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UIS Theatre Announces the '24-'25 Season

Celebrating 22 Years of Theatre that Matters

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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.

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The University of Illinois Springfield's Office of Electronic Media and Theatre Department has received three Telly Awards for their video production for , a statewide school safety initiative by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency aimed at helping youth seek assistance before harm.

UIS Theatre's THE THANKSGIVING PLAY production

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!