College of Arts and Media

Guest Artist to Teach Dunham Dance Technique on Campus

Keith Williams, well-versed in the modern dance style pioneered by the legendary Katherine Dunham, will teach and lecture on campus during the coming week. Williams […]

Sold Out! Ethington Shows Have Become One Tough Ticket

The campus theatre is cultivating a new audience and reclaiming its place as a force on the metro Phoenix arts scene, less than two years […]

Unique ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ a Stroke of Genius

The Shakespearean play revolves around the confusing and often zany romantic antics of four characters: Lysander (Jake Swanson), Demetrius (Drew Swaine), Hermia (Elizabeth Pabst) and […]

A Midsummer Night's Dream @ GCU - Director's Concept/Set Design

Set designer Bill Symington and director Michael Kary discuss the liberties they took with GCU's rendition of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Friday, February 10 at […]

A Midsummer Night's Dream @ GCU - The Plot

Not familiar with A Midsummer Night's Dream? Let the cast fill you in on this intertwined lovers tale. Grand Canyon University and Ethington Theater are […]

Shakespeare’s a Dream Assignment for GCU Actor

If Shakespeare takes the measure of a serious actor, then perhaps no actor has a better take on the Bard than Drew Swaine. Swaine, a […]

A Briton Claims the Crown of Mr. GCU

Toga-clad students, including the nursing delegation from Chanchung, China, packed North Gym to capacity last night for the annual Mr. GCU pageant. Nothing could prepare […]

Learning Shakespeare @ GCU

Grand Canyon University and Ethington Theater are proud to present A Midsummer Nights Dream. "The course of true love never did run smooth." Never was […]

Singer-Songwriter Julianne Forte Pushes Forward With Music Career

GCU's Musician of the Year from 2010-11, who plays both piano and guitar, is now a senior and she's setting her sights on the future. […]