Bridging the Virtual and In-Person Divide, High School One-Act Festival April 19-20 , A Week of Accolades, Celebration, and Opportunities for ISU Theatre Students , ISU’s The Twits Delights Over 1,000 Students in Local Outreach, From ISU's Theatre and Dance Program to Broadway: Q and A with Actor Tito Livas, ROAR TOGETHER: Training to be the Real Deal, ISU's Interdisciplinary Approach to Simulation Training, ISU Theatre Students Provide Valuable Real-World Practice for Healthcare Students, ISU School of Performing Arts Welcomes Over 700 Students to "The Little Prince"

EMS Simulation at Idaho State University

EMS professionals and trainees work with actors who portray accident victims for a more realistic training experience.

Selfie of Marin standing in front of the Stephen's Performing Arts Center in summer.

Bridging the Virtual and In-Person Divide

Dr. Laufenberg discusses her innovative approaches to virtual theatre education in a Q&A format. Her insights reveal how online students can experience a sense of community and connection to campus through interdisciplinary collaborations.

Century High School students act on-stage. They are in normal, modern-day clothing and stand around a ring of metal folding chairs.

High School One-Act Festival April 19-20

The Idaho State University Department of Theatre and Dance is thrilled to announce the upcoming High School One-Act Competition, scheduled for April 19-20.

Students and faculty building the set at the Spokane theater

A Week of Accolades, Celebration, and Opportunities for ISU Theatre Students

Twenty students and their faculty members from the Department of Theatre and Dance at ISU traveled to Spokane, WA for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region 7 Festival on February 18-23. While there, they performed Life x 3 by special invitation.

Two 4th graders sit in the Black Box Theatre holding the Twits program and smiling

ISU’s The Twits Delights Over 1,000 Students in Local Outreach

The play opens with colorful lights, bubbles, and characters dancing to upbeat music. Children in the audience laugh and chatter with delight and excitement.

From ISU's Theatre and Dance Program to Broadway: Q and A with Actor Tito Livas

Tito Livas graduated from the ISU theatre program in 2006 with a dream to have a career in acting. This is his story from Pocatello to the historic San Francisco Old Globe theatre, where he was on the cast for Destiny of Desire, which producers are now taking to Broadway.

A person applies makeup to another person's neck that makes it look like she has a neck injury

ROAR TOGETHER: Training to be the Real Deal

How do we address the need for students to graduate from programs with the essential nontechnical and non-industry-specific skills applicable to a wide range of tasks across many roles and professions?

A student sits on a doctor's office table while talking to another student

ISU's Interdisciplinary Approach to Simulation Training

The campus of Idaho State University (ISU) will host Trajectory Consulting and Solutions, a leader in the field of simulation and training, who are set to make an on-site visit November 9 to 11. The public is invited.

A visual representation of the groups present at the Zoom meeting. Each group is named in a grey hexagon: Theatre, athletic training, counseling, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistant, social work

ISU Theatre Students Provide Valuable Real-World Practice for Healthcare Students

In a remarkable display of teamwork and interdisciplinary collaboration, student learners from various healthcare-related fields and the Department of Theatre and Dance at Idaho State University (ISU) came together for the annual Interprofessional Education (IPE) GRIT simulation.

Hundreds of elementary school students fill the auditorium seats overlooking a stage with pastel colored lighting and a large full moon.

ISU School of Performing Arts Welcomes Over 700 Students to "The Little Prince"

The Idaho State University School of Performing Arts welcomed area elementary students for a special school matinee performance of "The Little Prince" on November 19 and 20.