for Christopher Durang's play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tuesday, January 21 and Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Studio Theatre, Level 1, Performing Arts Center on the UIS Campus
6:00pm - Crew Interviews each day
7:00pm - Auditions each day
The mission of the UIS Theatre program is to offer UIS students the opportunity to further develop their talents as theatre artists, by working with great dramatic literature in the classroom and on the stage. The program fosters the idea that theatre is a vital artistic event, which brings people together to respond to one another’s experiences/stories and to the world in which we live. Students who graduate from UIS with work accomplished in our theatre program not only become more sophisticated theatre patrons, but for some, may also begin a career in the theatre.
Please visit our Theatre Productions page for more information about the play, performance schedule, ticket information and more!
Open Auditions and Crew Interviews for Madeleine George's HURRICANE DIANE on Tuesday, September 3rd and Wednesday, September 4th at the Studio Theatre, Level One, Public Affairs Center, here on the UIS Campus.
6:00pm Crew Interviews and 7:00pm Auditions on both these days.
Please see our Auditions page for more details on the play, roles, and for more information.
UIS Theatre Announces the '24-'25 Season
Celebrating 22 Years of Theatre that Matters
The University of Illinois Springfield Theatre Program has been listed as one of 40 finalists for the inaugural Performing Arts Technologies Lab by the Doris Duke Foundation.
Selected from a pool of 745 applications across 43 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, this recognition highlights UIS Theatre's innovative approach to integrating digital technologies in the performing arts.
The University of Illinois Springfield's Office of Electronic Media and Theatre Department has received three Telly Awards for their video production for Safe2Help Illinois, a statewide school safety initiative by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency aimed at helping youth seek assistance before harm.
With a wink and a smile, Larissa FastHorse reminds us all, that sometimes pushing less message does more good. "MacArthur Genius Larissa Fasthorse's shocking satire flips the bird on one of America's most prolific myths...When a troupe of really, really well-meaning theater artists attempt to put on a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving school pageant, things get messy. Hilarious and poignant, this delicious play skewers everything right, wrong, and woke in America. The Hollywood Reporter raves, "It's uproarious, clever and very, very funny!