NEW ORLEANS (October 25, 2019)—The Dillard University theatre department will open its 85th season today and run through the weekend with the vignette production “Saints and Sinners” in the Samuel DuBois Cook Hall Theatre. The play, set for 7:30 p.m. tonight, also will be performed at the same time Saturday, […]
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Miller, Johnson to star in ‘Romeo and Juliet’
NEW ORLEANS (Sept 27, 2018) – Minneapolis sophomore Sterling Miller and Las Vegas senior Jocilyn Johnson will star as Shakespeare’s two star-crossed lovers when “Romeo and Juliet” runs the first two weekends of November in Cook Theatre. “Romeo and Juliet” will be the sole theatrical production this semester, followed by […]
Theatre competitors
Photo provided by the DU Theatre department Dillard University theatre students and faculty pose after winning second place (excellent) in the Reader’s Theatre Competition at the 81st annual conference of the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts, or NADSA, during spring break – the first time in more than […]
DU to host 81st annual NASDA Conference
NEW ORLEANS (March 17, 2017) – New Orleans actor Lance Nichols will be the featured guest for the 81st annual conference of the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts, or NADSA, here during spring break – the first time in more than 20 years that Dillard has hosted the […]
‘Hands Up’ play
Director Ray Vrazel, sitting left, along with the cast and crew of “Hands Up: Seven Playwrights, Seven Testaments,” pose on stage in Cook Theatre recently. The play had a two-week run, with the final performance a matinee Sunday. Photo provided by Theatre Department/Courtbouillo