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Helga ten Dorp, played by Bethany Rother, sees the painful future of what will happen in Sidney Bruhl's home. Photo by Jenna Heinz / Antelope Staff

Deathtrap: Longest-running broadway thriller hits UNK Theatre stage

Marissa Kuehn November 20, 2024

kuehnm@lopers.unk.edu UNK’s Theatre Department is set to thrill audiences with its upcoming production of “Deathtrap.” The suspenseful show will be the final fall show for the program. Lainey...

Makayla Strosnider and Keegan Spence bow at the end of the play. Photo by Gabby Roche / Antelope Staff

A Fox on the Fairway: UNK Theatre opens final season with comedic production

Ally Sedlacek October 9, 2024

sedlaceka@lopers.unk.edu UNK’s production of “A Fox on the Fairway” is expected to be an engaging, comedy-filled show that will leave audiences on the edge of their seats. Directed by UNK alumna...

Juice and Callie gossip about Callie's crush when he enters the coffee shop. Photo by Shelby Berglund / Antelope Staff

Say It Out Loud!

Rachel Ostdiek April 26, 2024

ostdiekr@lopers.unk.edu Last week UNK Theatre presented “Say It Out Loud”, a play penned by UNK’s own alumna, Lauren Bonk. Deemed by Bonk as an “anti rom-com”, this play explored self-identity...

Bellini, played by Chris Terry, speaks passionately on the ways of the tightrope. Photo by Shelby Berglund / Antelope Staff

Mirette: 10-year-old helps tightrope walker find courage again

Jenna Heinz March 8, 2024

heinzj@lopers.unk.edu UNK Theatre students told the tale of courage and conquering one's fears in their production of “Mirette.” Based on a children’s book, the musical follows a 10-year-old girl...

The cast of Perfect Arrangement take their bows after a performance in the studio theater. Photo by Kosuke Yoshii / Antelope Staff

Perfect Arrangement: Two homosexual couples conceal their love from 1950’s society

Eve Healey December 1, 2023

healeye@lopers.unk.edu UNK Theatre’s latest production of “Perfect Arrangement” by Topher Payne was inspired by the true story of the American gay rights movement and brought light to themes surrounding...

Ariel, played by Laura Rozema, is a powerful spirit working for Prospero (David Rozema). Photo by Kosuke Yoshii / Antelope Staff

The Tempest: ‘The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.’

Eve Healey October 13, 2023

healeye@lopers.unk.edu UNK Theatre presented its first production of the year with “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare last week. The play follows the whimsical tale of Prospero and his daughter,...

The Haunting of Hill House: Student directs bone-chilling tale with isolation theme

The Haunting of Hill House: Student directs bone-chilling tale with isolation theme

JENNA HEINZ November 30, 2022

heinzj@lopers.unk.edu UNK Theatre students told the bone-chilling story of “The Haunting of Hill House” from Nov. 16-20. The show kept the Halloween spirit alive for a little longer, featuring...

Silent Sky Play

Silent Sky features breakthroughs by women astronomers

KYLIE SCHWAB March 8, 2022

schwabk2@lopers.unk.edu UNK Theatre performed “Silent Sky” at the Miriam Drake Theatre March 2-5. The production was directed by UNK professor Janice Fronczak. The production came just in time...

Grace Loux in Black Comedy

Two consecutive student directed productions take stage

KYLIE SCHWAB December 2, 2021

schwabk2@lopers.unk.edu The student-directed plays “The White Liars” and “Black Comedy” were performed by UNK Theatre students this week at the Miriam Drake Theatre. The shows ran from Nov....

UNK Actors and Actresses perform “Nightfall with Edgar Allen Poe” by Eric Coble.

‘Nightfall’ student actors darken stage for full season

October 7, 2021
After more than a year of performing restrictions, UNK Theatre is back with its first full season since the onset of the pandemic with “Nightfall with Edgar Allen Poe” by Eric Coble. From beating hearts to closed-in dungeons, the production touches on a number of Poe’s classic works just in time for the Halloween season.
Trisha Marie Miller on stage for She Kills Monsters

UNK’s ‘She Kills Monsters’ enchants viewers

October 17, 2019

GRACE MCDONALDmcdonaldge@lopers.unk.edu From the moment the artistic silhouettes illuminated the stage, the audience was transported into a fantasy world filled with ogres, elves, demons, and Dungeon...

Socrates (Brenden Zwiebel) lifts Xantippe (Emma Newman) in a dance scene

‘Lysistrata’ gives audience laughs

April 18, 2019

Female characters bring war to a close. Photos by Jiyoon Kim

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