News

UMD TDPS' "Baltimore" mentioned in New York Times

February 29, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Check out this article in the New York Times about “Baltimore” productions at universities nationwide, as part of the Big Ten New Play Initiative. 

MFA Dance candidates present "Hauntings" and "Invoking Justice"

February 26, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS MFA Dance candidates Julia Smith and Curtis Stedge will present their thesis concert on Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11 at 7:30pm in the Kogod Theatre.

TDPS at "In Play: Games, Aesthetics, Performance"

February 22, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The UMD English Department is hosting the conference "In Play: Games, Aesthetics, Peformance" on March 4, 2016. A number of TDPS faculty and students will be participating with poster presentations from 11:30am-12:30pm in Tawes Hall.

Dance professor Karen Bradley named President of LIMS

February 16, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to TDPS Dance professor Karen Bradley on recently being named President of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute (LIMS).

Plastic Bag Puppets with Artist-In-Residence Zvi Sahar

February 12, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Ever wondered how you might recycle that plastic grocery bag? Make a puppet! Artist-in-residence Zvi Sahar works with his class "When Film and Puppetry Meet on Stage" to explore the synergy between puppetry and cinema.

Review of 33rd Annual Choreographers' Showcase

February 09, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

DC Metro Theater Arts has reviewed the 33rd Annual Choreographers' Showcase at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Review of ODC/Dance "boulders and bones"

February 09, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Review of ODC/Dance's boulders and bones on Critical Dance, by Carmel Morgan.

TDPS Alum Cheryl Black to be inducted into College of Fellows of the American Theatre

February 08, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS alum Cheryl Black (PhD Theatre, 1998) will be inducted as a Fellow of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the Kennedy Center in April 2016.

TDPS alum Alan Mingo Jr. in Kinky Boots on Broadway

February 08, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS alum Alan Mingo Jr. will play Lola in Broadway's Kinky Boots, starting March 2016.

UMD TDPS named Best College Theatre Program - MD Theatre Guide

February 05, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies has been named "Best College Theatre Program" by the Maryland Theatre Guide.