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

DC Theater Arts reviews TDPS' production of "Men on Boats."

Featured News

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.
September 19, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU 2023 Service Award Winners Announced

Six exceptional members of the ARHU community received an annual service award.
August 31, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

TDPS Welcomes New Faculty

Three artist-scholars join the TDPS faculty in Fall 2023.

TDPS in the News

March 26, 2024

How Two Students Harnessed BT-1 to Transform the Production of, 'A Bicycle Country' at the University of Maryland

TDPS M.F.A. candidates Luis Garcia and Jerran Kowalski applied real-time tracking technology in the production of "A Bicycle Country."
March 25, 2024

Lynn Nottage's Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine Getting NYC Revival

TDPS alum Felicia Curry '00 and Kedren Spencer '10 in the award-winning production "Fabulation" this April.
March 04, 2024

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

DC Theater Arts reviews TDPS' production of "Men on Boats."

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PhD student Sudesh Mantillake awarded fellowship through ISLE program

September 29, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Sudesh received ISLE Wilhelm Fellowship 2014, awarded by The Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program, a program between Bowdoin College, USA and University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Professor Karen Bradley quoted in Atlantic Monthly

September 23, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

"Neurological research has shown that movement stimulates the reasoning part of the brain and facilitates learning." Click here to read the article in the Atlantic Montly titled Mime as Art Therapy.

Dr. Frederik appointed director of the Latin American Studies Center

September 16, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor Laurie Frederik appointed to lead the Latin American Studies Center

Dr. Carpenter appointed administrator for Foxworth Creative Enterprise Initiative

September 15, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Appointment of Faedra Chatard Carpenter as Faculty Administrator for the Foxworth Initiative

Placeholders--a site-specific dance performance/art installation

September 12, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Saturday, September 13 in the Long Branch neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland. Meet at Flower Avenue Park at 12:00pm for the performance

TDPS Main Season Selection 2015-2016

September 12, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The TDPS Season Selection committee respectfully requests submissions for the 2015-2016 season.  Both theatre, dance and hybrid projects will be considered as part of this selection process.  The deadline is Friday, October 3rd. 

2014-2015 New Faculty Appointments

September 03, 2014 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

Kennedy Center presents Local Dance Commissioning Project: "Grains" by Adriane Fang

September 03, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Assistant Professor, Dancer and Choregrapher, presents her commissioned work, "Grains".

Come and support TDPS performers at the NextNOW Festival

September 03, 2014 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Thursday and Friday, September 11 and 12

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