Student Organizations

Six doors in

Every one of these is open to any Jackson State student, whatever you are majoring in.

Our student organizations

Speech and Theatre students in red jackets standing in a line on the McCoy stage
Speech & Theatre students on the McCoy stage
A large group photo of The Rising Kingdom
The Rising Kingdom
MADDRAMA performers in matching costumes
MADDRAMA
Students at a Let Your Light Shine event table
Let Your Light Shine
A Blue Royalz member practicing outdoors
Blue Royalz practice
MADDRAMA members in red jackets on a red carpet
The touring company · Since 1998

MADDRAMA

Original devised work built from movement, spoken word, gospel and drama. Founded and led by Dr. Mark G. Henderson. First place in Play Production and Reader’s Theatre at NADSA 2024; performed in Brooklyn in January 2026.

How to get inApplications close in early September. Watch Instagram in late August.

@maddramajsu · maddrama.org

Technical theatre & live production

Tiger Tech Krew

Scenic construction, rigging, lighting, sound, projection, costumes, stage management and emerging production technologies. Hands-on, on real productions.

How to get inNo major or prior experience required. Show up for a production call.

Build · Create · Design · Lead

Academic recognition · Mu Xi Chapter

Lambda Pi Eta

Mu Xi Chapter of the official honor society of the National Communication Association. Founded 1985, with more than 500 chapters nationwide. Faculty advisor: Margaret Anderson.

How to get in60 credit hours · 12+ in communication · 3.0 overall GPA · 3.25 in the major.

NCA honor society

Four members of The Rising Kingdom
The close-held room

The Rising Kingdom

Small by design and open to any Jackson State student, the kind of room where a first-year member is handed real responsibility in their first semester.

How to get inFollow the account, ask in the department office, come to a show.

@therisingkingdom_

A Blue Royalz member mid-routine
Stomp-N-Shake · Est. 2023

Blue Royalz

Chant-led, percussive, dance-forward performance in the Black collegiate cheer tradition, built to be watched, not just to punctuate a game.

How to get inTryout calls go out on Instagram and TikTok. Follow both.

@blueroyalz_

Alpha Psi Omega members at an outdoor campus event
National theatre honor society · ΑΨΩ

Alpha Psi Omega

Jackson State’s Chi Lambda Chapter of the national theatre honor society. The chapter co-presents student work with the department and MADDRAMA, including the 2026 URTA Seniors Acting Showcase and the Chi Lambda Showcase.

How to get inGet involved on and backstage in department productions, then ask the department office about chapter membership.

Chi Lambda Chapter · “Seek a life useful”

What they all train: performing for people who did not have to come · early responsibility · rehearsal long before you are seen · service beyond the group.

Department of Speech Communication and Theatre

Rose E. McCoy Auditorium
1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217
College of Liberal Arts · Jackson State University

Phone & Email

Content drawn from the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Handbook. © 2026 Jackson State University.

Jackson State University
1400 John R. Lynch St.
Jackson, MS 39217

(601) 979-2121