Recent News

Costume faculty member Rachel Barreto recently created beautiful costumes for a recent production of Laughs in Spanish, presented by the Denver Centre for the Performing Arts in January 2023. 

Kate Freer recently lent her design expertise to Ride the Cyclone, produced by Arena Stage January 2023. 

Performance as Public Practice M.A. candidate Rebecca Fitton satirizes western democracy through the medium of dance with her piece Best Practices, published in Etudes journal.

Filigree Theatre is set to stage a production of Fire in Dreamland February 2-12 2023, starring current M.F.A. student Allen Porterie as one of three primary characters.

The National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) has granted Performance as Public Practice P.H.D. candidate Jessica L. Peña Torres a prestigious national fellowship. This prize is designed to support innovative research undertaken by Mexican nationals based in foreign countries; scholars from numerous universities apply for this financial aid, which aims to incubate Mexican academic prowess throughout the world.

Jackson Cobb, a current M.F.A. in Theatre candidate, has recently been involved in a musical theatre production in Qatar, using specialist skills learned at Winship.

Austin Shakespeare will present a staged reading of "Master Harold" ...and the Boys, a funny and touching play starring faculty member Corey Allen and former student Marc Pouhé.

Alum Paz Pardo's (M.F.A. 2018) debut novel, The Shamshine Blind, is now available for pre-order through Simon & Schuster, Inc. Crafted over eight years, Pardo's sci-fi noir has received glowing reviews from fellow authors and critics alike.

The Performance as Public Practice program has constantly evolved throughout its 20-year history, revolutionized by the professors who champion it and the students who participate in its courses. We spoke to faculty members past and present to find out more about PPP’s development and evolution.