Recent Guest Artists

Two time Richard Rodgers Award finalist, Lawrence Rush has brought one of his epic musical award finalists, Winter of the Fall , to the IWU School of Theatre Arts. The musical, recounting the fall of the 1989 Ceauşescu regime in Romania, will receive its first ever workshop treatment from IWU students in the Spring 2009 semester to be performed before a live audience and the composer at the end of the term.  For more information on Lawrence Rush and his work click here .

Head of Dave Clemmons Casting and of casting for Wildhorn Productions, Dave Clemmons also tours the country visiting some of the nation's top universities and training programs to give workshops and seek up and coming musical theatre talent.  Clemmons has also enjoyed great success on the Broadway stage in The Civil War, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Les Miserables .  Clemmons visited IWU during the 2008 academic year to give a workshop on auditioning for musical theatre and to talk about current trends in Pop and Rock singing.  For more information on Dave Clemmons click here.