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 […]

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She Kills Monsters brings empowerment and fantasy to the stage

The upcoming USD production of She Kills Monsters empowers women through adventure and growth. Premiering via livestream at the Knutson Theatre April 22-25, She Kills Monsters brings strong, complex LGBTQ+ characters to the stage.  Senior theatre studies major and acting, stage management and technical directing emphasis, LD Dowell plays Tilly in She Kills Monsters.  Dowell […]

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Julius Caesar takes on COVID-19

The production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is being put on by USD next weekend — September 25, 26 and 27.   This play is being directed by associate theater professor, Chaya Gordon-Bland. “It’s an extraordinary time, isn’t it? And certainly, an extraordinary time to be creating theater,” Gordon-Bland, said. After many hiccups imposed on the […]

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