"Thursday Night Live" first launched in spring 2025 in a College of Arts and Media lecture hall. Inspired by the popular show "Saturday Night Live," audio engineering professor Andy Zulla wanted to build a platform for students to practice their performance and production skills. A year later, the renamed show, "Friday Night Live" has become a monthly event based out of a newly renovated production center in Joshua South.
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Students arrive at Joshua South to be part of the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Andy Zulla mans the new control board inside Joshua South during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Cameras are set and ready inside Joshua South during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Performers get some last minute rehearsal time in the green room of Joshua South before the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Show host Dani Reta touches up her makeup against a green screen in Joshua South before the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Hudson Caldwell performs during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Andy Zulla directs the camera angles from the new control board inside Joshua South during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Audrey Ketter (front) performs during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Show host Dani Reta introduces the next act during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
The student audience cheer and applaud the performers during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Angelina Grace performs during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
A cameraman focuses in on a performer during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Andy Zulla works the new control board inside Joshua South during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Nevaeh Watkins (center) performs with Noah Bjorkman on keyboards and the house band during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
A bank of monitors inside the control room during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Noah Bjorkman performs an original song during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Isaac Burks performs with members of the GCU Hip Hop Club during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
Isaac Burks and members of the GCU Hip Hop Club perform during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026. -
All the performers gather on stage for a final song to close out the show during the livestream broadcast of GCU’s Friday Night Live at Joshua South on Feb. 13, 2026.
