Still Life
University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Registration is still open for three summer youth camps that will be offered in August by the Penn State Beaver Office of Continuing Education and the Athletic Office. Musical Theatre and Fitness camps will be offered beginning Aug. 1. To register for a camp or to obtain more details, contact the Office of Continuing Education at BeaverCE@psu.edu or 724-773-3700, or visit www.beaver.psu.edu. (more)
Penn State's School of Theatre is gaining national prominence for its top-tier programs that train students who obtain and maintain employment in one of the most competitive arenas. University administrators will have an opportunity to share the successes of Penn State's theatre program during the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Leadership Institute, Aug. 6-8 in New York City. Penn State President Graham Spanier will be the keynote speaker at the institute. Barbara O. Korner, dean of the University's College of Arts and Architecture, is co-director of the Leadership Institute, and William Doan, the college's associate dean for administration, research and graduate studies, is ATHE president-elect. (more)
In January 2009, the number of Penn State musical theatre alumni performing simultaneously on Broadway peaked at 13 -- a particularly impressive number considering the University's musical theatre program was started just 15 years ago. (more)
The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State's 2009-2010 season features an array of professional touring music, theater and dance presentations, including the State College debuts of the musical comedy Avenue Q and the hip-hop dance show Groovaloo, the return of Mamma Mia! and Stomp, banjoist Bela Fleck with guest musicians from Africa, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Brazil's Orquestra de Sao Paulo with percussion soloist Evelyn Glennie, Martha Graham Dance Company in the evening-length Clytemnestra, Kronos Quartet and the family musical A Year with Frog and Toad.
Tickets for the 26 September through April events at Eisenhower and Schwab auditoriums go on sale May 11 to Center for the Performing Arts members (Affiliate or higher), last-season Choice series subscribers, sponsors and underwriters. Eligible patrons may purchase tickets by phone at (814) 863-0255 or 1-800-ARTS-TIX; in person at Eisenhower or Penn State Tickets Downtown; or by mail-in order form. Visit www.cpa.psu.edu for complete details about the upcoming season or to download a brochure and/or order form. Tickets go on sale to the general public June 1. (more)
Penn State Altoona's Division of Arts and Humanities presents the musical theatre production Sugar April 2 - 5 in the Paul R. and Margery Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. April 2 - 4 with a 2 p.m. matinee April 4 and 5. Tickets are $5 for Penn State Altoona students and $7 regular admission and be purchased at the Box Office. (more)
The Penn State Thespians, a student-run theatre organization, will present "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," April 2-4 at Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. each day, with an additional matinee performance at 2 p.m. on April 4. (more)
Spence Ford has been head of dance for Penn State's musical theatre program since its inception in 1994. She previously had a successful career on Broadway as a dancer/singer/actress in such shows as La Cage Aux Folles, Peter Pan and King of Hearts. While at Penn State, she has choreographed and directed a number of main-stage musicals, in addition to choreographing special musical revues and creating a one-woman show, "Taking Chances." But Ford's resume has been missing something you might expect to see listed among her job experiences and accomplishments -- a bachelor's degree. That will change on May 17, when she walks across the stage to receive her Penn State diploma. (more)
The Penn State New Musical Theatre Festival, in its second season, will present three new works of musical theatre March 21-22, and March 28-29, in the Pavilion Theatre, on the Penn State University Park campus. (more)
