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MFA Design students travel to Alabama

August 19, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Trip to Alabama deepens MFA design students' understanding of the context of the Opera, Regina, for which they are designing set, lighting and costume.

Amazing People, Amazing School - Highlights 2015

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

Highlights of the Faculty, staff and students in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies 

Multimedia Storytelling Installation brings artists and community together

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

Multimedia storytelling installation inspired by a local barbershop is created in TDPS course led by faculty member Jared Mezzocchi.

UMD Theatre, Dance and Music Undergraduates respond to Baltimore racial violence with Blessings video

July 28, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

University of Maryland Performing Arts students create performance video to acknowledge and honor the challenges of life

Congratulations to the 2015 graduates of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

July 20, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

46 graduate and undergraduate students stood on stage in the Kay Theatre to receive their diplomas from the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland.

Interview with Paige Hathaway, TDPS alum with a MFA in scenic design, appears in the Washington Post

July 20, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Paige Hathaway's set design for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at Folger Theatre gets positive reviews in the Washington Post and DC Metro Theatre Arts

Max Doolittle, assistant lighting designer for Shakespeare Theatre's Tartuffe, quoted in Washington Post

July 20, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

MFA candidate in lighting Design, Max Doolittle, was the assistant lighting designer for Tartuffe, performed at the Shakespeare Theatre Company this past June.

Assistant Professor Jared Mezzocchi named Producing Artistic Director of Andy's Playhouse

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

Andy’s Summer Playhouse, a children’s theatre company, has named Jared Mezzocchi to be its producing artistic director

TDPS announces 2015-2016 season

July 06, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies announces its 2015-2016 main season productions!

Prof. Jared Mezzocchi awarded for projections design on ASTROBOY AND THE GOD OF COMICS

May 14, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to Professor Jared Mezzocchi on his recent awards for his Projections design on Natsu Onada Power's ASTROBOY AND THE GOD OF COMICS, which was remounted in Boston this past summer.