Behind the set of “Little Shop of Horrors”
Emily Beaman, Reporter
February 18, 2020
Rehearsals for MSU’s 2020 spring musical Little Shop of Horrors have been in full swing since the first week of the semester, and there will still be many more before the opening night. For this musical, rehearsals are split into three parts. Acting and blocking led by Sally Story, choreography led by Morgan Mallo...
MSU Texas and Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre Hosts 3rd Annual Signature Series
Herbert McCullough, Reporter
February 13, 2019
As part of a discussion on theater, Mishic Marie Liberatore, artistic director at the Wichita Falls Ballet Theatre, explained the history of the 56-year-old non-profit theater that was started by Czechoslovakian immigrants Frank and Irina Kladivova started. “We are a ballet centric theater but the...
Fine Arts building celebrates 40 years
Denush Vidanapathirana, Reporter
October 10, 2018
When Paul and Patti Stillson graduated in 1971 and 1973, respectively, with degrees in art, there was no fine arts building. “We were not in this building. We were in a building across campus. They were barracks buildings (the university) got from Sheppard,” Paul Stillson said. Patti Stillson said...
Fain dean discusses connecting creativity through updates, renovations
Cortney Wood, Managing Editor
May 1, 2018
From flying to New York a new piano for Akin Auditorium and others for the music department to helping raise funds for the new mass communication building that debuted in Fall 2017, Martin Camacho finishes his fourth year as dean of Fain Fine Arts college with his determination to continue to improve the environment for students and...
‘Urinetown’ run complete; strike begins March 5
Jeromy Stacy
March 6, 2018
While the final curtain closed on "Urinetown" on March 2, the work just began for the crew to tear down each set piece crafted for the two week run. Weeks worth of work will only take 20 hours to completely dissemble, and to ensure safety and efficiency, the production crew began tearing down the ...
‘Urinetown’ provides a night of entertainment
February 27, 2018
With its unconventional title and unusual subject matter, "Urinetown" may seem like a poor choice for a musical, but this zany production by the MSU theater department successfully pulls it off. This hilarious comedy makes fun of conventional theater, criticizes capitalism and bureaucrac...
“Urinetown” opening night rescheduled due to inclement weather
The Wichitan
February 21, 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 of rehearsals, costume design and make-up preparations. According to Elizabeth Lewandowski, theater...
‘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 to wherever they are needed. Katie Cagle, stage manager and theater tech design senior, along si...
Theater department presents ‘The God Of Hell’
Shari Smith
November 14, 2017
The theater department will run the production "The God of Hell" Nov. 16, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m to Nov. 18 at 2:30 p.m. in the Bea Wood Theater in the Fain Fine Arts B-wing. According to Sally Story, assistant professor of theater, the play centralizes on a middle aged, mid-western dairy farming c...
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 of plays, scripts and classic works of literature. Born in Tiran, Iran, Story was adopted by an American...
For Colored Girls ‘a story rarely told’
February 15, 2017
"For Colored Girls," a poetic play, was met by a crowd of 98 students, faculty and community members in Bea Wood Studio Theatre in the Fain Fine Arts building. The event was held on Feb. 10-11 by Alpha Psi Omega as a fundraiser for First Step, Inc., Ms. Foundation, and INCITE! The reception at 7 p.m. ...
Disciplines work together for ER simulation
Brendan Wynne
November 16, 2016
Though hands-on activities are often key components for health science students, very rarely do professors get the opportunity to show students what it’s really like to work in a hectic, hospital environment. Until now, that is.On Friday, Nov. 18, students from the departments of respiratory care, r...