Category: Collegiate Connections

Robert Cohen, Purdue alumnus and head audio engineer for the Book of Mormon's national tour.

Purdue alumnus returns to Elliott Hall for The Book of Mormon

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – A unique homecoming is happening for one Boilermaker on October 2. Robert Cohen (B.A., Sound for the Performing Arts, 2024) is head audio engineer for the national touring production of The Book of Mormon. The show comes to Elliott Hall of Music next month. His experiences at Purdue have aided in his transition to the professional world. In Cohen’s time at Purdue, he founded and led LEAP (Live Events and Productions).

Purdue Convocations Announces its 2024-2025 season

The 2024-2025 Convos Season includes the 29th West Lafayette Global Fest, award-winning jazz and chamber musicians, a curricular integration theatre residency, thought-provoking lectures, family-friendly engagements, and award-winning Broadway musicals and major attractions in Elliott Hall of Music including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert, Dear Evan Hansen, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Hadestown, Pretty Woman: The Musical, and Chicago.

A large group of people in workout clothes participate in a Modern Dance class in a spacious studio with mirrors; text on the left reads Throwback Thursday.

10 Years Later – The Martha Graham Dance Company’s Modern Dance Masterclass

Ten years ago, the Martha Graham Dance Company traveled to Purdue University and performed "Appalachian Spring" in Elliott Hall of Music. But before they took the stage, members of the company stopped in to a modern dance class in Pao...

Members of Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company dress Purdue students in Peking Opera costumes

An Introduction to Jingju with the Actors and Musicians of The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

World Music and Chinese Language and Culture Students Participate in a Lecture and Demonstration on the Art of Jingju (Peking Opera)

A group of theatre students stands in the audience section of a dimly lit theater, observing a tech rehearsal for

Theatre Students Experience Unique & Formative “Dirty Dancing” Tech Rehearsal

The cast and crew of Dirty Dancing was in residency for a 2 week time period leading up to their performance on Purdue’s campus. During that time period, theater and dance students were able to participate in master classes and attend a tech rehearsal.