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YSU University Theatre opens 2022-23 season with “The Revolutionists”

YSU University Theatre opens 2022-23 season with “The Revolutionists”

YSU University Theatre will open its 2022-23 season with Lauren Gunderson’s comedy "The Revolutionists” Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:30 PM in the YSU Ford Theater, located in Bliss Hall on YSU’s campus. Directed by associate professor of acting and directing Matthew Mazuroski, "The Revolutionists" is set in Paris in 1793 during the social and political angst of the French Revolution.

Cliffe College of Creative Arts welcomes Adam Howard to faculty

Cliffe College of Creative Arts welcomes Adam Howard to faculty

Cliffe College of Creative Arts will welcome Adam Howard to its faculty as he joins the Dana School of Music and University Theatre staff as a musical theater lecturer. Howard is an American-born and British-trained performer, playwright, and music director whose research focuses on Panto and musical theatre voice pedagogy. He has performed and taught in half a dozen countries on three continents and is thrilled to make YSU his home

University Theatre announces productions for 2022-23 season

University Theatre announces productions for 2022-23 season

YSU’s University Theatre announced that four mainstage productions will make up their 2022-23 season, beginning with “The Revolutionists” September 30 – October 9, 2022. Also included in the lineup are “Godspell” and “The Last Five Years,” with “Antigone” closing the season March 31 – April 9, 2023.

University Theatre concludes season with comedic retelling of “Harry Potter” novels

University Theatre concludes season with comedic retelling of “Harry Potter” novels

YSU’s University Theatre will conclude its 2021-22 season with a comedic retelling of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” novels titled “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic.” Shows will be held April 1 – 3 and 8 – 10 in the YSU Ford Theater, located in YSU’s Bliss Hall.

University Theatre to present concert version of “The Music Man”

University Theatre to present concert version of “The Music Man”

YSU’s University Theatre will present a concert version of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy “The Music Man” February 25 – 27, 2022 in the YSU Ford Theater, located in YSU’s Bliss Hall. The musical follows traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons locals into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he promises to organize but has no idea how to teach.

An Evening with Austin Pendleton

Cliffe College of Creative Arts announces “An Evening with Austin Pendleton”

The YSU Cliffe College of Creative Arts will present “An Evening with Austin Pendleton” Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7:00 PM in the YSU Ford Theater, located in YSU’s Bliss Hall. Proceeds earned during the event will benefit Trumbull New  Theatre.

Dana School of Music professor awarded Research Professorship

Dana School of Music professor awarded Research Professorship

Dana School of Music professor Caroline Oltmanns has been awarded a Research Professorship from the YSU Office of Academic Affairs for the 2022-23 academic year. Her research, titled “Theme and Variations, Passacaglias and Chaconnes,” will be completed over a period six credit hours throughout the year.

YSU Musical Theatre to present “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” cabaret

YSU Musical Theatre to present “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” cabaret

YSU’s Musical Theatre program will present a cabaret titled “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” Friday, December 10, 2021 at the B&O Station Banquet Hall in Youngstown. The event will feature 30 popular seasonal songs, including jazz, country, and delta blues favorites.

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“Little Shop of Horrors” production opens through University Theatre

YSU’s University Theatre will present their production of the black comedy musical “Little Shop of Horrors” beginning Friday, October 29, 2021 through Sunday, November 7 at the YSU Ford Theater in YSU’s Bliss Hall. The story follows florist shop worker Seymour as he raises a plant that feeds on human flesh and blood.

“Almost, Maine” production to open 58th season of University Theatre

“Almost, Maine” production to open 58th season of University Theatre

YSU’s University Theatre will open its 58th season with a production of the romantic comedy “Almost, Maine” beginning Friday, September 24, 2021 through Sunday, October 3 in Spotlight Theatre at YSU’s Bliss Hall. The season will continue with productions of “Little Shop of Horrors” and “The Music Man,” along with winter and spring cabarets.