Theatre and Dance Department

Longtime elementary school teacher James Clark almost became an electrician.

“Initially, that was my interest, said Clark. “I always liked fixing things and tinkering with electronics,” Clark said.

Have you ever listened to the inside of a sea shell and heard the roar of the ocean? Or placed your ear on the forehead of your child or over the heart of a loved one and listened to their unspoken longings? Upon doing so, have you heard their wishes and have they seemed to say, “Come closer…

Hidden in a cabin on Orcas Island over spring break, seven Western students created the first draft of the upcoming play “/faust,” which, through temptation and desire for power, asks its audience, “What is your soul worth?”

The play, which will run Tuesday, June 2, to Saturday, June 6,…

It has been far too long since Hub Theatre Group has re-emerged with new theater. Looking ahead, Dean Nolen will direct Bob Chanda and Christopher Kiley in a Hub Theatre Group production of “Red,” John Logan’s 2009 play about artist Mark Rothko, in August at the Black Box Theatre at All Saints…

“Organic/Geometric: the Body/Mind” is a sculpture-dance collaboration conceived and directed by Bellingham sculptor Francie Allen. She worked with six art students and six Western Washington Univeristy dance students to create a sculptural installation with a dance event in the Viking Union…

Western Washington University’s department of theater and dance presents Seattle playwright Craig Lucas’ adaptation of Anton Chekov’s “Uncle Vanya” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 6-7, and March 11-14; and at 2 p.m. March 7 and 14 at WWU’s Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.

The Summer Youth Theatre Institute at Western Washington University is presenting a pair of films on Sunday, Feb. 15, that came out of the institute’s “Monster Keeper” stage performances last August. The films will show at Western’s Performing Arts Center.

At 2 p.m., there will be a…