Get Involved: Austyn B. shares about being part of Clay Crows Improv Group
If you like to crack a good joke and are not afraid of not having a plan for performing, Clay Crows is a great place for you. Clay Crows is a student improv group of PLU. They audition every semester and you don’t have to…
Tips for Theatre Scholarship Auditions
If you love being a part of theatre and you’re planning on applying/auditioning for one of PLU’s theatre scholarships (which range from $1,000-$7,500 per year), we’ve got some tips for you to apply and best prepare! You must be a theatre major OR minor to…
Major Minute Monday: Theatre & Dance
Tom Smith , Chair of Theatre & Dance, shares why it’s a great time to study theatre and dance and why PLU is a great place for it. PLU Theatre & Dance Program Highlights: Cool opportunities. Each season the Theatre & Dance Department produces 4…
Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ‘24 make a musical about climate change
Together, senior Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and junior Kenzie Knapp ’24 created an innovative climate science musical performance on PLU’s campus in 2022. Both students are majoring in environmental studies and theatre, and the duo drew on their passions to create art, transforming audience perspectives on…
How to be a Lute: Performing Arts
Miranda Gonzalez ’23 gives you the rundown on all the programs, clubs and organizations that work out of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, otherwise known as KHP.
PLU music majors produce free music camp
It’s a warm summer morning and the scent of scrambled eggs drifts from the kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church into an adjoining room where more than a dozen campers busily make beaded jewelry. Ranging from second to sixth grade, the kids are participants in the…
PLU students present ‘The War of the Worlds’
Theatre major Zivia Rich ’24 loves a good story. She is especially fond of them in the form of a radio show or podcast. Growing up, the Seattle-area native spent much of her time listening to KUOW, their local National Public Radio station. “We have…
Summer Internships: Theatre
In high school, Peyton Noreen ’23 loved participating in theatre productions. Noreen’s passion for the stage wasn’t something they were ready to give up on when they enrolled at Pacific Lutheran University. It’s why they chose to major in theatre and why they’re spending the…
Musical Theater student reflects on favorite shows
Melanie Young ’22 will graduate this spring with a BFA in Musical Theater. In this interview —that took place right before the opening of the musical “Pippin” —she discusses her experience and excitement around the return of live theatre.
Major Minute: Tom Smith on Theatre & Dance
PLU’s Theatre & Dance Department prides itself on our dynamic and challenging curriculum supported by a season of up to 10 productions each year. Our program trains students in all aspects of theatre and dance: from musical theatre, acting, technical theatre and design, to foundational…
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