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Dance minors in Conservatory’s Dance Kaleidoscope

Dance minors in Conservatory’s Dance Kaleidoscope

Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor April 30, 2023

“Dance Kaleidoscope,” produced by the Conservatory of the Performing Arts under the direction of Shane Rhoades, is a show where dance minors have the opportunity to choreograph each number in the show....

Nancy Allen’s 25-year reunion and retirement

Nancy Allen’s 25-year reunion and retirement

Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor April 30, 2023

Nancy Allen, a faculty member for Viterbo’s Conservatory for the Performing Arts and the show choir director for Platinum and Diamond Edition, is finishing her 25th year at Viterbo University. Allen...

Previous Volumes of Touchstone Magazine

Touchstone: Viterbo’s student literary and visual arts magazine

Grace Monk, Editor April 12, 2023

Touchstone is Viterbo’s annual magazine that features works of literature and visual arts by students. First beginning in the 1950s, Touchstone’s staff is currently working on producing its 87th volume.  Touchstone...

Brittany Bara standing on the set of “The Hello Girls”

Conservatory brings “The Hello Girls” to the stage

Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor April 12, 2023

“The Hello Girls,” produced by the Conservatory of the Performing Arts, had their performances March 31-April 2. The play is set during WW1 and features five young bilingual ladies who apply to be...

Isaac Knudsen on left, McKenzie Russ in the middle and Beth Anderson on the right, standing on set for “Pirates of Penzance”

“Pirates of Penzance” in full swing

Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor March 23, 2023

“Pirates of Penzance,” a comedic operetta directed by Viterbo’s Theatre & Music Theatre faculty member, Teddy Eck, recently had their performances on May 3-5. With only a month and a half of...

Elizabeth Meyer, a member of the Student Theatre Project

STP’s annual Thrift Shop to help raise funds for current show

Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor March 23, 2023

On Feb. 24 and 25, Student Theatre Project (STP), a student-run organization, held their annual Thrift Shop fundraiser to support their current show, “Heathers the Musical.” One of the members of STP,...

Singing into the void: Viterbo’s Black Box is a black hole for acoustics

Jessica Schneider, Campus Life Editor March 1, 2023

It’s not a secret in the Music and Theatre Departments that singing in Viterbo’s Black Box Theater is very different than singing in the Recital Hall. It’s like “singing into the void,” as sophomore...

“Significant Other” takes the stage under student leadership

Anna Vande Krol, Arts and Entertainment Editor March 1, 2023

On Feb. 17, “Significant Other” had its opening night. It was produced by Viterbo’s Conservatory of the Performing Arts and directed by Mary Trotter, an adjunct faculty member for the Theatre and...

Scene from Measure for Measure

Measure for Measure a Conservatory production

Carter Steger, Assistant Editor December 7, 2022

Nov. 18, marked the opening of William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” produced by Viterbo’s Conservatory for the Performing Arts. Lauren Bergquist is the assistant director of the play and...

Janzen poses inside the Main Theater.

My cup runneth over: An editor’s farewell address

Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor December 7, 2022

It now seems so long ago that I penned my first article for the Lumen, a Campus Life piece from Nov. 20, 2018, titled “International students feel Viterbo’s hospitality.” Since then, countless other...

David Caliri (left) and Carson Carter (right) pose with Dan Johnson-Wilmot and Judy Stafslien.

Viterbo voice students attend Wisconsin NATS competition

Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor December 7, 2022

On Nov. 4 and 5, members of the Wisconsin state chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing gathered in person for the 2022 Wisconsin NATS Auditions. The competition at the University of...

“Movin’ to Musicals”: Platinum and Diamond Edition fill the FAC once again

Nathan Janzen, Arts and Entertainment Editor November 16, 2022

On Oct. 29, the Fine Arts Center’s Main Theatre was filled with students and community members for Platinum and Diamond Edition’s latest fall performance, “Movin’ to Musicals.” The night featured...

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