With the addition of new assistant professor Dathan Powell, the Theatre Department at University of Illinois Springfield is prepared to tackle new challenges in the coming year, starting with a production of Clifford Odets’s 1935 play Awake and Sing, dealing with timely issues of economic hardship.
For UIS Theatre Director Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, it’s all about education and community.
“Our students learn from the faculty, and the people from the community who work with us learn from the students, and I think we learn a lot from the community folks as well. So it’s a win-win,” he beams.
Auditions for Awake and Sing will be held Jan. 22 and 23. For details visit www.uis.edu/theatre/productions/auditions.html.
UIS Theatre was featured by the Illinois Times on December 20, 2012.
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