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Dance Program Seniors Prepare for Their Final Bow

April 9, 2025

The Sacred Heart University dance program is hosting its annual spring shows from April 11 to 13. The program will host shows for many…

SHU Performing Arts Travels Worldwide for Spring Break

March 19, 2025

Over spring break, multiple cohorts of Sacred Heart University’s performing arts program traveled to advance their skills and knowledge of the arts. The Theatre…

Shakespeare Gets Reimagined with the Untitled Othello Project

February 5, 2025

The Untitled Othello Project is back at Sacred Heart University. This project is a residency that has been periodically coming to campus since the…

$300,000 Raised for SHU Performing Arts Programs

November 20, 2024

“You can always go downtown” sang the audience of the Sacred Heart University (SHU) Community Theatre as they took a trip to downtown Fairfield…

TAP Presents “A New Brain”

November 6, 2024

The newest production for the Theater Arts Program (TAP) opened its doors to “A New Brain” at the Little Theater on Thursday, Oct. 31….

Choir Performs at Carnegie Hall

October 30, 2024

When junior choir member and Co-Recruitment Chair John McCaffrey gazed out into the audience, he was met with a breathtaking sight: four tiers of…

TAP Presents “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”

October 2, 2024

On Friday, Sept. 20, Sacred Heart University’s Theatre Arts Program (TAP) opened its production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”…

Curtain Rises on a New Era of SHU Performing Arts

September 18, 2024

On Sept. 13, the Sacred Heart University Performing Arts program officially opened their new wing, named the John & Sabina Petillo Center for the…

TAP Takes “Reject Me Already” to Edinburgh

September 11, 2024

This past summer, Sacred Heart University’s Theatre Arts Program (TAP) took on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where the original musical written by alumnus Paul…

TAP Presents “Promises, Promises”

April 17, 2024

The Theatre Arts Program (TAP) took us back to the 60’s this weekend with their production of “Promises, Promises.” Taking place in the Edgerton…