Knutson Theatre
When Sports and Theatre Come Together
The USD Theatre Department’s first production of the year will be “The Wolves”. It is a contemporary play that follows a high school girls’ indoor soccer team through their indoor practices, as well as their personal lives off the field. Director Chaya Gordon-Bland and assistant director Syara Villarreal, a […]
Theatre Hosts Bat Boy: The Last Performance of the Semester
This weekend, audiences will be transported back to the 1960s when they see Bat Boy: The Musical. Jamie Lennon, a junior theatre studies major, plays the leading role of Bat Boy. “Bat Boy is a half-human half-bat hybrid,” Lennon said. “He goes through a journey throughout the show of what it’s […]
Graduate Student Directs Shakespeare
The USD Theater Department will be putting on Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” starting on Sept 28. This event will take place in the Knutson Theatre, until Oct. 1. Graduate student Jeffrey Larson is directing the show. Larson works with a company in Sioux Falls called the Bare Bodkins Theater Company and has done well […]
‘A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder’ brings comedy to stage
While the fall semester slowly rolls to an end, the Musical Theatre department is preparing for a highlight of the fall semester — the fall musical. This year, USD Musical Theatre is performing the Tony Award winning, A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder. Set in 1907, A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder follows […]
Musical theater set to take stage virtually this season
The musical theater department, like all departments on campus, made accommodations this semester to provide a safer environment for their faculty and students. By taking all the necessary precautions, they have made coming back to school for students and faculty as comfortable as they can. Camille Cook, a junior musical theater major, said she is […]