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three people with arms around each other — L to R: Alex Winter, Brandon J. Dirden, and Keanu Reeves in Waiting for Godot. Photo by Andy Henderson.

Alum Brandon J. Dirden is on Broadway

November 10, 2025

Acting alum Brandon J. Dirden (MFA '03 Acting) is currently on Broadway performing in a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter.

Alumnus Tyrone Phillips Climbs into the Ring with Theatre's The Royale

February 22, 2023

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Theatre Alum Joins Broadway Cast of 'Hamilton'

February 2, 2023

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Aaron Muñoz Receives BRIDGE Seed Funding

August 5, 2022

Valleri Robinson Named Head of Theatre

July 7, 2022

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Illinois Shakespeare Festival Features U of I Talent

July 1, 2022

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Announcing the Inaugural Theatre Alumni Advisory Board

May 24, 2022

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Theatre Department Co-Hosts Staged Reading of 'Voices of the New Belarus' with Playwright Andrei Kureichik

April 29, 2022

Andrei Kureichik wearing a blue sweater and glasses, stands holding a script, read aloud the name of the next speaker, while a projected image of a person shines behind him.

BFA Student Jaylon Muchison Wins 2nd Place for the Undergraduate Image of Research Competition

April 27, 2022

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BFA Acting Showcase LIVE!

April 20, 2022

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Centering Indigenous Identity in a Reimagining of 'Peter Pan'

April 9, 2022

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