Archives

Welcome to the ARCHIVE section of our Theatre and Dance site. Click on the titles of the shows below, and you will be directed to each show's online album.

SCROLL DOWN to below the albums for some links to recent media pieces. Enjoy!

DANCE at Cleveland State University
INTERSECTIONS 2019-2020	CSU Spring Dance Concert 2018-19	CSU Spring Dance Concert 2018	CSU Spring Dance Concert 2017
CSU Spring Dance Concert 2016	CSU Spring Dance Concert 2015	CSU Spring Dance Concert 2014	CSU Spring Dance Concert 2013

THEATRE at Cleveland State University
Blithe Spirit Fall 2021	The Real Inspector Hound Spring 2020	Into the Woods Fall 2019	Tree of Oedipus Spring 2019
The Importance of Being Earnest Spring 2019	Violet Fall 2018	Marat/Sade Spring 2018	Emotional Creature Spring 2018
Company Fall 2017	A Streetcar Named Desire Spring 2017	Romeo & Juliet Spring 2017	Avenue Q Fall 2016
Blood Wedding Spring 2016	Dangerous Liaisons Spring 2016	Ubu Roi Fall 2015	Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl  Spring 2015
Angels in America Spring 2015	The Dybbuk Fall 2014	Lysistrata Spring 2014	Scab Spring 2014
Cabaret Fall 2013	Miss Julie Spring 2013	In the Red & Brown Water Spring 2013	Bus Stop Fall 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream Fall 2012	The American Dream Spring 2012	The Death of Bessie Smith Spring 2012	Marisol Spring 2012
The Tempest Fall 2011	The Emperor's New Clothes Summer 2011	No Exit Fall 2011

NEWS

​​​​CSU Theatre Presents The Real Inspector Hound
January 09, 2020

CPH Benefit Funds Scholarships for CSU Students
November 12, 2019

CSU Presents the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods
September 16, 2019

CSU Announces 2019-2020 Theatre & Dance Season
April 15, 2019

CSU Presents the North American Premiere of Tree of Oedipus
March 22, 2019

CSU's Holly Holsinger Restages "Frankenstein's Wake" in New Orleans
March 01, 2019

CSU Department of Theatre and Dance Presents The Importance of Being Earnest
January 29, 2019

CSU Theatre and Dance Presents "VIOLET"
October 04, 2018

Summer dance scene heats up with American Dance Festival in Cleveland
July 2018
Dance is like a bar fight. Sometimes, you have to take it outside. Therein lies the glory of the American Dance Festival in Cleveland. Read the full article.

Summer dance festival will have you hopping in Playhouse Square
July 2018
ADF in CLE, a partnership between the renowned American Dance Festival and DanceCleveland, will launch its second summer dance festival July 24 with Pam Tanowitz Dance of New York at Playhouse Square in Cleveland... Students will study modern, contemporary, hip hop, creative process and repertory classes at Cleveland State University's Arts Campus in the Middough Building, 1901 E. 13th St., Cleveland. Call 216-991-9000. "It's a rare opportunity to have this kind of faculty and this kind of opportunity.'' Read the full article.

Crawford County international studies scholarship winners announced
July 2018
BUCYRUS - The Community Foundation for Crawford County announces Michael Moser and EMILY DOTSON (CSU Theatre, Fall 2016 grad) as the 2018 scholarship winners for The Samuel Neff Fellowship for International Studies. Read the full article.

CSU/CPT collaboration drives prominence of Cleveland's theatre Scene
July 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre is one of the most prominent theatrical companies in the region and has earned national notice for its innovative, socially-conscious productions and its highly impactful educational initiatives. Cleveland State University has long had one of the state's best theatre education programs with a focus on community engagement and experiential learning. Read the full article.

For his ‘Broadway Buzz' lectures at Playhouse Square, Joe Garry says research is crucial
July 5, 2018
There was a time, before he arrived in Northeast Ohio, that Joe Garry had little access to theater... Read more about CSU's Theatre Department founder.

Theater review: CSU's ‘Company' a joyful journey of self-discovery
October 2017
Two is company, three is a crowd. In this circumstance, you'll want to be a part of the crowd; the crowd that's viewing Cleveland State University's "Company."

Tabletop Theater Practitioners Give Workshop for Dramatic Writers (Carnegie Mellon University)
October 2017
Cleveland-based playwrights and performers Mike Geither (CSU English Professor) and Amy Schwabauer (CSU Theatre alum) visited the MFA Dramatic Writing Program from Sept. 28-29.

The Wait is over for GODOT at Beck Center
October 2017
Amidst the longing and despair that seeps through the core of "Waiting for Godot" at the Beck Center for the Arts, actor Michael Mauldin (CSU Theatre Professor) finds joy in the chaos.

Graduate Student Rachel Murar - Arts Administration Student Focuses (University of Akron)
October 2017
Profile on CSU Theatre alum, Rachel Murar. (click for more)

BEST OF CLEVELAND 2017 - CSU Theatre alum Amy Schwabauer wins best actress
April 2017
It was a well above average work from a young playwright that has us and audiences excited to see what vehicles she comes up with next. Read the full article.

Twelve Productions That Stood Out in 2016
January 2017
Margin of Error, Ensemble Theatre - When Michael Mauldin walked on stage as the bloodthirsty political operative in this tense and witty effort by local playwright Eric Coble, it was an ideal match. As directed by Eric Schmiedl, and supported by Mary-Frances Renee Miller as his aide Daphne, Mauldin captured our current political horror show. Read the full article by Christine Howey.

Cleveland Foundation Cuba trip will fuel Creative Fusion artist residencies this spring
January 2017 
The Cleveland Foundation is kicking off its spring Creative Fusion program by sending two-dozen Clevelanders to Cuba on a short trip to build stronger ties before bringing Cuban artists to Cleveland for residencies in later this year.

CSU plans to perform rendition of ‘Avenue Q'
Septebmer 2016
"It's a new experience that I haven't ever come close to having before on stage," Timothy Parks, a Theatre and Dramatic Arts major, said. Parks has just been cast as one of the leads in Avenue Q. "The combination of humans and puppets is incredibly interesting to the show and helps bring a light tone to some otherwise heavy concepts." Read the full article.

Artist Rehabilitation Coalition leverages the Bard to inspire inmates (Lara Mielcarek)
September 2016
ARC is the brainchild of Lara Mielcarek. As one of Cleveland's classically trained and very popular Equity actors, Mielcarek adores Shakespeare. For the past ten summers, she's played many of his famed roles for the Ohio Shakespeare Festival at Stan Hywet Hall in Akron and is fresh from her acclaimed take on Lady Macbeth this past summer. By day, she is an adjunct professor of acting at Cleveland State University, where she's directing a workshop production of David Ives' All in the Timing in November. Read the full article.

MARGIN OF ERROR, Ensemble Theatre (Dr. Michael Mauldin)
September 2016
Mauldin is a compressed whirlwind of repressed anger and resentment as the nicely-named Carver shreds his enemies in the airport's waiting area (although a player like him would probably have a membership in all the airline lounges). Mauldin brilliantly performs Coble's in-the-know words, showing how talking points get developed and how cardboard candidates can be made to look three-dimensional—even if stories have to be conjured up out of thin air. You can't take your eyes off Mauldin, and he rewards you with a memorable character. Read the full article.

Allen Theatre Renovation - Tony Brown 05/14/11 (article)

Neighborhood on the Rise - Karen Farkas 06/02/11 (article)

Best of Cleveland - Scott Spence, Scene Magazine (article)

The CSU Effect: Editorial - The Plain Dealer, 06/15/11 (article)

Campaign for Allen Theatre Complex makes major strides

Renovated Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare embodies local excellence in architecture for the performing arts

The Power of Three

Cleveland State University opens new Arts Campus in PlayhouseSquare

VIDEO

CSU YouTube.com Channel

Cleveland State University Dance Team 2013-2014

Lysistrata, Cleveland State University Department of Theatre and Dance