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How MSU is protecting arts, social sciences and humanities programs - News - Missouri State University Dean of the new Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities explains.

Today we merged into a new college! Follow us to Missouri State Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.

Missouri State opens exciting new chapter with launch of RCASH - Reynolds College Blog Dean Shawn Wahl welcomes all to the new Judith Enyeart Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities — RCASH. “Dream Bigger Together” Driven by the legacy and inspiration of Judith Enyeart Reynolds, the RCASH community feels empowered to “dream bigger together.” “This includes...

As Dean Wahl has said, "faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends shape the Reynolds College legacy."

Check out the 2023 Judy Awards recipients and memories from the award ceremony. ❤️🐻

Continuing to celebrate excellence at the 2023 Judy Awards Missouri State’s Reynolds College of Arts & Letters continued to honor the legacy of Judith Enyeart Reynolds by celebrating the achievements of faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends thro…

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Jolley on his appointment as Associate Dean of the new Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities State University.

💻 Read more: https://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/jason-jolley-named-reynolds-college-associate-dean/

Our students are winning awards right and left. Congratulations to MSU - Media, Journalism and Film students and faculty for several individual awards and ranking fourth in top winning overall programs!

Students excel at international academic media festival MSU wins ten student awards and ranks fourth place for top winning overall programs.

Way to go to our Debate Bears in the Missouri State University Department of Communication! Read about their preparation and strategy.

Holt V. Spicer Debate Forum finishes the season strong Debate Bears place in 2023 NFA-LD National Championship.

The Union Club is moving today's lunch to the John Goodman Amphitheatre! We're celebrating the start of Tent Theatre 2023 ticket sales. Join us on stage for lunch today, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Cost is $12 and part of the proceeds benefit the Tent Theatre General Scholarship Fund. This season is going to be !

MSU's Young Artists Keyboard Academy (YAKA) returns this summer, July 10-14! This is an immersive experience for pre-college students (ages 12-18) of classical piano and organ.

💻 Learn more and apply online at https://missouristate.edu/music/yaka.

President Smart and Dean Wahl joined Randy Hamm at the Jazz Ensemble concert this week. It was Randy Hamm's last public performance as director before he retires at the end of the semester. He definitely went out on top in the new fabulous John Goodman Amphitheatre. Bravo!

Today in the C. Minor Recital Hall, Dean Wahl of the Reynolds College was pleased to host the Missouri State University Music Department Steinway Celebration with donors and friends and featuring the amazing Steinway Artist Spencer Myer.

Catch RCOAL's final spring research presentation featuring Dr. Holly Holladay. We'll gather in Siceluff Hall, Room 126, on April 21, 12:15-1:15 p.m. (Free and open to the public.)

Dr. Holladay's research explores in part the relationship between "Parks and Recreation," digital content, and fandom. Among those topics, she dissects how, as participatory fandom experiences shared on social media, Galentine’s Day and Treat Yo' Self Day, two "holidays" organically born from the series, contribute to the longevity of the television show's influence.

💻 Learn more at https://blogs.missouristate.edu/coalexpressions/rcoal-research-symposium-spring-2023/.

What a way to start off an amazing week. Tony-nominated Josh Young will join the Department next year as the co-ordinator of the Musical Theatre program. Check out the details. Prior to his Tony-nominated Broadway debut as Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar, Josh had the distinction of playing the role of Marius in Cameron Macintosh’s Les Miserables and in more subsequent productions than any other actor.

Josh also won the Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance for his turn in Superstar. He went on to originate the role of John Newton on Broadway in the world premiere of Amazing Grace. Josh was awarded the Broadway World Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his turn as Che in the North American Tour of the Olivier Award-winning revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, directed by Michael Grandage.

This was a reprisal of the role for Josh, having been awarded the same distinction by Broadway World Toronto for Gary Griffin’s production of Evita at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Josh was a company member of The Stratford Festival for two seasons, the rare American to be given the opportunity at this world-renowned institution. It was Stratford’s production of the Des McAnuff re-imagined Jesus Christ Superstar that brought Josh back to the states.

Josh toured Europe and Asia as Tony for the 50th Anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Also abroad, and most recently, he played Jerusalem as famed Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach in the biographical rock musical Soul Doctor.

Regionally, Josh’s performance as Tateh in Ragtime earned him the prestigious IRNE Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He’s performed in North America's finest regional theaters including La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, Walnut Street Theater, St. Louis MUNY, Baltimore Center Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Huston’s Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS), DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company and North Carolina Theatre. He's been involved in new works with NYC's Roundabout Theatre Company, The Transport Group, and The New York Musical Theater Festival.

As a concert artist, Josh has had the privilege of performing with major symphonies across the globe. He most recently headlined for The Toronto Symphony Orchestra and The Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of The New York Pops’ principal conductor, Steven Reineke. Equally at home in more intimate venues, Josh has written no less than 5 one-man cabarets which have sold out venues from New York City to Ho Chi Minh City. Josh is a frequent headliner on Crystal Cruises’ specialty voyage, “Crystal on Broadway,'' where his self-written solo shows are highlighted.

Josh can be heard on numerous albums, including the original cast recording of Amazing Grace and on his two solo albums: Still Dreaming of Paradise and his self-titled debut album, Josh Young - several songs of which have been used by championship figure skaters, Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford. Both albums are available on iTunes and Amazon Music.

Josh is the co-founder of Cutting-Edge Composers, a concert and weekly web series on broadwayworld.com, created to give exposure to musical theatre's next generation of songwriters.

Josh comes to us from Oakland University where he led the musical theater program for the past four years and was the 2022 recipient of Oakland University’s Faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching. Prior to his Tony-nominated Broadway debut as Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar, Josh had the distinction of playing the role of Marius in Cameron Macintosh’s Les Miserables and in more subsequent productions than any other actor.

Josh also won the Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance for his turn in Superstar. He went on to originate the role of John Newton on Broadway in the world premiere of Amazing Grace. Josh was awarded the Broadway World Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his turn as Che in the North American Tour of the Olivier Award-winning revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, directed by Michael Grandage.

This was a reprisal of the role for Josh, having been awarded the same distinction by Broadway World Toronto for Gary Griffin’s production of Evita at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Josh was a company member of The Stratford Festival for two seasons, the rare American to be given the opportunity at this world-renowned institution. It was Stratford’s production of the Des McAnuff re-imagined Jesus Christ Superstar that brought Josh back to the states.

Josh toured Europe and Asia as Tony for the 50th Anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Also abroad, and most recently, he played Jerusalem as famed Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach in the biographical rock musical Soul Doctor.

Regionally, Josh’s performance as Tateh in Ragtime earned him the prestigious IRNE Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He’s performed in North America's finest regional theaters including La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, Walnut Street Theater, St. Louis MUNY, Baltimore Center Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Huston’s Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS), DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company and North Carolina Theatre. He's been involved in new works with NYC's Roundabout Theatre Company, The Transport Group, and The New York Musical Theater Festival.

As a concert artist, Josh has had the privilege of performing with major symphonies across the globe. He most recently headlined for The Toronto Symphony Orchestra and The Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of The New York Pops’ principal conductor, Steven Reineke. Equally at home in more intimate venues, Josh has written no less than 5 one-man cabarets which have sold out venues from New York City to Ho Chi Minh City. Josh is a frequent headliner on Crystal Cruises’ specialty voyage, “Crystal on Broadway,'' where his self-written solo shows are highlighted.

Josh can be heard on numerous albums, including the original cast recording of Amazing Grace and on his two solo albums: Still Dreaming of Paradise and his self-titled debut album, Josh Young - several songs of which have been used by championship figure skaters, Megan Duhamel and Eric Radford. Both albums are available on iTunes and Amazon Music.

Josh is the co-founder of Cutting-Edge Composers, a concert and weekly web series on broadwayworld.com, created to give exposure to musical theatre's next generation of songwriters.


Josh comes to us from Oakland University where he led the musical theater program for the past four years and was the 2022 recipient of Oakland University’s Faculty Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching. https://blogs.missouristate.edu/theatreanddance/2023/04/10/josh-young-announced-as-new-coordinator-of-musical-theatre-program/