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Lighting the Digital Stage

March 09, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

With storytelling occurring in a virtual Zoom room instead of a shared theater space, UMD lighting designers get creative to convey emotion to audiences watching from their homes.

WJLA

Parents of Google Co-founder Donate $9 Million to UMD

March 09, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

UMD receives $9 million gift.

New positions announced for the Maya Brin Institute for New Performance

March 04, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS is seeking to fill three new positions for the Maya Brin Institute for New Performance

Maryland Today

An Old Scandal-Turned-Play Gets New Tech Treatment

February 19, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Virtual production of ‘Machinal’ incorporates video projections, lighting innovations.

The Diamondback

With Webcams and Green Screens, the UMD Theater Community Adapts to Online Environment

February 18, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies featured in the Diamondback.

Howlround

The Technological Theatre Experimenters

February 18, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Imagine a future where theatre can show the world how the internet is a living, breathing, site-specific treasure trove of real-time performance.

$9M Gift Founds New Institute for Performance and Technology in the Arts

February 15, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Michael and Eugenia Brin’s generosity pushes Fearless Ideas campaign total to $1.4 billion.

Blown Away

January 26, 2021 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Performing arts at Maryland keep creating.

HowlRound

Reverse-Engineering Zoom with Isadora

January 04, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Site-Specific performance for the internet.

New York Times

Advocating and Agitating, Connecting and Inventing

December 23, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

With their field rocked by unprecedented challenges in 2020, these people and groups—some notable, some new—stepped into the breach.

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