Lauren Hansen
Articles
It's lit
Illuminate: Sensory Arts Festival 2017, hosted by Muncie EDMC and held at Be Here Now, was LITerally lit up by glow sticks, strobe lights and people’s happiness as they danced the night away to electronic dance music.
The value of the hard copy: is it gone forever?
The next generation will be the first to grow up with Internet, never knowing what it was like before the days of online encyclopedias, Netflix and downloadable music. For them, entertainment exists mostly on the web.
Sitting down with Kaylee Shahira
Get to know Studio BSU's latest guest: Kaylee Shahira
Studio BSU - Kaylee Shahira
Check out INtune's very first installment of Studio BSU, featuring a local artist performing some of their songs from Ball State's campus.
LAUREN'S LOOKBACK: 3 reasons to see 'Shrek the Musical'
As the story goes, not all princesses and knights are society’s version of perfect. We don’t always have to live our lives the way we’re told to, in order to have a happy ending. Here are a few reasons Ball State’s “Shrek the Musical” is worth seeing.
LAUREN'S LOOKBACK: Strother Theatre production gives audience personal perspective of the 1950s
Saturday night, I had the pleasure of seeing Ball State's production of "Crumbs from the Table of Joy," which was written by one of my favorite playwrights, Lynn Nottage. This story could've very well been someone’s reality.
LAUREN'S LOOKBACK: Four reasons to see Boeing Boeing
Calvin MacLean’s direction of the physical comedy keeps it classily immodest, a playful balance.
LAUREN'S LOOKBACK: Stop picking sides and get out on that dance floor with 'Swing!'
“Swing!” takes place in the 1930s and '40s, when the swing dance movement swept the nation — specifically at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, where many swing dance moves were created.
LAUREN'S LOOKBACK: Hang out in a NYC apartment with '[sic] '
Ticket and program in hand, I entered Strother Studio Theatre to find that it wasn’t a theater at all. It was the third floor of an apartment building.
LAUREN'S LOOKBACK: "Parade" is a musical wake up call
I’ve never seen so many people simultaneously hug each other as I did when I left University Theater after seeing the opening night of Ball State Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of the musical “Parade.” This production of the musical written by Alfred Uhry, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, is directed by Professor of Theatre, Beth Turcotte.