KEARNEY – University Theatre at Kearney is presenting “The World Goes ’Round,” a stunning revue of the songbook from the Tony Award-winning team of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Miriam Drake Theatre. Filled with humor, romance, drama and nonstop melody, “The World Goes ’Round” is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that … [Read more...] about UNK musical revue ‘The World Goes ’Round’ opens Wednesday at Miriam Drake Theatre
Noelle Bohaty
UNK Dance performing spring concert Thursday through Saturday
KEARNEY – University Theatre at Kearney and the UNK Dance Program are presenting their spring dance concert, “overTURN,” Thursday through Saturday in the Miriam Drake Theatre on campus. All showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Director of Dance Noelle Bohaty unearths the hidden, reveling in the uncomfortable to discover what lies beneath through movement in both commercial and concert dance in this evening-length performance. The concert features new work by Bohaty and dance faculty … [Read more...] about UNK Dance performing spring concert Thursday through Saturday
UNK students performing with award-winning Chicago dance company
Eight UNK students are performing with Chicago Dance Crash as part of a special collaboration with the award-winning hip-hop/contemporary dance company. After working with artistic director Jessica Deahr to learn the routine, UNK students Shelby Haney, Maria Klingelhoefer, Emma D. Newman, Hannah Petersen, Rebekah Petersen, Amana Reed, Morgan Rutledge and Mary Joyce Storm will perform with Chicago Dance Crash on Thursday and Friday. The piece will also be part of UNK … [Read more...] about UNK students performing with award-winning Chicago dance company
UNK senior Emma Newman receives national theater scholarship
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Only two students across the entire country receive the Alpha Psi Omega/Delta Psi Omega Scholarship each year. University of Nebraska at Kearney senior Emma Newman is one of them. A theater major with minors in dance and music, Newman was awarded the $3,000 scholarship by the national officers of the Alpha Psi Omega/Delta Psi Omega theater honor societies. The money can be used for any educational expenses or to … [Read more...] about UNK senior Emma Newman receives national theater scholarship
UNK Dance presenting ‘RESET’ Thursday through Saturday at Miriam Drake Theatre
KEARNEY – The University Theatre at Kearney and UNK Dance Program are presenting the spring dance concert – “RESET” – at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Miriam Drake Theatre. Director of Dance Noelle Bohaty explores the opportunities for connection, reflection and pause over the past year of disruption and isolation through movement in both commercial and concert dance in this evening-length performance. The concert features … [Read more...] about UNK Dance presenting ‘RESET’ Thursday through Saturday at Miriam Drake Theatre