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Jennifer Barclay joins Playwrights' Arena at Arena Stage

November 17, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Barclay on joining the Playwrights' Arena at Arena Stage!

TDPS students awarded Dean's Scholars Awards

November 17, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to TDPS undergraduate students who won Dean's Scholars Awards this year!

2016-17 Scholarship Recipients

November 15, 2016 American Studies, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese, French, Romance Languages, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Senior Scholars, Scholarship Recipients and Freshmen Scholars.

TDPS Students and Alumni in Milk Like Sugar at Mosaic Theater

October 27, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The work of five TDPS current students and alumni will be in Mosaic Theater’s Milk Like Sugar (Kirsten Greenidge), opening next Wednesday, November 2 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. ​

Professor Karen Bradley wins Excellence in Advocacy for the Field of Dance Education award at 2016 NDEO conference

October 11, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Congratulations to Professor Karen Bradley on winning the Excellence in Advocacy for the Field of Dance Education award at the 2016 National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) conference this past weekend!

We're hiring! Assistant Professor of Dance Education

October 10, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is hiring for the position of Assistant Professor in Dance Education. Check out the job posting here: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/46299.

Professor Helen Huang's work featured by Oregon Shakespeare Festival

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

Professor Helen Huang was featured in two videos produced by Oregon Shakespeare Festival for her remarkable costume design work for The Winter's Tale. 

Dancing to another place: Waking Darkness. Waiting Light.

September 28, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

On the weekend of October 7th, MFA Dance candidates Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves will present their thesis concert, Waking Darkness. Waiting Light.

TDPS MFA Candidates Design for "The Call"

September 28, 2016 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Second year TDPS MFA Design candidates Tyler Herald, Jeannette Christensen, and Dylan Uremovich will all have their designs featured in TDPS’s production of The Call, opening this weekend in the Kay Theatre at The Clarice.