Performing Arts

Being a successful theater actor in New York isn’t easy. Just ask Todd Horman ’94, the first graduate of Elon’s music theatre program who has managed to stay in the business thanks, in part, to Professor of Performing Arts Cathy McNeela, a mentor and friend who taught him the ropes 24 years ago.

Lauren Kearns, an associate professor of dance, is presenting her professional dance company's first full season as well as the premiere of two new works from Nov. 14-15, 2014, at Durham's PSI Theatre.

The BFA Acting Class of 2015 will present their Senior Showcase in the Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre on Friday, November 14th at 7:30pm, and Saturday, November 15th at 5:30pm & 7:30pm

Claire Manship '13, an acting graduate, is touring the country with Theatreworks USA's Click, Clack, Moo. 

The BFA acting alumnus will appear on an episode premiering on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 9 p.m.

Benjamin Seay '03 co-stars this week on CBS's "Criminal Minds." The show airs Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 9 p.m.

The 2014-15 Elon Dance Company performs original and experimental work by faculty, guest artists and select students in a creative, innovative and entertaining show.

The "unsinkable" Titanic did just that in the middle of the North Atlantic and a show that opens Oct. 23, 2014, in McCrary Theatre tells the tale of those who survived and perished more than a century ago on the maiden voyage of the doomed oceanliner.

Set in a "darkly comic America," the Black Box Theatre show that opens Oct. 2, 2014, will confront audiences with questions about family, loss and identity.