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TDPS faculty and alumni to present "J's Jook Joint" with African Continuum Theatre Company

December 06, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) faculty and alumni took part in the African Continuum Theatre Company's benefit cabaret "J's Jook Joint," a modern-day twist on the historical "jook joint" experience. 

Staged Reading and Discussion of Plays by Gao Xingjian

December 06, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to the students of Professor Esther Kim Lee's THET489: Globalization and Theatre on a successful staged reading of plays by Gao Xingjian!

TDPS faculty and students quoted in Diamondback article about the DC Theatre Scene

December 06, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Diamondback has run a nice story about the evolving DC theatre scene, quoting Dan Conway, Misha Kachman, Rob Denton and Mitchell Hébert.

Meet The Faculty Of The Foxworth Initiative

December 06, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Psyche Williams-Forson, Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Leigh Wilson Smiley deliver Foxworth courses to serve the pressing issues of community partners.

MFA Dance concert "Way In" featured in the Gazette

December 05, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

MFA Dance candidate Jessie Laurita-Spanglet's thesis concert Way In is featured in the Gazette this week. The show runs this weekend: Friday, December 6 at 7pm and 9pm, and Saturday, December 7 at 3pm, 7pm, and 9pm.

Prof. Ashley Smith in TURN and THE ART AND LIFE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER

December 03, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Performance Faculty Ashley Smith was cast in a new television series for AMC and a PBS documentary.

Update from Fulbright recipient James Hesla

December 02, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In September, TDPS PhD candidate James Hesla headed to Indonesia to research Balinese clown theater and traditional masked dance on a Fulbright grant for the 2013-2014 year.

Prof. Karen Bradley presents at the San Diego Incubator for Innovation

December 02, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In November, Professor Karen Bradley presented at the San Diego Incubator for Innovation, where the arts are integrated with science, technology, engineering, and math.

High School Choral Invitational

November 13, 2013 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

On Wednesday, November 13, TDPS students Elizabeth Barton, Rachael Much, Emilie Davignon, and Christina O'Brien collaborate with 160 singers from high schools around the region for a Bench Quartet performance.