The five playwrights of JAGfest 4.0 will be sharing their insights as artists of color in the theater industry, and discussing the challenges of building a creative artistic career. 6:30 pm at the Top of The Hop, Thursday February 6.

Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin and the TEAM contemporary theater ensemble will be leading a two-hour workshop in devised theater on Saturday, January 18. Space is limited and RSVPS are required!

The Department of Theater is delighted to welcome Samantha Lazar and Jane Shaw to our faculty for the Winter 2020 term. Samantha Lazar will be teaching THEA 16: Theatre and Society II; Jane Shaw will be teaching THEA 10.26: Sound Design.

The Department of Theater is delighted to welcome Dr. Shamell Bell this fall. She will be teaching THEA 1: Introduction to Theater and THEA 21/ WGSS 59.04: Race, Gender, and Performance.

Professor Monica White Ndounou will be heading a panel discussion with visiting artists Miranda Haymon and Jarvis Green, titled "From Classics to New Works: Curating Black Experiences In Museums, Theatres, and New Territories". Thursday May 9, in the Hood Museum....

Helen Ceballos, a multidisciplinary artist and cultural producer based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will perform her piece "El cuerpo y la ruina/Body and Ruins" at 5:00 pm on April 10. Ceballos is the Department of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies's 19th Annual Stonewall Speaker....

Join us for lunch! The four professional playwrights of JAGFest 3.0 will be discussing the challenges of building a career and a life as a creative artist, and sharing their insights and as artists and women of color working in the theater industry.

The Department is delighted to welcome two Visiting Artists to the department this fall: Guest Director Miranda Haymon will be directing the Fall MainStage production of Sojourners, while Guest Designer Martin Schnellinger will teach THEA 42: Costume Design.

Join us for lunch! The four professional playwrights of JAGFest 2.0 will be discussing the challenges of building a career and a life as a creative artist, and sharing their insights and as artists of color working in the theater industry.

Join us on Nov 10 for a panel discussion programmed in conjunction with Intimate Apparel: intersectionality, black theatre, and “imagining the world anew”: the poetics and politics of Lynn Nottage. ...