College of Liberal Arts advisor Courtney Brookins, Speech and Theatre Transfer Advisor Laura McDavitt, and Speech and Theatre Freshman/Sophomore Advisor Dr. Nadia Bodie pose for photos during the Homecoming Advising Session.  On Saturday, October 11th, College of Liberal Arts and Departmental advisors met with hudnreds of local and out-of-state band students in a successful recruitment...Read More

Follow this link to read the Baltimore Times article: http://baltimoretimes-online.com/news/2014/sep/19/indie-soul-spotlight-rise-black-man-and-man-nobody/Read More

Theatre major Jenilyn Saul, a junior from Louisiana, working with Kids Kollege on the Rose E. McCoy Stage. The project is a semester long joint collaboration between the Dept. of Speech & Theatre and Kids Kollege. At the end of the year, students will present a performance.Read More

Auditions for "Miss Ever's Boys" will be held this Thursday, September 18th at 6pm in the P. Studio. No monologues required, cold readings only.Read More

Professor Prince Duren’s play, “Like Fine Wine”, will be one of the plays performed at a fundraiser for the Corbin Senior Centre in Spokane Washington on November 1st.Read More

Auditions for the JSU Production of "Like Fine Wine" will be held Wednesday, August 27th at 6pm at the Rose McCoy Auditorium P. Studio, Room 117. There will be cold readings, so there is no need to bring a monologue. Please come early to fill out audition forms. Synopsis of the play: "Like Fine Wine" is...Read More

JACKSON—New Stage Theatre asks soul searching questions about family, faith, ethics, and personal freedom with Matthew Lopez’s award winning play The Whipping Man. Can loyalty and freedom coexist? A Jewish Confederate soldier and two of his former slaves are left to observe Passover together in the wake of the Civil War, prompting the challenging examination...Read More

Mr. McCroom, our department's Technical Director and Set & Lighting Design instructor, recently did the lighting design for a New York production of "The Whipping Man". Here is part of the review of that production, highlighting the design team, including Mr McCroom:   "Scenic Designer William Bloodgood had his work cut out for him, considering...Read More

Congratulations to the Department of Speech and Theatre's five students nominated to participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). The students will compete at the festival in Roanoke, VA February 3rd-9th, 2014. The students nominated, from JSU's production of "Ruined" are: Dylan Fleming (Acting), Tierra Williams (Acting), JacQuela Carter-Hulitt (Set Design), Quintavious Phillips (Stage...Read More