Dr. Dan Ott, the new dean of Eastern Mennonite University’s School of Theology, Humanities, and Performing Arts, sees a remarkable confluence in his new appointment. A humanities professor, an operatic
... read more about Dan Ott begins new role as dean of EMU’s School of Theology, Humanities, and Performing Arts
From conducting economic policy research in the DC area to assisting with costume design at an award-winning theater, 14 students are gaining professional experience this summer at the Washington Community
... read more about WCSC hosts 14 for summer 2022 DC internships
Exploding with tension Thursday onstage at Eastern Mennonite University’s Mainstage Theater — it could be hard to believe local high schoolers Eleanor Albers and Mac Rhodes-Miller have only been rehearsing
... read more about DN-R: Local high schoolers take a chance with ‘Mamma Mia’ in EMU’s new summer musical theater program
Theater and music programs at Eastern Mennonite University received Advancing the Arts grants this spring from the Arts Council of the Valley. The grants cover projects to be completed by
... read more about EMU arts prominent among local spring grants
Eastern Mennnonite University’s opera “Noye’s Fludde” has won several Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival accolades. The festival is the preeminent university theater program in the United States. The Benjamin
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After the tumultuous last few years, Justin Poole and James Richardson felt a need to offer a message of faith and peace. The two Eastern Mennonite University professors knew a
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From assisting DC’s own public defender service to podcast production for a prominent video production company, 15 students are gaining professional experience this semester at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center
... read more about WCSC hosts 15 this spring for DC internships
EMU Theater announces two musical theater programs for youth in summer 2022. These three-week intensives will allow students to hone their skills in acting, singing, and dancing with support from
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The Daily News-Record covers "Bonhoeffer: Cell 92," co-written and produced by professors Jerry Holsopple and Justin Poole. The play explores tensions Bonhoeffer faced as a pacifist who was entwined with the Nazi regime and dissident movements.
... read more about DNR: EMU professors’ play on Nazi dissident to hit stages in Harrisonburg, Vienna from Daily News-Record
Theater-goers in the Shenandoah Valley will get the first look this winter at an Eastern Mennonite University production that will embark on a European tour in 2022. Bonhoeffer: Cell 92
... read more about ‘Bonhoeffer: Cell 92’ opens at EMU, slated for spring tour in Austria
