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“Urinetown” opening night rescheduled due to inclement weather

The Wichitan February 22, 2018

To ensure safety of cast, crew and audiences following the inclement weather Feb. 21 and class cancelation for Feb. 22, the "Urinetown" opening night has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 23 after months...

As a way to teach Samuel Mitchell, mass communication sophomore, how to correctly apply his makeup, Christopher Cruz, theater junior, demonstrates how to do it for the first time on Friday, Feb.16, 2018. Photo by Joanne Ortega

Faces of Urinetown: Their work done backstage to appear on stage

Joanne Ortega February 20, 2018

A soft chatter in discussion on how to apply makeup can be heard in the distance. A view of costumes and makeup products fill the room and makes it hard to focus on a single thing. It's brightly lit...

Kalli Root applies makeup for Urinetown in the dressing room on Feb. 16, 2018. Photo by Sarah Graves

Makeup makes the characters

Sarah Graves February 19, 2018

Painting a face for a musical is similar to painting a canvas- the right brushes, primer and "paint" are used to carve the actor's face to create the desired look. This is especially true for "Urinetown:...

Carl Marshall and cast members rehearse Snuff that Girl at rehearsal for Urinetown Feb. 4, 2018. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Prospective students join musical cast

Mekala Conway and Jacob Smith February 8, 2018

The stage smells of fresh sawdust and wet paint. Dust mites are seen in the bright stage lights, masking the audience and turning the rest of the auditorium into an endless expanse of black. The only thing...

Former MWSU student featured in Super Bowl commercial

Former MWSU student featured in Super Bowl commercial

Cortney Wood February 2, 2018

He said he got his practice singing karaoke for hours on end at Toby’s Bar, now Mustangs Bar, on Midwestern Parkway in Wichita Falls back in the 1990s and early 2000s. From Creep by Radiohead to...

Urinetown stage managers keep show organized

‘Urinetown’ stage managers keep show organized

The Wichitan January 30, 2018

While the actors parade around the "Urinetown" stage and memorize lines, songs and choreography, the stage managers spend hours on end reading over paperwork, gathering schedules and offering helping hands...

Urinetown cast met for first rehearsal

Urinetown cast met for first rehearsal

Devin Field January 16, 2018

The theater department began rehearsals Jan. 16 for the musical "Urinetown." Consisting of a cast of 26 people, the musical is set as a political satire about a town struggling with it's water supply. "The...

Dale Heidebrecht, assistant music professor, leads the cast of UrineTown in their first rehearsal, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2017. Photo by Francisco Martinez

‘Urinetown’ musical coming in spring

Rachel Johnson December 5, 2017

Twenty-one cast members. Five understudies. One Urinetown. A satirical comedy musical titled "Urinetown" will be put on by the theater department this spring. This musical is famous for satirizing the...

Theater students took the audience by surprise at the Luna Gale play

Abena Tobin, Reporter October 11, 2017

Luna Gale, By Rebecca Gilman, is a play which questions who is capable of raising a child? A veteran social worker, Caroline, does whatever she can to protect baby Luna Gale. However, her mission is swayed...

‘Luna Gale:’ good source of entertainment

Alex Rios October 10, 2017

"Luna Gale," a play written by Rebecca Gilman, transformed the stage this past weekend. Held in the Fain Fine Arts Theatre and open to the public, Christie Maturo directed more than 30 students in...

Sally Story joins theater faculty

Denush Vidanapathirana September 13, 2017

Sally Shirin Story, assistant professor of theater, started this fall. She sits in her office of walls decorated with memorabilia collected through the years, the large bookshelf behind her chock full...

Theater to present play before class starts

Kara McIntyre August 17, 2017

Before the endless juggle of classes, work, studying, extracurriculars, social lives and little amounts of sleep begins, take 70 minutes out of the day and check out the theater department's production...

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