Broadway stage manager Michael Rico Cohen worked with theatre design and production (TDP) students on Sunday, Sept. 26, and Monday, Sept. 27. He joined the student stage manager for the tech process ... Continue Reading Broadway Stage Manager Cohen Works…
Live Music, Theatre and Dance Returns! Conservatory Performs 2021/22 Season Announcement
After more than a year of online performances, Shenandoah Conservatory announces the return of live, in-person music, theatre and dance to its academic season. The Conservatory Performs 2021/22 season ... Continue Reading Live Music, Theatre and Dance…
Peter Bullough Foundation Donates Clothing to Shenandoah Conservatory Theatre Division
The Peter Bullough Foundation has donated the majority of the late Dr. Bullough’s clothing collection to the Shenandoah Conservatory Theatre Division. Working with Theatre Design & Production ... Continue Reading Peter Bullough Foundation Donates Clothing…
Five New Artist Educators Join Shenandoah Conservatory’s Renowned Faculty
Shenandoah Conservatory is thrilled to introduce a new cohort of exceptional artists and educators to its students and community. (Two of the conservatory’s seven searches have yet to be ... Continue Reading Five New Artist Educators Join…
Award-winning Broadway Costume Designer Toni-Leslie James Leads Masterclass with Theatre Students
On March 12, the theatre design and production program held a costume design masterclass with award-winning Broadway costume designer and professor at Yale School of Drama Toni-Leslie James. James ... Continue Reading Award-winning Broadway Costume Designer Toni-Leslie…
Award-winning Broadway Sound Designer Speaks with Theatre & MPRT Student
Associate Professor of Theatre and Technical Director David Steinmetz, M.F.A., hosted Tony Award-winning Broadway sound designer Nevin Steinberg as the guest speaker for his Theatre Design and Effects ... Continue Reading Award-winning Broadway Sound Designer Speaks…
LORT Props Master Jim Guy Speaks with Theatre Students
On Saturday, April 10, the Theatre Division hosted an in-person workshop on firearms for the stage with guest lecturer Jim Guy. Guy serves as the props master for the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, a ... Continue Reading LORT Props Master Jim Guy…
Celebrating Hal Herman’s Legacy with the Virtual Opening of the Harold Herman Lab Theatre
Shenandoah Conservatory recently celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art teaching and student performance space: the Harold Herman Lab Theatre. In that virtual celebration, we provided an ... Continue Reading Celebrating Hal Herman’s Legacy with…
Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre Returns to In-Person Performances with ‘Grease’ “Grease” is the Word.
Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (SSMT) announces its return to in-person performances with an upcoming production of the smash hit musical “Grease.” This will be a departure from the standard season ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre Returns…
Haven Leads Masterclasses in Gold Metallic Embroidery for Costume Students
Bob Haven came to campus on Saturday, March 13, to lead costume students in a masterclass on gold metallic embroidery. After Haven retired from university teaching, he created a second career teaching ... Continue Reading Haven Leads Masterclasses in Gold…
Being Well Together Spring 2021 Focus A Shenandoah Conservatory Initiative
Pictured above: Associate Professor of Violin Akemi Takayama, M.M., and Ashley Crawford ’23 (B.M. in Performance) presented a duo concert for community members who received their first dose of the ... Continue Reading Being Well Together Spring 2021…
Innovation and Creativity Bring Performances to Life Washington Post
Rewarding and reaffirming — those are two of three words that Courtney Reilly, executive director of performances and engagement at Shenandoah Conservatory, used to describe the past 10 months. And it ... Continue Reading Innovation and Creativity Bring Performances…
Jenkins Hosts Stage Management Masterclasses for TDP Students and Alumni
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre Production Beverly Jenkins, B.F.A., hosted two stage management masterclasses for theatre design and production students and alumni on Saturday, Nov. 14, and ... Continue Reading Jenkins Hosts Stage Management Masterclasses…
Lighting Designer Perkins Guest Lectures in Design and Production Forum
Kathy A. Perkins, M.F.A., a very well known and regarded lighting designer and scholar, taught a class for the theatre design and production program’s Design and Production Forum on Wednesday, Dec. ... Continue Reading Lighting Designer Perkins Guest Lectures…
Smith Explores Cultural Appropriation in Theatre Design with TDP Students
Valerie St.Pierre Smith will teach a virtual masterclass on cultural appropriation in theatre design for theatre design & production (TDP) students on Friday, Nov. 13. Boozhoo. Valerie St. Pierre ... Continue Reading Smith Explores Cultural Appropriation in…
ShenCo Rising: COVID-19 Reopening Plan Shenandoah Conservatory's COVID-19 Reopening Plan
In addition to following Virginia and CDC guidelines, Shenandoah Conservatory continues to carefully review the most recent research and findings from industry-specific associations, in order to plan ... Continue Reading ShenCo Rising: COVID-19 Reopening Plan…
Theatre Design & Production Program Hosts Roundtable Discussion with Alumni
The theatre design & production program (TDP) recently hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with 21 alumni, as well as current TDP faculty and students. Fifty people participated in the two-hour ... Continue Reading Theatre Design & Production Program…
Theatre Design & Production Students Learn Industry Tips from RWS Entertainment
The theatre design & production program hosted Executive Producer of Operations Jake McCoy and Manager of Program Development Brooke Viegut from RWS Entertainment Group for its practicum class on ... Continue Reading Theatre Design & Production Students…
Adams Hosts Hands-on Stage Costuming for Dance Class
Theatre Design & Production Program Coordinator, Costume Designer and Associate Professor of Costume Design Jennifer Flitton Adams, M.F.A., hosted a fun Stage Costuming for Dance class on Tuesday, ... Continue Reading Adams Hosts Hands-on Stage Costuming…
Undergraduate Curricula Boldly Reimagined at Shenandoah Conservatory World-class Performing Arts Training, Redefined
After an intensive two-year process of analysis and review, Shenandoah Conservatory announces newly redesigned undergraduate curricula across all 17 undergraduate degrees in music, theatre and dance. ... Continue Reading Undergraduate Curricula Boldly Reimagined at…
Theatre Division Receives Excellence in Theatre Education Award by Virginia Thespians
The Shenandoah Conservatory Theatre Division welcomed 700 thespian troupe members from across the state during the Virginia Thespian Festival held on the university’s main campus from Jan. 24 through ... Continue Reading Theatre Division Receives Excellence in…
Adams Hosts Painting and Dyeing Workshop at Virginia Thespian Festival
Theatre Design & Production Program Coordinator, Costume Designer and Associate Professor of Costume Design Jennifer Adams, M.F.A., hosted a painting and dyeing workshop at the Virginia Thespian ... Continue Reading Adams Hosts Painting and Dyeing…
Costume Designers Embark on GEL Trip to New York
Theatre Fellow in Costume Design Sammi Geppert, M.F.A., and Theatre Design & Production Program Coordinator, Costume Designer and Associate Professor of Costume Design Jennifer Adams, M.F.A., led ... Continue Reading Costume Designers Embark on GEL…
Students Explore Theatrical Design at International Conference in Prague During GEL Trip
From June 5 through June 13, seven students visited the Czech Republic to experience the Prague Quadrennial Global Experiential Learning (GEL) trip with Assistant Professor of Theatre – Lighting ... Continue Reading Students Explore Theatrical Design at…
Students Explore London Theatre and History During GEL Trip
From May 25 through June 7, 16 theatre students traveled to England for the London Theatre and History GEL trip with Assistant Dean for Student Learning and Associate Professor of Theatre Carolyn ... Continue Reading Students Explore London Theatre and…
Theatre Students Attend Q&A with Associate Director of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin
Shenandoah Conservatory hosted Associate Director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin, for a Q&A with theatre students on Friday, Feb. 16, in Glaize Studio Theatre. McLaughlin visited ... Continue Reading Theatre Students Attend Q&A with…
Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre Founding Director Harold Herman Announces Retirement
Shenandoah Conservatory Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre Harold “Hal” Herman, B.A., founder and producing artistic director of Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (SSMT), has announced his ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre Founding…
‘American Idiot’ Rocks Out At Shenandoah
Photos by CALEB FORSYTHE AND JASON LOPEZ/Shenandoah University “American Idiot” cast holds a dress rehearsal on Thursday in anticipation of their show this weekend and Oct. 2-4 at Ohrstrom-Byrant ... Continue Reading ‘American Idiot’ Rocks Out At…
Lindé Hayen Herman – 1924-2013
Shenandoah Conservatory lost a dear friend and an accomplished faculty member in August. The celebrated actor and educator Lindé Hayen (Creekmore) Herman of Strasburg, Va., died on August 12, ... Continue Reading Lindé Hayen Herman – 1924-2013
CREATIVE ENERGY Sparking Connections That Fuel the Future
On an overcast afternoon in August, a member of Shenandoah’s staff walked across Sarah’s Glen toward the Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre. The air reverberated with the thrum of heavy equipment breaking rock ... Continue Reading CREATIVE ENERGY Sparking Connections That…