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2008-2009 Season

 

Sleepless: New Voices

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Study theatre & dance in a liberal arts college.

Muhlenberg College is ranked the number six undergraduate theatre
program in the United States by The Princeton Review 2008
.

The 2008 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges ranks Muhlenberg
among the top 20 small college programs in the nation in both Theatre and Dance - one of only 8 schools in the country to appear on both lists.

ACDFA 2008
Muhlenberg College is one of only 30 schools from across the nation selected to perform at the 2008 National American College Dance Festival in New York City.

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Composer Charles Strouse

PUT ON A HAPPY FACE!

Charles Strouse celebrates the release of his Broadway memoir on October 29th at 4 pm in the Baker Theatre of the Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance, Muhlenberg College. (Admission is free!)

On June 7, 2008 Charles Strouse turned 80, but as the song goes, he’s “got a lotta livin’ to do.” Strouse has plenty of new projects on the horizon including revivals of some of his popular favorites, concert performances, and the release of an autobiography.

Strouse, a long-standing member of the Songwriters' Hall of Fame and The Theatre Hall of Fame, is one of America's most successful musical theatre composers. His first Tony Award-winning Broadway musical was Bye Bye Birdie (1960), producing hit songs including "Put on a Happy Face," "A Lot of Livin' to Do" and "Kids." He also won Tony Awards for Applause (1970) and Annie (1977). Strouse's film scores include Bonnie & Clyde (1967), for which he received a Grammy nomination for Best Original Film Score. Learn more about his fascinating life!


The Muhlenberg College experience offers a direct learning partnership among faculty and students in the classroom, the laboratory and the performance studio. Students at Muhlenberg are more than nurtured to succeed. They are encouraged to grow and to take risks. Muhlenberg offers the opportunity to foster the most important goal of the liberal arts education - the education of the whole person.

Theatre and Dance programs at Muhlenberg College are uniquely a cultural resource for the college, an entertainment center for the campus, and a community arts center that is recognized by thousands of Lehigh Valley audiences.

We have developed a unique approach to theatre and dance education that combines exciting creative experiences with rigorous professional standards. Our students are challenged as artists in the studio and classroom, working closely with faculty and nationally recognized guest artists to achieve both a conceptual understanding and practical working knowledge of the arts and the professions. We encourage each student to individualize his or her education to fulfill personal creative and intellectual goals.

Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre produces four full-scale musicals with professional guest artists. Open auditions are held in February of each year, and Muhlenberg theatre and dance students are encouraged to participate in this regional theatre company as part of their educational experience. Housing is provided.

Muhlenberg College is an established, private, liberal arts institution located for more than a century in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with the campus nestled in the residential west end of the city within walking distance of an expansive city park system. Allentown lies in the scenic Lehigh Valley in the heart of the culturally active Northeast corridor, 86 miles from New York City and 60 miles from Philadelphia. The college community of 2,100 students has access to the extensive cultural and recreational resources of the greater Lehigh Valley, including the presentation of professional dance, orchestra, and theatre events throughout the year.

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