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BYU engineering, theatre arts students team up to create animatronic cougar

By Christie Allen
May 19, 2021
Thanks to the combined efforts of two BYU engineering capstone teams and a group of theatre and media arts students, the beloved mascot Cosmo is getting an animatronic counterpart in the theatre department.
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Persistence pays off for 70-year-old film graduate

By Jayne Edwards
April 23, 2019
Every college student has moments of overwhelming stress, whether they are 23 years old or 70 years old. But in these moments, Rick Chestnut relies on the BYU Bell Tower.
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BYU professor’s film short gets Sundance premiere, wins Jury award

By Alexa Reimschussel
January 22, 2019
Less than one percent of submissions to the Sundance Film Festival gets accepted. This year alone, the committee selected a mere 112 pieces from more than 14,000 entries.
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Intellect

'Wherever we are, that's who we are': 50-states docuseries explores place and identity

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
September 09, 2018
Update (July 1, 2020)
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Intellect

BYU students win E3 game competition

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 14, 2018
With their genre-bending "Beat Boxers," BYU animation students take the top prize at E3's College Game Competition.  

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Events

BYU Theatre and Media Arts announces 2018-19 theatre season

May 30, 2018
The BYU Department of Theatre and Media Arts explores a variety of styles, genres and stories in a dynamic new series of gripping dramas, theatre for young audiences, and a whimsical musical by Frank Wildhorn. 

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BYU’s Anne of Green Gables plays to imagination

May 22, 2018
L.M. Montgomery’s classic “Anne of Green Gables” inspires imagination through original music in BYU's new production

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Intellect

Award-winning Broadway musical “Single Wide” premieres at BYU, features original BYU work

March 21, 2018
Hailed as one of the 10 Best Broadway shows of 2015, “Single Wide” is coming home to BYU for its debut as a fully-staged production.

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Events

‘The Mill on the Floss’ Opens Dialogue on Love and Loss

October 24, 2017
A moving story portraying a family’s plight with pride, forgiveness and humility will be depicted in “The Mill on the Floss,” opening Nov. 3.

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BYU presents U.S. premiere of Chariots of Fire beginning Mar. 31

March 21, 2017
After five years of work BYU has obtained the rights for the production. In preparation for the performance, seats were removed from the Pardoe Theatre to make room for a track that will run through the audience.

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A stylistic portrayal of Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ opens Mar. 24

March 19, 2017
Based on the Salem witch trials, the play emphasizes the danger a fear-based society can create and its potential to destroy lives.
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BYU Department of Theatre and Media Arts to Present ‘Travesties’ Nov. 11–Dec. 3

November 01, 2016
Dates and Times: Nov. 11–12, 16–19, 29–30, Dec. 1-3, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, 19 2:00 p.m. (additional Saturday matinee performance)
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Final Cut Film Festival to Feature Best Student-Made Films Oct. 13-14

October 02, 2016
Final Cut showcases a collection of the best student-made fiction films, documentaries, commercials, animations and more.

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BYU stages 'Mother Courage and Her Children'

March 09, 2016
Writer: Riley Oliphant Performance Dates: March 17-19, 22-25, 28 and April 1 Times: 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees on March 19 and 26 Location: Pardoe Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Price: $14 (with discounts for senior citizens, BYU students, employees and alumni) Tickets: Available in person at the BYU Ticket Office in the Harris Fine Arts Center or Marriott Center, by phone at 801-422-2981 or online at byuarts.com The BYU Department of Theatre and Media Arts will present the epic, anti-war drama, Mother Courage and Her Children in the Pardoe Theater of the Harris Fine Arts Center, at 7:30 p.m., on March 17-19, 22-25, 28 and April 1, with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees on March 19 and 26. An ASL performance will be presented on Thursday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m.
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BYU Arts play explores the intersection of the hearing and deaf world

February 29, 2016
Writer: Riley Oliphant Performance Dates: March 10–12, 16–19 and 22–25 Times: 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday March 19 and 26 Location: Margetts Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Price: $8-14 (discounts for senior citizens, BYU students, groups and alumni) Tickets: Available in person at the BYU Ticket Office in the Harris Fine Arts Center or Marriott Center, by phone at 801-422-2981 or online at byuarts.com There was one important characteristic Director Julia Ashworth was looking for in the student actor playing the lead role in BYU Arts' newest production, The Taste of Sunrise. He needed to be deaf.
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BYU stages bilingual play, “The Taste of Sunrise”

February 21, 2016
Writer: Riley OliphantPerformance Dates: Mar. 10–12, 16–19, 22–25
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