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The Las Cruces Bulletin

“Theatre is a versatile artform that adapts to whatever’s going on,” said Lisa K. Hermanson, the New Mexico State University Theatre Department’s visiting instructor for musical theatre. “We’re used to pivoting when things go wrong and figuring it out.” And despite state public health orders that have made live theatre performances almost impossible, Hermanson and her colleagues at NMSU are continuing to make theatre happen… (read more)

NMSU Theatre Arts to partner
with community members in
‘Broadway On Stage 2020’

NMSU RoundUp

Hermanson, who will have a number performed from a musical she wrote herself called “The Golden Door” in “Broadway on Stage,” said watching live theatre is “indescribable.” (read more)

NMSU production is just exactly ‘As You Like It’

Las Cruces Bulletin

The work of composer Lisa Hermanson and the songs Lury included in the show, “Take Me Back,” by Sara Ellen Jarosz and “Inside Outside,” which Lury co-wrote with Mike Simses, added even more to this grand pageant. (Read more)

Community Theatre’s ‘Matilda’ is a show, a star, an experience not to be missed

Las Cruces Bulletin

Las Cruces Community Theatre bills “Matilda, the Musical” as “the story of an extraordinary little girl with extraordinary powers.” That also perfectly describes the performance of Mia Berkson, who played the lead in LCCT’s outstanding production, which continues for two more weekends.

In fact, it describes the entire cast and crew of the show. (read more)

NMSU Theatre Returns With
'Letters to the Future’

Las Cruces Bulletin

Musical theatre visiting artist Lisa Hermanson has written an original song for the NMSU Theatre Department’s production of “Letters to the Future.” (read more)

NMSU Theatre continues streaming of ‘Stay Home For the Holidays:
A Holiday Cabaret’

Las Cruces Bulletin

“The department is excited to have the team of Lisa Hermanson and Christa Fredrickson that brought you last year's Broadway Onstage collaborating once again to bring some holiday cheer into your home,” said NMSU Theatre Department Head Wil Kilroy. (read more)

NMSU Theatre’s Spring 2021 Theatre Productions to be delivered virtually

NMSU RoundUp

“Typically, NMSU productions feature our theatre majors or students from any department who’s always welcome to audition but [for] ‘Broadway Onstage,’ we specifically reach out to community members—so we have high schoolers, professional actors in the area, professional singers, to name just a few of the wonderful people involved,” Hermanson said. (read more)