A Few Graduation Photos, April 2013!

Cherese Colston, CMTA student staff member enjoys her moment.

Jazz hands please! Theatre students rejoice at the CMTA reception.

Eliza Chase stands out in the crowd.

Scott Reynolds, EMU/CMTA alum was the keynote for the morning ceremony.

Celebrating Henry Aldridge!

The Michigan Theater provided the venue for a very special celebration for Henry Aldridge upon his retirement from EMU faculty. The May 2, 2013 event was attend by over 200 people from EMU and from the Michigan Theater support network.

4th at Nationals

EMU Forensics hosted their annual showcase as part of their traditional departure for yet another prep and then the destination of Marshall University for the 2013 NFA tournament. The team came away with an outstanding performance and a 4th place finish in the nation. For complete details read the University's News Release.

BTW EMU will host the 2014 National Forensics Tournament right here on our campus! Watch for more information about this event, April 18-24, 2014, and then ask about ways you might be able to help ... we expect to organize a Forensics Reunion to coincide with the National Tournament. Mark your calendar and come back to Ypsilanti.

Saluting the 2012 Inductees into the EMU Forensics Hall of Fame

L-R: Nina Brennan, Amber Neueschwander-Price,  Christopher Griesinger Jacob Hodgson and  Annalisa Esposito-Bluhm 

We were proud to induct six new members into the EMU Forensics Hall of Fame on December 1, 2012. The five who were able to join the ceremony are pictured and named above. The sixth inductee, LaTonya Masson, was not able to attend. The long-standing tradition of EMU Forensics remains intact and these outstanding past members certainly demonstrated with their remarks the reason they are champions of this highly competitive program.  

Hey, hey! Save-the-Date

EMU Forensics is looking forward to its 4th induction ceremony to their Hall of Fame. Please save the date of December 1, 2012. The event will be hosted beginning with a reception at 2 p.m. in the lobby of Quirk with the program to follow at 3 p.m. in the Sponberg Theatre. More details to follow, but mark your calendar now.

EMU Theatre Season

Come join us. Often. At the EMU Theatre.

Welcome Back!

It's official — fall semester 2012 is here and students are excited to be back on campus. Food and friendship were the focus of the day at our annual EMU Theatre Welcome Back Picnic. Held on the south lawn of Quirk on Thursday, September 6, 2012, students, faculty and friends enjoyed hot dogs, games and tye-dyed t-shirts to show their support of the student org: EMU Players.

After 31 Years of Service as Department Head of CMTA

Dennis Beagen, an icon of our department and to the entire EMU community, stepped down as our department head on July 1st. The faculty and staff honored him for his extraordinary vision at a reception held in conjunction with EMU Theatre's spring show, 39 Steps. Dennis and his wife, Char, are pictured here with the commemorative shovel he received that evening. Thank you Dennis for your devotion to CMTA and for your passion for EMU!

Sally McCracken and Bette Warren Retire

Following a performance of Guys and Dolls on Saturday April 14, 2012 CMTA hosted a most special reception to honor the retirement Sally McCracken and Bette Warren. Their retirement adventures include traveling in their new F-350 and 5th-wheel trailer (they are pictured here)! We send them our best and our sincere thanks for so many years of outstanding service to Eastern Michigan University and the departments of communication, media & theatre arts, and mathematics.

Honoring their EMU service, a scholarship was endowed in both of their names. If you would like to share your personal congratulations and contribution to this endowment, email wkivi@emich for a donation form.

Season Opens for EMU Theatre

http://www.emich.edu/emutheatre/

Here's the link for EMU Theatre. Check out the new season that opens with a "repeat" of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, directed by Ken Stevens. Kinda like repeating Kindergarten! Come laugh with us. Three shows only ... Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10 both at 7 p.m. and then a Sunday matinee, September 11 at 2 p.m. See a preview at http://www.emich.edu/video/index.php?id=P162_recent

What does Flint and Grand Rapids have in common?

EMU Forensics, coaches and team members, provided the instruction for two day camps this summer at these locations: Flint Powers Catholic High School and Grand Rapids Christian High School. Spending four days at each site the instructional team had the opportunity to work with outstanding high school students and to assist them in their preparation for the 2011-12 high school tournament circuit. Focused and eager, the camps reached 40 students from 9 high schools.

Remembering Virginia Koste

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvpVAzUIQZQ

Please take the time to view this very special video posted by the Drama Theatre for the Young program on YouTube. It celebrates and remembers the life of one of the program's founding faculty members: V. Glasgow Koste. It is both inspirational and a personal glimpse into this special woman and her impact on a most unique EMU program!

Also at the June 4th event a goal was announced to fully endow a scholarship for DTFY students by the program's 50th birthday. This scholarship is named in honor of the DTFY founders, Jinny Koste and Thelma McDaniel. If you would like to support this scholarship and honor these two outstanding women, please download a donation form and letter of introduction from DTFY's current faculty members.

June 4th Celebrations

Alumni returned for several special events on Saturday, June 4, 2011.

We honored over 40 years of service to EMU by Dr. Gary Evans with the dedication of a peace pole in his honor. The peace pole is located on Quirk circle drive.

Jinny Koste's contributions to our DTFY program were celebrated and a stone story circle was named in honor of both program's founders, Koste and Thelma McDaniel. The story circle is also on the north side of Quirk and on the circle drive.

Both these additions to our landscaped have enhanced to entry to our theatres! Check this area out next time you come to campus.

Following dinner at the Tower Inn with 60 alumni and staff, and the evening performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee directed by Ken Stevens, the 25th "birthday" of the Sponberg Theatre was celebrated. Great day; great evening for CMTA and its alumni.

Special Alumni Event!

June 4, 2011 ... come to Quirk for a day filled with special events — Build Legacy — honoring Gary Evans (retirement offical in January 2011), celebrating the life of Ginny Koste, DTFY emeritus professor (1924-2010), our annual spring show directed by Ken Stevens, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and a birthday bash for the Sponberg Theatre — it's 25 years old!

October 30, 2010: event filled day! Invite page 1

Invite page 2

EMU Forensics at Flint Powers High School

Yes, EMU Forensics has returned to high school! A team of five EMU coaches and students are leading a four-day institute at Flint Powers High School. Twenty-six students from eight different high schools are learning skills to make them more competitive on the high school forensic tournament circuit for the next school year. They will wrap up the "day camp" tomorrow, Thursday June 24, with a special guest lecture by EMU Forensics director Ray Quiel and individual performances by the participating students — their "best two minutes."

Last weekend ... Now playing

EMU Theatre's tradition of providing a fun and upbeat spring show has taken the stage with Little Me directed by Ken Stevens. Entering its second and final weekend, your chance to laugh your way through the entire show remains with three performances, Thursday through Saturday, June 10-12 at 7 p.m. in the Sponberg Theatre. Follow this link to a short video!

Join us!

Celebrating our CMTA graduates!

On April 25, 2010 we celebrated with our newest graduates during a reception hosted right here at Quirk. We are proud to welcome graduating CMTA majors and minors as they enjoy their new status as alumni of Eastern Michigan University.