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This is Dance/Music: New Works by Collaborative Process and Music Composition Students
Oct 20, 2025

BOONE, N.C. – Students from the Department of Theatre and Dance Collaborative Process class have paired with Hayes School of Music Composition students to create new original dances with new original music to be performed together live. An informal showing of these new collaborative dance+music...

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App State Theatre and Dance Presents the Play, “Orlando" — Sarah Ruhl’s Adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Novel Opens Oct. 29
Oct 15, 2025

“The longest and most charming love letter in literature.”

by Keith Martin
Shane Buchheit, RCOE Student Teacher Finalist

Theatre Arts Educator Named Finalist for Student Teacher of the Year
May 18, 2020

Shane Buchheit, a spring 2020 graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre arts education, was...

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Graduate Student Speaker Aaron Bradshaw
May 14, 2020

My name is Aaron Bradshaw and I grew up in Greenville, North Carolina. As a kid, I enjoyed spending my time in the treehouse behind my...

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Commencement Speaker Reflects On An Extraordinary Educational Experience
May 14, 2020

 By Amanda Brasier

Spending a summer teaching collaborative portraiture to people in prison. Presenting the link between...

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App State seniors pivot to finish movie production while socially distanced
May 8, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — With graduation approaching, finals looming and COVID-19 stay-at-home orders in place, three Appalachian State University...

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App State sophomore wins top prize in 2019–20 Otto Zenke Student Design Competition
Apr 23, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — Isaac Wood, a sophomore interior design major at Appalachian State University from Smyrna, South Carolina, has been named the first...

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App State re-envisions spring semester, transitions to virtual academic experiences
Apr 13, 2020

BOONE, N.C. — In late March, Appalachian State University moved to virtual modes of learning due to concerns posed by ...