UIC School of Theatre and Music

We're excited to be hosting the 5th Symposium for LGBTQ Studies and Music Education next week. Check out the lineup for poster sessions on Tuesday. Visit these scholars in L060 from 1:30-2:30 to discuss their research.

📣📣📣 We're hiring. Come work with us. 📣📣📣

Pawficer Ham and Officer Cezar from UIC Police came to present some safety training to our STM faculty and staff today. Learn more about Pawficer Ham at https://police.uic.edu/ham/

Students in Dr. Harris Saunders class give presentations of images with something musical in them. They thus have an exercise in musical iconography.  Here they are in a room surrounded by 17th-century paintings at the Chicago Art Institute.

Based on a true story!
Solo performances based on true events from the personal lives of students.
Tonight
7pm
In the theatre.
Entry is free!!

Join us next Tuesday for UIC’s Pop Rock show 🎸

April 23rd
7:30 P.M.
Room: L285

Check out our website for upcoming events 🤩

This past Friday, the theatre students had the honor of listening to guest speaker Michael Shannon!
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Michael Shannon is an American actor. He is a frequent collaborator with director Jeff Nichols, having appeared in Nichols’ films Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special and Loving (both 2016), and The Bikeriders (2023). Shannon received two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations, for Revolutionary Road (2008), and Nocturnal Animals (2016). He received Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014).
Shannon’s film debut was in Groundhog Day (1993). He has also appeared in 8 Mile (2002), Bad Boys II(2003), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007), The Iceman (2012), Premium Rush (2012), The Night Before (2015), Elvis & Nixon (2016), The Shape of Water (2017), Knives Out (2019), Bullet Train (2022), and Amsterdam (2022). He played General Zod in the DC Extended Universe films Man of Steel (2013) and The Flash (2023).
Shannon made his Broadway debut in the 2012 play Grace. He returned to Broadway playing James Tyrone Jr. in the revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night (2016), earning a Tony Award nomination. His television roles include a role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014) for which he was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He starred in Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), and Showtime’s George & Tammy (2022), for which he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Michael had his professional start in the theatre scene of Chicago. He is a co-founder of A Red Orchid Theatre and has appeared in many productions in some of the most prestigious Chicago theatres, including Steppenwolf Theatre!

Que bonito es lo bonito !

This Saturday at the UIC Latin American Festival Block party ! Get ready to dance eat ,shop and sing your heart out.
Dance classes , food trucks and a tianguis and a student after party with all the good vibes !🔥❤️🕺🏻

Come and take photos with art by Mexico City Sculptor who will be exhibiting two of his art pieces .mx

Director of Not About Nightingales Edward Torres states: “After reading Not About Nightingales, I kept thinking about my own experience in the Criminal Justice system which spans about two decades defending people against the Death Penalty in Illinois. This play unfortunately still rings true. Mass incarceration, criminal injustice, and our inability as a society to stop disregarding our own humanity make this play even more relevant. In the era of George Floyd, Not About Nightingales is an important story that should serve as a reminder to all of us of the work that needs to be done.”

Reminder only 3 more chances to see this amazing show! Link in bio for tickets.

Join us next Tuesday to see our Vocal/Jazz Ensemble perform at The Jazz Showcase!

806 S Plymouth Ct, Chicago, IL
7:00 PM

Check out our website for upcoming events 🤩

Mariachi Universitario is here visiting us from Universidad Veracruzana for the UIC Latin American Music Festival.
Where in Chicago should we take them!?
Post your recommendations in the comments below.

Today, head of music Brent Talbot joined UIC alumni Mario Hernandez for an interview at WGN 9 DaytimeChicago to discuss the upcoming UIC Latin American Music Festival.
Madera Once, also performed during the interview.
See you this week at the Latin American Music Festival!
See the interview below:

University of Illinois Chicago's Latin American Music Festival Featuring Madera Once UIC is hosting its first ever Latin American Music Festival this weekend featuring performances from a number of local ensembles, artists and DJ's including ...

ONLY 5 MORE CHANCES TO SEE NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES!

“Not About Nightingales”. Written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Edward Torres.

Please come and see this phenomenal play this week before it closes on Saturday. Ticket link in bio.

Photos done by Michael Brosilow

“Not About Nightingales” Directed by Edward Torres opens this Saturday at 7:30!! And shows April 6-13
With shows April 7th: at 2pm
April 9th at 10am
April 10th at 7:30pm
April 11th at 7:30pm
April 12th at 7:30pm
And April 13th at 2pm and 7:30 pm.

Ticket link and information is in the link in our bio!!

As part of the three day Latin American Music Festival join us in Celebrating Chilean Music.
This concert will feature Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center’s Chamber Ensemble, Tonos del Sur, and a pre-lecture with Chilean scholar, Paul Feller.

Thank you to our co-sponsors: Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center, Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and Northwestern’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.
More information here: https://buff.ly/4ahNKCX

As part of the three day Latin American Music Festival, get ready for an afternoon concert with Mariachi Fuego and Mariachi de la Universidad Veracruzana! 🇲🇽
Learn more about the festival here: https://theatreandmusic.uic.edu/event/latin-american-music-festival/

The new play festival is already halfway over! Make sure to cone see an amazing play written by our very own students today from 1-9 and tomorrow from 11-7 !!
(See website in our bio to rsvp and for individual play information)

ANNOUNCING: The UIC Latin American Music Festival Block Party Lineup!
As part of the three-day Latin American Music Festival, the Block Party invites the community to sing, dance, and enjoy a multi-stage party featuring music by international and Chicagoland artists/DJs to the University of Illinois Chicago, Student Center East.

The event is free and open to the public. Invite your friends and family for a full day of music.

Register here: https://buff.ly/3wOHV11

Join us tonight at 7:30 PM to see UIC Choirs 🎤 🎵

7:30 PM
1334 W Flournoy St

Join us tomorrow night to see the UIC Orchestra!

3/5/24
7:30 PM
1334 W Flournoy St

Join us tonight at 7:30 PM to see UIC’s Wind Ensemble 🪈!

UIC Theater, Room L280

“Meet our marketing team” 4.5/5

Fond Farewell Guillermo Duarte
After six years of service to the UIC School of Theatre and Music, marketing and communications manager, Guillermo Duarte will depart from STM to become the senior public relations strategist at the Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications. Guillermo was responsible for revamping the UIC School of Theatre and Music’s digital presence through a new website, social media content, student generated content, and many brand video projects.
He has also been instrumental in producing UIC’s first Latin American Music Festival this spring. Help us wish him a farewell!