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SMTD presents ‘Pipeline’ in Varner Studio Theatre

Moe Del Rosario, Arts Reporter November 20, 2024

Following the results of the tumultuous election, many questions have been raised in our society — these are discussed and explored in the play “Pipeline” written by Detroit local Dominique Morisseau,...

Photo courtesy of OU School of Music, Theatre and Dance/Crystal Orser

Community and Unity: Bodies in Protest performs at Elliott Tower

Reagan Reetz, Marketing Director October 9, 2024

On Friday, Oct. 5, Oakland University Dance Department’s Repertory Dance Theatre returned to Elliott Tower for the fifth annual Bodies in Protest event. Originally created in response to the heightened...

Music to my ears: Professor Brett Hoag hosts guitar recital

Music to my ears: Professor Brett Hoag hosts guitar recital

Noah Francis, Features Editor April 3, 2024

On March 26, Oakland University professor Bret Hoag hosted a guitar recital in the Varner Recital Hall, featuring several of his students from his classes. From single performances to trios, quartets and...

Poor soundproofing in Varner Hall planned to be addressed

Poor soundproofing in Varner Hall planned to be addressed

Dayshawn Fields and Payton Bucki December 13, 2023

Varner Hall, a building dedicated in 1971 to Oakland University’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance (SMTD), has been marred by poor soundproofing since the day the building was first opened after recent...

New Director of School of Music, Theatre and Dance: Dr. Elisabeth Hoegberg

New Director of School of Music, Theatre and Dance: Dr. Elisabeth Hoegberg

Payton Bucki, Content Editor September 13, 2023

Dr. Elisabeth Hoegberg was filled with nervous excitement when she first saw the position of Director of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance (SMTD) was open at Oakland University. Although the teaching...

SMTD to present ‘A Little Night Music‘ at Pontiac‘s Flagstar Strand Theatre

SMTD to present ‘A Little Night Music‘ at Pontiac‘s Flagstar Strand Theatre

Bella Javier, Arts Editor March 22, 2023

As Varner Hall renovations persist, OU’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance (SMTD) has had to adjust accordingly and supplement their performance facilities with sites off-campus. In shows prior –...

Oakland University's new West Campus (OWC) is located at 1500 University Drive, just two miles west of the main campus. The building is a shared space with Baker College, and houses the Oakland University School of Music, Theatre and Dance.

SMTD students share experiences, issues during Varner renovations

Joe Zerilli and Bella Javier November 9, 2022

A little over two months ago, Oakland University’s West Campus (OWC) opened its doors to the School of Music, Theatre and Dance (SMTD). The theatre and music departments are mainly utilizing the OWC...

The cast of 'She Kills Monsters' (left) and 'A New Brain (right).

SMTD presents ‘A New Brain’

Bella Javier, Arts Editor November 2, 2022

“A New Brain” by two Award-winning authors William Finn and James Lapine made its off-Broadway debut in 1998, and is now being welcomed to Oakland University’s Lab Theatre this weekend, Nov. 3-6. Based...

Oakland University's new West Campus (OWC) is located at 1500 University Drive, just two miles west of the main campus. The building is a shared space with Baker College, and houses the Oakland University School of Music, Theatre and Dance.

Oakland West Campus now open — What you need to know

Joe Zerilli, Campus Editor September 21, 2022

Effective at the beginning of the Fall 2022 semester, Oakland University’s new West Campus (OWC) is now in operation and home to the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. The site — located at 1500...

Varner Hall's Lab Theatre  to welcome the student led production "In Pieces" from Sept 2-4.

‘In Pieces’ — a student-led production

Bella Javier, Arts Editor September 2, 2022

Young love is a universal narrative — one that junior musical theater major Cayla Stus is bringing to the Varner Lab Theatre from Sept. 2-4 with Joey Contreras’s latest musical, “In Pieces.” This...

The final performance of "Acis and Galatea" concluded on May 15.

School of Music, Theatre and Dance presents ‘Acis and Galatea’

Bella Javier, Arts Editor May 18, 2022

The Oakland University School of Music, Theatre and Dance (OU-SMTD) presented George Fredric Handel’s “Acis and Galatea” from May 5 - 8 and May 12 - 15. Originating from a Roman poem about the...

Photo courtesy of OU Magazine

Seniors shine one last time at final dance recital

Arianna Heyman, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2022

Four years of hard work paid off for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) dance majors this past week. On April 5 and 6, the seniors in the dance program at Oakland University performed their senior recital...

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