Recent News

Alumna Dr. Clare Croft (PhD, 2010) and faculty member Dr. Rebecca Rossen receive awards from the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism.

A discussion with director, Melissa Maxwell, as well as the scenic designer, costume designer and projection designer of Little Women the Broadway Musical on the use of modern design elements in a Civil War-era story. 

In both the original text and in the adaptations that followed, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women speaks across generations of discovery, heartache and love. Zoë Crabtree, dramaturg, goes deeper into the historical context of this work and the place of feminism in the 1800s. 

In the spirit of Halloween, we've compiled a list of the top nine works of costume design and technology in the Department of Theatre and Dance according to faculty members Susan Mickey (Costume Design) and James Glavan (Costume Technology). 

Freshman Khorii Tinson was recently awarded a $10,000 Live Más scholarship from Taco Bell Foundation. Applicants were tasked with creating a two-minute video showing how the scholarship would help reach their goals. Tinson created a video highlighting her passion for dance. 

An accomplished costume designer, faculty member Susan Mickey has been selected as a Research Award Winner by the University Co-Op Hamilton Book Awards. 

The groundbreaking playwright explores issues of contemporary blackness through lyricism and motion. On stage through October 16.