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Alvin Ailey Dance School Director Visits Students at TDPS

December 08, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Alvin Ailey Dance School Director Teaches Class and Speaks with Students at TDPS.

Dr. Frederik travels to Cuba to present paper at Antrhopology conference

November 30, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Dr. Laurie Frederik will be presenting a paper at the conference in Cuba titled: "Rethinking Anthropology for Public Politics and Anthropological Practice"

Alumni Adam Shapiro (BA 2002) and Sarah Lasko (BA 2013) take leading roles

November 23, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Adam Shapiro, 2002 Theatre major, stars as Avie Tevanian in Steve Jobs and Sarah Lasko, 2013 Communications major stars as Dorothy in the national tour of The Wizard of Oz.

Elizabeth (Beth) Osborne (PhD 2007) has another published book

November 17, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Elizabeth (Beth) Osborne (PhD 2007) has just published Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor, a volume of essays she co-edited for Southern Illinois University Press.

Professor Carpenter's book wins Honorable Mention at American Society for Theatre Research conference

November 11, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Faedra Carpenter's Book, Coloring Whiteness, wins Honorable Mention

Brian MacDevitt to direct show at Studio Theatre

November 11, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Brian MacDevitt to stage Studio’s forthcoming Between Riverside and Crazy

Women's Playwrights Initiative is Priority for Big Ten

November 07, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Big Ten Theatre Consortium is commissioning a series of plays by outstanding American female playwrights.

Meghan Abadoo, MFA Dance 2016, selected for Graduate Teaching Fellows Program

November 04, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to Meghan Abadoo (MFA Dance 2016) who was selected into UMD’s prestigious Graduate Teaching Fellows Program.  She was the only non-PhD student to be accepted.

Artist-in-Residence Christopher K. Morgan wins Outstanding Artist Award

October 30, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Christopher K. Morgan received the Outstanding Artist Award from Montgomery County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities.

Undergraduate theatre major Korinn Walfall receives Dean's Senior Scholar Award

October 30, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to Korinn Walfall, selected as one of the Dean's Senior Scholars for 2015.