Fine and Performing Arts

Leslie Uggams performs in concert, conducts master classes at Wright State this week

Excerpt Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer Leslie Uggams will share her insights and talents with students of the Wright State University Musical Theatre Program today and tomorrow, January 22-23 in Dayton, Ohio. Uggams will become the first major … Continue reading →

Middle East, wartime China, musical instruments focus of Wright State authors honored for publications

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Sarah Olsen

The College of Liberal Arts will recognize faculty members who published books and albums in 2014. Continue reading →

Leslie Uggams Q&A

Excerpt “Leslie Uggams embodies so much of what Wright State University’s theater department values,” said Joe Deer, WSU musical theater professor and director of the Musical Theatre Initiative who appeared with Uggams in “Anything Goes.” “Leslie is an incredible entertainer, … Continue reading →

Stein Galleries to feature paintings by Brian Chu, Shiao-Ping Wang and George Rose

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Bob Mihalek

Concurrent exhibitions of paintings open in the Stein Galleries in the Creative Arts Center on Jan. 13. Continue reading →

Take 5 with Tess Cortes

Excerpt “Materialize,” opening at Purdue Galleries Jan. 15, is a fascinating exploration into 3-D and digital printing. Tess Cortes, the gallery coordinator at Wright State University, is helping to bring this show to Lafayette. She talked to the Journal & Courier … Continue reading →

Broadway star Leslie Uggams to visit Wright State musical theatre program

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Bob Mihalek

Actress and singer Leslie Uggams will work with Wright State students and perform in concert as a visiting artist of the university’s Musical Theatre Initiative. Continue reading →

Dare to Defy prepares compelling ‘Last Five Years’

Excerpt Wright State University senior musical theater majors Ian Benjamin and Kelsey Pohl star in Dare to Defy Productions’ staging of Jason Robert Brown’s humorous, romantic and heartbreaking 2002 musical “The Last Five Years,” scheduled for Friday, Jan. 2, and … Continue reading →

Wright State grad creates sets for television, film

Excerpt When his fourth-grade teacher told him his drawings were “just scribbles,” Martin Fahrer stopped making art. But when his Wright State University professor, Joe Tilford, insisted he learn to draw if he wanted to become a stage designer, he reconsidered … Continue reading →

Wright State, WYSO collaborate on veterans radio project

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Bob Mihalek

Jeremy Dobbins, Will Davis and Allison Loy

Wright State student veterans create radio series examining veterans’ experiences transitioning to civilian life. Continue reading →

Collegiate Theatrics: Emma Jordan of Wright State University

Excerpt For people who have known her since she was a child, it may seem like Emma Jordan has been fated to live a life onstage. Growing up in her hometown of Dickson, she was acting on stages throughout Middle … Continue reading →