Upcoming: All Shook Up, the Elvis Presley Musical, Texas State University, San Marcos, November 10 - 21

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All Shook Up

Songs by Elvis Presley
Book by Joe DiPietro
Directed by Kaitlin Hopkins
November 10 - 13, 17 @ 7:30pm
November 14, 21 @ 2:00pm
The Main Stage Theatre Building
$10 General | $7 Students
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a story based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and songs from Elvis Presley, Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro’s All Shook Up is a rocking musical comedy about a small-town girl with big dreams. Into her quiet life comes a motorcycle-riding, guitar playing roustabout who changes everything and everyone he meets. This toe-tapping, sweet romance features over 20 of Elvis’ greatest hits, including "Heartbreak Hotel", "Jailhouse Rock", “Hound Dog”, and “Blue Suede Shoes.”

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Arts Reporting: Texas State Dancers Cast in Shirley MacLaine/Jack Black Film

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Texas State Theatre and Dance students score roles with A-list stars

Brad Rollins on Tuesday, 28 September 2010

The filming of a major motion picture in Austin has presented eight musical theatre students from the Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance with a special opportunity to showcase their talents on the big screen with some of the top names in the industry. Those chosen include Jennifer Foster of Thousand Oaks, Calif; Madelyn Shaffer of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Colin Bevis of Clarksville, Tenn.; Ian Saunders of Walled Lake, Mich.; Tim Heller of Libertyville, Ill.; Rachel Hull-Ryde of Grapevine; Jacqueline Bloom of Granite Bay, Calif.; and Trevor McGinnis of San Antonio.

“Bernie,” a film in progress directed by Richard Linklater and staring Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine, is a story inspired by a 1998 “Texas Monthly” article about the east Texas town of Carthage and its bizarre tale of a local undertaker and his 1997 confession to murdering his wealthy companion.

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