Mailing Address:
Minnesota State Mankato
Dept. of Theatre & Dance
201 Earley Center
for Performing Arts
Mankato, MN 56001
Department Chair:
Paul J. Hustoles, Ph.D.
Office manager:
Beth Weisbecker
Phone: 507-389-2118
Fax: 507-389-2922





We're already steaming through our production schedule for the second semester: The Imaginary Invalid and The Phantom of the Opera, among them. Click on Performance along the left column for details. INCOMING STUDENTS: Apply for BFA and Talent Grant auditions (see below).
• Flying Foot Forum will present a percussion concert in the Ted Paul Theatre on Feb. 29. Find out more here.
• Want to audition for Highland Summer Theatre? Season brochures to be mailed in late March.
• Department takes honors at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
Open Mon-Fri 4-6 pm and 1 hour before curtain.
Benefitting from
generous partners
Last year's first-year students Callie Syverson and Jake McInerney got involved immediately. The following videos show how after one semester, and then two. Watch the video » Watch the second video » Jake and Callie are back halfway through their sophomore years. Spring graduate Clayton Rutschow had a BIG season. Watch ».
• BFA Musical Theatre senior Kim Steffen talks about her time here. Alum Lou Bellamy featured by NBC's "Rock Center" and Free Press.
• We've created a Patrons page.
• It was a very special event Nov. 12, 2011, as the Performing Arts Center was renamed the Earley Center for Performing Arts.
Experience top-notch production-oriented programs.
Check back here often for acting & production opportunities