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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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Opening New Doors To Ibsen’s ‘A Doll House’

February 07, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS’ production of the classic play challenges gender roles.

TDPS in the 2020 Helen Hayes Award nominations

February 04, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS alumni are among the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards nominees
The Diamondback

Student-Produced Shows Explore Time Travel, Identity at The Clarice

February 03, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Diamondback reviews School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies performance.

TDPS successes at the KCACTF Region 2 conference

January 30, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The 2020 KCACTF Region 2 conference brought theater students, faculty, and practitioners to the University of Maryland for a week of activities.

Kendra Portier Named Maya Brin Endowed Professor in Dance

January 27, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Artist and teacher Kendra Portier will foster connections among diverse concert dance forms at Maryland.

A Curious Incident

December 04, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

UMD professor Jared Mezzocchi co-directs “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at Round House Theatre.
Maryland Today

Off the Wall

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

Students bring historical figures to life at portrait gallery.

Burnish (Magenta #08)

November 15, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Burnish (Magenta #08) renders the magical phenomenon of magenta into live performance.

New Zealand dance company visits UMD

November 13, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Black Grace, New Zealand’s leading dance company, engaged students with master classes, performances, and open discussions, at the University of Maryland’s Department of Theatre Dance and Performance Studies last week.

Untold Stories of the Western Frontier

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

“Flyin’ West” tells the story of African American women pioneers.

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