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Within days college students will start readying for exams and BroadwayWorld's Student Center will take its winter break. To tie you over until classes start back up in January, we brings you a look back at the college spotlights, features and guest posts of the past fall. Enjoy and we'll see you back here in January!

Classes are back and so is BroadwayWorld's Student Center! Whether you're involved with your school's productions backstage or onstage, we have some exciting opportunities for you to promote your shows and theater programs! Read on and apply today!

This week's featured performing arts program is The Music, Theater, and Dance Department at Rhode Island College! Read on to learn about their program and degree offerings!

The Department of Theatre at Millikin University in Decatur, IL, will present the Shakespearean tragedy MACBETH starting December 5 thru 9 at the Albert Taylor Theatre. Watch the video below for a behind-the-scenes peek at the rehearsal period!

The FSU Student Theatre Association presents the world premier of Alexander Sage Oyen's haunting original musical A Night Like This directed by FSU senior and FSU STA artistic director Blayze Teicher. This production will run from November 30 - December 2 in the Augusta Conradi Studio Theatre. Check out the promo photos below!

This week's featured performing arts program is The Departement of Theatre at Avila University in Kansas City, MO! Read on to learn about the BA and BFA options available as well as their upcoming production season!

Mitchell Hébert, professor of theater at the University of Maryland, co-directed the School of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts' bilingual production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Helen Hayes Award winner discussed being a part of such a groundbreaking project and seeing it evolve from concept to successful stage production.

The University of Maryland's School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies performed their original interpretation of the Shakespearean comedy in collaboration with the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts at UMD in September and Beijing, China in October. Helen Huang, professor of Costume Design at UMD, talks about this groundbreaking production.

This week's featured performing arts program is The Departement of Theatre Arts at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA! Learn about their degree offerings below, and check out photos from last year's production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT starring Isaac Gay in the title role!

Rider Dance Ensemble is a completely student run organization that has been on the rise at Rider University for some six odd years. When current president Kate Mina initially auditioned her freshmen year, there was roughly thirty students in the company; now Mina is the director of over 100 talented young men and women. Rider's upcoming production HOME will play November 17 and 18.

A hysterical ride, Noises Off propels us into a world of absolute chaos and out-of-control laughter. In typical farce fashion, this show's quickened pace will leave you exhausted at the end of the night. Noises Off is crowd favorite with its many mix-ups and mayhem. While all fun and games for the audience, the show is an incredibly complex and difficult one to stage!

A story of love, lust and loss, The University of Utah's production of 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore tells a scandalous tale fit only for the likes of a Jacobean tragedy. Check out a video preview below!

The School of Theatre at Florida State carries on its mission to engage the Tallahassee community with the Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) presentation of Kevin Dyer's The Monster Under the Bed, running November 15-18, 2012. TYA is an annual initiative of the FSU School of Theatre that concentrates on the theatrical "audiences of tomorrow" - our youth. Monster was the play chosen this season to engage students and families alike with its fun-filled, chaotic sense of adventure and heartfelt charm.

Go back to a time where "the morals were looser, shows were broader, and the liquor was cheaper" as the Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University proudly presents COLE running opening tomorrow thru November 18 in the Yvonne Theatre on Rider's campus in Lawrenceville, N.J. Check out the production photos below!

Audiences will be captivated at what happens on stage when the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre presents 'The Madwoman of Chaillot' tonight through Nov. 17, in W.M. Turner Auditorium. But equally fascinating and impressive is what goes on behind the scenes of this SFA production of the play written by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux and adapted by Maurice Valency. Read on to get a glimpse into the backstage work!

A disturbing yet unforgettable fun evening is sure to be had at the University of Utah's production of Sweeney Todd. A musical about a mass murderer, you don't want to miss this one!

The University of Maryland's School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies crossed continents, oceans and 12 time zones with a groundbreaking bi-lingual co-production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Created in collaboration with the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, the production was presented at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center September 27-30, 2012. Check out photos below and read an insider's perspective on designing this revolutionary production!

Today, BroadwayWorld's Student Center is excited to announce that the Department of Theatre & Dance at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, is this week's School in the Spotlight! Read about their programs and check out photos from past productions!

The School of Theatre at Florida State presents The Monster Under the Bed as its annual and very popular offering of Theatre for Young Audiences, Nov. 15-18 in the Fallon Theatre, on the corner of Call and Copeland streets. Check out the production shots below!

The charming tale of a group of eccentrics who attempt to save 1940s Nazi-occupied France from the corruption of corporate executives and big-government politicos will take the stage when Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Theatre present 'The Madwoman of Chaillot,' written by Jean Giraudoux and adapted by Maurice Valency, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Nov. 13 through 17, in W.M Turner Auditorium.

Conceived and originally directed by John Michael Tebelak, with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, GODSPELL is one of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time. Directed by Kenny Gannon, this production of GODSPELL opens tonight, October 31, at the Leggett Theatre in the Main Building with a run scheduled thru November 10.

Do you know what it takes to make a functional rod puppet? What about a giant batch of fake blood? Senior Emily West knows how to make both those and more as part of her many skills showcased through her set, costume and prop designs as a dedicated member of St. Bonaventure University Theater. And now, Emily plans to pursuer her passion post-grad.

The Theatre Department at Columbia College in Chicago will present Bertolt Brecht's THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI on November 7-17. BroadwayWorld brings you a look at the promo trailer!

Winner of the Theatre World and Drama League awards along with Olivier, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations for his portrayal of Billy Bigelow in the Royal National Theatre/Lincoln Center Theatre production of CAROUSEL, Michael Hayden, also a Tony Award Nominee for JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG, is set to direct SUMMER AND SMOKE at the School of Theatre at Florida State.

Sonoma State University's Dept. of Theatre Arts and Dance presents the fourth annual 'Mega Hot Lava New Play Festival.' This annual festival features script-in-hand readings of new plays written by Sonoma State University student playwrights.