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TDPS Faculty Nominated for 2024 Tony Awards

Faculty members Amith Chandrashaker and Brian MacDevitt were nominated for the prestigious honor.

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May 01, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Amith Chandrashaker and Jared Mezzocchi Nominated for Lucille Lortel Awards

The prestigious awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theater.
March 04, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

At UMD, Cross-Gender-Cast ‘Men on Boats’ Sail Wonderfully into the New West

DC Theater Arts reviews TDPS' production of "Men on Boats."
February 02, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Shards Time Resonance Risk

Associate Professor Jared Mezzocchi in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel.
January 25, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

TDPS in the 2024 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

TDPS alumni, faculty and guest artists are among this year’s nominees.
January 23, 2024 Russian, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

2024 Maya Brin Artist-in-Residence Mikhail Durnenkov

The Maya Brin Residency Program is proud to announce Artist-in-Residence, Mikhail Durnenkov, who will be a visiting faculty member in the SLLC and the TDPS for the Spring 2024 semester.
December 07, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Choreographer Ama Law ’08 MFA ’19 Brings Signature Street Style Back to UMD

The dance artist-in-residence is teaching and collaborating with UMD students.

November 17, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Crystal Davis is ‘Biased About Bias’

The associate professor of dance says that transparency around bias will ultimately create more welcoming and inclusive dance classrooms.
October 31, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Professor Helen Q. Huang Wins Prestigious Henry Award 2023 for Costume Design

Huang designed costumes for the Denver production of “Quixote Nuevo.”
September 27, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Dance Principal Lecturer Alvin Mayes Recognized for His Breadth of Work

Mayes is the recipient of the 2023 Living Legacy Award by the Maryland Dance Education Association.

TDPS in the News

May 02, 2024

TDPS Faculty Nominated for 2024 Tony Awards

Faculty members Amith Chandrashaker and Brian MacDevitt were nominated for the prestigious honor.

May 01, 2024

Amith Chandrashaker and Jared Mezzocchi Nominated for Lucille Lortel Awards

The prestigious awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theater.
April 29, 2024

Hear ye, but you can’t hear me? Can this program make live theater more accessible?

WTOP features TDPS M.F.A. candidate Tim Kelly's accessible live captioning program.

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Theatre Professor Jennifer Barclay Wins IRNE Award

May 06, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Independent Reviewers of New England recognize Barclay for “Ripe Frenzy” play on mass shootings in small-town America.

NoMaj Dance Concert offers performance opportunities for non-majors

May 02, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The NoMaj Dance Concert is a cheekily titled showcase that started in Spring 2018. The informal showcase, now in its third semester, highlights the work of non-Dance majors (NoMaj) taking dance classes. 

Vulnerability in Arts

April 09, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Dance major Miejo Dambita wants you to share your secrets.

Staging a Double Take

April 08, 2019 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

New production of two works by Kurt Weill combines opera, dance and theater.

Digitizing for the Future

April 01, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

University Libraries receives NEH grant to digitize ARHU alumna’s dance archive.

Role Reversal

March 15, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Performers put nontraditional spin on Broadway, Hollywood tunes.

Alicia Grace '18 to step in for The Watsons Go To Birmingham at the Kennedy Center

March 15, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Recent alumna Alicia Grace ‘18 will step into the role of Joetta "Joey" Watson for Hailey Kilgore in the Kennedy Center's production of THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963, opening tonight. 

True To Life

March 01, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Theatre major Molly Boyle '19 finds her stage voice.

From the outside to the inside and back again: Four actors share their experiences on Hamlet Replayed

February 22, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

“If one snaps, we all drop.” Learn more from our students about the process of character development and physical and emotional transformation in Leslie Felbain’s “Hamlet Replayed,” opening tonight at The Clarice. Prepare to be surprised and delighted!

TDPS in the 2019 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

February 05, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to the faculty and alumni from the University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) who were nominated for 2019 Helen Hayes Awards!

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