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Professor Lisa Nathans' Hecuba Project: Freeing women's voices

August 17, 2017 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The Hecuba Project was created by Lisa Nathans, Rachel Park, and Christine Breihan as a performance laboratory geared towards exploring the full range, resonance, power, and potential of our own female voices as both performers and educators. 

TDPS welcomes Dance artists-in-residence for 2017-2018

August 09, 2017 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies welcomes three artists-in-residence in Dance for the upcoming 2017-2018 academic year.

Scot Reese and TDPS alumni at Black Theatre Network Conference 2017

August 01, 2017 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

This July, Professor Scot Reese and alumni Andre Harrington '96 and Marcia Pendelton '97 attended the 2017 Black Theatre Network conference in Winston-Salem, NC.

Arhu Faculty Earn Promotions And Tenure

August 01, 2017 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, 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

Thirteen faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities were awarded tenured positions and promotions to full professor.

Cary Gillett participates in "Thousand Person Plan" in China

July 31, 2017 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS Production Manager Cary Gillett traveled to Beijing, China this July to broaden knowledge of theatre--stage management, in particular--to Chinese practitioners. 

Jennifer Barclay receives Tier 1 grant from UMD Division of Research

July 10, 2017 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Jennifer Barclay, assistant professor of playwriting and performance at TDPS, has received a Tier 1 Faculty Incentive Program Award from the UMD Division of Research.

Dr. James Harding's article "Incendiary Acts and Apocryphal Avant-Gardes" wins ATHE Outstanding Article Award

June 13, 2017 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor James Harding's "Incendiary Acts and Apocryphal Avant-Gardes: Thích Quảng Ðức, Self-Immolation, and Buddhist Spiritual Vanguardism" won the 2017 Outstanding Article Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE).

LaRonika Thomas accepted to Northwestern Summer Institute in Performance Studies

June 07, 2017 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to LaRonika Thomas, PhD candidate in TDPS, who has been accepted into the 2017 Northwestern University Summer Institute in Performance Studies.

Adam Nixon accepted to Northwestern Summer Institute in Performance Studies

June 05, 2017 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to Adam Nixon, PhD candidate in TDPS, who has been accepted into the 2017 Northwestern University Summer Institute in Performance Studies.