Past Events

Evolution showcases cutting-edge design and dance performance, serving as the culmination of a semester-long interdisciplinary collaboration. Choreographers from the Department of Theatre and Dance join with composers from the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies to create short dance works and soundscapes. New this year, Evolution will include original dance films in addition to pieces choreographed and designed for the stage. This public showcase is presented in the B. Iden Payne Theatre each spring.

In the cold of winter, in the town of Almost, Maine, there shines a glimmer of beauty in human connection, making hope and love accessible in a time of darkness. The Almost, Maine Studio Series project looks to offer a space for actors to explore craft in an unfettered space. Join us for a time to celebrate what it is to love and to be loved!

The Performance as Public Practice Fridays@2 speaker series facilitates discussions about the creation and study of performance. PPP welcomes artists from within and beyond the Winship Drama Building, including current students, distinguished alumni and arts leaders from across the country, to share their research and methodology. Up next is an artist talk with writer, curator and dancer Tara Aisha Willis.

Through a blend of sketch, satire and avant-garde theatre, Ain’t No Mo’ answers the incendiary question: What if the United States government offered Black Americans one-way plane tickets to Africa? This unpredictable comedy speeds through the turbulent skies of being Black in today's America. A kaleidoscope of moments surrounding this great exodus are told by an ensemble cast featuring Peaches, a larger-than-life flight agent boarding the final plane leaving the United States.

The Performance as Public Practice Fridays@2 speaker series facilitates discussions about the creation and study of performance. PPP welcomes artists from within and beyond the Winship Drama Building, including current students, distinguished alumni and arts leaders from across the country, to share their research and methodology. Up next is a documentary screening about the Shakespeare Behind Bars program, followed by a discussion with founder Curt L. Tofteland and founding member Sammie Byron.

EQUINOX presents compelling new choreography that showcases the virtuosity of student dance company Dance Repertory Theatre. Through a blend of movement and emerging technologies, EQUINOX explores the power of dance as a means of expression, storytelling and social commentary. Witness original works by faculty members Gesel Mason and Joel Valentín-Martínez and student choreographers London Lack and Daniela Albert, which invite audiences to reflect on what it means to be alive in the world today.

The Performance as Public Practice Fridays@2 speaker series facilitates discussions about the creation and study of performance. PPP welcomes artists from within and beyond the Winship Drama Building, including current students, distinguished alumni and arts leaders from across the country, to share their research and methodology. This special Wednesday edition of PPP Firdays@2 welcomes Dr. Joanna Dee Das for a book talk about her recent work “The Heartland’s Answer to Broadway”: Branson Theater and America’s Culture Wars.

Do you, or have you ever: Carried a carabiner? Worn flannel? Gifted or been given a bouquet of violets? Had an undercut? Driven a U-haul?

If you said yes to any of the above, meet us at 11:00 a.m. on March 8, 2026. Bring a "friend." Combat boots optional.

The Performance as Public Practice Fridays@2 speaker series facilitates discussions about the creation and study of performance. PPP welcomes artists from within and beyond the Winship Drama Building, including current students, distinguished alumni and arts leaders from across the country, to share their research and methodology. Up next is a pedagogy roundtable and workshop led by Dr. Rachel Merrill Moss, featuring Lara Dossett (Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities/Theatre Education faculty) and Aysha Upchurch (Performance as Public Practice Ph.D. candidate).

We’re on an island far from America, where complicated realities take root and uproot one another: An immortal rabbit speaks from the past. A girl digs beneath a mulberry tree. A returning American brings a gift that unsettles the ground. Through myth, memory and migration, the island remembers—and refuses to forget. We ask: What does it mean to call a place “home”? And when those who once lived here remember it differently—whose version becomes the story we carry forward?