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Isaiah Griffith (left) and Marley Hewitt, second-year students in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, pose in motion-capture suits that will help transform them into animated characters on the surrounding screen.

Carson School featured in Variety's Education Impact Report

April 24, 2025

Left to right: Robbie Exstrom, Brianna Stai and James Rasser star in "Urinetown: The Musical."

Nebraska Rep, UNL Opera present ‘Urinetown: The Musical’

April 23, 2025

Caroline Nowak at the portfolio review for the Hemsley Internship in New York City. Courtesy photo.

Nowak wins prestigious Hemsley Internship

April 23, 2025

Left to right: Luka Benjamin, Brenden Dodds and Sam Ladretti, along with Jackson Wells (not pictured), star in the Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s “Shakepeare’s R&J.”

Nebraska Rep presents ‘Shakespeare’s R&J’

February 28, 2025

A 3D screening of “Creature from the Black Lagoon” is part of a 3D double feature on Halloween as part of the Ross Fright Fest happening during the month of October at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Courtesy photo.

Ross Fright Fest begins Oct. 4

September 25, 2024

The Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents Oscar Wilde's

Rep's ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ opens Oct. 3

September 25, 2024

Hilt was one of four featured dancers in the ensemble in “The Lord of the Rings—A Musical Tale” at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre this summer. Hilt is second from left in the photo above. Photo by Liz Lauren.

Alumna Hilt in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ musical heading to New Zealand

September 25, 2024

Christina Kirk

Public reading for Kirk’s ‘Dante Under the Desk’ is Sept. 29

September 16, 2024

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film students on stage at the Globe Theatre in London. Photo courtesy of AnnaLeesa Sawyer Telford.

Carson School students study at Shakespeare's Globe in London

August 22, 2024

Assistant Professor of Practice in Emerging Media Arts Anna Henson speaks to cast and crew at an early table read for

‘Big Fish’ provides big opportunities for collaboration

April 24, 2024

Theatrix presents ‘Act a Lady’ April 18-21

April 15, 2024

Ash Eliza Smith, Edgeworks co-principal investigator, leads students through a multi-disciplinary curriculum at the intersection of medicine and emerging media arts. (Courtesy/Amanda Christi)

Carson Center offers game-changing research

April 10, 2024