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The Journey from The Clarice to Casting Hollywood’s Stars

From campus productions to Hulu’s biggest series, Lindsey Kasabian ’03 reflects on trusting her instincts and building a career in casting.

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May 21, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

TDPS Alumni, Faculty and Students Win 2025 Helen Hayes Awards

They were honored for their outstanding achievements in regional theater.

May 01, 2025 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Production Behind the Production

TDPS student helps set the scenes for shows at The Clarice.
April 17, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Dance Principal Lecturer Alvin Mayes Receives Board of Regents Faculty Award

Mayes is recognized as a scholar, educator, mentor and leader in the local dance community and beyond.
April 11, 2025 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Art of Making Merry

Go behind the scenes of the Maryland Opera Sudio’s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”
February 14, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

TDPS in the 2025 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

Congrats to the TDPS alumni, faculty and guest artist nominees!

December 11, 2024 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants Announced

Arts for All announces the recipients of the Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants.
October 10, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

‘Emma’: Regency With a Twist

Contemporary Music, diverse cast, inventive costumes mark TDPS’ modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic tale.
July 01, 2024 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Fall 2024 Leadership Appointments

Dean Stephanie Shonekan announces new leadership appointments.
May 24, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

TDPS Faculty and Alums Win 2024 Helen Hayes Awards

Professor Misha Kachman and alums Frank Labovitz, Alberto Segarra, Kelly Colburn and Dylan Uremovich were recognized for their achievements in DMV theater.

TDPS in the News

May 21, 2025

TDPS Alumni, Faculty and Students Win 2025 Helen Hayes Awards

They were honored for their outstanding achievements in regional theater.

April 17, 2025

Dance Principal Lecturer Alvin Mayes Receives Board of Regents Faculty Award

Mayes is recognized as a scholar, educator, mentor and leader in the local dance community and beyond.
February 14, 2025

TDPS in the 2025 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

Congrats to the TDPS alumni, faculty and guest artist nominees!

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Professor Frank Hildy receives prestigious Globe Senior Research Fellowship

October 26, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Professor Franklin J. Hildy, University of Maryland, recognized for extraordinary contributions to Shakespeare and theatre with Senior Research Fellowship from Shakespeare’s Globe, London.

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is accepting applications for 2 faculty positions

October 26, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS is accepting applications for Associate/Full Professor of Dance and Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting

TDPS Students perform at President Loh's house

October 13, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Again, the students of TDPS are invited to perform at President Loh's house!

Dr. Andrew White (PhD 2006) gets book published with Cambridge University Press (2016)

October 13, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Our congratulations to Andy White (PhD 2006) who has just published his book Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium, with Cambridge University Press (2016)!

Staged Reading of Good Kids featuring TDPS students

October 13, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Scot Reese directs the staged reading of Good Kids in the Women's Voices Theater Festival at the Kennedy Center

Laurie Frederik's Paso Doble Life featured in Terp Magazine

October 05, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Laurie Frederik is interviewed by Terp Magazine about her life as an Associate Professor,  accomplished Ballroom Dancer and Anthropologist. 

Meghan Abadoo, MFA dance student, contributes essay on art and racism in higher education

September 22, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Meghan Abadoo’s essay, Dancing While Black, is featured in the fall 2015 issue of Terp Magazine’s series, “Sights Unseen UMD Community Reflects on Racism”.

Open position for Coordinator of Marketing and Communications

September 22, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Marketing and Communications Coordinator position is open again.

Dr. Esther Kim Lee's book, The Theatre of David Henry Hwang, is due out in December, 2015.

September 16, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

American dramatist David Henry Hwang retweeted the announcement by Mark Dudgeon, Senior Commissioning Editor of Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, of the publication of Esther Kim Lee’s The T

PhD Student Patrick Crowley directs 'Capers to open at Forum Theatre this October

September 16, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Patrick Crowley, PhD student, gets busy this Fall directing a play and participating in a panel at Theatre J.

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