorale presents Black History Month Recital
The Detroit News
"Metro Detroit Black History Month calendar of events"
by Jocelynn Brown
Students from the WSU...
- Ensemble Free Theater Norway: "Appointment"...
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle runs through 10/24...
Detroit Free Press
"Now on stage"
by Nancy Chipman Powers and Dana Sue Jackson
Professional theatre calendar...
- Alum, Greg Kowalski, remembers WSU; O&E Newspapers, Oct. 4
- Memorial service celebrates the life of Michael Tolan, Mar. 8...
- CFPCA offers professional film auditioning workshop
- Alumna S. Epatha Merkerson wins NAACP Image Award...
The Detroit News
"Detroit native Merkerson wins NAACP Image Award"
by Makeisha Madden Toby
Several Detroit natives...
- CFPCA is accepting part time faculty applications
- Understudies hold new membership event...
Hometownlife.com
"All Detroit’s a stage"
A brief notes Wayne State’s Hilberry Theatre graduate program...
- President's Preview, hosted by Thorsten Kaye, is Sept. 25...
Detroit Free Press, 9/23
"President’s Preview"
by Nancy Chipman Powers and Dana Sue Jackson
The Wayne State...
- Hilberry Theatre presents the play "Detroit," through 4/5...
Dearborn Times-Herald, 1/20
"'First Things First' fills Players Guild with laughter; Hilberry hosts Michigan premier of...
- Univ. Art Collection's exhibit 'Jacob Lawrence and The Legend of John Brown' returns for Black History Month...
- View the BA program's capstone 2010 self portraits...
- CFPCA's Expressions newsletter, summer '09
- WSU offers tuition reduction to alumni suffering job loss
Wayne State University is offering a 50 percent reduction in graduate or undergraduate tuition for up to two classes per...
- Theatre and intercultural communication course fulfills service learning requirement...
The Department of Theatre created an intercultural communication class that incorporates the use of drama. It is offered this...
- Dept. of Art and Art History receives $4.5 million gift
- A Month in Moscow photo presentation...
- Wayne State sponsors Midsummer Nights in Midtown
- 2010-11 Hilberry and Bonstelle seasons...
- Department of Theatre seeks part-time faculty applications...
- Midsummer Nights in Midtown covered by Examiner.com
- Robin Hood at the Hilberry through July 10...
Times-Herald, 6/5
"Two Dearborn actors in ‘Robin Hood’ at Hilberry"
Reviewer Sue Suchyta provides a...
- Crain's Detroit Business: Actor, alumna, S. Epatha Merkerson comes home to Wayne State
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/section/blogs?template=kramer&plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=b...
- WSU Theatre receives eight Wilde Award nominations...
Best Comedy:
The Servant of Two Masters, Hilberry Theatre, Lavinia Hart, director
Best Actor - Musical:
Jordan Whalen, The...
- ArtsIMPACT sponsors new creative businesses in TechTown
- Eight former students win Kresge Artist Fellowships
- Senior Lecturer Kadogo profiled in Metro Times...
- Position Announcement: Lecturer in Music
- Former student Henri Franklin debuts on "Days"...
- Part time faculty positions are available
- "Scale the Night(mare)" - Metro Times Reviews Night Scales
"On a recent weekend night in Detroit, the stairs leading down to the cavernous Studio Theatre on Wayne State...
- Dean Seeger speaks on WDET's The Craig Fahle Show about crisis communication and school shootings...
WDET-FM
Sandy Hook: Communication during crisis management
In the aftermath of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School,...
- Hilberry Theatre presents the play "Marriage" through 4/6...
Crain’s Detroit Business, 4/3
10 things to do in Detroit this weekend
Russian writer Nikolai Gogol wrote his play...
- "Palmer Park" at the Hilberry in May, the JET in April...
Detroit Free Press
"Local theaters team up to pool their resources"
by John Monaghan
Theatre professor David...
- Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin visit covered by Crain's
Crain’s Detroit Business, 4/12
Fans can meet LuPone, Patinkin during Detroit visit
The Broadway, film and television...
- "'The Beaux Stratagem' returns to the Hilberry" - Macomb Daily
- CFPCA noted in the Freep for low to no-cost entertainment offerings
- Pippin featured at DetNews.com ...
- 4/23 Earth Week celebration features Prof. Hartway's "Echoes of a Disappearing Planet"
WSU's April 23 Earth Week celebration features a 6pm concert in the Community Arts Auditorium titled Sounds of the Earth. The...
- Pippin is "enjoyable and impressive" - New Monitor, 4/22
New Monitor (Detroit)
"Bonstelle's 'Pippin' is impressive achievement"
by Robert Delaney
Theatre reviewer Robert...
- Guest artist Julie Hampton offers interdisciplinary performance workshops...
- T-shirt sales support WSU's Kid Rock scholarship in music
- GOOD is "one of the finest Hilberry ensemble efforts" - Detroit News
- FPC 5500 covered by The South End
- "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "GOOD" are among current WSU theatre projects
The News Herald (Downriver)
"At this stage"
by Andrea Blum
A list of theatre productions includes an item...
- "'Palmer Park' benefits from stellar acting" - Det. Free Press
- WSU/SAG event covered by WJBK-TV channel 2
- WSU/SAG event covered by Model D Media
- Dearborn Times-Herald looks at 2009-10 season's final two months...
Dearborn Times-Herald
"Spring theater season in full bloom"
by Sue Suchyta
As the theatre season enters its final...
- Heck-Rabi playwriting competition comes to the Studio Theatre, Mar. 25-Apr. 3
- WSU/SAG event in The Michigan Citizen
- Studio Theatre hosts Heck-Rabi One Act Festival through 3/9...
Broadway World
"Hurts so Good and A New Play by Neil Simon and more set for WSU Studio Theatre's Heck-Rabi Play Festival,...
- CFPCA presents Wayne State's 34th Arts Achievement Awards...
- WSU/SAG event in the Detroit Free Press
- Prof. Mary Anderson helps launch Detroit Garden Classroom project...
WWJ-AM Newsradio 950
Assistant professor Mary Anderson was interviewed about her “Detroit Garden Classroom: A Healthy...
- WSU/SAG event in Crain's Detroit Business
- MFA & BFA Acting Showcase is March 14, 16 and 22!
- Check out WSU Music at Detroit Intl. Jazz Fest this weekend!
WSU's Department of Music takes center stage at the Detroit International Jazz Festival! Four performances over the Labor Day...
- WSU theatre actors Ain't Misbehavin' @ Detroit's Music Hall, Mar. 21
The News Herald
"At this stage"
by Andrea Blum
On March 21, actors from Wayne State’s Department of Theatre...
- University Art Collection recognized by Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Servant of Two Masters "is fun for the audience" - Downriver Sunday Times
- University Art Collection launches ArtWalk
- Former student, Lily Tomlin, joins FX's "Damages"
- Detroit Festival of the Arts is June 6-8!
- Down River Sunday Times previews "Ravenswood"
- Susan Mosey receives 2008 CFPCA Ovation Award
- CFPCA seeks alumni opinions
- "'Seagull' is thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining" - Det. Free Press, Dec. 10
- View the Fall '07 Dean's List
- Alumna S. Epatha Merkerson to leave one of TV's longest running roles...
- Seagull: "Expansive." - Det. News, Dec. 31
- CFPCA appeared in Crain's
- Ovation Awards event takes place April 16
- The Hilberry spotlighted in The News-Herald, Jan. 7
- Univ. Art Collection loans 26 works to major Cass Corridor show...
The Morning Sun (Mt. Pleasant, MI), 1/9
Exhibition at CMU gallery shows history of Detroit’s famous Cass Corridor...
- Prof. Hart recognized among region's best theatre directors...
CBS Detroit
Best directors In the local theater scene in Detroit
Detroit plays host to Broadway musicals, operas, ballets and...
- WSU Theatre spotlighted by Model D Media, Jan. 19
- CFPCA's newest Expressions
- Students can nominate faculty and staff for CFPCA awards
- WSU actors appear in "Ain't Misbehavin'" at the Music Hall Jazz Cafe
- Former student, Lily Tomlin, performs at Appalachian State
- Detroit Examiner previews "A Christmas Carol"
Examiner.com, 11/30
The Bonstelle stages the holiday family classic -- 'A Christmas Carol'
by Patty Nolan
A preview of the...
- All three WSU theatres present shows on Noel Night, 2009
- CFPCA seeks Associate Dean
- Pridesource: "Dunelawn" runs through Dec. 5
- Department seeks part-time faculty applications
- The Studio Theatre's Serenading Louie Reviewed by the New Monitor
- Serenading Louie Opens Oct. 22 at The Studio Theatre
- 2009-10 season covered by Playbill magazine
- Wayne State celebrates the life of Sonny Eliot, 12/6...
- Hilberry hosts Pulitzer Prize-nom Lisa D'Amour, Thu, Fri...
Exciting things are happening at Wayne State's Hilberry Theatre this Thursday and Friday night! Come out and see the new play,...
- Mad Anothony Wayne Paranormal Society presents paranormal findings at the Bonstelle!
- The Talented Tenth featured at Detroit Examiner.com
- Opening Oct. 2, The Fantasticks!
- The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later at the Hilberry
- The 2009-2010 Louise Heck-Rabi Scholarship Playwriting Competition Semi-Finalists Announced!
- Former student, David Ramsey, profiled in The Detroit News
- Alice in Wonderland (Windsor Star)
- Alice in Wonderland (Metro Times)
- State Film Office event comes to WSU 7/22
- WSU Theatre's 2009-10 season
- Motown Museum is hiring tour guides...
Motown Museum is hiring tour guides to provide guided tours to the public. Guides lead small and large groups through the...
- THR 1200, Musical Theatre Appreciation, a great way to fill visual/perf. arts Gen. Ed.
Looking for a fun way to fill your visual/performing arts General Education requirement? Explore popular culture through...
- Former student, Lily Tomlin, spotlighted at Detroit Examiner.com
- Ragtime reviewed by Examiner.com's theatre writer
- Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin visit coverd by Crain's
Crain’s Detroit Business, 4/12
Fans can meet LuPone, Patinkin during Detroit visit
The Broadway, film and television...
- Ernie Harwell's participation in the Hilberry's "Cuckoo's Nest" covered by the Windsor Star
The Windsor Star
L-O-O-O-NG GONE
A brief mentions that baseball announcer Ernie Harwell's voice is being used in Hilberry...
- All My Sons reviewed in the Freep
- Alum, Dean Chekvala, appears in new series "Harper's Island"
- Don't miss the Hilberry Open House, March 7
- R&G Are Dead reviewed in the Freep
- Hilberry and Bonstelle offer American Classics package
The News-Herald (Southgate, MI), 1/30
At this stage
by Andrea Blum
The Hilberry and Bonstelle Theatres are offering...
- WSU offers courses in the Chekhov acting technique
- Wayne State contributes numerous Noel Night events...
Examiner.com, 12/3
"Noel Night 2012; Wayne State University's Anthropology Museum"
by Tanya Britt
Wayne State...
- Bonstelle Theatre presents 'The Arabian Nights' through 2/17...
New Monitor, 2/14
"Bonstelle’s Arabian Nights is fun"
by Robert Delaney
A review of the WSU Bonstelle...
- Alumna, Lily Tomlin, profiled in the Orange County Register
- Bad Year for Tomatoes reviewed by The South End
- Hamlet reviewed by The Detroit News
- Alumna, Lily Tomlin, profiled in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Prof. Kadogo on PBS, Re: MI cuts arts budget
- Masquerade ball benefits Black Theatre Program, Oct. 25
- Hilberry assists Det. Central City Community Mental Health
- Prof. Kadogo spotlighted in African American Family magazine
- Will Power in residence, 9/8-13
- Alum, Thorsten Kaye, featured in The Detroit News
- Veterans memorial sculpture unveils at the Welcome Center 11/12...
At a Veterans Day observance, Monday, November 12, 2012, 11:00AM to 1:00PM in the Wayne State University Welcome Center, the...
- Studio Theatre presents "Broke-ology" through 11/24...
Broadway World.com, Detroit Free Press
BROKE-OLOGY opens at WSU Studio Theatre
The Studio Theatre presents Broke-ology by...
- Detroit News recommends Jungle Book
- Alumnus Thorsten Kaye visits WSU, receives Ovation Award
- Hilberry actor Jeff Luttermoser featured in the Freep
- Hilberry receives seven Wilde Award noms!
- Box office launches online ticketing!
- Alum, Ernie Hudson, praises Wayne State
- Dept. offers FPC 5010: Musical Theatre Intensive
- Alum, Thorsten Kaye, receives 2008 Ovation Award
- Former student Jim Killeen debuts "Google Me" movie
- Unlock your senses at the Hilberry Open House, April 12
- CFPCA offers behind-the-scenes events for prospective students at WSU Open House...
Wayne State University’s Fall Open House is Saturday, October 20, 2012. The College of Fine, Performing and Communication...
- Studio Theatre presents "From the Mississippi Delta" 1/17-26...
Examiner.com, 1/14
"This week brings an embarrassment of riches as theaters welcome 2013"
by Patty Nolan
A preview...
- Alumna S. Epatha Merkerson's recent Q&A
- Alumnus, actor Jeffrey Tambor speaks highly of WSU
In a Feb. 4 radio interview on Detroit's WRIF-FM about his new sit-com "Welcome to the Captain" premiering that night...
- Hilberry Theatre presents "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)" through 1/9...
Examiner.com, 11/17
"The Hilberry gives us a good laugh at Shakespeare's famous tragedies"
by Patty Nolan
Wayne...
- Exhibit from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum shows at WSU 9/6-28...
The South End, 9/26
"Holocaust art exhibit enlightens WSU students"
by Shardonay Frierson
Forbidden Art is a...
- Hilberry Theatre presents "Othello" through Jan. 17...
Detroit Free Press, 11/1
Fine acting sustains Hilberry's 'Othello'
Theatre critic John Monaghan gives the Hilberry’s...
- Dean Seeger lectures on crisis communication at U. of Evansville...
WFIE-TV (Evansville, Ind.)
Dean Seeger speaking on crisis communication
Matthew W. Seeger, College of Fine, Performing and...
- Theatre major Tiaja Sabrie excells in fencing for Wayne State...
Midland Daily News (Midland, Mich.), 11/8
"Midland's Sabrie excelling in fencing at Wayne State"
by Joel...
- Studio Theatre announces its 2012 production of Broken Glass...
New Monitor, 10/25
Outstanding “Broken Glass” at WSU studio
by Robert Delaney
Theatre reviewer Robert Delaney...
- WSU, CFPCA and ArtsCorpsDetroit support Detroit Design Festival 2012...
Wayne State University’s College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, ArtsCorpsDetroit and the Office of Economic...
- Bonstelle Theatre announces its 2012 production of The Crucible...
The Detroit News, 10/3
“The Crucible” at the Bonstelle Theatre
The Bonstelle Theatre presents the Tony...
- WSU presents panel discussion in association w/Forbidden Art, 9/13...
Who Owns Art?
The Holocaust, Ethics, and Cultural Patrimony
A Panel Discussion in Association with the Exhibition Forbidden...
- Hilberry Theatre launches 50th season with The Mousetrap...
The Oakland Press, 9/28
"Hilberry opens killer 50th season with Agatha Christie's Mousetrap"
by Samantha White
The...
- Dean Seeger speaks on WJR radio about Presidential debates...
WJR-AM
Matt Seeger, professor of communication and dean of Wayne State's College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts,...
- WSU alums collaborate on 'Cancer: The Musical' now through 12/15...
Planet Ant Theatre presents the musical satire comedy, Cancer! The Musical, weekends from November 9 through December 15, 2012,...
- Hilberry Theatre's 50th season, Det. Design Fest, Dlectricity, DP2A among local fall arts highlights...
Hour Detroit
Fall arts preview: Upcoming events
An arts calendar feature notes that Wayne State University’s heralded...
- CFPCA and depts seek applications for part-time faculty hiring pool membership...
- Prof. Turski takes the stage in Meadow Brook Theatre's 'The Constant Wife'...
- Prof. Marshall-Amundsen and Hilberry Outside the Box transform a lot into performance space...
Broadway World
Wayne State scenic design students transform 'A LOT of Space' into theatre space, 9/10-10/22
Pegi...
- Visit the University Art Collection's Arthur C. Danto online exhibition...
- Bonstelle Theatre's historic other uses profiled in new book from WSU Press...
Patheos, 9/27
"Beauty meets grace in Detroit’s historic churches"
by Kathy Schiffer
This article examines...
- WSU bestows honorary degrees upon music alums Kenny Burrell and George Shirley...
- Emily Linn and David Lubin join CFPCA's Board of Visitors...
- Hilberry Theatre presents 50th season, President's Gala, 9/8...
Detroit New Monitor, 8/30
WSU theatre hosts gala, welcomes new chair
The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance will...
- Society for the Arts in Healthcare's annual conf. comes to Detroit...
Detroit Free Press, 5/2
"More hospitals in Michigan look to care for patients through music"
A major international...
- Wayne State hosts fifth annual Motor City Tap Festival through 8/18...
WJBK-TV 2 Detroit, 8/16
Motor City Tap at WSU
A demonstration of tap dancing is featured on this Fox 2 preview of the Motor...
- CFPCA alums, former students, mentioned in roundup of MI-influenced TV...
Detroit Free Press
"You haven't lived here until ... you watch Michigan-influenced TV"
by Zlati Meyer
Entertainers...
- The Bonstelle Theatre is noted among Detroit buildlings designed by Albert Kahn...
Detroit Free Press
"This week in Michigan history: The Bonstelle Theatre begins dazzling audiences"
by Zlati...
- 2012-13 WSU Theatre Season...
- CFPCA Board of Visitors member emerita Maggie Allesee co-founds Detroit Pockets of Cool...
The Oakland Press, 4/24
"Women hope ‘Cool’ idea will bring people to Detroit"
by Dustin...
- Theatre and Dance seeks applications for part-time faculty hiring pool membership (scroll down)...
- MetroArts Detroit debuts on DPTV 4/25...
- Register for THR 5500, Today's Women Playwrights...
Women playwrights have, over the last 50 years in particular, been responsible for some of the most exciting and dynamic...
- Dean Seeger comments on corporate discipline toward executives...
Crain’s Detroit Business
EMU president's troubles reflect corporate challenges
by Chad Halcom
A recent reprimand by...
- Theatre alum, two time Tony winner, Martin Pakledinaz '75 passed away 7/8...
Detroit Free Press, 7/12
Martin Pakledinaz, local Tony winner from Sterling Heights, dies
by B.J. Hammerstein
Martin...
- WSU's 33rd Arts Achievement Awards event takes place 4/13...
- CFPCA Alumni Assoc. Board of Directors seeks member nominations...
The Board of Directors of the WSU CFPCA Alumni Association asks your help in surfacing great candidates for anticipated...
- Theatre alum, MFA scenic designer, Stephen Landon '05 passed away 7/8...
- Hilberry Theatre graduates are the power behind MI Shakespeare Fest...
Detroit Free Press, 7/12; Oakland Press, 7/22
Power and its uses is the theme at Michigan Shakespeare Festival in Jackson
An...
- The Hilberry's Children's Summer Theatre feature is The Ugly Duckling...
Metro Parent magazine, 6/12
"The Ugly Duckling at WSU Hilberry Theatre in Detroit"
by Dolly Moiseff
Hans Christian...
- Thanks for a great season, WSU Football!
There are 100 Wayne State Warriors on the 2011 football roster and seven of them, below, are majors in the College of Fine,...
- Get ready to audition for "Downriver," the MI Creative Film Alliance's 2012-13 project...
- Dean Seeger will speak at Ofield Dukes Diversity Summit 2/16...
- Hilberry Theatre actors perform at WRCJ / Ford House event 6/22...
Observer & Eccentric
"Livonia Symphony quartet to perform at Edsel Eleanor Ford House"
Wayne State...
- WSU merges departments of theatre and dance...
The Oakland Press, 12/31; WJRT-TV (Flint, MI), WNCT-TV (Greenville, NC), WWJ-AM, WXYZ-TV, The Republic, Washington Examiner,...
- WSU theatre graduates collaborate on prod. of Gruesome Playground Injuries...
Jordan Whalen (Hilberry '11) and a few other recent Wayne State University theatre graduates are putting together a production...
- CFPCA recognizes Black History Month w/several events...
February 4: African Dance Workshop in Concert
Wayne State's African Dance Workshop Company performs Saturday, February 4,...
- Wayne State announces new chair of Maggie Allesee Dept. of Theatre and Dance
- CFPCA seeks candidates for multiple positions...
- Theatre's Graduate Tribute 2012 is 5/2...
- Juniors and above: Register for Art as a Social Practice...
Art as a Social Practice (3 credits)
FPC 5500 Topics in Art in Community
Instructors: Elizabeth A. Barton, Associate...
- Theatre alums, former students, mentioned in round-up of MI-influenced TV...
Detroit Free Press
"You haven't lived here until ... you watch Michigan-influenced TV"
by Zlati Meyer
Entertainers...
- ArtsCorpsDetroit among finalists for $15 million in grant funding...
- Theatre major Lois Bendler manages a very full schedule at age 82...
The Daily Tribune
"At 82, life is still a stage"
by Heidi Bitsoli
A feature story chronicles the busy life of...
- Dean Seeger is in the Faculty Spotlight...
- View photos, including the Warrior Band, from the 12/17 natl. title...
- Hilberry closes 49th season with G.B. Shaw's "Major Barbara"...
Detroit Free Press, 4/12
"Hilberry's 'Major Barbara' ably mixes comedy and political bite"
by John...
- Theatre students conduct dramatic readings speaking out against human trafficking...
St. Clair Shores Sentinel
Event to shed light on human trafficking
by Kristyne E. Demske
In an effort to help local...
- Sixto Rodriguez, WSU '81, receives honorary degree 5/9...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 5/16
"After dark Rodriguez is sweeter than sugar, man"
by Jon Bream
During a...
- Watch CFPCA's commencement live online 12/10 at 10am...
- Bonstelle Theatre's "Hairspray" captures spirit of the era...
New Monitor
"Bonstelle’s Hairspray is lots of fun"
by Robert Delaney
A review of Hairspray, the final...
- Warrior Marching Band supports football team at Natl. Championship...
- Theatre major Dorothy Dunne is a college grad. at age 78...
WDIV-TV, 5/7
"Couple to receive degrees tonight"
Dorothy Dunne, 78, and her husband Harold, 82, will be graduating...
- Studio Theatre presents Heck-Rabi competition winning shows now through 4/7...
The Oakland Press, 3/30
"WSU Studio Theatre presents heck of a festival at Heck-Rabi competition"
by Samantha...
- Check out CFPCA's latest alumni news...
- CFPCA e-news, Nov. 2011...
- Hilberry's "Summer and Smoke," through 4/21, guest directed by Lionel Walsh...
The Windsor Star, 4/20; WWJ-AM, 4/19
Performing arts
Summer and Smoke: The Hilberry Theatre presents this Tennessee Williams'...
- WSU jazz professor Matt Michaels passed away 11/2...
- Hilberry Theatre members launch the Drastic Theater Company...
Detroit Free Press
"Hilberry students start theater company to stage summer shows"
by John Monaghan
This summer...
- Noel Night 2011 a rousing success...
Examiner.com, Detroit Free Press
Noel Night, which was held throughout Midtown including Wayne State University’s...
- Cyrano, at the Hilberry through 3/10...
The Oakland Press, 1/26
"Hilberry Theatre noses around with Frank Langella’s ‘Cyrano’"
by...
- WSU's Fall Open House is Oct. 29...
- Theatre alum Lauren Mae Shafer '07 performs w/Geo. Clooney in new film...
Oakland Press, 3/15
"Michigan-made film puts Farmington Hills actress next to Clooney"
by Sam Logan...
- Univ. Art Collection cited among best art walks in Detroit...
- Intimate Apparel is "a compelling, tightly pieced drama"...
- CFPCA alums co-organize 10/25 NYC flash mob...
"While the music is still playing...let's DANCE."
This is the most inspiring thing you'll have seen in a long time....
- Cripple of Inishmaan is "captivating and very, very funny"...
The Detroit News, 12/15
Life, truth rough in Hilberry's 'Inishmaan'
by Lawrence B. Johnson
Wayne State University’s...
- Matthew W. Seeger is appointed dean of CFPCA...
Crain’s Detroit Business, 8/7
"Week on the web: On the move"
Matthew Seeger has been appointed dean of Wayne...
- Theatre alum S. Epatha Merkerson '76 discusses her newest project...
WDET-FM
S. Epatha Merkerson, host of 'Find Our Missing'
'Find Our Missing,' a new, hour-long docu-drama series for TV One,...
- Univ. Art Collection receives major gift from Arthur C. Danto...
- WSU merges departments of theatre and dance...
- Hilberry alum Thorsten Kaye '94 joins the cast of SMASH...
Playbill.com, Examiner.com
"The 'SMASH' Report: Episode 6, or, The Pajama Top Game"
by Kenneth...
- Hilberry Theatre's Open House and 50th Season Preview is 3/25...
WDET-FM, 3/23
Wayne State's Hilberry Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary
In light of Wayne State University's Hilberry...
- University Art Collection releases its fall 2011 newsletter...
- CFPCA recommends Detroit Design Festival, 9/21-28...
- Theatre alumna S. Epatha Merkerson hosts new TV program 1/18...
- Don't miss the Danto open house and demo, 10/15...
- Dept. of Theatre and Dance seeks candidates for the position of chair...
- University Art Collection's Sandra Schemske profiled on Grosse Pointe War Memorial Television...
- Theatre alum Ernie Hudson '73 is the subject of a Q&A feature...
Huffington Post
"Ghostbuster's world's all a stage"
by Alexandra Holzer
In a profile piece, actor Ernie Hudson...
- CFPCA and ArtsCorpsDetroit launch LOTS of Art!
- Twelfth Night cast "embraced the silly, ribald humor"...
New Monitor, 12/8
"Twelfth Night is best Bonstelle Shakespeare"
Theatre reviewer Robert Delaney commends guest...
- Theatre alum Steven West '10 appeared on the Wendy Williams show...
- CFPCA recommends "Thursdays in the D" this fall...
- Seeing a show at the Bonstelle is among great things to do in Midtown...
WXYZ-TV 7
"7 Places you might have missed in Midtown"
by Damon Flemings
Wayne State University’s Bonstelle...
- ArtsCorpsDetroit co-sponsors "Detroit Literacy Flags Project," volunteers needed...
Acknowledging the importance of literacy in a democratic society, social reformer Frederick Douglas once said, "Once you...
- Theatre alum Dean Chekvala '00 performs in HBO series...
The Oakland Press
"Wayne grad spills ‘True Blood’ on TV"
by Sam Logan Khaleghi
A feature story...
- Part-time faculty positions in computer literacy in the arts...
FPC 1100: BASIC COMPUTER LITERACY (ONLINE)
The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University...
- CFPCA welcomes the Art X Detroit biennial back to campus and Midtown 4/10-14...
- Bonstelle Theatre presents 'Bat Boy: The Musical' through 4/21...
Detroit New Monitor, Weekly World News, 4/11
“Bat Boy” discovered at Bonstelle Theatre
Wayne State...
- Four CFPCA faculty members receive 2011 Research Enhancement Program grants...
- Theatre alum Candace DeLeon '07 co-organizes NYC flash mob...
"While the music is still playing...let's DANCE."
This is the most inspiring thing you'll have seen in a long time....
- Robot recommends "Romantic Robots and Other Life Forms"...
- Theatre presents "Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays" 11/7...
Pride Source.com, 11/2
Wayne State to participate in nationwide staging of plays to promote marriage equality
On Nov. 7, a...
- CFPCA's Press Room: news from throughout the college...
- Musical Theatre Appreciation course fills WSU's visual/perf. arts Gen Ed. requirement...
Looking for a fun way to fill your Visual and Performing Arts General Education requirement? Explore popular culture through...
- CFPCA takes a look at the history of Old Main...
- DetNews: Actors are the real story in Hilberry's "Much Ado"...
The Detroit News
"Director: Actors are the real story in Hilberry's Much Ado About Nothing"
by Lawrence B....
- Hilberry's Much Ado is "an exciting and innovative" "must see"...
Examiner.com, 10/29
"Much Ado About Nothing is a Hilberry Theatre Must See"
by Sue Suchyta
Examiner theatre...
- View Commencement live online 2pm Friday...
- View the Presidential Inauguration Concert...
- A Doll's House "cast's powerful energy fuels a new interpretation..."
Examiner.com
"WSU Studio Theatre launches powerful A Doll's House"
by Sue Suchyta
Wayne State University’s...
- "There is a buzz here that is real..."
- WDET runs "Much Ado" giveaway...
WDET-FM 101.9
Tickets to the Hilberry
During the last segment of The Craig Fahle Show free tickets to the Hilberry...
- Presidential Inauguration features performances from CFPCA...
- Theatre majors Justin Crutchfield and Sara Hymes appear in WSU promotional video...
- Theatre's 2011 BA Capstone Self Portraits are online...
- CFPCA alums showcase their work at Art X Detroit, Apr. 6-10...
Art X Invades Midtown. New visual works and performance art, musical experiments, literary readings and more come alive in...
- Noises Off: "impeccable timing, talent and hard work..."
Examiner.com
"Noises Off at the Bonstelle creates laughter in the house"
by R. Anton Montalban-Anderssen
The...
- CFPCA's most recent e-news...
- Hilberry presents Marat/Sade through 5/11...
Metro Times, 5/8
Sex and death during the French Revolution
by Lisabeth Hock
Lisabeth Hock, a freelance writer and...
- Performance Exchange launches its own WSU blog...
- Artrepreneurship program now is open to interested students...
Model D Media
"Wayne State targets biz-minded artists with new program"
by Jon Zemke
The Artrepreneurship program...
- Freep: Hilberry's musical is a rare treat...
Detroit Free Press
"Hilberry's musical is a rare treat"
by John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press entertainment writer...
- Midtown promotional video highlights the arts at Wayne State...
- Theatre season 2011-12...
Over the decades, several million patrons have visited Wayne State University theatres and have been so inspired by the passion...
- Black History Month...
- CFPCA's accepting applications for its LGBT Endowed Scholarship...
- Examiner: invaluable Hilberry has "enriched the Detroit community over the years..."
Examiner.com, 7/27
"It's not too early to order your Hilberry Theatre season tickets"
by Patty Nolan
The 2011-12...
- Theatre festival benefits Kyle Holton Memorial Scholarship...
- CFPCA e-news, Jan. 2011...
- Let's hear it for Detroit...
- WSU theatre students work as instructors for Motor City Youth Theatre...
Observer & Eccentric, 8/9/11
"Comedy and tragedy: Young actors combine serious, silly Shakespeare"
by Sharon...
- Detroit's New Monitor: Hilberry opens its 49th season 9/23...
New Monitor (Detroit), 9/15
"Hilberry season opens with musical Sept. 23"
On Sept. 23, 2011, the Hilberry Theatre...
- Wayne State is closed for Wednesday, Feb. 2...
- Students: experiment across disciplines of theatre, dance, visual art and music...
THR 1100, State of the Arts: Contemporary Creative Practices
Fall 2011
Tues/Thurs 1:25-2:50pm
CRN# 16851
Looking for an...
- WSU and DPTV team up to revive Midtown's historic WXYZ TV studio...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAxL8SS7k0&feature=player_embedded
CBS Detroit, Ann Arbor.com, 3/27/11; Centredaily.com,...
- Charlotte's Web at the Hilberry through July 9...
- Meet Academy Award-winning film editor Richard Chew, Jan. 27...
- Part-time faculty applications are being accepted...
The Department of Theatre at Wayne State University is accepting applications for part-time faculty member positions in all...
- Tenure-Track Searches for Fall 2011...
- High school, transfer and newly admitted students: check out Preview Day 4/20...
Wayne State Preview Day is an opportunity for high school and transfer students to explore academic interests and learn more...
- We LOVE our Linsell House...
- Former student Crystal Reed finds successful career path...
Detroit Free Press
"Crystal Reed's artistic ambitions lead her to roles in TV, movies"
by B.J. Hammerstein
Theatre...
- CFPCA's Commencement streams online Dec. 12 starting at 9:45am...
CFPCA’s December Commencement is 10am this Sunday. Starting 15 minutes prior to that, there will be a live webcast of the...
- Det. News: Cider House Rules is extraordinary...
The Detroit News
"Cider House Rules challenges actors"
by Lawrence B. Johnson
Wayne State University's theater...
- Noel Night is Dec. 4...
- Studio's Savage in Limbo runs Apr. 21-30...
New Detroit Monitor
"WSU Studio stages Shanley’s Savage in Limbo"
An article notes that John Patrick...
- OakPress: Jones wears his heart on his sleeve in Hands...
The Oakland Press
"Wayne State's Erman Jones wears his heart on his sleeve in the autobiographical Hands"
by...
- Give to WSU's Combined Charitable Campaign now through Nov. 19...
- Carrie Underwood concert event benefits WSU PRSSA...
- Hilberry actor Erman Jones performs his own one-man show May 1 & 2...
- WSU Faculty/Staff Night at the Bonstelle, Apr. 22...
- Carrie Underwood concert event Dec. 22 benefits CFPCA...
- The Full Monty runs at the Bonstelle through April 23...
New Detroit Monitor
"The Full Monty, April 15-23 at WSU’s Bonstelle Theatre"
The historic Bonstelle Theatre...
- "Appleville" by the MI Creative Film Alliance debuts March 30 at the DIA...
http://comm.wayne.edu/gallery.php?id=920
http://www.mi-cfa.com/applevillepremiere.html
For more about the Creative Film...
- Interim Dean Seeger comments on the naming of the Gulf of Mexico's 2010 oil spill...
New York Times
"Companies involved in Gulf oil spill play 'name that disaster' with eye on posterity"
by Mike...
- Cider House Rules runs at the Hilberry through May 13...
Detroit Free Press, 5/4/11
"On stage 'night, Mother,' 'Cancer! The Musical'"
by Nancy Chipman Powers and Dana Sue...
- Alum Tom Sizemore is one of Hollywood's favorite tough guys...
The Macomb Daily
"Sizing up Sizemore: One of Hollywood's favorite tough guys"
by Sam Logan Khaleghi
Hollywood...
- Det. Monitor: Full Monty is a roaring success...
New Detroit Monitor (print edition only)
"Bonstelle’s Full Monty a roaring success"
by Robert Delaney
A...
- Attend the farewell reception for Dean Vasquez...
